Arizona sentinel., 1917-07-05
THE BIG HE HIGHBINDER GOT TT IN THE NECK ONCE AGAIN AT THE HANDS OF THE
 CITY COUNCIL


 CITY COUNCIL.
 This article is being written Tuesday night, just after the city council has again shown that notowned body and soul by the big HE hghbnder of Los Angeles And therefore write the item with more than ordinary pleasure and only regret that space will not permit me to say all that would like the people to know
 When the council met it confronted with refer endum petition signed by ninety people, v of whom were legal voters praying and DEMANDING that the council submit to referendum vote the SanguinettiEwing fran chise ordinance which already the ballot refer endum measure This remarkable petition had been got ten up on the orders of the big HE hghbde of Los Ange les It the most audacouS piece of tckery ever a tempted upon free people, The idea of forcing people to say by their whether they wanted to vote that had already been legally and regular y referred them by the council the most aSinne piece of business before attempted in this any other try City Attorney Mooy put his stamp of dsapprove on he read the referendum petition, declaring that the whole thing illegal unconstitutional and in d violation of the letter and spirit of the law But make douby that the petition signed by v legal vo tes should stand the of the people, the friends of the franchise got busy late Tuesday afternoon and within hours secured the of ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN legal voters, pro- testing against the proposed outrage to be pepetrated by the big HE hghbinder of Los Angeles The council lost time taking the petitions under advisement They went at it hammer and tongS. No words minced The big HE hghbinder ripped open fore and att by Aor ney Wupperman, who appeared for Sangunett and Ew- ing The whole scheme laid bare only by Attorney Wuppeman, but also by City Attorney Moloy both of whom declared that such thing referring measure that had already been referred the vote of the people heard of before And the council viewed for the whole subject matter wholly ignored thrown the waste basket and otherwise ramped upon very justly should have been
 This little play upon the part of the big He hghbnder only shows what straits he is driven He has had absolute monopoly of the public utilities of Yuma for so long that he thinks he the city body and soul He is not content with gougng the very eye-bals out of the people rates but he trying in every way possible perpetuae his infamous graft The council very sensby saw it time to call halt They took the big He high binder by the npe of the neck and the of the pants threw him bodily of the city council They told him c go the people with his walls If the people be buiee into defeating the SanguinettEwing franchise the big H hghbinder will have continue to have absolute mo nopy of all public utilities in Yuma but if they FOR the SangunettEwng franchise, which they should do in self defence the BACKBONE of the He hghbnder will be broken for will then have independent company here that agrees give the city all the electric juice needs at actual cost.
 Score one more knockout for the people, Give the council due credit for having needed the of the people. Mark down blank line against the big He highbnder of Los Angeles who will probably seek to enoin the city clerk from placing the Sangune Ewing ordinance on the ballot It he does this the limit patience will have been reached and for all the crimes h has committed in Yuma the last year he ought pen year jail for each crime, which would keep him there until he rots
 Goodbye old HE highbnder. My advice is that you put fair price your old traps and let the city take them Over
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