The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
THE LEAGUE is FEARED AND FELT.

influence Republican
felt and feared by the shown by the enoit
made gossip of the The latest effort is
political nonpaisan body, organized for the purpose securing
industrial equilibrium and for other purpose As reccahon OF
opy badly frightened politician pretend to see any connecticut
relation common between these two bodies.
The League has Interior motive 1t has no secrets rom inc
public 1t has made proclamation OF its purpose and seeking IT'S
achievement openly and abovboad Its intention to secure
proper primary delegates the Republican
venon who will make of it deberatve body which VIII 90 us
duty by ticket which will command the support
of every CONSCIENTIOUS Republican every independent citizen
the welfare and the future OF Francisco
involved in the the municipal government That IS
what the political rngers when they pretend be afraid of
the Citizens Alliance The Leagues purpose part OF the great
felt ali the country 1t is part OF that
pulse present of Indiana and the Gov
ernor Missouri Philadelphia holding the hands
of Mayor Weaver his fight with the Pilgrim band composed OF
the grafters OF both parties in that city.
Bad municipal government political odum of
the United States Our State and national governments have re-
they be- the upright instruments of
ur rule cannot recall case IN which State Governor
has ad himself liable TO Impeachment oy oca corruPuon Inc
of decency Office has become fixed the States and Gov
off and fell below the established standard would
regarded the list Benedict Arnold 1t OF the
that bad city government has
matter of and not worth protesting against
Now however the belief general that unless we have reform
complex system whole will finally become This
conviction leads good men to combine effort merely
conn the plague its present limits but to eradicate 1t within
those limits, lest it spread
physical epdemics have characteristics.
They may long Turk small space until conditions favorable TO
the spread appear when they leap into action destroying they
The people of this have had before them examples of this
tendency They the moral pesence leave its bounds
appear branch of the State They have
four Of their State Senators expelled from the body to which they
elected They resting under the penn-
ay and another waiting the fate They have seen corup
running like pesence through various departments OF the
city and they have sounded the ocsin to alarm the
awaken the people their danger Against this alarmed
conscience have the conforming and cowbeg OF the gars
which they divert attention from their and them
will be like castaneng against the
OF Big Ben.
From every part of the city recruits the League It's
progress has been steadily forward that the that when
primary off it win have the field to itself This prospect
will relaxation of vigilance. The graters in
They have stake the loot OF city They capable OF
making show of responsibility in non-essena and of making
appear They of and
desire put their hands good works There art of craft
and cunning that they will not
The League prepared for all their and shams and
will the started capable OF penetrating all de-
offering the only rying ground for all citizens who
with purpose which the reform OF municipal
Francisco shall have fame the best governed
This the high mark at which the League
This has bad example If the League
will henceforh good example and pilgrims will
study and be their application to other
suffer have suffered