The San Francisco call., 1908-11-17

newspapers that have been shaping
public sentiment against the prose
cution and bounding Heney there
would be secret relief, eongfatula
tion and satisfaction, in spite of
an outward form of regret:
There are a number of papers in
the state that have been doing their
best to stir up such hatred for
Heney as would seem to justify
almost any crime to get him out or
the way. Most prominent among
these have been the papers pub
lished by the Calkins (S. P.l syndi-
cate. the Oakland Tribune. Hearsts
yellow San Francisco Examiner
and the Los Angeles Times. And
the Times has been about the most
vicious and malignant of the entire
bunch. They have Vociferated that
the graft prosecution was really a
prosecution of worthy citizens IN
spired by private spite. and they
have pictured Heney as cheap
braggart and bully who really
ought to be in the penitentlary
himself. They have done their
best to infiame in the heart OF
some criminal like Haas, who had
been exposed by Heney, a desire to
cripple or kill the brave prosecu-
tor In moral SENSE, therefore.
we believe they are particeps GRIM
inis in this tragedy that vas
enacted yesterday in the San
Francisco courtroom.
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Outrage" the Visalia Daily Times
brands the Lying. cowardly press"
which bounded Heney. Practical eX-
hibition of popular resentment against
the course of the Examiner and Chron-
icle is suggested by the withdrawal of
subscriptions from these two papers:
The striking comparison between the
vicious influence Of the Hearst car
toons of Mckinley and the Hearst car
toons of Heney. both followed by
bloodshed is made by the Evening
Pajaronian of Watsonville. among
other papers of the interior. The
Pajaronian also point out that some
country newspapers echoed the senti-
ments of the metropolitan organs of
graft thus propa eating distrust and
hatred of Heney and his associates.
Credit is given to The Call for stand
ing up steadfastly and fighting corrup-
tion Here are extracts from the
Pajaronian's editorial:
Probably no prosecutor of rich
thieves in the history OF this or any
other nation has had to contend
with such difficulties as has HeneY
in San Francisco. The corporations
that had been bribers of officials
in that city for many years first
bought up the sewer weekly news
papers of San Francisco, with the
exception of Barry's Star; then they
reached out and took into camp the
Oakland Tribune then the CalkinS
syndicate began purchasing a string
of big papers. and finally. whenever
they dared the Chronicle and EX-
aminer colored their news accounts
of the prosecution. All the above
papers have been attempting to
mold public opinion from their cow
ardly standpoint for long time
and too frequently it has been re-
peddled out to the people of the
state through the columns of coun-
try papers that kow tow to the
classes So this fend Haas has
been led to believe, no doubt. that
public sentiment was becoming
lul5ewarnl in its support of HeneY
and that the higher courts of the
state would not likely uphold him
in his work.
Throughout the whole prosecution
The Call and the Bulletin have been
the only San Francisco dailes that
have stood uD and fought the rich
grafters and even the powerful
business boycott aimed at them has
not made them one bit less loyal to
Henev. Originally the Examiner
was an ally of the prosecution. but
when Willie Hearst could not name
the mavor of San Francisco. the
stinkpots of that journal have ever
| since been aimed at Heney. Hearst
cartoons were responsible to q large
extent for the assassination Of
President Mex inley. and no doubt
the "a Mutt picturas OF Heney
that have for long. time haAr an