Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-26
All the Latest News and Notes in the Realm of Politics
MAYOR alexander FIRES BROADSIDE,
DEMOUSH|NG FREDERICKS' ARGUMENT

will leave it to. the people to judge
whether you were good enough
then.
90 Did 1 not comply with your re
quest and place you in nomination il
that fierce political contest, in direc
opposition to the so-called machine"
You did not place me in nomina-
tion 'in direct opposition to the so .
called machine" but you did so in
furtherance of the scheme of the
machine to keep me from running
Independently.
&c. You were defeated, in spite of my
efforts. You have never served will
me since then. What has changed
your opinion of me?"
GOOD ROADS BONDS PROJECT
Immediately after the convention
of 1908 the matter of the selling Of
the good roads bopds came up. You
have stated that you advised the
board of supervisors against selling
them at private sale. never heard
from you personally in that matter
at all. I attended but one of the
private conferences of the board
of supervisors on that question.
The board, Assistant District At
torney Hartley Shaw, representing
your office, and Mr.. Daggatt of the
highway commission were the only
persons present, as I recOllect 1t
now. All that Mr.. Shaw said at
that time was that the board had
the legal right to sell at private
sale; that there was nothing in the
state law to prevent, but as long as
it had been been the custom of the
board to sell bonds at public sale to
the highest bidder, and as there
was division among the members
of the board as to the proposed
sale, 1t would be bad policy to sell
at private sale. That is the only
aid the minority of the board re-
ceived from the district attorneys
office in its fight on the good roads
question.
A citizen then brought suit 20 en-
join the board from selling the
bonds at private sale. In that suit
the Hon. John D. Works represent
ed the interests of the people of
this county and appeared as at
torney for that citizen. You. with
several other attorneys, defended
the action of the "solid three
At that time also the "solid three"
tried to put through a contract
giving the printing of the GOOD
roads bonds to w. p. Jeffries &
Co., although their bid was 800
higher than the lowest responsible
bid. You appeared in that case
also and defended the action of the
"soIid three" and Judge Bordwell,
who heard the case, censured the
majority Of the board very severely
for attempting to let such a con-
tract.
DISAGREEMENT ON PLATFORMS
"7. Were you not very anxious to
stand on the same platform with me
when you We're a candidate?"
From the time four years ago,
when, just as soon as you got the
non-partisan Endorsement, you
turned around and fought the ticket
they were most interested in, I
lost faith in you. From that time
to this I have never appeared on
the same platform with you politi-
cally.
"S. Is it not fact that less than a
month ago, on Third street, between
Spring and Main streets, you told
louis Duni to bring the word to me
rom you that ayou were going to sup
,ort me along with the rest of the
,ntire Republican ticket? What has
.hanged your mind since then?"
I did not tell your detective, Louis
Duni, nor any other man, a month
ago, nor at any other time since
1908, that I would support you.
"9. Has not E. T. Earl compelled
rou to now come out against me?'
40. What hold has he on you?"
LAUDs MEN WHO ARE RIGHT
Mr.. Earl has never asked me to
come out against you, and neither
he nor any other man has any hold
upon me, nor can any one compel
me to act in any manner other than
as my conscience dictates.
AS far as Mr.. Earl is concerned,
l think that any one who has at
tentively followed the course of the
Express since he has been in con-
troll Of 1t will say that, almost with
out exception, he has stood for the
best interests of the people on all
great questions Of the day, and I
do believe that he and his paper
will continue so to do.
So long as they do that, I will
gladly work with them; but should
the time ever come when they are
wrong, I will fight them with the
same vigor that I now do, and with
the same deep regret that 1 feel
because your conduct has been
such that l can no longer support
you.
am an old man, and it is my
earnest desire to round out my life
in sincere service to the country
that I love and have fought for.
Sorrowfully yours,
GEORGE ALEXANDER.