Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-17
VOTERS RALLY TO
KEEP CITY CLEAN
Meetings Of Good Government
Forces Show Sentiment
Against Machine Rule
COMING ELECTION IMPORTANT
Council Must Be Kept Free of
Corporation Tools, Is the
Campaign Cry
BY II. SHELLEY SUTTON


During the next few days, and IN
fact. until after the special council
manic election, June 80, Los Angeles
is to he enlivened by series of i'm
, oortant mass meetings similar to the
moetinp held last night in the Park
ronpregational church at Temple ana
Metcalf streets.
The Good Government organization,
aided by its numerous precinct CLUBS
is determined that nothing shall be
left undone to arouse the interest," OF
the voters as to the significance which
the otitcof1le of the councilmdnic eieC-
tion will have on the future admins
trations of Los Angeles, and that as
MANY voters as possible snail pc
familiarized with the history of DOC
Houghton and Barney Healy, the ma
chine push candidates opposing Fred
erick ]. Whiffen and George ID. Stew
art in the councilmanic struggle.
THE Good Government organization
began it's campaign last Monday night
with a rousing rally at Pico ana III
Molino streets, and last night, in addl-
| ton to the meeting on Temple street.
| held another important meeting III
Boyle Heights, in the hall at tlrst
and Chicago streets, at Whlch Clarence
| M. Taggart, city tax collector SPOKE
| p Welch delivered an interesting ad-
dress on Law Enactment and En-
| forcement." Both of these meetings
we're largely attended and much en-
| thusiasm was manifested.
The Good Government organization
tomorrow Saturday night, at o
| O'Clock, will hold another mass meet
ing at Toberman hall, Hollywood, on
| Prospect avenue, near Cahuenga street,
| will
the best of the campaign. Mayor
Alexander, who has shown a great IN
| terest in the fight to nominate ana
| elect Messrs. Stewart and Whl1n 10
| fill the vacancies in the city council,
because he considers it highly I'M
| portant to the administration to nave
a council free from corporation ana
| machine influence, viii be one OF the
principal speakers and will explain the
exigencies of the present struggle.
Lee C. Gates, one of the most active
! Good Government members and a
! Lincoln Roosevelt champion, will also
| make a speech. He is known as one
of the ablest and most convincing pub
lie speakers in Southern California and
has a fund of facts relative to the
push" which has given the machine
| leaders great deal of anxiety.
T. f. Gibbon, f. j. Whiffen ana
| George H. Stewart also will be present
| and address the meeting, which Will
! be presided over by George H. Dun
lop. president of the Good Government
organization, who is a resident of
! Hollywood.
FOR VOTERS OF SOUTHEAST
Another important rally will be held
! Monday evening, June 20, at O'Clock,
| at Sixty-first and Moneta avenue, to
which the citizens of the southeast
section of the city are invited An
| interesting program will be arranged
| for this meeting and speeches will be
| made by a number of prominent men,
including Messrs. Stewart and Whit
| fen.
! Following this rally, a meeting will
| be held Tuesday night, June 21, at
! o'clock, at San Pedro in which the
citizens of that seaside section of Los
Angeles have manifested lively in
terest and which undoubtedly VIII be
| largely attended.
It is expected band will be en-
gagged for this meeting. Mayor Alex
| ander, T. e. Gibbon, City Attorney
Leslie r. Hewitt. c. E. Bent, secre-
tary of the Good Government central
| organization; George H. Stewart and
Frederick ]. Whiffen will be among
! the prominent speakers at this rally,
and the Importance of the present coun-
| cilmanic struggle, which will test the
strength of the Southern Pacific and
lighting corporations political machine
| in Los Angeles county, will be ex-
planned in its bearing to the harbor
development.
San Pedro seems to be wide awake
to the fact that the S. P. machine Is
doing everything possible to elect
Houghton and Healy, and for this
reason the citizens of the Southern
California harbor city are anxious for
an opportunity to express themselves.
In the course of the next few months