Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-03
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Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 2t--At the
long luncheon table OF the City club
here today. Francis ]. Heney OF San.
Francisco, who prosecuted the"graft''
cases in that city. declared that Har-5
riman of New York, through the con-
troll of the Southern racine railroad.
was responsible for the graft and cor
ruption that has been found In the
Golden Gate city. -4 *
With Abe Ruef and EHarriman was
linked the head OF the United Rail
ways corporation Of San Francisco
by Mr.. Heney, hut the real boss, he
said, sits in New York and has one
Of his chief agents In: California, w.
?. Herrin, general council Of the
Southern Pacific railroad.
"San Francisco is no worse and no
better than the average American
CITY," Mr.. Heney said, with the sin
gle exception, of course, Of Philadel-
phia, and even here you have moth
ing like what we unearthed in my
city. But the causes OF corruption
are the same in all cities. In San
Francisco we found two elements at
work Coming from one source was
the public service corporation, and
from another was the saloons, and
dives, while behind our backs those
forces joined hands.
I'm this unholy alliance the boss
was the connecting link, but was
simply the agent OF the real boss
the big business man who wanted to
exploit the public service corpora
ton. The political boss was really
the small duck in the pond. Behind
him was the public service corpora
-tion aAd the Southern Pacific rail-
road.
According to my deduction, the
head Of the legal department of the
oSuthern Pacific road, w. F, Herrin,
was the boss behind the apparen !:
boss. But l am convinced that Her
rim was, after all, the tool Of the
actual boss-Harriman."
For a moment the auditors sat
dazed by the daring character OF this
indictment, then burst into prolonged
applause.
I'VE must reason from cause to ef-
feet" Mr. Heney went on. "The cor
ruption OF the city life in San Fran
cisco, was not found in the deals
made by Ruef, but was due to the
fact that Hartman wanted to use
certain men. Our real boss sits in
New York City and reaches across
the country in working out his great
schemes.
They say when these things are
discussed that they must employ
such means. They argue from the
same promises that Jimmy Logue did
when he planned to rob bank-that
he was in need of money. The pub
lie service corporation and the rail-
road wanted something for which
they were not willing to pay the pub
lie, which owned the franchises the
wanted to get under their control. 1t
was easier to purchase the politica,
boss and the tcouncilmen, so the re-
spectacle business man sends his
agents into the public market to get
the goods.
"Other cities have had similar ex-
periences. What is the remedy for
this corruption in municipal life
why not try the remedy OF the uni,
form primary ballot, and wipe out
the boss? A man is a bad public
servant because he has a bad mas
ter and responds to him. Enter the
primaries Fight the battle there !;
let the people be the master and
there will always be good servants.
The politician will always respond
to his master"