Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], January 04, 1907, Page 4, Image 4

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HARPER SAYS
11 AND SEE
DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE
MAY DO
Councllmen Are Equally Disappointing
to Members of the Municipal
League, Who Ask for Out.
line of Policy
fContlnned from Vnu* Dne.>
who had been selected by the people to
serve the public for three years begin
ning on the 7th day of January, A. D.
1 907.
An Interesting Situation
The gathering lust night probnhly
was one of the most representative ever
held in LOI Angeles.
It wn« In the nnturo of a banquet
given at Levy's by the Municipal league
to the members of the Incoming admin
istration. With only one or two excep
tions all the newly elected city oinclnls
were present, together with several of
the mayor's announced commissioners.
The hosts, constituting the member
ship <if the Municipal league, numbering
over 600 strong, and represented by over
200 members, consisted of bankers,
brokers, lawyers, doctors and mer
chants, but no politicians.
In the absence of President Koepftl
of the league, H. W. Hurnham. Los
Angeles manager for the Dun Mercan
tile company, n< ted as toastmaster.
Mr. Burnham said that an official of
the city is to be respected because he
1b a representative of the people, and
that ns long as he does the best that he
Is able he should be supported. He ex
pressed the hope that the new adminis
tration would acquit itself with credit
to itself and to the glory of the city of
Los Angeles.
The League and the Administration
The toastmaster Introduced Judge
John D. Works to speak on the subject
"The Relations of the League and the
Administration."
The speaker said that Los Angeles
had become a city almost before the
people were aware of the fact, and he
predicted that In the near future it
would be classed as one of the great
cities of the world. H<" continued:
•'The future of the city depends al
most entirely upon civic honesty, the
purity of the people, and the honesty,
integrity, capacity and conservatism of
the public servants. A public official is
beset with temptations to subserve
private interests at the cost of public
interests, and sometimes it is hard to
resist the importunities of personal and
political friends, and these friends are
really his worst enemies.
"One of the most pernicious evils of
government is the old-time doctrine
thnt to the victor belongs the spoil?.
One of the greatest assets of a city is
the possession of honest officials.
"It is the aim of the Municipal league
to assist public officials to. withstand
temptation — not corrupt temptations,
but those of the head.
"The Municipal league has the inter
ests of the city at heart. It has on
very rare occasions undertaken to in
terfere in public affairs. Its attitude
toward the city government is the same
as that of every citizen whose duty
is to stand behind civic officials and
aid them, and that is what the league
is trying to do, but we would like to
know the jilans of the new administra
tion."
Mayor.elect Replies
Th.- toastmaster paid that he would
next introduce n man who is under no
obligation to any party, paper or man
and in a position to serve the city to
the best of his ability, and Mr. Harper
was given an ovation when he arose
to respond.
The new mayor created a laugh at
the beginning of his speech by declar
ing that be felt that he was In a rather
peculiar position. There were prac
tically 33,00(1 votes cast in the last elec
tion, of which he received about 11,000.
yet with the exception of two candi
dates anu a few others he had been
lold by every other voter in the city
that he did what he could for him in
the election.
Mr. Harper said that he had been a
member of the Municipal league, but
that a few days übo he received (I
note from the secretary, telling him to
liny up and quit.
Sir. Harper then divulged a very in
teresting fact, but which proved rather
disappointing to those who hail come
expecting to listen from the lips of
COUNCILMAN NILES PEASE
the incoming mayor an outline of his
plans for the new administration.
"It was my Intention tonight to give
an outline of my policy," said Mr.
Harper. "1 wrote ii out, In order that
i . would males no mistake In Its do
livery, and I have it In my pocket, but
I have changed my mind and I will
keep tin.- manuscript In my pocket."
There was a round of laughter, but it
was not that hearty, joyful mirth that
greeted other remark! made by the
mayor and other speakers.
•I have lived in this city since 18B8,"
continued Mr. Harp**''. "I have grown
up with Uoa Angeles. Jt has become
the city beautiful and I love It and
all the men who have been instru
mental In its upbuilding,
"During ill' next three years which
I hope to be in office there will be no
act on my part which will not be for
ill.- good of Hi- city. HI muku mis
takes they will be of the bead and not
of the heart.
•l intend to study the various depart
, mentß, muka v trip to the Owens river
i .iv cowpuny with Mi. Mulliulluiul. uml
MAYOR A. C. HARPER
FRANK G. TYRRELL
I will give the city the best adminls- t
tration of which I am capable." t
Mr. Harper was given another ova- t
tion when he concluded. i
Niles Pease Speaks J
Councilman-elect Pease was Intro
duced as a successful business man
and the toastmaster said that as Mr.
Pease would be president of the coun- '
celle ell the league would like to hear what 1
the council proposed to do. i •
Mr. Pease, however, disappointed his !'
hearers by stating at the outset of hisj'
remarks that he did not think ii wise
to tell what they proposed to do. ii
"We »re not far enough along to I ■
know what we intend to do our- 1
selves," lit said, "but l believe that thfi l
city council Is going to do yooil work. !
I think each member lias made up his
mmdm mind to do the best that ho knows
how, i believe thut we should get fair- |
ly Into the harness before attempting i
to tell v. ha we propose to do. \
"The council, however, needs all your
help and all the help we can get from :
every source. i
"We will be up against sunn hard !
propositions, and we will require as- ;
distance to enable us to. give the city v
good administration."
Mr. Wallace Doesn't Know ;
Council man-elect Wiillace of the Fifth i
ward echoed the sentiments of Mr, '
Pease In regard to ihe request for a
statement us to what the council pro
posed to do.
"We do not know ourselves, and we
might not tell you if we did," lit- de
clared. "Los Angeles Is a city of which I
we are all proud, and we Intend to !
work for ii* bent Interests!. We appro- j
elate your kindness ar.d will look for :
your support, We want you to believe '
that we will simply strive to go ahead
and do that which we think la best for I
the city. j
"Large things are coming, and we |
hope to transact the business of th« ,
.i. .it v honestly and economically.' '
Councllmi 1"i 1 " Hesily said that the old,
council .li.i the utmost thai it could for
Los Angeles, and he declared that the
new council would do everything It
could to help the new administration,
Superintendent Mulholland of the
water board was given an ovation when
he arose to speak. He declared that the
Owens river project is beyond the talk
ing stage and now It Is time to make
the dirt By, He expressed the apprecia
tion of the water board for the manner
in which the great water project hai
been supported.
President Anderson of the board of
public works pi Id a compliment to the
outgoing administration and predicted
great tliines for the new udiulitlHtru
LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4. 1907.
tlon. He declared that the affairs of
the city would be in safe hands during
the coming three years, and closed by
predicting that the Owens river project
would be completed within the esti
mated cost of $23,000,000.
City Attorney Speaks
Mr. Hewitt said that Los Angeles has
before it a future i t Which the past
merely Is a reflection, and he predicted
that ihe new officials WOUld do the beqt
they could for the interests of the city
which all love so well.
He said that is the affairs of the city
grew in importance it became more
CITY ATTORNEY LESLIE HEWITT
ih in ninawiry tor citizens to take an
Intereal In public bunineea, Qood sug
gastlom always would be welcome and
■ Hid receive the greatest con
sidei ii lon,
Mr. Hewitt declared thai mutter*
pertaining to city government had notb«
li.k i" do with political iielief. but that
hoiiesiy and capacity abould be the
oiny standard! \>y which to measure
municipal ofßi
Auditor-elect Munhet came nearer
than any oilier speaker to telling what
he proposed to <Jo. He paid that tho
city wan badly in need of a new system
of keeping Recounts And that he In
tended to work at the desk and study
the systems of other municipalities, and
he hoped at the end of his term to »>e
able to turn over to hla successor a «>■*
tern that would not be second to any In
the United States.
Tyrrell Talks
The tof»*lmn«t< r announced as the last
speaker Frank O. Tyrcll, « mnii who,
he Mid, hud made civic affairs a apeclnl
study, but who, although a native son,
was a recent acquisition of I^os Angeles.
The speaker, who for n number of
years was an orator of distinction In
the east, was nt his best, and ho re
tained the Interest of his audience for
over an hour.
After felicitating the company and
the officers elect Mr. Tyrrell discussed
briefly the civic situation.
"We are and should be limited by
pre-existing conditions. It Is Impossi
ble," he said, "to break abruptly with
the past, oven If wo wished to. Hut
fortunntrly our Inheritance Is not bnd.
The city has grown with tremendous
vigor and in nn Irregular fashion. We
are Indebted to the foresight nnd en-
AUDITOR W. C. MUSHET
terprlse of our real estate friends for
some beauty spots here and there, but
Los Angeles is not the city of grace
and beauty she might have been."
Would Beautify the City
The speaker then suggested thnt it
ought to be feasible to employ land
scape artists and proceed after a well
denned plan to enmesh the city with a
network of parks and boulevards: in
deed, to include the entire county in
the scheme, and create a beauty spot
that will prove a world-famed attrac
tion.
"Some such method, embracing, of
course, nn immediate extension of the
sewer system, and the rapid installa
tion of the water and power of the
Owens river, will enhance values im
mensely; will engender a more ardent
spirit of local patriotism: and will at
tract and hold the attention and bring'
Into our midst increasing numbers of
the most desirable settlers from all over
the world," he said.
Turning to the political complexion
of affairs Mr. Tyrrell said:
"No more brilliant opportunity ever
confronted any set of men thnn that
which now opens alluringly before the
incoming administration. You gentle
men have it In your power to provide
the material setting for the Paris of
America. If the old Roman emperor
boasted that he found the seven-hilled
city a hamlet of mud huts and left it
a city of marble palaces, it may be
your proud boast that you found Los
Angeles just coming up out of swad
dling bands, sprawling and awkward
am' H".'ude, and you left is a city of
flashing; splendors and enduring great
ness.
"But there are things higher and
mightier and more valued than ma
terial loveliness. 'I am saddened,' says
Lowell, 'when I see our success as a
nation measured by the number of
acres under tillage or of bushels of
wheat exported, for the real value of
a country must be weighed In scales
more delicate than the balance of trade.
The gardens of Sicily are empty now.
but the bees from all climes still fetch
honey from the tiny garden plot of The
ocritus. On a map of the world you
may cover Judea with your thumb.
Athens with a finger tip. and neither of
COUNCILMAN A. J. WALLACE
thorn flKures In the price current, But
they still lord it in the thought al ,a
action of every civilised num. Did not
Dante cover with hiH good vii that was
Italy 600 years ,it?oV And if W« ko buck
a century, where was Germany if not
in Weimar?'
Ac to Liberalism
"There could not possibly be a finer
emphasis upon the true greatness of
nations; so of cities. In all candor, Mr.
Mayor, without acidity or, acerbity, we
muHt speak; and It is commonly ru
mored that you have been elected by
the go-called 'liberal' element of the
city— the people who are Mr a 'wide
open town.' That they are expecting a
lax enforcement of law, that transgres
sors will be leniently dealt with or their
offenses glossed over and Ignored. From
what we have learned of your char
acter, we believe that if theis expecta
tion is a fact, It is doomed to an abso.
luto and we trust an early disappoint
ment. "We no not occupy the ground of
lmpracticable Ideas; we do not Htund on
the street corner with the Pharisee;
we know that this is a fl«sh-and-blood
sort of world still; thai men have pa*«
sions and appetites; that the millen
nium has been sidetracked indefinitely;
and yet, wo know with just as much
certainty that the public stock of hon
est manly virtues increases every day.
We believe that while elected by a mi
nority, you are nevertheless of sufficient
caliber to be the mayor of all the city
all the time.
"Now, if It should be- ii.'cesKui \ he*
'j the audacity of the element!
'<•> ihmc Wilt. n» c » m i «
> ItHMKF MtIBSOnIPTtONS «
<*• *ul»«<rlp<lnna In behalf of the •♦
<$> ••tir»rtn Chinese la fllffereat Mia- #
♦ (rlCta of Knnmtl province will he <$
•*> received bf the First *n(tnnnl -*•
■•' bank nt Jl^poiin tin Spring irtrerta, •*•
•■ «inrt fornnnlril through (tie Infill ♦
<$> Chinese board of Irnilr In «he <*■
•*■ fuming rnmmlllrr of the fttuinfthftl .*>
$< hnnr«l of (rmlr of Hhiintkitl, < hlnn. ■*
•■■• It will be remembered thnt •>
>•*■ rrratih-ni non«evel( him n *ke<l the <$>
■•' (mrrlmn nnhllr to nl.l In the - I
•- worth}- .nine <$>
of our population already alluded to,
because of their aggressiveness and
i virulence, to oppose you, rest assured
we shall ho found an outspoken, stead-
II I fast, fnur-sqtiare opposition; and that
although opponents wo are not en«
cmles. For as the old proverb has It,
'Our best friends nre those who tell us
of our faults and help us to mend
them.'
Promise of Support
"Hut now we feel that we can assure
you and your cabinet of the confidence
and esteem of your fallow citizens, nnd .
of the hearty willingness of any and '
every ninn as far as opportunity offers
or menus allow to co-operate with you '
11 making the Harper administration
illustrious in the annals of Los An
geles.
"Thli city should learn from the
! humiliations and failures of other
municipalities, it should >•■• -M the
suffering that .•if.'iictH Ban !• ilsco;
that Is, It should never b«com In Its
administration the city of a class rant*
punt and triumphant, whether that
I class lie labor or capital. You are In
national politics, a Democrat; strive |
with all your aroused manhood to |
make this city democratic In the broad- I
jest and best meaning of the term, not
!in catering to the petty pilferers of '
taxes, the hungry horde of place
seekers."
Mr. Tyrrell dwelt nt length on the '
character of public officials as a com- '
merclal asset, and in closing said:
"Mr. Mayor, should the storm come,
as come it may. not to say must, we '
wish you well, anil we assure you of
disinterested friendship. And when the
storm comes, say with Seneca's pilot,
'O Neptune, you may save me if you
will;w ill; you mak sink me if you will, but
whatever happens I shall keep my rud
der true! 1 " "-■ r •
Mr. Tyrrell's remarks frequently were
lnterrupted by appVuse, and at the
close of the gathering he was sur
rounded by many of the new officials ,
and members of the Municipal league I
and heartily thanked for his remarks.
REPRESENTATIVE BODY
OF LOS ANGELES MEN
ATTEND THE DINNER
Following Is a list of those who were
present :
Albeit Cohn Victor Ponet
E. J. Brent R. B. Young
lOdwin Ijeitch C. A. Parmelee
E. K. Backus I>. K. Anderson
H J. Benedict Dr. W. J. Hawkcs
W. C Norman l>r. H. M. Bishop
D E Spangler Arthur B. Mullen
\Vm. Mulludland KaSSOn Avory
Charles D. Wlllard Wm. H. Avery
Fred L. Alles I. W. Eddy
Geo. 11. Pike Clinrles Wellborn
Nathan Cole, jr. Kugone Overton
C W. Chase Wm. P. Trumbower
Fred J. Smith R. B. Williamson
C F. Kelson A. N. Davidson
Ohas. A. Elder F. A. Pattee
R. I* Kelaey, M. D. Eugene Weston
Nathan W. Blanch-Hugh W. Adams, Jr.
ard Gregory Perkins. Jr.
S X Lindley J. Burrls Mitchell
Robert J. Adcock T. J. Norton
Emmet H. Wilson Russ Avery
! R. J Mmm N. Bontilio
! It. G. Krohn P. F. Johnson
A. K. Braver Arthur S. Bent
T X Gibbon Archibald Douglass
IW. M. Mead. 0. A. Moody-
Francis B. Kellogg Randall H. Hewitt
I c Dillon «• F. O'Pea
C. C. Desmond F. O. Wyman
Harrington Brown H. M. MoshST
Andrew Beyrle Allison Barlow
W F. Montßomery Carl G. Packard
J. F. Mullin Ralph D. Perk
Geo. C. Johnson R. R. Crnndall
W It. Wlllson Titian Coffcy
G. B Rlnehart S. Benloff
I G. W. Randall Thop. 8. Wadaworth
E. A Forrester Win, Selbie
j c Carr <•!■ V. Conant
Z i.. Parmelee T. J. I>ougiass
R. C. Kennan Chas. Cassat Davis
Boaz Duncan Walter J. Wren
Nathan Newby A. J. Wallace
P. D. Billiard 11. H. Yonkiii
ThOB. I* Woolwine Henry Lyon
B Hcnly I'hap. A. Baskervlllc
Wm. C'h'awibcrs -N'lles Pease
H. Jevne Frank G. Tyrrell
rt'llllam Niles John V. Works
IT. W. Pettebone R. A. Burnham
' Jesse F. Waterman Western I'nderwood
! A. L. Stetson Clarence M. Taggart
I Robert Mitchell 11. R. Boynton
Robert McGarvin Sam T. Clover
Harry R. Callendfir Robt. N. Bulla
Gilbert S. Wright Fielding J. Stilson
Charles G. Andrews G. S. Greene
John B. Lemon R. W. Dronigold
A F. George Lee C. Gates
A. E. Pomeroy A. C. Harper
Lee A. McConnoll i^eslie H. Hewitt
1. C. Witmer J[as. A. Anderson
J. D. Nash D. K. Edwards
Frank Simpson Walter Mallard
I J. F Goodenow B. E. Johnson
; J. C. Floyd W. C. Mushet
I Percy 11. t'l.-irk 11. J. Leland*
I O. A. Farlsh C. 11. Hance
! F. H. True Eugene Germain
I Herbert J. Goudge S. G. Marshutz
M P. Snyder I>. F. McGarry
F. D Jones 11. D. Borrows
(! F Clayton W. C. Mendenhall
Dr. Ervin Homer Hamlln
Wm G. Cheney Geo. H. Stewart
Floyd U Miller Jay Spencer
Ben KitißHbaker P.. S. Bascett
RESUME TRIALS IN
LAND FRAUD CASES
By Associated Press.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 3.— The trials of
the land fraud cases were resumed
i .). lay. The, defendants were A. M.
Modisett, A. K. Modizett and H. A.
Dale, ofßceri of the Stockmen's bank
at RushVllle, and William Smoot, for
merly government farmer at the Pine
Ridge Indian agency.
Conspiracy to defraud the govern*
ment by illegal land entries and xub
omation of perjury are the charges.
Thirty witnesses are here to testify.
Court Fines Woman
By Associated Press
SAN PRANCMCO, Jan. 3.-Judgo
•Shortall in the police court this morn
ing Imposed I Ana of j. 10 <m Mrs. oil«
VOtte BarrlO of ian Jose, who yester
day nought Hie llfu of Ueorge Wingfleld,
the Nevada millionaire, at the St.
Francis hotel, claiming to b<: his com
mon-law wife. The fine was paid.
Mrs. Barrlc was charged with disturb
ing the peace.
Earthqua'-e Ii Recorded
By Associated Press.
I.AIUACH, Austria, Jan. 3.— The
elsmoKi'aiih at the observatory here
yesterday recorded at 10:15 p. m. a
severe Hubmarlnu earthquake 11.2UU
miles distant.
lt is stated that the distance sug
gested an earthquake in the South Pa
cine ocean east of New Zealand.
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