Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-25

he understood that it meant, if he sub
1bed, he would be protected.
What did a saloonkeeper or a keep
er OF place Of vice understand when
ne put up the money? He knew very
well he was bribing public official.
The person who went to him selling
took might just as well have said:
You give me 500 and I will protect
voI'
What is that but plain, simple
graft? What is that but plain, simple
bril- cry?
1--WE lave fallen on evil times when
the head Of the government Of our city
allies himself with men of that kind.
II isn't SO m -ch the saloonkeeper
iticise, either.
What are self-respecting citizens to
q under these circumstances? We
have the power to ask Mayor Harper
to submit himself again to the will Of
the people as to whether he shall be
tier mayor.
isn't it about time we should call
that? 1t seems so to me-
AS to responsibility, it seems to me
that the citizen who is not willing to
take responsibility of this kind is not
fit to be citizen. tremendous cheer
ing)
NOW want you to understand that
I have always been the friend of Mayor
Harper. have always been his friend
Il am citizen of the city of Los
Angeles. am willing to take the re-
possibility when it comes to a test
of this kind"
Mr.. Tyrrell was further answered by
Thomas E. Gibbon, who refuted the
Lin that Gen. A. r. Chaffee, Will
liam Mulholland and J. B. Lippincott
had urged the appointment of Edward
Kern as member Of the board Of
public works. Mr.. Gibbon showed that
the only manner in which such a con-
| StrnCtiOn could hn n1aand 6nir
attitude was through the fear that
Mayor Harper If not allowed to APP
point Kern would name a much worse
man, saying that this was advanced
by a champion Of Kern's. This mat
ter" said Mr.. Gibbon, twas thoroughly
threshed out before Kern's appoint
ment.
Judge Cyrus F. McNutt, the next
speaker, appealed eloquently to the
cOnsciences of the voters of Los An
geles. He referred to the statements
published In The Herald, saying that
they could not, if only as a matter
of business, be published were they
untrue. Then he asked the fathers
, present if they wished young girls to
be left unprotected against pitfalls
similar to the infamous dens exposed
in The Herald. Cowardfce, as adj
vanced by a defendant of Mayor Har-
per, had no place in the consideration
Of so mOmentous a problem, said Judge
McNutt. He said:
1--WE settled the policy Of the recall
some years ago. 1t was new thing
| to me- not historically but as a per-
sonal matter. I came to the conclusion
1t would be a mighty powerful lever to
keep things right
eve settled the recall question, and
we are confronted with a different
question this afternoon. We have an
other question. That is, have we d
case in point?
"Is there public official in this town
| who ought to be recalled, and who
| ought to be succeeded by a better man?
81 don't understand you have to he
dead sure you will win before you be-
gin a thing like this
'On my own part I'm an old moss
back Democrat, and for fifty years I
have been content with the first in
quiry, Are you right?'
II don't know Mayor Harper. I did
not vote for him because 1 wasn't voL-
ing that way that year. l can, there
fore, say impartially that I can con-
slider his case judicially, just as judi
cially as when I was judge and read
and considered the dispositions Of wit
nesses
Il have read what has been published
by Tom Gibbon in The Herald and I
nave enough faith in that gentleman to
know that he would not as a matter
of business, publish what he has with
out reason.
mo girl in short dresses could be out
without being tmperiled on every corner
of being drawn into these he1lholes by
those who are interested in them.
"I want to know of the fathers Of
| children in this town how thew feel
about this administration. How do you
know that your daughters will not he
lured into these hellholes that are be-
ing maintained in this city?
And I want to know if there is any
y. A.
making any mistake when the recall
is called to a test
Il don't think there is any danger
but even if | thought we would be
licked to FRAGILE L would say go
ahead
''Why is it debatable, when we have
an instrument Of self-defense and our
lives are endangered that we should
use it when we are cornered? And we
are now well nigh cornered."
Statements Bring Cheers
Continued cheering greeted Judge
McNuttS statements especially those
which appealed to the fighting spirit of
his hearers. A vote was called for, and
the president asked all who were i'll
favor of the motion demanding the re-
call rise. There was no hesitancy about
standing on the part of nearly every
one present When the negative was
called for only ]. J. Byrne and ]. H.
U4OCcI4 lily SlOOO up DUH SdlQ LndE
they were opposed to any action against
Mayor Harper. I'VE have a very good
city council, and the recall would be
detrimental to the city finances said
Mr.. Mccarthy.
I'VE want the names also of all per-
sons not voting" said President Keep
fiji. 1--WE want to make the record abb
solutely clear
Il desire to make an explanation"
said Rev. Raphael Fuhr, pastor of ST.
JoSeph'S Catholic church eve have
had a grand jury investigation and we
have no right to anticipate it's decision
1t seems to me almost contempt of
court or an attempt to influence the
decision of the grand jury. A gentle
man whose name if 1 could mention it
you would hear with reverence assured
me that there are two sides to this
matter
do you wish to be recorded as not
voting or as voting no?" asked the
chairman.
Pastor Votes "No"
Under the circumstances L wish to
vote no." said the pastor, but after the
meeting had closed he went upon the
platform and assured President Koepf1i
that if he found the charges against
the mayor to be true he would favor
the recall. He had not, he said, taken
opportunity to investigate the charges,
but he would not countenance an adj
ministration which protected vice.
Harry WOolner, who voted in favor
| of the motion, asked for a reconsidera-