Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-12
TELLS
WHY Hf WONT
HELP MUSHET
FORMER MAYOR POINTS FINGER
AT WORK AGAINST SCHOOLS
SAYS HE is LIKE OTHER HEADS
OF LOS ANGELES FAMILIES
Declares That Present Inadequate Ed
ucationaI Facilities Are Due to city
Auditor More Than to Any
Other One Man

Il oppose Mushet for mayor for the
same reason that every father OF
family shrould oppose him. says Ior-
mer Mayor M. p. Snyder, who is mug
nant at being misquoted by the Mushet
newspaper mouthpiece. In its effort 10
obtain support for Mr. Mushet, the
evening paper whose political reporter
is slated for mayors clerk by the Mu-
shet municipal organization, but not
elsewhere, garbled not only Mr. Sny-
der''s attitude but the business of the
California Savings bank as well.
So far Mr. Snyder has not jumped
into the municipal campaign, but When
the financial institution of which he IS
president was misrepresented he put on
his war togs at once, and the chances
are that the hot shot he. has poured
into the NIushet headquarters Will be
followed by other broadsides. HIS let
ter was addressed to the editor of the
Record, asking a correction the ms
statement But the Record has not
yet recovered sufficiently to publish the
communication, which was as follows:
"In your issue of october you pub
lished an article telling why / am op-
posed to the election of w. c. Mustet as
n,ayor of this city. I hope that you are
animated by a spirit Of fairness, ana
that YOU will give the same space IN
your paper to this letter that you did
to the other article.
License Paid Freely
"Tn the first place, 1 wish to state
that Mr. Mushet did not compel my
bank to nav S240, or any other sum, into
CITY treasury as license money or 1or
anv purpose. The California Savings
bank, of which l am president, pays lts
regular monthly license money TO the
CITY, the same as does every other pahh
in Los Angeles, and has always done
so. on one occasion there was delay
in o,Ir payment, due to the fact that we
had asked the city attorney for ruling
az to whether or not bonds owned by
the hank were included in the total
upon which the license fee was baseo'
AS soon as the city attorneys decision
on the subject was rendered (Wh1ch was
in our favor), the license fee was palo
at once. without compulsion from any
one. I have lived long enough IN Los
Angeles and am we'll enough known TO
the people for everyone to know that l
was never derelict in doing my full
DUTY as a citizen, and fulfilling TO the
letter all my obligations to the city.
mo, Mr.. Editor, it is for no such rea-
sons as stated that I am so strongly
opposed to Mushet for mayor. There
are other good and sufficient reasons
why not only I, but every good citizen
SlOulu OppOSC AIbolANt LpA @AAN@S -
any other high Office.
Worked Against Schools
"It ia because he has seen fit to an
tagonize the best interests Of the pub
lie schools of Los Angeles, and to ham
per and hinder the work of educating
the children of the city, that I am op-
posed to him. It is because he has
fought with all the bitterness of his ma
ture against the best board of educa-
tion that Los Angeles has ever had,
continuously opposing and unjustly at
tacking the members of the board, who
are among the ablest and most honor
able Of our citizens.
1T oppose Mushet for mayor for the
same reason that every father of a
family should oppose him. He has
hampered and hindered the schools, and
is today responsible more than any
other man in Los Angeles for the pres
ent lack of school facilities, for the
crowded and insanitary condition OF
the school rooms, and for the fact that
many children are now being compelled
to go without an education
mo one will forget that Mushet
charged the board of education with
misapplication of funds Ca misdemean-
orr, rejecting outrageously upon the
honorable members of that board. Fur
ther, no one will be likely to forget that
a duly impaneled grand jury thorough
ly investigated all of Mushets charges
and found nothing in them. And also,
that a committee from the prominent
civic and commercial organizations of
the city Investigated the same charges
and found absolutely and entirely in
favor of the board of education and the
schools of Los Angeles and directly
against Mushet.
Efforts Fell Flat