Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-09
SAN FRANCISCO
IS UPToRN NOW

once kept unt!riHg guard over BOSS
Abe Reuf after that slippery head OF
the graft combination had tried 10
hide himself and had failed. Is one
of the incidents in San Franciscos Dit
ter struggle over municipal cOrrup
ton that has not been suppressed
The recent remargahle attempt to as
.ass;nate Francis J. Heney. the prose
cutor of the men under Indictment for
.xrortion. was another incident that
could not be suppressed. NoDody
in the East knew how many earth-
nnakes there We're following the Dig
quake of April l6, 1906,
San Francisco much prefers that us
troubles should not be published. Ihe
recurrence of earthquakes and some
Of the most sensational features OF
the Graf, prosecution out there might
trend to hurt business should the facts
obtain undue prominence. Jhroueh
the random San Franciscan visiting
here Eeople east of Sacramento learn
2 little more than comes by telegram
Of the true conditions that exist in the
rebuilding city.
The showing of Heney brought 10
a focus all Of the conflicting FORCES
that have torn San Francisco into Two
great hostile camps. Interest In the
prosecution. which has been ne.
cessariIy long drawn Out ana
only partially successful De-
cause of the tremendous IN
fuence behind some Of the big men
who are resting under Indictment.
was instantly revived. When Heney
comes back to San Francisco to make
the closing address to the jury no"
irving Reuf on the charge OF extortloh
i, will be war to the finish
One incident in connection win the
attempt to kill Heney, Significant III
itself of the dissension that has torn
the CITY, was the necessity forced up
on the Examiner Mr.. Hearst's paper
O, protecting its office against the ex-
pected attack of a mob. One hundred
and fftv special policemen guarded
the Examiners editorial offices ana
pressrooms on the night that fehie!
was shot, and for several days follow,
ing that event the guard maintained
it's position on Hearsts property.
1t appears that for many monthS
the Examiner had been batting Hen
ey editoriaNy and in its news COZ
umns. The paper had taken up the
defense OF those whom Heney was
attempting to land in prison unre-
servedly, being followed in its en-
,busiasm by NJ. H. De Young's enron
icle as close second. By cartoon
and editorial Hearsts organ had
sought to belittIe the special prose
cutor and to put obstacles in MS
path.
Before election when Hearst ana
Hisgen toured California Hearst ad-
dressed a massmeeting one might ana
in answer to a question from the aud
ience as to why it was that he oppos-
"a Hepey in San Francisco. Hearst
launched into TRADE against thr
prosecutor He had not gone iai
when he was Kissed. The misses gre"
into Wells of disapproval and Hearst
was unable to finish his speech.
The morning after Heney was shot
the Call. owned by members OF lhe
Spreckels family and supporting Ru,
do,nh Spreckles and Heney, printed
, halfpage cartoon. drawn after the
STYLE of the Hearst political cartoons.
which depicted Haas as a creature
of Hearst, shooting Heney in the
hack while the graft trust; PERSON.
fed nv the usual Hearst humorous
giant, laughed inordinately Inc
cali directly charged Hearst with De-
ing the instigator Of such violence as
that done by Haas.
The night that a nassmeeting was
held. a few days after Heney had
been shot, more sulien crowd tnan
had gathered in San Francisco since
the days Of the Vieilanfes listened 10
speeches, and after the meeting start
ed to walk down to the Examiner VI
fee to week it and to catch the
editors of the paper. Cooler neaos
prevented an attack upon the guard
ed newspaper once.
The newspapers represent the d.
vision that extends throughout the Gu
tire business and social life OF The
civ The Call, the Spreckles paper.
and the Evening Bulletin, edited by
Fremont Older. one Of the sfanchcst
supporters Of Heney and Rudolph
Spreckles, are the two organs be-
hind the prosecution. The Examine,
the Chronicle and the Argonaut, the
latter a weekly paper Of more than
Ioca, fame are bitter against all a.
tempts to probe further into the sSs-
tenn over which Reuf and ex-Mayor
Schmi;z once presided. Reporters OF
the contending papers have done de-
tectiye work for their respective ed'-
tors for and against the prosecution.
One paper sent reporter half way
across the continent not long ago on
the track OF the man who was suspect
ed OF having blown up the house OF
ex-Superv'sor Gallagher. Who peach
ed on Reuf. Reporters have had hst
fights with detectives hired by the
prosecution and with the counter ar
raw Of sleuths hired by the united
railroads and at the dispose! OF the de-
feuse.
The town is flooded with detectiveS
Burns. the head OF Heney's ferretins
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