The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1908-11-21

red handed taking bribes, indict them for their
crimes, and, through confessions wrung from them
as the price of immunity, prosecute and convict
Mayor Schmitz, and procure confession from
Abe Ruef, the political boss. But the court of ap-
peals reversed the Schmtz case and Ruef violated
his immunity agreement whereupon Heney and
Langdon placed him on trial for one of the offenses
they had against him. The first trial having failed
Of conviction second one was had, and now the
third one is in progress.
From the beginning Heney and Langdon have
been after the men higher up'' who supplied the
money with which the mayor and the supervisors
were bribed. 1t is for the purpose of prosecuting
them that they procured the agreement with Ruef
to confess and testify against them 1t was this
policy that aroused against the prosecution the
bitterly antagonistc opposition Of all the San Fran
cisco and in fact all the California business inter-
ests, which have striven desperately to undermine
and defeat the prosecutions.
For two or three years friends of Heney have
repeatedly warned him that his life is in danger
from assassins and it has been his practice to be
constantly surrounded by guards to protect his
person.
This is not the first physical encounter expert
enced by those associated with the San Francisco
Older, editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, who
has been an active sympathzer and assisted in the
prosecutions, was kidnapped on libel charge
brought against him in Los Angeles and spirited
away to that city in an automobile. Later Super
wiser Jim" Gallagher, who since his confession
has been assisting the prosecution, has twice had
his life attempted by dynamters, supposed to have
been employed by the interests involved in the
prosecutions.
The graft prosecutions on which Heney and
Langdon are engaged involve practically all of
the big public service corporations doing business
in San Francisco on account of the bribes alleged
to have been paid by them to secure franchises
and other municipal privileges and it has been in
tmated that the trial leads up to the offices of the
Southern Pacific Railroad and even to the United
States senate.
Now to be honest with yourself when do you
think the tariff will be reduced on necessities?
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South Dakota, which has been the home of di-
vorces, has enacted new law, making residence
of one year necessary to secure divorce. The
law for years has required residence of but six
months
Those who wondered why President Roosevelt
had selected the Outlook for his future editorial
efforts will be pleased to learn that the Outlook is
partly owned by the Standard Oil management
The total vote in Spokane county this fall was
20361 In Stevens county it was 5000 Did you
realize that Stevens county has one-fourth the
population of Spokane county?
Now that the public is assured of continuation
of cbo bo hoo,
itaton in securing the largest possible Thanks
giving turkey. And since that favored party Sc
cured it's victory on promises, wouldn't it be
proper to secure your turkey that way?
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Considerable interest has been aroused through
out the state by the announcement that bill is to
be introduced at the coming session of the legs-
lature, providing for the creation of new county
office, to be known as the recorder" and almost
without exception those who have taken trouble to
investigate the proposed measure are in favor of
it's passage especially the county auditors, who
are at the present time laboring under duties far
too great and of complicated nature Several
reasons have been advanced by the auditors for
asking for the passage of the law one of them be-
ing that the new school CODE which is likely to be
adopted next year, provides that the county audi
tors shall become accountants for the second dis
tricts in their respective counties, and that such
course will add much to the work now being done
in that office. 1t is also argued that the work of
recording does not properly belong to the auditor
office except in the smaller counties where the
other duties of the auditor are not so heavy In
case the proposed law goes to final passage it will
provide for the separation of the office of the
county auditor only in counties of the first to
the thirteenth class, and will not effect the smaller