Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-21
CORPORATION OFFICIALS
ACCUSED BY PROSECUTOR
Vigorous DenunCiation of Big
Concerns Made at Good
Government Rally

One of the most successful rallies of
the Good Government councilmanic
campaign was held at Moneta avenue
and Sixty first street last night, j. b.
Cook presiding.
The hall was filed to its capacity
and many persons crowded the doors
and lobby. Speeches were made by
Prof. Lorin A. Handley. c. E. Bent and
Messrs. Stewart and Whiffen, the Good
Government, candidates for the city
council. The most interesting address
of the evening was made by Guy Z.
Eddie, city prosecutor, who in the
course of his remarks accused several
of the corporation officials of Los An
geles of being anarchistic in their rule
or-ruin policies.
mo one can realize the tremendous
influence which has been eXerted on
Mayor Alexander and the members OF
the city council to induce them to sub
serve certain interests apart from
those of the people. Even the per-
sonal friends of Mayor Alexander have
been sent to him, to take advantage
of his friendship to get him TO DO
things which would have enhanced the
value of corporation stock and in
creased the revenues of the public
service corporations of this city. But
Mayor Alexander and the members or
this city council have remained loyal
and steadfast to those principles OF
good government on which they were
placed in office
I'm the last campaign it was pre-
dicted that if a clean and honest city
council was not secured whose mem
bers could be relied on to support the
administration in its stand for the
people against the special interests
there might arise some issue in which
a vast amount of the taxpayers money
should be dependent, in which the
slightest treachery would make, OF
mar, the future of Los Angeles. Truc
to prediction, such an occasion arose
In the power bond project, when every
conceivable influence was brought into
play, and the action of the city council
meant millions of dollars to the peo-
pie, and prosperity or poverty for the
future of Los Angeles.
"Without delay quickly and con,
scientiously. the city council dlscerneo
it's duty and discharged it, with the re-
suit that the special election was called
against every effort of the power corr
porations and the people of Los An
geles had an opportunity to DECIDE
whether or not the city should develop
the vast energy of the owens river
water supply and enable itself TO bullo
and operate it's own lighting and pow
er plants and sell that energy at a
considerable profit to private manu-
facturers who will be induced by the
success of this project to invest IN
Los Angeles At that election the peo-
ple manifested their progressive pur-
poses and the corporations were de-
feated.
1T is equally important at this spe--
cial election June 80 that you elect
Frederick ]. Whiffen and George H.
Stewart to the city council, for 1t is
necessary that Mayor Alexander and
the administration have men of this
caliber in the city council on whom
they can rely for support and honest
action in such emergencies as those
which have arisen since the present
administration went into office.
"An official of one of the leading
corporations of Los Angeles came into
NV office a week ago and after a
lengthy argument Informed me that II
was the intention of his corporation
to ignore a certain ordinance which
he considered inimical to the best in
terests of his company. What do we
care for your laws If they stand In our
way of success and mean loss OF
thousands of dollars to us?' this man
actually said to me.
"Think of 1t, gentlemen. q. state
ment such as this, coming from a
prominent corporation official!"