The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
VIGILANCE IN POLITICS.

OLTICA conditions in this city be made better by
hu efforts. Permanent reform never effected oy ns
pushdo attention of the people to what
done that kingdom of rascay The I'D has been eo ana
the light has been turned on people have looked at the
disclosures running all the way from balotbox sng through
Legislative bribery the stealing OF taxes they have gdeo ne
things But this will be useless IT be passing
If the @ citizens & DO oby 9do @ hod pa'Iu lurking n crime
CRATER None will be in But if the patrol go home
withdraw vigilance and report nothing doing, every shadow VIII
give up CRATER and the whole will be working the system
again within tweny-four hours
hope push in reform being sporadic sort Of
periodic attack of while graft endemic Endemic
diseases like those that physical eradieabe by bet
city beginning feel OF scientific interest in
the process The challenge has out from the citadel OF graft
politics The captain OF the
push displayed backed into his The
challenge accepted the Republican League The
Joined the battle is
Not graers Jail hunting bondsmen. Those
upon martyrs their fidelity the
any good citizen read the defaung Tax Collectors estimate
himself being impressed? He Il careful TO
take only from the rich and the corporations that could AFFORD It.
every dollar that he stole from the rich and the
poraons but from the people Graft expects forgiveness its
victims afford the loss Again. this ak Collector said;
good fellow and helped my friends His friends were the
handle public money who will divide with them what he steals and
be good fellow that base that this de
variety of graft 1t perfectly custody
of public money will steal and divide He caught and
he be punished but the afters OF the push who took the dv
dends Of his thefts entirely safe.
Republican League that
good fellows of that brand within reach the public
the handling OF public moneys If unresaned and unmatched
again by tools exposed by
punished by the The members of the push adj
monshd by the punishment OF them Graft is
them business To get caught and Jail them merely
failure business They keep right merchant keeps
though another merchant fail Looking that they will
business long they control primaries and
keep the system afoa If they left with perpetual
makes difference how many caught and pun
ished. Graft and theft will go on just the same
Now makes mighty difference whether city administration
against thieves and gafters When the administration
makes itself busy finding fault with the leaders of reform hunting
for bad good action and the officers OF the
when they display zeal be honest ITSELF but
giving aid and comfort political burglary Every CRATER and
thief who waits and watches around the places OF opportunity
encouraged when the administration take fall of
citizen jealous officer bent doing his duty matter
how dsagreeable 1t may be made.
administration which faces the other that
rormer, if there wrong. find it, the
officer OF the law, II be found punish and
the city will be free OF gafters and public thieves to-day
Of cholera Let this be accepted truth that dispute
administration that pushed by the push
cleanse One that is voted by the people the
only administration that be relied
the municipal high plane and keep there
This the only the election this city. Shall
administration be pushed be voted in?