Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-05
EXTEND GOOD
GOVERNMENT
NEW HEADQUARTERS OPENED
IN FAY BUILDING
EXPANSION OF CAUSE BECOMES
POPULAR DEMAND
Organization Plans Campaign for
Funds and viii Garry Work
Into Every Precinct
of the County

The Good Government organization
yesterday opened permanent headquar-
ters in four well equipped office rooms
on the third floor Of the Fay building,
Third and Hill streets, at which place
will begin Immediately campaign for
more funds with which to extend the
work into every branch of city and
county government.
The victory of the Good Government
workers in ridding Los Angeles city
politics and administrative offices of
corrupt influences has been so remark
able that the continuance and eXpan-
sion of the cause is popularity demand
ed, and now with permanent officers
elected, commodious quarters opened
and a committee of energetic crusad-
ers Formulating plans for the county
campaign, the leaders in the under
taking are inspired with enthusiasm
and the second step-the campaign for
a thoroughly efficient and reliable
county administration-has begun aus
piciously.
The committee which has charge OF
teh plans for the organization of the
county committees is composed of e.
A Dickson, f. V. owen, Frank q.
Finlayson, Cyrus f. McNutt and A. J.
Wallace.
The Los Angeles headquarters
opened yesterday will accommodate
the county central committee and
committees will be organized in every
city and village in the county, with
every prospect of a sweeping victory
at the next election of county ofncials.
Eventually, it Is predicted, this
movement for better government,
launched short time past by a small
coterie of loyal citizens here in Los
Angeles, will extend over all OF South
ern California, if not over the entire
state, until Southern California shall
receive Just representation in all al
fairs of the state and command its own
at all times regardless of the power
full machine in the north which so long
has Disseminated against it, No one
who looks back over the remarkable
work done in the city of Los Angeles
can doubt that the possibilities of tu-
ture achievement are illimitable.
Charles e. Bent, the newly elected
secretary of the Good Government or
ganization, was in the new headquar-
ters early yesterday and is busily ar
ranging for the great work ahead OF
him. Mr.. Bent succeeds Luclen }.
Clarke. who resigned because of other
business pressure. Mr. Bent was born
in Los Angeles when 1t was city OF
but IL 900 inhabitants. He has watched
its affairs closely through all the men,
orable stages of its development.
Mr.. Bent's father, H. x. w. Bent
was postmaster of Los Angeles under
President Grant. The son was edu-
Gated in the Los Angeles puplc
schools and at Pomona college, where
he graduated in 1903. After his grad
uation he took up the life insurance
business and two years ago won the
Calef medal as prize for the best
ESSAY submitted to the National Con-
vention of Underwriters. He also serv-
ed as secretary of the Life Underwrit.
ers' association. He is a member OF
the University club.
Mr. Bent was active in the non-par-
tisan campaign three years ago and
prominently identified with the Coco
Government crusade last fall. He was
a delegate to the Republican conven-
tion in 1908. -,.,,
of the organization and Mr.. Bent to-
dav will begin actively to organize all
the precincts of the county.