Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-01-26

that those subordinates, many of them,
are men whose conduct should be
looked into. Now, 1 should like very
much to have the council refer TINS
whole matter to the committee on
streets and boulevards, with instruc-
tions to investigate these conditions
Thoroughly and report them to the
council And if there is no objection
on the part of any member OF the
council the order will be made that
this whole matter be referred TO that
committee.
rs there any objection?
''There is no objection, and it is so
ordered.
sorhere is another matter I desire to
call to your attention, that has been
brought to the attention of the pollce
commission. You know that the or
dinance of this city provides that any
one applying for license to estap-
lish and operate a saloon shall secure
the consent of a certain proportion OF
the frontage property on the block on
each side.
Called Contemplate Graft
It has been asserted, and understand
nrOved in some instances, that some OF tne
large real estate dealers of this city nave
undertaken 10 furnish sae necessary "",oSI,.
of the frontage for a consideration OF SiVv W
and the EVIDENCE INDICATES IN, IL
THERE is SOME SORT OF COMBlNA-
TION BETWEEN THOSE LARGE kEAL
ESTATE FIRMS WHO, AS YOU hNOM,
CONTROL EITHER IN THE MANNER VI
LEASING OR HOLDING PROPERTY IN
VARTOITs WAYS, CONTROL OF A LARGE
PART OF THE FRONTAGE.
Now, If that be true, and some OF our
citizens are resorting to that sort OF thlng'
n il n most contemplate species OF graft
and 1t is in violation of the terms OF the
ordfnance which. of course, eontempiates
fhe willing consent of the property owners
themselves.
strangely enough, although that
matter was brought to the attention
of the police commission, 1t never mas
been made public. No newspaper IN
This civ has ever mentioned it, al
though the newspaper men were cog
infant of the fact, and think the
newspaper reporters would have been
willing enough to write up what they
call "a story with respect to 1t. But
we are directly interested in that ques-
ton, and that is another matter that
I should like to have investigated, ana
/ should like, in the first place to ask
the police commission to report to US
+Ie names of the real estate firms IN
this city who have been doing that
xort of thing, so that the matter may
be brought to the attention of the pub
lie.
Publicity Helps
cone wav to overcome and destroy
these evils is to make them public
and I think every good citizen should
be willing, and every newspaper that
is advocating good government here
ought to be willing to expose these
conditions.
81 should like to ask the council to
call upon the police commission for in
formation on this subject, so that we
may deal with it.
''There is another matter I think
ought to be brought to your attention
There are a good many commissioners
here on the various commissions, who,
I understand, are absolutely neglecting
their duties; and that is particularly
true, I understand, in the case of the
library board-a very important board,
too-and that mem bers of the board
absent themselves from the meetings
months at a time and give very little
attention to it. don't know how much
of an investigation the mayor has made
of these conditions. The duty to act
on these matters in the first instance
rests upon the mayor; and if those
conditions exist men who are there
under those circumstances, not per-
forming their duties, should be re-
moved and somebody placed there who
will perform their duties, and I think
it is our duty to call attention to those
conditions, so that they may be inves-
tigated.
Passes illegally Issued
"There is another matter that has
been brought indirectly to the atten-
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