Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-23
VOTERS RALLY TO
KEEP CITY CLEAN
Good Government Forces Gather
in Normandie Hall to Sup
port Organization
CORPORATIONS REPUDIATED
Speakers Point Out Reasons for
Election of Whiffen
and Stewart
CORPORATIONS REPUDlATED

Normande hall, Normandie and
Jefferson streets, was the scene last
night of a rousing Good Government
rally, largely attended by the voters
of that section of the city, who mani
tested a great deal of enthusiasm and
interest n the various speeches.
William f. Bryant, an ardent sup
porter of the Good Government move
ment in that precinct, presided at the
meeting. He compared the municipal
administration to a corporation, say
ing that Just as the stockholders of q
corporation, handling vast sums, of
money and valuable interests belonging
to those stockholders, would exercise
the greatest care in the selection of its
directors and other officials, so should
the taxpayers of a municipality eXer-
else great care and sound judgment
in electing the members of the city
council, whose duties to the city are
similar to those of a board of direc-
tors of Incorporation
"This municipal corporation of Los
Angeles" he said, "has a fearless, pro-
gressive and honest president, whom
we call our mayor, and our board of
directors, which we call our city coun-
Gil, has stood faithfully and consist
emily by him. There are two vacancies
in that city council and this pending
election June 80, is to decide whether
you, the voters of Los Angeles-all
stockholders in this great municipal
corporation-want to protect your in
terests approve the honestly and eff
cheney of that council and that mayor.
which you can do by electing two
good clean and honest men to fill those
vacancies in the council
These two men are Frederick j.
Whiffen and George II. Stewart. If
Doc Houghton and Barney Healy are
elected, it will be discouraging TO the
honesty and to the progressive and
protective principles of Mayor Alex
ander and his administrative officials,
who have stood so courageously for
the people and for the interests of the
taxpayers, as against the greed, coer-
cion and pernicious activity of those
predatory interests"
One of the principal speeches of the
evening was made by City Prosecutor
Guy G.. Eddie, whose address elected
loud applause, and who made an elo-
quent appeal for the voters to rally
to the support of the administration
and to approve it's fearless attitude to-
ward the public utility corporations,
which, for the first time in the history
of Los Angeles. he said, have been
made to get on their knees to the peo-
pie and which have failed obviously
in their strenuous and repeated at
city council.
NEED THEM IN COUNCIL
TT is due to the election of this
courageous administration that we
have the referendum on the lighting
rates. A Healy and Houghton council
would never have permitted it to go
to a vote of the people.
"a Healy and Houghton council also
would have done everything possible to
prevent the aqueduct power bond cleo
tion.
1.-The stalwart men who are now in
charge of our city government have
kept their promises They have pro-
tected the interests of the people as
they were never protected before. 1t
is imperative that we elect Messrs.
Stewart and Whiffen to fill the va
cancies in this council. The corpora
tions are trying to convert the power
of our municipal government to their
own ends.
IF you elect Houghton and Healy to
the city council it will show that you
do not want a government which is OF,
for and by the people-an administra-
tion representing your collective inter-
ests. and controlled by the will of the
majority-but it will indicate that you
prefer the old system, corporation con-
troll push methods, pernicious politics,
bossism. and all that goes to make that
system so odious and discouraging.
Prof. Lorin A. Handley, Democratic
candidate for congress, and one of the
foremost supporters of the Good Gov
ernment crusade, also made stirring
address which was loudly applauded
and proved one of the hits of the even
ing.
Prof. Handley called attention to the
fact that both Mr.. Stewart and Mr..
Whiffen are not in the race as pollt-
clans; that they are not looking Tor
the salary of the office; that they are
both pioneer business men of Los An
geles, connected with no corporations,
directly or indirectly; dominated by no
special interests, and that they had
consented to make the fight only at the
earnest solicitation of the members OF
the Good Government organization,
who appealed to them to become can
didates because the presence of this
kind of men is needed in the city coun-
ell, where great and grave problems are
certain to arise in the course of the
next few months, involving the rights
of corporations, harbor and highway
problems, aqueduct and power plant
development, etc. He said that these
men had consented to make the hght
for the election because they regarded
1t as a public duty. They desire the
office DecauSe IneY DelltNG they Cdil eiiV
Mayor Alexander and the present city
council in it's commendable work of
regulating the public service corpora
tions, protecting and conserving the
rights and interests of the people, and
establishing a larger and cleaner city
which will be the pride and envy of the
western hemisphere.
APPEALS FOR ORDINANCE
Prof. Handley also made strong APP
peal for the adoption, by referendum,
of the business license ordinance, which
he declared was one of the many great
reforms and progressive achievements
of the present administration, but
which is opposed by several leading
banks and large corporations because it
compels them to share in the burden
of taxation in proportion to their reve-
nues and earnings.
1t was announced just before the
conclusion of the meeting, that Good
Government meeting would be held at
the offices of Cruck and Golden, 1921
jefferson street, next Friday evening,
and all who are interested in the work
In that section of the city were invited
TO attend.
Secretary c. E. Bent of the Good
| Government central organization also
announced that there will be an inn
! nortant Good Government meeting s,ild