Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24
City Club Hears Brilliant Arrangement
of Harper Administration by Judge McNutt

pIause.)
81 was amused the other morning at
pronunciamento coming from the
executive of the city. Whether writ
ten by him in haste or by somebody
else In haste 1 know not. but he called
US reactionary. Oaughter.)
Not ReactIonary
''Well, had supposed that was just
about what we were not-reactionary.
(Laughter). I have got sneaking no
ton In my head that we are progress
sive (Cheers), that the reactionary was
the fellow who wanted to go back to
the old methods as the SOW to her wall
low and the dog to his vomit Iaugh-
ter). suppose that If there ever should
be born on this planet a pig, a real
radical one, brought up in the better
way, instead of going back to it's wall
low 1t would be hunting a new place,
clear stream, fresh place to wash;
and ] suppose If we ever get any dog
outside of the ordinary breed known
to commerce he will not turn back
again as we are told he does.
And we do not belong to the re-
dictionary. class. We are marching
forward to the music of the progress
of California, we are keeping step to
that music and we expect to march to
VlCLOry. (One0rS.)
IF there were another scheme that
were less drastic and yet as effective,
If there were any earthly conceivable
way by which when a city official did
wrong he could be called to account
effectively and removed if found
guilty, less drastic, 1 say, than this,
should be in favor of it, There is not
human being today living whom
would hurt if 1 could help it or that
you would hurt if you could help 1t,
and we only mean to hurt II hurt we
must, in order to save ourselves
(Cheers), and in order to save our city
(Cheers). am absolutely candid when
l say that there is no man living in
this town outside of the membership
of this club who would be any gladder
or would have been any gladder than
every man in this club would have
been If the present executive Of this
city had made good. cloud cheers and
cries Of you bet!")
Wanted Mayors Success
ct need not say that is the way 1
felt about it, because, being a Demo-
crat, 1 naturally wanted to see a Demo-
cratic mayor do the right thing. A
friend of mine met me in the hallway
the other day in my office building and
jumped onto me. That is, he came as
near to it as man generally dares to
daughter and applause) about taking
part in this fight against the mayor.
Why, he Is our mayor he said,
and he is a Democratic mayor. If he
were Republican mayor and had done
just what he has done, you would
not find any Republicans fighting him.
That was the way he put it up to me.
Well l said to him, he is a Demo-
cratic mayor: was nominated by the
Democratic party and elected by the
Democratic party and some others
Qaughter), but still he is a Democratic
mayor with the Democratic party's in
dorsement back Of him, and all Demo-
Gratis want to see him succeed
"As I said to this friend, 1 would
have been mighty glad to see the
mayor succeed in his administration of
the city's affairs. 1t would have re-
f1ected credit and honor on our party
and would have been a guarantee for
our future candidates. But feel about
him, I said, just like I used to feel
about my boys when they were young
fellows. My oldest boy complained to
me once-I have thought about 1t often
since, why, you chastise me, father,
for what you laugh at in others (Ap-
plause.)
'"Well, I expect that was So I did
not ask the young man to give me
a case in point. 1 was afraid he would.
buI l4lol was IIAO way liz OOOObJ AOAS
about it. I wanted my boy to behave
a little bit better than my neighbor's
boy.
Democratic Standpoint
THAT is the way 1 feel as Demo-
crat. When we elect a Democratic
official [ want him to behave so wen
that he will put every Republican to
shame, and if I did not believe this
afternoon that the facts which have
been disclosed not only justify but i'm
peratively demand that the recall shall
be invoked at this time I certainly
would not be taking part in 1t against
q man elected by my own party which
| know If it succeeds the rebuke of
Mayor Harper will be a discredft to
my own party.
"Have we a case In po1ntI Have we
a concrete case?
"Now, my friends, I am not going TO
detain you at great length on this mat
ter. There is an awful lot that might
be said about it. I am going to try to
confine myself to the briefest outline.
About the time this recall was in
corporated in our constitution, that is
the city charter, it was known by every
intelligent man who was entitled to
vote on that subject at that time
that very soon, in the near future,
there would arise a necessity that this
city should have more water-alien
water-water which should be brought
in from beyond the Sierra or at least
beyond the Sierra Madre, and as far
from the east as Sierra Nevada. Every
body knew that we expected that with
in the next few years we would have to
begin to pave the way for the future
growth of this city, the surprise of the
world.
Aqueduct Case in Point
swell. if was only year after that
until the exigency confronted us face
to face. The Owens river scheme was
proposed Of bringing in the waters Of
that river and pouring them into this
valley, making it. richer than the Nile,
more glorious than any valley Of all
past history in the world, because we
have other facilities that the balance
of the world did not have in the olden
time. We all said Yes, we are in favor
of that Why we marched up to the
ballot box with an imperial disdain Of
what the work might cost and voted
$23, ,OOO,0O as a starter; ready to vote
$23, ,00O,0 900 more if it required it, but
not for graft. (Applause.)
mot to bring water 10000 PAGES, as
they used to measure distance in Italy
in the days of the Roman empire. Not
10000 PAGES, as an exaggerated in
stance; not 10000 PAGES did we want to
bring that water. We measured the
long stretched distance by hundreds Of
miles across the mountains and
through the mountains, and over tho
valleys, and down the hills-ready, I
say, to spend and be spent.
eve piled up a fund with which we
would quickly inaugurate and CARRY
forward this work to completion, if it
is enough, and if it is not enough we
will pile up other millions until we
have enough.
"But we don't want any of it divert
ed from it's honest purpose. and woe