Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
GOOD GOVERNMENT
PLAN IS OUTLINED
SECRETARY CLARKE ISSUES
AN OPEN LETTER
Declares That in the Coming Munich
pal Election the Principle Will
Come Before the
Man
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Men, Women. Boys ans OIILS
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Lucian ]. Clarke, secretary Of the
Good Government organization, has
issued an open letter giving the stand
ing, purposes and plans of the or
ganiZation in the coming municipal
election. The statement is as follows:
The attention of the executive COM
mittee of the Good Government organ
ization has been directed again to the
lingering uncertainty in the minds of-2
large number of the voters of this city
as to the manner in which the various
candidates which the Good Government
organization proposes TO indorse will
be selected.
No candidate for office will be sup
ported or promised support from the
Good Government organization until he
has been passed upon and found ac-
ceptable to a majority of the repre-
sentatives from the different precincts
in this city at a called meeting of the
Good Government organization for that
purpose.
Opportunity Given to All
The idea which some men entertain
that the candidates will be selected by
the executive committee, or by any
one man, must be entirely eradicated,
because that is not the purpose of the
organization. All the qualified voters
in the city of Los Angeles are given
an opportunity to join a Good Govern
ment club in their respective precincts
and, through that club, voice their SEN
timents or preferences in favor of or
against the various candidates in the
field, and, should they fail to avail
themselves of this privilege, the fault
will be their own if the outcome of
the election is distasteful to them. The
executive committee of the Good Gov
ernment organization desires simply to
act in an advisory capacity and will
not, at any time, act Independently Of
the precinct representatives in making
an Endorsement of any candidate.
The Good Government organization is
entirely and absolutely independent of
any regular political party. 1t is es-
sentially non-partisan in its plan of
organization. The sole object of the
Good Government organization is the
election of honest, efficient men to pub
lie office in this city, and, in doing this,
it has been proved beyond a doubt that
the absolute divorcement of party poll
tics is the only way in which it can
be accomplished
At the present time there are about
100 precincts in the city which have
either completed their organization or
will do so within a few days, and it
behooves all of the citizens of Los An
geles who desire that the administra-
tion of the city affairs be run on
strictly honest business basis, free
from DOODLE special privilege and the
payment of private debts with public
funds or favors to work for the accom-
plishment of that purpose.
Principle Placed First
No man should place partisanship
above citizenship, and no precinct or
ward organization should be completed
having for it's object the election of any
one man to represent that individual
precinct or ward. We must remember
that the principle is far greater than
the man. and, in electing an honest
capable set of public officials there
will be no necessity for the election of
men to represent individual interests
and the Good Government organization
urgently requests every citizen of Los
Angeles, who at all faVOrs the election
of honest men, to affiliate and CO.
operate with the precinct cl;b in his
precinct.
Meetings will be held to organize