The San Francisco call., 1905-06-07
SAN FRANCISCO AND PHILADELPHIA.

THE Quaker City is the FIRST to Join San Francisco deter
purify municipal government The manage
of public utilities in Philadelphia has been scandalous
from The very beginning OF municipal ownership The water sup
ply has furnished rich fishing for officials and when the city was
almost pesthouse by the bad quality the water the
effort make better taken advantage Of by official thieves
who plucked the taxpayers of millions
city gas history The costly and
poor quality made the
official graft Finally the gas works turned over to
corporation under exceedingly favorable to the
city and there was immediate improvement III the anu
lowering OF The people approved this and thought that the
gas graft was ended But the motto OF the gTae IS he you
get good thing keep It, and 1t dld not take ong o ue uo
Orabe fraternity OF municipal thieves lure the private gas COM
usthabe extension OF ITS privileges lhs was vetoed oy Mayor
Weaver but was Immediately passed over his head
by rising anger against their robber the grates 1t
supposed they had lost the Spirit of protest But it the
unexpected happens Philadelphia did the unexpected by
falling in behind the Mayor who used his to remove two
members city board who controlled thousands OF appointments
office He attacked in the courts, but sustained and
@ uo @ ; t for " nat;p a Of the cy government and
daughters Of the horse leech go about the like sleep
walkers, unable o believe their
This movement junior Franciscos impulse in the
direction Ours began with the of the balotbox stuff
s after last primary That arrest at first caused
among the gaers They had made of all the and
craft they knew conceal their crimes and made in fan
cd security They make merry Three of them have
been convicted and majority them chewing the cud OF bitter
reflection in the penitenay all will be- The small but
energetic movement to protect the soon eVeoped INTO
organization for municipal reform and took shape IN the Republican
League San Francisco occupies the center of the stage with
Philadelphia waiting in the wings ready take her The at
enton OF the whole country upon these two cities and the night
for their reformation is before great cloud of witnesses
for that would be highly improper but perfectly proper
that OF the attorneys for the defense to think that the
Republican League and the Merchants Association have been
guilty pnicious ofense and that they trial.
stead OF his client He the sentiment OF the Its
supporters of perverted conscience who really believe that
every organization that opposes graft bad body composed bad
that speak Fairfax Wheelan disquahes for
citizenship and 1t seldom that attorney so
full of the spirit of the side he defending and many lawyers
could have deeply written the praise of those for whom oense
intended.
His classification of the unconsciously
The forces OF reform nsnctvey selected the enemies of
ton The dscedit them merely call de-
and higher duty The whole of the in all of
branches from the executive the judicial is under keen obser
Every place that needs pugaon being marked The
faithful need have fear The unfathu where they
be that they forgotten. If lend them
selves ouawng because they publicly declare for good
government, those will down with the system they
There will be Already this movement
has practically absorbed the majority OF political and has
the sympathy and OF powerful the other
If the wisdom that brought forth shall fail will sweep the
November and offer high example the whole country