The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15

/ next speaker. Frequently interrupted
/ by ovations of applause and interjec-
tions of approval, Phelan in the longest
| speech of the evening pointedly and by
I name criticised Calhoun, Drum, Will
| liam II. Crocker and others for their
part in bringing about present condi-
/ tions in San Francisco and laid on the
| shoulders OF the Examiner. the Chron-
/ lcle and the gutter weeklies the re-
sponsibility for the shooting of Heney.
He first reviewed the history of the
corrupt despotism that under Ruef had
| the city in it's grip, and blamed the
quasipublic corporations for feeding
the streams of his power. He referred
to the Parkside deal. and said .'the
$4,000 bribe money was paid out by the
I teller of the Crocker national bankIA
corporation whose managers were stock
holders in Parkside, and whose presi-
dent the other day advised you to vote
| against Hetch Hetchy-William H
| Crocker.'
Reference made by Phelan TO the
election of Judge Dunno evoked one of
the greatest outbursts of cheering
heard during the evening. The vast
mass of people rose as one man and
cheered the upright judge to the echo.
| When Phelan referred to the Examiner
/ there was raised a great cry in deri-
sion, and that hall for about minute
was filled with Kisses and hooting.
Hearst is the man to blame Hearst!
/ Hearst, Hearst" the multitude howled
Put them out. Put them out"
| shouted others, and a move was made
/ by some of the more indignant to the
! table at which sat the reporters of the
] Examiner, but Pnelan raised his hand
and urged the angry men to calm them
selves.
Referring to Patrick Calhoun Phelan
said he was a descendant Of that South
Carolinan of whom Andrew Jackson
said when he heard of the nullification
movement, IF l can get my hands on
! him, I'll hang Calhoun"
Phelans speech was in part as fol-
| lows:
James d. Phelan sai0:
Let the citizens recall three brief
years ago. when the insolent and
| corrupt boss and his mayor and su-
pervisors held sway over this un-
fortunate city with iron hand:
how they sold franchises and spe-
cfal privileges by an elaborate and
carefully studied out scheme and
sought to coin into money all the
public functions which were put
into their hands by mistaken and
deluded people. Everything was for
sale.
Frank Heney and other men
fought these conditions as hard as
they could. but when corrupt po-
lltical bossism allied itself with cor
rupC wealth the combination was
too strong, and our public bodies
our courts and our juries became
matter for barter and trade. These
wealthy law breakers fed with their
money the source of corruption, and
without their support it would have
been comparatively easy to have
broken down the elaborate machine
which had been created for the
spoliation of q community
| me telephone company. the gas
company, the Parkside realty com
pany, the United Railroads com
pany and allied interests found the%
conditions easy to control and paid
their money for what they wanted
Ihey were, each and all of them,
previously given an opportunity to
join the prosecution and give evil
dence against Ruef and Schlnitz and
the board; but no, they would rath-
er have these men in control than
have honorable and incorruptible
men at the helm. Hence the re-
sponsibility for the season of de-
bauchery which followed is fixed
upon the so called higher ups"
And when their officers were in
dicted and exposed they reelected
them to positions of power show
ing no desire to repent or to re-
form.
FORM NEW MACHINE
they 1outed public opinion and
at once organized another machine,
based upon their successful dis
honesty. to prevent the enforcement
of the law. To this end they not
only bribed juries and swayed
courts. but they tried to foist the
election of dishonest judges upon
the people and dishonest schemes.
such as the Bay Cities water scheme
upon an unoffending community
they purchased the press. The