A funeral service was held at the Welsh Presbyterian Church, and the body lay in state beneath the rotunda of the new City Hall.

He is fearless in his outbursts, and his thundering attacks upon shady deals that he discovers lurking about the City Hall are classics in the art of strenuous oratory.

Brother councilmen who trail with Lewis generally look upon him as a sort of watchdog to raise the alarm upon the approach of a dubious proposition.

"[10] In 1930, he was among six council members who in May 1930 unsuccessfully opposed allocating funds to make a study of leveling Bunker Hill, "which stands as a hindrance to traffic and a bar to development in the northwestern downtown territory.

"[12] he also proposed a resolution by which employees of city, county, state and federal governments would contribute a percentage of their salaries to go toward "unemployment relief."

[14][15] In 1932, when Council Member George W.C. Baker asked for an ordinance to require inspection and certification of raw-milk dairies, Lewis opposed the idea, asserting it was simply a scheme to raise the price of milk.

[16] In 1933, Lewis was a vocal dissenter when the council passed an ordinance fixing a quarterly fee of $37.50 "per chair or space" in tango parlors.

"[19] In 1936, he charged that a weekly payoff of $8,750 in protection money was being given to officials by operators of "Chinese lotteries" to allow them to remain open.

"[21] He also opposed a resolution aimed at stronger regulation of the Los Angeles street railway company, claiming that the yellow cars had "the best service in the world.

[23] In 1940, he loudly berated city health officer George Parrish for his plan to require food markets to "ratproof" their premises.