The San Francisco call., 1908-11-16

der that many honest, law abiding
citizens begin to lose confidence in
the courts and wonder whether 1t
Is possible 10 punish, under the
forms of law, criminals protected
by the power of corrupt wealth?
Our constitutions, both state and
national, guarantee to every man
the equal protection of the law
Yet, I'm san Francisco, a Schmitz
walks the streets, a Ruef Ieers and
sneers at justice. a Heney Is shot
down in cold blood in the very per-
formance of his official duties,
while those who made Ruef and
Schmitz the miserable things they
are. safe behind the bulwarks
erected by their stolen dollars, spur
their journalistic hirelIngs to
deride and vflffy the public pros
ecutOrs and instilI into the warped
minds of Haases the venom of their
hatred against those who stand be-
tween the people and their enemies.
Would to God there were more
men like Rudolph Spreckels who
would be willing to spend their
money to purge the public build
ings of bribe takers. Would to
God there were more men like
William II. Langdon, who has the
courage to stand, like the rock of
Gibraltar, between the people and
the debaucheTs and corrupters of
public servantsi Would to God
there were more men like William
J. Burns, who, undaunted by the
threats of the desperate criminals
of the metropolis, has followed
them so closely in the interest of
1usticei Would to God there were
more men like Heney, who, know
ing the treachery and the despera-
ton of those arch criminals whom
as the representative of the people,
he has so relentlessly pursued.
needed not the threats against his
life, and now lies stricken down by
the cowardly bullet fired by him
whom a corrupted press, if not a
closer adherent of the unpunished
criminals, melted to strike at the
oauntless protector of the peoples
rights,
"How long, o Lord. how long,
viii the decent, law abiding, God
fearing people of this state con-
finue TO patrOnIze and admit to
ers and abetters of the San Fran
cisco criminals. How long Will
they permit the pure minds of their
sons and daughters TO be polluted
by the fnsfnuatfOns against and the
vile attacks upon the characters of
such men as Judges Dunno and
LawlOr and SpreckeIs, Heney
IangdOn and Burns: How long
VIII they permit these journalistic
Benedict Arnolds, supported by the
gold of the criminals of San Fran
cisco, TO go into their housesf So
long as they do SO, they Will be
false to their God, false to their re-
hgtOn, be they Jew or Gentle,
Catholic or Protestant; false to
their country, false TO their wives
and children, false TO themselves.
For months these journalistic
Hessians have been betraying their
readers and the people by all kinds
OF lnslnuations and charges against
the judges who are trying and the
men who are prosecuting the bribe
glvers. Just now. since Heney has
been laid low, they are, Uriah Heap
like. denouncing crime and Grim
lnais. But let no man be deceived
by their assumed virtue. The
money of the criminals still jingles
In their pockets. and public opin-
ion .quiescent once more, they will
begin their attacks again. Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty
and the man who patronizes one of
the prograft papers is warming in
his bosom a viper that will again
sting him. his wife and children,
and debauch the public mind.
They tell us that the public con-
science in California is at a low
ebb. And for proof of this they
point to the Ruefs and Schmitzes
and our venal public press. / say
that the rank and file of the people
of my native state are honest. de-
that they have no sympathy with
crime or criminals. and that thew
have a deep hatred for those. no
matter how high their stations may
be. who adhere to the San Fran
cisco criminals. You may fool these
people-and they have been de-
ceived many times-but the Ruefs
and Schmitzes and their aiders and
abetters and all who associate with
them are despised and condemned
by the honest men and women of
California.
Did Haas commit suicide or was
he the victim OF those who feared
"A confession from himg If he were
insane he did not commit suicide.
Insane men, like CzoIgosx. Guffeau
and Booth. are so sure that they
did right that they never lay yio-
lent hands on themselves. II Haas
WINS not insane. who induced him
10 attempt TO murder HemeyY And
who. fearing that he vas about 10
confess. had even begun to do SO.
put blER out of the way TO silence
hts accusing tongueg Desperate
who cause witnesses for
the people TO he abducted. fntfm-
fdated and dynamited. who bribe
iuries by wholesale. would not hest
tate TO incite a Haas 10 attempt