The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04

VINO neip to shape public opinion. Even
inc sacred confines of the ministry
nave not been spared from the inroads
ol tnese public debauchers.
Wy personal experience in politics
mas led me into many legislative bod
ieS' mas connected me with executive
departments, and has thrown me into
Juolcidl centers l have seen the llst
at sacramento in the hands of the cor
| ruptlng center itself with the names
OF senators and assemblymen upon that
list with the amounts opposite their
names they required to pass certain
measures. l have seen the great state
OF california worked up to a high pitch
OF prejudice by the press against the
southern Pacific railroad company be-
cause the railroad tried to pass the
carpenter reassessment bill in favor OF
the railroad in the Legislature of 1893,
and then I have seen the same legisla-
ture, which made a record turning
down the railroad Carpenter bill, pass
the Seawell reassessment bill in favor
OF the railroad and against the people,
costing the state $1,50o,0O0, and not
paper In this great state was in
position to say to the people, You
nave been robbed. and we received
none of the money" And If any one
OF the great papers was in such a po-
sltlon 1t either did not have the cour-
age or the disposition to say so, for
the files of these great papers will
snow you that they spoke not and the
people are in ignorance to this day on
that subject These are horrible state
ments to make, but they are true, to-
gether with volumes yet unmentioned
Barred TO THE PUBLIC
have no personal interest in Mr..
Ava, as my actipn and attitude toward
him in the bribery cases stand in evil
dence. My one wish and only purpose
is to bring these practices before the
public that the public may have an op
portunity to understand their true po-
sition toward the administration of the
affairs of this government, and the
practices which are employed by cor
porations in eiecting its public serv-
ants and controlling them afterward.
In other words. l believe in Roosevelt;
1 believe in his policy of publicity.
believe that this government cannot
stand half a century longer unless
its people take hold of the reins of
government and demonstrate that their
love of country and their love of gov
ernment come first and their personal,
selfish and mercenary interests must be
served second and that to do this you
must go to the people direct, not with
a centralized power, but with a Sec
and recall constantly at command.
Every child in every grade in school
should be taught that to defraud this
government, when a public official is
high treason.
NONE WITHOUT GUILT
We must not attempt to cover with
disgrace or brand with shame any of
the politicians Of the present age, but
wa net al n n
start anew, for none of them is with
out guilt; no, not one. But to avoid
the recurrence in the future of the
buying of votes, the bribing of public
officials, and the manipulation of poll
tics by corporations, these crimes must
be declared treason, punishable by
death, and the interference of a corpo-
ration in politics to mean the surren-
der of its franchises, and the forfeiture
of its property to the state. No other
remedy, in my judgment, is adequate.
When these corrupt agencies are thus
removed from politics, the state will
be in a position to build its own pub
lie utility plants when the interests Of
the people demand it.
1t is now currently rumored, and
has come to my ears, that the agents
of the Southern Pacific railroad COM
pany of this city, viz: the unspeakable
Mackenzie and the unthinkable Oneal,
claim to be able to influence your ap
pointments to the extent that they
will place your administration under
the control of this corrupt energy, es-
pecially the police and fire department.
I have declared this to be untrue, as 1
have an abiding faith in your honor,
your integrity, and your intelligence,
but whether it is false or true will
soon be demonstrated, as, when your
appointments are made, the admins
tration will have to show it's hand by
choosing between honesty and fairness
and the public on one side, or bend to
the corruptionists on the other. Also
your reputation and standing among
the honest people of this city will be
contingent upon the character of the
men you appoint upon your fire and
police board and the policy they pursue
afterward, for, since the organization
of this board in this city, this commits
sion has used the individuals who are
engaged In the liquor business as a
political chattel, and forced them to
do their bidding or they would suffer
in consequence, and this has been true
to my knowledge up to the present
time. and that portion of the COM
munity known as the Christian people
have been infiamed against the liquor
interests because of the interference
of this interest in politics. These
church people are the political assets
of the. outs" because the ''ins," who
control the fire and police board,
demanded that the liquor interests fol-
low in their wake or suffer the conse-
auences. and the great struggle by the
"outs" was to expose the exercise Of
this power by the ''ins."
OUTRAGE TO FREEDOM
In country that boasts of the free
dom OF her people to have any busi
ness, which is legalized and licensed,
subjected to this thralldom, or to have
those engaged In any line of business
at the mercy of political combina-
ton, whose every whim must be served
or these individuals will have their
business destroyed, is an outrage that
to me is unexplainable. These great
agencies OF wrong are gradually reduc-
ing every legitimate business interest
to this same basis. l do not under
stand the temper of our people. It
must be ignorance. fear, or dishonesty
that acts as an opiate, preventing their
rising in rebellion. l heard you. your
self, in wagon in the public street.
declare after your election was an
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