The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-07
THROUGH THE GLASS, DARKrN

THROUGH THE GLASS, DARKLY.
To the scoundrel, all men are
seoundrels.
To the thief, all men are thieves.
To the wanton. all the world is
wanton.
And in San Francisco, that hot-bed
of graft, everything smells of graft
even the acts Of charity, that viz
tue which is said to cover a multitude
of sins.
To the White Pine News there
comes by wire from San Francisco a
story of how far the nosing of refuse
piles will lead men Il was 10 the
effect thai the United Railroads of
the California metropolis drew mon
ey through the United States sub
treasury for the purpose. of paying
graft money to corrupt city officials.
1t is right 10 seize corrupt men when
ever and wherever they are found,
regardless of their positions in So
ciety, but before the chafge of graft
is made there should be more than
the appearance Of graft To back il. II
is an abominable thing TO Jump at
conclusions.
rs 10 the railway graft story, this
is what President Patrick Calhoun OF
The United Railroads SAYS in an inter
view telegraphed TO the White Pine
News
L have seen the extraordinary
statements in the morning papers in
which The moneys transmitted to San
Francisco through the United States
sub-treasury have been stated TO be a
bride fund. This is sheer nonsense.
Immediately after the fire Nof April
Sth. in order to help its employees
and place money in circulation, the
United Railroads established weekly
payments and in order TO provide
food for its employees it purchased its
own stores, established its own kitch-
ems, and during the first month fol-
lowing the fire furnished food daily
for more than two thousand people
all at its own expense and not one
dollar at the expense of the general
relief fund Every dollar of money
it had in its own safes was either de-
stroyed or melted. and of the hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars it had
in the banks of this city, not one cont
was available, because. as is well
known, those banks did not reopen
until some time In June.
Under the circumstances, the only
legitimate mode of transmitting mon
ey quickly TO this city was through
the United States sub treasury.
The receipt of money in this way
was in the usual course of business
followed, as stated by Treasurer ia
cobs in his testimony as published,
by many other firms and corporations
during the stress of times immediate
ly following the fire.
The allegation that this money
constituted a bribery fund is infa-
statements originating from parties
associated with the prosecution, that
any intelligen body of American citi-
zens can be induced to distort these
legitimate business transactions into
crimes To intelligent men it must
he apparent that the very openness of
this transaction, every detail of
which left necessarily an open. full
and complete record, is not the
method that would he pursued by any
one who mad anything to conceal.
Continuing, Mr. Calhoun said
THE timing of the investigation of
the United Railroad officials contem
poraneously with The call of the Car
mems union for meeting of its
members 10 declare a strike, and the
announcement that new franchises f
are 10 be applied for by San Fran
cisco and New York capitalists on F