The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-26


obtain the relief which to us is as great as
England.
San Francisco ought to have search
ilgnt turned on the mass of corruption
Wnlch rots our city, and when the search
CITY government we must have emanclpa-
ton.
Some people think that politics have
llnIstlgated this movement. 1t is no such
thing. Ii man picks your pocket do you
stop before you have him arrested and in
CURE whether he is a Republican or a
democrat? Or does the policeman who
his political complexion? 1t is an outrage
that we cannot have an Investigation with
out some one shouting politics!
but we must not be appalled, by such
talk; we must have Judges who will be
judges, jurylnen who will try cases justly,
and II we find that we have corrupt Off
Gals we must find some place where we
can put them. And if we have such meet
ings as this and work together we shall
accomplish all we ASK
r. a. Glrvln was next introduced.
There is good old book" he said, that
says prophetically, | think - and two
shall put, ten thousand to fight and
think that time has come. When few
people get together-good people-and
W eAiOii AI1HuS 10 udNC
SO thoughtfully and deliberately-then
you may be sure that something is going
TO happen. Let US petition and protest
and stick TO this as General Grant did to
his l1ne-stlck it out if it takes all summer.
don know what the Legislature is going
to do, but l do know that if we send a
large petition to Governor Budd he will
call an extra session of the Legislature and
we can then get the bill through.
'llere are plenty of GOOD men no on
pose this Lexow Committee, and they say:
why, you will hurt the fair name of our
city; you will depreciate the value of real
estate But if fire destroys your property,
do you not raise the alarm? If pestilence
eats at the heart of your home, do you not
seek assistance from your neighbors and
let them know your condition? 1t is so
with our city government. We must let
the light shine on our sores that they may
be seen and that they may be cured.
Within five years we will have a Compel
ing railroad and this will, in great
measure, ease our sufferings and bring the
desirable people of the country into our
Judge Cooney was next introduced.
Judging from the audience before me-"
he said, 81 should not think that such
persons as have been described by previous
speeches exist in our midst, though I'M
fortunately We know that they are with us
and will be until we drive them out The
bill which we now have before the Legisla-
ture will drive them out and | am satisfied
that with the public sentiment which has
been shown to those who make our laws
and with the weight which this great
meeting will have that the bill will pass.
We ask you In the name OF the people of
the State, in the name of liberty, of good
government and your homes, to stand firm
with us in this matter and fight for this
bill to the last gasp"
Curtis Hitler, a representative of the
Good Government Club, who next took
the speakers desk, said:
I'VE are young men who have not been
calloused by contact with the corruption
or alleged corruption of which we hear
so much, and do not think that the pas
sage of this bill is the vital matter. We
can work and do something whether we
get the bill or not, If we don't have an
investigation we can work on the new
charter. The corruption which the inves-
tigation is aimed at will be driven out by
the charter. So every man here should
join some charter club and work with a
will. That is one sure way out of the diff
Guilty"
Rev. G.. 0. Brown said that if he inter
preted the spirit of the meeting rightly it
was a declaration by the orderly citizens
that the Legislature must listen to them
and pass the Waymire bill.
]. L. Crittenden who came next, said:
" Twenty years ago, when I ran for a
adicial office in this city, | found the
,ame state of affairs which You have met
ere tonight to denounce-bosses, corrup-
ion and vice. For twenty years these
ave fourished in San Francisco, and I
ave no doubt would go on Furnishing for
,wenty years more if something is not
lone.
1--WE must do something, and quickly.
rhe time has arrived when party lines
must be dropped and every man must rise
TO the highest pinnacle of citizenship and
demand reform, and that is but the begin
ming. 1t must be kept up, meeting after
meeting and demand after demand, until
you accomplish what you want. The Re-
publican party is with you in this fight
Why was the Republican candidate for
Governor not elected at the last election?
Because he was nominated by boss. But
the great party, the party that gave thou
sands of human beings in this great coun-
try their liberty, is all right and will go on
fighting for the good OF the nation as long
as it exists"