Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-18

hoped the world would not be disap-
/ pointed by the acts Of the incoming
ofncials. lie said ne would not make
any promises now, but would ask that
/ the administration be judged by his
performances.
Francis J. Heney, graft prosecutor
and enemy OF the higher ups was
the last speaker. He chose as mis- sub
| ject, California MIR. Heney was
| gwen a great ovation as he arose
Three cheers and more were given him
when he arose to chair TO speak. MIR.
Heney said that California ought to
be an easy subject, because it is big
enough.
lie congratulated thc assemblage for
being winners. He declared that all
the world loves n winner and worships
success rather than the individual.
Ho asked not to be looked upon as a
defeated candidate, for he said: Il
have just commenced to fight. l know
that the men who defeated me are
saying, Another such victory and we
are lost
He said he wanted to congratulate
Los Angeles upon the men elected.
THE city and the state are to be
congratulated upon lHt tletllOu VI
these men," declared Mr. Heney, ''for
il will be an incentive to all cities and
all states TO do likewise, electing good
and great men TO office.
IT'S not because you have elected
this ticket you are to be most con-
graduated Your charter is a model
for every city in the United States
You have the fundamentals-the
initiative. referendum and recall. We
need them in our state constitution.
Put them there and we need no lobby
to force legislation. Give us the
initiative and we can go direct to the
people for direct legislation. Give US
the initiative and we will get direct
election of United states senators. We
would then get a real direct primary;
then we could do away with worth
less railroad commission. The people
then would get what they wanted
without going TO Mr.. Herrin for It.
"The most important thing in your
charter is the nan-partisan clause. one
election does not settle things. We
elected TAYLOR and a good board of
supervisors three years ago, but now
we are back where we We're before
that most excellent start toward re-
form.
Need Same Charter
IF we had in san Francisco the
same kind of city charter you have,
good government would have Won
there in the recent election To purify
politics in California we must have
| good government in San Francisco.
Oakland and Berkeley, for those three
places have over a million of popula-
| tion, or about half OF the population
of the state.
Like Judge Hunsacker, I have
! learned that ten men acting together
can accomplish more than one hundred
! acting separately, and 100000 acting to-
gether can accomplish more than ten
million acting separately. Organiza-
ton in san Francisco won the skirmish
We will not call it a battle, for We
have not begun to fight there. We be
gan to organize i'm san Francisco i'm
mediately after the recent municipal
election
Mr.. Heney spoke of the good work
of the women OF San Francisco. He
declared the support of the women was
most encouraging. and declared that
1t was the men and women who make
the great state of California.
Francis Heney Arrives
It was not until 9:20 o'clock that
Francis J. Heney arrived in the BAN
quet hail. He had been delayed by a
/ late train. lie was cheered and
cheered as he was escorted to his scat
| 10y President Lissner.
The fight for good government was
told Of briefly and forcibly by Mar
shall Stimson, who said that no good
government meeting is complete with
out some mention of Charles d. Viii
lard former secretary OF the Municipal
| league. who labOred long and earnestly
for the right Alr. Stimson paid
| high tribute to Mr.. Willard and said
that the news of the election of the
! Good Government candidates was The
medicine which saved Mr.. Wizards
! life.
I'VE are not fighting for power or
money or position said AIr. Stimson,
in conclusion, but for the right. We
shall go on lighting for the right until
it shall prevail all over the world.
The banqueters rose en- masse as Mr.
Stimson sat down. cheering him to the
echo.
Toastmaster Gibbon dwelt briefly
upon the work of MI Willard and said
that il was due to his efforts that the
fight for a free harhOr was not lost
when it began twenty years ago.
Mr.. Willard is still very i'll. He is
confined to his bed but his sunny In
domitable nature is shown in letter,
written by MI Willard and read to the
gathering by Z. O. EdgertOn, secretary
Of the Municipal league. The letter
follows:
To the Good Government workers, as
sembled at dinner December 11th.
Good Friends:-
I'll health has shut me off from
many pleasures during the past two
years, but from nothing that I regret
more than this gathering to celebrata
the great victory of December 7th.
The occasion is historic and marks
an epoch We love Los Angeles as
few people living elsewhere love their
city. Most Of US are here not by the
choice and immigration. What drew
us hither? climate that makes life
easy free and exalted; scenic beauty
thar uplifts the soul; a golden op-
portuuity Of commercial development;
and community of enlightened, prog
lessive Americans. 1T is all perfect,
>yc said to ourselves. You see it isl
perfect" we sad to our guests. But
we knew that it was not, For all that
we loved Los Angeles, we could not
close OUT ewes tn tla truth. that il