Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-05
CITIZENS RESPONSIBLE

DEsPoNsIBILITY will be brought
N right home to the people of Los
AZ Angeles under the operation of
the new primary election provided for
by the charter amendment. The can
didates will be chosen by the people.
Incompetent candidates If elected will
make incompetent ofiiceholders, but 1t
will be the fault of the people. Disin-
genuous and double dealing candidates
If selected by the people will make dis
ingenious and double-dealing officials,
but it will be the fault of the people.
Candidates who take orders from
crooked political machine bosses will
If elected continue to take orders from
crooked political machine bosses. But
it viii be the fault of the people. OBJ
structionists and plunder hunters IL
elected will be obstructionists and
piunder hunters in office, but 1t will be
the fault Of the people. Serious indeed
is the responsibility that is placed upon
the people of Los Angeles. and we are
certain the people of Los Angeles will
live up to 1t by choosing public spir-
tied, honest, clean, honorable citizens
for candidates for public Office, so that
the officeholders elected will be men
who will be credit to the city, and
will promote its best interests and work
for its welfare in loyal, Los Angeles
way.
1t is the duty of every citizen to aid
in the selection of candidates.
GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE AT
THE PRIMARIES. 1t is your duty.
1t is the DUTY of every citizen. It
is a SOLEMN OBLIGATION resting
upon every citizen.
There is only one way in which good
government may be preserved and that
is by keeping out of office every man
who might possibly lend himself to
bad government. Los Angeles must
not run the slightest risk Of having
any repetition Of the reign of graft
and vice which temporarily beclouded
the fair fame of our city during the
administration of the unspeakable Har-
per, who sought to entrench himself
within protecting rings of men un-
faithful to their public trust and de-
voted to corporation influences and in
terests and to the protection of vice.
Los Angeles Herald, by its exposures
of his life, character and conduct,
forced the unfaithful mayor to resign
from the Office he was disgracing, and
with his fall, the entire system OF
municipal government underwent a
cleaning process, and police commits
sion, police department and board Of
public works were rescued from the
dirty clutches of grafters, spoilsmen
and panderers to evil and protectors
of vice.
The work of rescue having been ac-
complished by Los Angeles Herald and
devoted band of citizens pledged TO
maintain the honor and to promote the
true and permanent prosperity of Los
Angeles, the voters must see to it that
neither the good work nor any portion
of it is undone.
This is a time for EXTRA VIGI-
LANCE, not for relaxation of vigil
lance. The responsibility Of main
tanning good government rests with
the citizens of Los Angeles. The first
step toward making good government
secure and permanent in our great
metropolis is to VOTE AT THE PRI-
MARIES, and to vote for candidates
who viii be d credit to Los Angeles
and will make oficeholders who will
continue with unremitting vigilance,
diligence and zeal the grand work Of
good government so well and so hon
orably and SO successfully begun,