Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-30
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The history OF the struggle which
led to the conviction of Mayor Shmitz
of San Franisco is told by George Ken
nan, in the September MClure's. In
this article. THE Fight for Reform In
San F'ranisco,' after explaining the
system by which the Ruef- Schmitz
administration eytorted protection
money from the business men of its
city he remarks: lone OF the most
noticeable differences between graft in
San Francisco and graft in Eastern
cities Is to be found in the nature and
variety of the methods employed. In
New York, under Boss Tweed. the
tracts; in ST. Louis. the aldermen
made money chiefly through the cor
rupt sale of privileges and franchises.
In San Francisco, Ruef. SchmitZ, and
their allies took toll everywhere. from
everybody, and In almost every imagin-
able way. They went into partnership
with dishonest contractors; cold prlvi-
leges and permits to business men;
extorted money from restaurants and
saloons levied assessments on muni-
clpal employees, shared the profits OF
houses OF prostitution forced beer.
whisky, champagne, and cigars into
restaurants and saloons on commits
sion; blackmailed gamblers, pooi-sell-
ers, and promoters OF priZetights, sold
franchises to wealthy corporations;
created such municipal bureaus as the
Commssary Department and the CITY
Commercial company in order to make
robbery of the city more easy; leased
rooms and buildings for municipal OIL
fees at exorbitant rates and compelled
the lessons to share profits; held up
milkmen, advertisers, junk-deal-
ers. and even streetsweepers; and took
brides from everybody who wanted an
Illegal privilege or exemption and who
was willing to pay for II. The motto
Of the administration seemed 10 be'
Encourage dishonesty. and let no dis
honest dollar escape. New YORK
), complete novelette,, THE Mind
Reader" by Or. S Weir Mitchell, leads
the September Century. The serials,
Frances Hodgson Burness's THE Shut
tie" and Elizabeth Robins Come and
Find Me-" develop with intensifyin8
interest; and there are short stories
also by Dorothea Dealdn. Charlotte
Wilson, Edward j. Notion Beatrice
Hanscom and Margaret Horner Clyde.
A popular feature OF the September
Century is freshly intercstin'- presen-
tatlon OF Racing in Its Relation TO
Horse Breeding" by John Gilmer
SpeGn, author of THE Horse IN Amer
lea" who takes the ground that while
racing IL essential 10 the preservation
OF Int NORTHUMBERLAND EtlAlbAlllh - Wv
curse OF racing. For the reader OF
distinctly literary tastes. there are
further extracts from Horace Trnubels
daily record OF conversations with
Walt whitman In his old age I'm Cam
den, n. j., containing much OF inter-
est touching the poets philosophy of
life, HIS FEELING about John Burroughs,
his thoughts on reading otc. Arthur
H. =. Woigall, eye witness OF one OF tho
most remarkable or recent discoveries,
that OF the tomb Of the famous Egyp-
tian queen. TINY, has written Of his
discovery. Of the character of Queen
THY, and OF her period for the Sep
TENDER Century, and experimenting
this record Of important excavation
work IN RObb De Peyster Tytus's ac-
count OF "The Palace of Amonhotep
ILL., Husband Of Queen THY There
is another of Mr. Slgsmond dc lean
owskls portraits OF favorite actresses
in this number, this time Miss Ethel
Barrymore as Nine. Trentoni In cap
tain links" PhotoEraVure insets are
clifford W. Ashleys "Sparing n Sword
FISH" and Howard q. Cushings THE
Lady In the silver Dress" and four
pages OF popular interest Show q. w.
Peters pictures OF the excavation for
railroad terminals IN New York city
80 East, seventeenth 81. New York