Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-01

George H. Stewart and Frederick j.
Whiffen, Good Government candidates
for the two vacancies in the Los Ange-
les city council. We're elected yesterday
in one of the most bitterly contested
elections in the history of Los Ange-
les.
The Southern Pacific political ma
chine, disrupted at the preceding mu-
nicipal election when it's corrupt ad-
ministration was completely routed by
the Good Government forces, was re-
cuperated for the battle yesterday, and,
aided by the lighting corporations and
street railway interests, the emissaries
of this combine resorted to threats, in
timidation, promises and misrepresen-
tation to place its two candidates-Doc
Houghton and Barney Healy--in the
city council; but the Good Government
forces of Los Angeles came quickly to
the rescue and elected the Good Gov
ernment candidates, sustained the city
ordinance reducing the electric light
rates from to cents a kilowatt hour
by a vote of to /; indorsed the So
called business license ordinance by a
vote of almost to l, and give the city
hall proposition an appreciable major
it required a two-thirds vote to carry.
PUSH MEN BURIED
A trifle less than so per cent of the
city's registered vote was cast yester-
day. In precincts where Houghton and
Healy were nominated by majority
discouraging to the Good Government
forces, although due to the apathy of
the voters at the primary election, the
Good Government candidates yesterday
received almost twice their previous,
or primary, vote--in several instances
completely showing under their push
opponents.
Never again will we doubt the 10y
atty or the determination of the people
of Los Angeles" said several officials
of the Good Government organization
last night. This is the second great
triumph of the Good Government forces
of Los Angeles over corporation COR
ruption, pernicious politics and South
ern Pacific bossism and intimidation,
and we regard it as even more remark
able than our previous victory, for the
reason that in this election the South
ern Pacific push was aided by the pow
erful lighting corporations and by sew
eral other public service combines,
which did everything possible to defeat
us. They threatened. intimidated and
cajoled their hundreds of employees
throughout the city, and they were
backed also by the brewery and saloon
men. In the previous fight it was the
booze and S. p. gang which we had to
whip; this time it was the booze and
S. p. in conjunction with a much more
powerful machine.
RESULTS PRAISEWORTHY
"The citizens of Los Angeles are to
be commended for their attitude and
for their patriotism in safeguarding
the best interest of their city, as they
have now done by this election.
1.-THE results are decided compli-
ment to the present administration.
The voters of Los Angeles have placed
their seal of approval, by a large ma
jority, on the progressive work, the
purifying influences and the open and
honest methods of the Good Govern
ment officials who for the last six
months have been administering the
affairs of Los Angeles.
"These men went into office at a time
when the affairs of the city were SER
iously involved, muddled and biased
as q result of long years of push con-
troll, pernicious activity IN office and
corporation domination, They have
straightened out the affairs of their
various departments. and although
handicapped by having to work in con-
junction with a county administra-
tion largely controlled by the 5. +.
machine, they have done some un-
usually effective work, placed the city
on one of the highest moral planes