Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-18
CANDIDATE IS
HAILED AS OUR
NEXT MAYOR
CITIZENS MEETING MARKED
BY ENTHUSIASM
FORMER SUPERVISOR ACCEPTS:
AUDIENCE APPLAUDs
determination to Place in Office Man
Who Will Keep City's Under
takings Free of Slime,
Manifest
XII HIS is Uncle George Alexander

EGH HIS is Uncle George Alexander
our next mayor" said Judge
John d. Works, chairman OF
the citizens meeting at Blanchard hail
last night. Dignifed and prominent
men, who had been applauding and
cheering the recall candidate to sue
ceed A. G. Harper for five minutes re-
neWed their approval, standing up and
waving hats and canes and shouting
like college freshmen at a football
game. The enthusiasm broke out re-
peatedly, and George Alexander and the
men who have invoked the recall were
heartily Cheered whenever the meeting.
had opportunity
Yet the enthusiasm, marked as it was
did not form the greatest feature Of
the gathering in Blanchard hall. The
most prominent phase was the set de-
termination to place in Office a MAYOR
who would clean the city up and keen
It's large undertakings free from any
slime of private gain or the suspicion
OF mismana cement. The mind of the
citizens present, who were there in
larger numbers than any member Of
the Municipal leagues executive COM
mlttee had anticipated, was apparent
throughout the meeting. The earnest
ness which will predOminate in the
campaign was evidenced in the recep-
tion given to MIR. Alexander, in the
opinions of all the speakers, in the reso-
lut1ons adopted and particularly i'm the
attention given by those present to
anything said approaching the keynote
OF the mOVement-that the Owens river
water and power must be let alone by
those who would make private profit
from the project
Ratifies Nomination
The meeting ratified the selection of
| George AlnX9n60T
made the recall candidate for mayor.
1t adopted an address Ito the men and
women of Los Angeles which stated in
emphatic detail the reasons why A. c.
Harper is mistake as mayor of Los
Angeles. 1t urged the Municipal league
to continue it's work by taking charge
of the campaign and eIecting George
Alexander, and the Municipal league
accepted the responsibility. The meet
ing also commended the six grand
jurors who voiced their opinions as to
the protection of vice in Los Angeles
and thanked Judge Works and others
who have been active in the recall.
George AleXander's acceptance was
clearcut and easily understood. IF I
am elected in this campaign I will give
every man that has business with the
city a square DEAL" said Mr.. Alexander.
Il will try to administer the laws in
a way that will increase the good
standing of this city. Los Angeles is
a beautiful city. We certainly ought to
have here a good government. I think
we can improve on the present
methods.
Il did not seek this nomination, and
wouldn't take it if I did not think it
necessary to help you men in this fight.
/ accept from a sense of patriotic duty
only. And l must say the reception
you have given me tonight pays me
many times over for the slurs and
ISLANDERS have received heretofore"
"A square deal for everybody who
has legitimate business with or in the
city, was received with prolonged
cheers, and it was in substance the
promise made by George Alexander.
! The report of the committee of fif-
teen, as presented by the chairman, w.
D. Stephens, was brief and simply men
| toned the organization of the commit
tee and the unanimous selection by it's
members of Mr.. Alexander as the man
to be nominated for mayor The meet
ing accepted and approved the report
heartily and unanimously.
| After Mr.. Alexander had made his
modest but vigorous speech Of accept
ance of the responsibility of leading the
movement a letter was read from Wes-
ley Clark calling attention to the fact
! that obvious reasons prevented him
from serving on the committee Of f1f-
teen. Judge Works explained by stat
ing that Mr.. Clark had been named on
the statement from the six members cf
| the grand jury. If he had known the
| situation as it stood after the selection y
! had been made he said he would not
have named Mr. Clark.
Platform Read
AS Judge Albert M. Stephens, char
man of the committee on resolutions,
had been called out of the city the plat
| form was read by T. E. Gibbon. 1t was
| cd in he nf n ar RI
the men and women of Los Angeles,
| and was adopted with the unanimity
that prevailed on the subject matter
! throughout the entire meeting.
| Another resolution, also unanimously
adopted, which was presented by r. H.
| Norton, was as follows:
| "ResoIved, That this meeting desires
! to take this opportunity to express its
hearty approval of the splendid citi-
zenship displayed by the six members
of the late grand jury who presented
| the minority report, and we commend
their courage and fidelity to the public
! trust confided in them"
League to Take Charge
! Nobody is better qualified to take
charge of this campaign and fight out
| this fight than the Municipal league"
said Cyrus F. McNutt in the discussion
| that arose regarding the selection Of
campaign management. LET US not
| deceive ourselves. While the voters
of this city favor the recall by two to
one, it behooves us to get out all of
the two to the polls. We have got to
wage a fight such as never has been
put up in this city.
Every CRATER every man who has
finger in the pie, every man who has
a job is going to line up behind Harper.
/ Every corporation that wants to steal
something from this city is going to
| line up. We will win this fight, but
we want to make it a monumental
victory, one that will live in the his
tory of this city as an unforgettable
thing. 1t ought to stand as a monu-
ment not only to our courage, but also
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