The San Francisco call., 1905-06-29
coRRUPTING THE BALLoT-Box.

THE late Senator Hoa said that the integrity perpeuy
institutions depend upon making the baotbox as pure
corruption of the balotbox unchecked In every
graft and for graft baotbox open the Grim
nfrench themselves power that they misuse
Folk found that to be the case St LOUIS 1t IS notorious IN
Tammany New York 1t made official Cincinnati den OF
thieves Mayor Weaver finds Philadelphia, where three
members of the push have just prison
rupon ballot San Francisco the OF the
system by push who thinks that only the
three men engaged the dirty
work The of which they convicted not
peculiar precinct district 1t has been
necessary control the municipal 1t
conclude the convictions that have fol-
lowed detection have had admontoy effect those who
have been exposed and punished The and
couagement the help and approval from high places the city
government have eceny offset tear that may have been
inspired by the punishment of their partners crime
Graft, blackmail rakeof go they legitimate
function OF government and appeal made for the support OF
every element the CITY, the end that the system
survive against all efforts reform The legal punishment that
has in three official protection OF the mere
scratching of the surface The system nsensbe to
rock the scratching OF its outside What needed is sdge
manner blow TO shatter It, When hammered into powder e s
like the rock well reintegrate itself Such blow is
party least backed by the independent OF the city,
cleanse itself of responsibility disgrace of Francisco and
at the time deliver the city from the tolls OF the system
This OF theoretical impractical reformer
who usually themselves with being Mortified condition
they The system when such
reformes speak But hary when practical
The symptoms of deeply seated
municipal disease which begins the baobox and every
branch of the government with actual corruption or with nder
its existence.
The Call of literary syndicate
headquarters the newspaper organs baobox sfng and
public That syndicate discoes unintenona, the
here The articles publishing the outside press
boau OF the ppety of graft and defy defeat
Among the given the boast OF partnership between
powerful combinations of and corporations with the
system which they look for protection 1t interesting that this
of all who
system that with such allies
fight already Rightly read and understood this boang
the strongest why the people of San Francisco should
join fists and smte this partnership.
Another made that the graters have
greater than be brought against them by the people This
that the money OF the people, by akeo of official
salaries by the bacang OF business added the
butions OF protected predatory combinations be used
defeat the OF this Such combination
That of criminal partnership existed here before
mpuden displaying that assassin rode the Sher's
buggy citizen who had protested against public corup
The then the official scoundres and
murder burglary highway robbery and vice hourished
The violent. 1t the form of resumption
themselves
whom they gave immunity and sterny administered by the
organized public Who shall deny that have the signs of
the condition of things? Murder the Ci
held up their very doors by thugs Hghwaymn ply
their the plaza Burglars Vice
and the members OF the who should all
this busy official loong grating backna and rakeof
that the unprotected flock without shepherd The
great public agencies of government paid by people the
law order and safety diverted nstrumentats
private gain and the public safety left shift itself
The people urfeited with this of government They
intend end peacefully the baobox If the boast that the
chest OF corruption defeat them made private
hourhes in the shadow of public corruption both unchecked
what remedy there except the resumption Of the proper powers
of government by the people themselves?