The morning call., 1892-10-06
FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
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The young men, and young women, too,
of this city have as deep an interest in the
coming local election as their seniors. There
are a great ciany nice positions under the
local government for the young of both
sexes, especially the males. There has been
no reduction of salaries of any consequences
since the flush times" The City Hall is
the only survival of the gold-mining era.
Services not worth more than $50 or SIS per
month in the private walks of life command
in the blissful edifice In question $50 and
$500 per month. This extravagance OF COM
pensation is one of the causes of high taxa
tion. But no way has yet been found to
bring the salaries OF subordinates within
bounds. There is only one road to reform
in this particular. and that is by new
charter. but that is long distance off
While these high old times prevail at the
municipal palace the young men of the
town who do not consort with the political
bosses ought TO have chance to gather In
some of this good fortune. Under the long
rule Of Buckley no young man could get
position at the City Hall who did not be-
long TO his gang. None but graduate of
his saloon could hope to pluck any of the
rich plums of the local government Well
brought up youth had no show whatever.
They could not stoop to the practices neces-
sary to secure place within those golden
halls. Neither would they submit to the
degradation which acceptance of a clerk
ship from such hands implied. They were
not deft in precinct politics. They had no
influence with the criminal and lazzarOne
classes. 1t was impossible for them to
bloom forth as heelers and rockrolIers.
The general result was that young men of
this kind had no standing at the City Hall
while the Democratic boss was in power.
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position as Cabinet Minister than deputy
ship in the Office Of the County Clerk, the Re-
eOrdeT, the Sheriff or the Superintendent of
Streets. The bosses have changed, but
there Is no change in this system, only that
the City Hall swarms under Kelly and
Crimmins with a still louder crowd than
under the former regime. The Non-Parti-
san movement is designed TO correct this
lamentable state of affairs. Ii successful
there will be chance for the decent young
men of this city. That they attend church
or teach a class in Sunday-schOOl will be no
bar to their appointment. To be graduate
of the high school or the university will not
prove an insurmOuntable barrier. To be-
loug to upright people and 10 have no
acquaintance with the slums cannot be
pleaded to their prejudice. Nor Will they
be locked Of their salaries to swell the IN
come of the boss or to defray pretended
election expenses.
All that can be said on this head with ref
erence To the young men ana the lew young
women employed at-the City Hall receives
added force when applied 10 the schools.
1t will be a grateful and much-needed re-
form when all young women " ho desire to
enter the service of the city as teachers will
have fair and open chance, with no other
test than that which merit supplies. There
is but too much reason to believe that many
of these places are now sold for cash by the
bosses There are other branches Of this
subject which IL is not proposed to consider
now; but there Is enough in well-recog-
niZed undercurrent Of sentiment TO make
the blood boil. The reflection that highly
educated and delicately brought up young
ladies must make interest by themselves or
friends with such persons as those who
figure as bosses before they can get a chance
TO engage in their chosen profession of
teaching Is one OF the most blistering pOliti-
cal facts with which we have to deal
There can be none of this sort of work
under Non Partisan rule. The movement
to open up all the places under the local
government 10 deserving and respectable
youth of both sexes and all parties Is fitly
headed by Supervisor ElleTt. himself San
Francisco boy If elected, he will be the
first native Californian who has filed the
position of Mayor. That he eminently de-
serves the place, both from experience and
honorable behavior liz the service OF the
people, cannot be disputed. He is Just the
man TO head the revolt of the decent people
against the vileness of boss rule. The
FOUNDERS of the City Hall must 90. They
have made their ticket and labeled it Re-
publican. But their false pretenses have
long since been exploded