Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-09
ORDER PRECINCT CLUBS
TO SIGN PETITION!
Good Government Association
Backs Municipal League in
Light Referendum

The central committee of the Los
Angeles Good Government organization,
at a special meeting held at headquar-
ters last night, enthusiastically IN
dorsed the stand taken yesterday by the
Municipal league relative to the REFER
endum petitions of the lighting COM
panies, and voted to instruct the mem
bers of the various precinct clubs to
sign the petitions to be circulated by
the Municipal league to place the issue
squarely before the voters at the spe-
cial councilmanic election June 30, thus
saving the taxpayers thousands of dol
lars that would be necessary should the
lighting companies be allowed to delay
the referendum election until after the
councilmanic election.
The Good Government organization
voted to assist the Municipal league in
it's work in every way possible, and IN
a number of stirring speeches Whlcn
were made last night 1t was evident
that the sentiment of the Good Govern
ment members toward the lighting
companies is decidedly antagonistic.
Frederick ]. Whiffen, Good Govern
ment candidate for the city council,
spoke In favor of q municipal lighting
plant and said that the city should own
and operate its own plant and facil1tles
and that bonds should be issued in sucn
denominations that they should be
easily disposed of among the citizens
who might desire to invest in them,
instead of to outside spectators. Mr..
Whiffen's speech elected loud applause.
The meeting was one of the largest
and most enthusiastic ever held py tne
Good Government organization In this
city. It was called for the purpose of
indorsing two of the four councllman1c
candidates nominated by the voters or
Los Angeles at the recent primary cleo
tion. and amid a most enthusiastic out
hurst of applause the committee
adopted resolutions indorsing the can
didacy of Frederick ]. Whiffen and
George H. Stewart.
The committee also voted the thanks
of the Good Government organization
to the Central Labor council, expressing
its appreciation of the Endorsement by
that body of the attitude of Mayor
Alexander and other Good Government
officials in the present referendum
issue.
The resolutions indorsing Messrs.
Stewart and Whiffen were as follows:
'"Whereas, The voters of Los Angeles
city in making q selection for two
councilmen at the election to be held
Thursday, June 80, will be restricted TO
choice between the four candidates
whose names will appear upon the
official ballot, and
"Whereas, Two OF these candidates
are we'll known representative citizens
whose activities for many years have
been for the best interests of Los An
geles city, and
''Whereas, The other two are ex-,
members of a former city council al
ready repudiated by the voters of this
city and denied a reelection because OF
their connection with the notorious
riverbed franchise grab and other legis-
lation adverse to the welfare OF the
citizens of Los Angeles. Therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the city central COM
mittee of the Good Government organ
ization hereby indorses those two repre-
sentative citizens, George H. Stewart
and Frederick ]. Whiffen, and recon-
mends them to the voters OF Los An
geles city as candidates for the coun-
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