Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-22
the Latest News and Notes in the Realm of Politics


sixty days as promised. The election
was called and nobody can say that
the harbor enterprise was delayed be-
cause the election was postponed TO
give Hollywood a chance to vote"
Great applause greeted the remark
of Hewitt that he had always been
friend of San Pedro.
THE harbor has not been place
where the people have had fair field,
he continued. Il am in a position to
state that the men who are respon-
sible for the harbor situation have
been working plans for harbor i'm
proVement for which the money Will be
spent. These plans will be made public
before June 30.
1.-THE question for you to help us
decide is who shall be chosen to fill the
vacancies on the city council. 1t seems
to me that in time like this men OF
tried ability are good men to tie to.
with the chamber Of commerce Mr.
Stewart has been actively identified
The chamber of commerce took stand
few years ago on the only part OF
the outer harbOr now free. In the
establishing of the harbor the chamber
of commerce stood for that which was
for the best interest of the public"
Thomas E. Gibbon followed Mr.. Hew-
itt He reviewed the work of Los An
harbor at San Pedro and the necessity
of good government to keep it out OF
the hands of the corporations. In part
he said:
THE FUTURE
"The immediate future of the harbor
lies along the water front of Sa7 Pedro
When the plans for harbor improve
ment are announced there will not be a
man in San Pedro who will not be
pleased with them and proud of the
fact that this is to be a great harbor
You know the trouble you have had to
keep the harbor from being given away
You know the trouble you had to pre-
vent that part of the harbor to be i'm
proved by the $3,000,000 bonds voted by
Los Angeles being given to the corpo-
rations Do you want to elect to the
council two men who voted to give
away one of the most valuable fran
chises Los Angeles ever had to give?
1.-The city has pledged to build a
harbor so perfect that it will attract
the commerce of the world-a harbor
that will be nearer every part of the
Pacific slope with the exception of one
small strip north of Fresno and west
of the Sierra Nevada mountains than
any other port on the coast.
what kind of people are you going
to elect to manage such a business en-
terprise? Are you willing to elect
Barney Healy and Doc Houghton, the
men who voted to give away million
dollar property in the valuable river
bed franchise which the people expect
to use some day for municipal rail-
way to the harbor?
Are you going to trust three of the
largest business enterprises known ir
the United States, the harbor the
owens river water and the power, tc
the men who have given away the
property of the public?
"There is the proposition-$60,0 600 ,00C
of property in three business enter
prises. 1t is up to you to decide which
of the four men you shall vote for. .
STEWART SPEAKS
George H. Stewart made a telling
talk, in which he effectually put the
lie to some of the charges that have
been made against him in the harbor
precincts. He reviewed his work in
the chamber of commerce for Sar
Pedro and showed how that body hao
fought the granting of franchises ir
the outer harbor opposed the
peninsula plan in the inner harbor by
which three corporations hoped to gair
control of Mormon island, had taker
steps to preserve the tidelands at thu
urgent request of the harbor commits
sion of which he was president, op
posed state control of the harbor, filec
a protest against the request of the
Bannings to build wharves beyond the
harbor lines, and worked for termina
rates.
Mr. Stewart made his position or
terminal rates particularly plain ano
read letter from M. H. NewmarR
showing that Stewart had been in ia
vor of these rates before NeWmarH
had become convinced that terminal
rates should be granted before consol-
idation.
"In the matter of terminal rates,
said he. 'I have seen it published that
this is the same George H. Stewart
who is opposed to terminal rates fol
San Pedro 1 am and always have
been in favor of terminal rates for Sar
Pedro because she is on tidewater ano
is entitled to them"
Mr.. Gibbon told of the careful effort
of the Good Government organization
in selecting candidates for office in in
Producing Mr.. Whiffen, who made brief
remarks.
Mayor Alexander was greeted with
tremendous applause when he arose tc
make what is announced as his last
campaign talk.
"The same combinations that worked
against you are working against u.s.
said he "They employ the best law
yers to get their men in office. 1t is
for your interest to see that they don't
do this. am in favor of giving the
corporations a square deal. But they
don't own me.
IF you elect Barney Healy and Doc
Houghton to the city council we will
take it that you want to go back tc
the old days before consolidation.
DO you know what we are III
against? This power trust with the
head of it in Washington. Look ahead
twenty-five years. Electricity is king
1 can look ahead twenty-five years and
see this the greatest manufacturing
center in the country, with a grea
free deep sea harbor. The corporations
look ahead farther than we do They
see these things and want to contro
them Your council doesn't believe il
it, neither does your mayor.
1.-THE most grasping corporation II
Los Angeles has been the Los Angelo:
Gas and Electric company. I want
you to vote to sustain the license or
dinance, because 1t is just and fair"