Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
SPRECkElS GUEST
AT A LUNCHEON
EIGHTY CITIZENS OF LOS
ANGELES MEET HIM
Malnstay of San Francisco Graft
Prosecution Says There Must
BE no Let-Up of
Reform

Eighty citizens of Los Angeles, who
have been interested in civic move
ments In antagonism to misuse or pup
lie office met Rudolph Spreckels, VINO
has been the backbone OF the anti
graft prosecutions in San Francisco,
at a luncheon at the Westminster no.
tel yesterday noon. The guests In
cluded men prominent in all parties
and represented the non-partiSan er-
for for purer politics
The feature of the luncheon was an
address by Mr.. Spreckels. who seemed
highly pleased with the citizenship dis
played at The banquet. In addition to
ident of the City club, Thomas e. Glib
bon, president of the Democratic
league, the Rev. Burt Estes Howard.
Byron oliver and James A. Anderson
made talks.
In his address Mr.. Spreckeis said:
at entered upon the work In which
ago, my object being to rid my native
city of a gang OF officials which for
some time had been corrupting the
business and politics of that city, and
which has been and still is backed by
the same political machine which the
Lincoln Roosevelt Republican league
is so earnestly fighting.
Must Stand for Purity
I'VE must stand for purity. not only
in politics but in business. l don't be-
lieve in class government. We are
brought face to face with conditions
which permit corporations to control
our courts, to fix our juries and to put
the machinery in motion which shall
free the wealthy criminal, and at the
same time send the poor man who, be-
cause of the necessities of his family,
steals loaf of bread, to the peniten-
tiary.
II have taken my stand against this
condition and / am glad to say that l
am now receiving the support Of men
of wealth from all parts of the coun-
try.
mot long ago l received a letter
from a man In Cleveland, whom have
never met, enclosing check for $4,000
to aid in this work, and only recently
a man from Boston who was visiting
in San Francisco rendered me a check
for a similar amount I have never
solicited dollar for this work, but
naturally such things are highly en-
couraging to me and give evidence OF
an awakening of public spirit.
ITO the members of the Lincoln
Roosevelt Republican league l would
say, keep up the fight you are making,
and do not make any compromises
with the machine forces Stay with
the fight and try 1t again and eventual
ly. you will win. This is no time to
think of personal friendships. You are
fighting for the preservation of your
government, and all enemies of that
government must be swept aside"
The Gallagher Dyns hitting
After the luncheon Mr.. Spreckels
discussed the blowing up of James L.
Gallagher's three houses in San FRAN
cisco last night. He said:
ut is but another piece of evidence
proving that there are people In San
Francisco, averse to the prosecution of
the indicted officials, who will stop
at nothing to prevent the success of
the prosecution. 1t is an. outrage that
is not only intended to do violence as
q matter of vengeance, but is mem
ace to those who are trying to vindi-
cate the law and the right through
the proper processes. This Is but one
of the many atrocities that have been
committed to intimidate those Jealous
for the punishment of the grafters.
ut opens the door again to renewed
effort for pure government. 1t de-
fines the lines between honest govern
ment and premeditated rascality.
sharply. 1t is time for every man to
give himself to interpretive thought
and to satisfy himself whether gov
of men whose dishonesty
brings such terror Is to be preferred
to a government where fair play and
projection of public rights are the mot
toes. This ought not to be a difficult
problem for men of honest impulses
to solve. Dishonest men dishonor pub
lie office and In it or out of 1t should
be Stunned and thus Stunned they will
not feel that their offenses have been
condoned by public opinion at least.
There can be no two ways of seeing
this thing-the man who betrays his
trust should be made to feel the be-
trayal and this will materially aid in
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