The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-03
hENEY ACCUSES HIM OF BEING
RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRUPT
NESS IN FRISCO.
MAKES SCATH|NG SPEECH
Special Graft Prosecutor Delivers Ad-
dress to Philadelphia Audiences II
Which He Declares That "Raiiway
King" as Head If Southern Pacific
Is the Real One to Blame.

Philadelphia, Jan. 2.--Speaking be-
fore the City club here today, Francis
j. Heney of San Francisco declared
that f. Fl. Hartman, through his con-
troll of the Southern Pacific railroad.
was responsible for the graft and cor
ruption that has been found in the
Golden Gate city. With Abe Ruef and
Hartman was linked the head of the
United Railways corporation of San
Francisco, by Mr.. Heney, but the real
boss, he said, sits in New York and
has one of his agents in California. w.
F. Herrin, general counsel 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 Philadelphia, and
even here you have nothing like 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 cor
porations and from another was the
saloons and dives, while behind our
backs these forces joined hands
The Small Ducks.
'In this unholy alliance the boss
was the connecting link, but he was
simply the agent of the real boss-the
big business man who wanted to ex-
plot the public service corporation.
The political boss was really the sman
duck in the pond Behind him was
the public service corporation and the
Southern Pacific railroad.
According to my deduction, the
head of the legal department of the
Southern Pacific railroad, w. r. Her.
rim. was the boss behind the apparent
boss. But / am convinced that Herrin
was. after ali, the tool of the actual
Hartman"
Great applause followed Mr.. Hepey's
charges
Cause to Effect.
I'VE must reason from cause to ef-
feet" Heney went on. "The corrup-
tion of the city life in San Francisco
was not found in the deals made nv
Ruef. but was due to the fact that
Hartman wanted to use certain men.
Our real boss sits in New York and
reaches across the country in work
ing out his schemes.
They say, when these things are
discussed. that they must employ such
means. They argue from the same
premises that Jimmy Logue' planned
TO rob bank-that he was in need of
money. The public service corpora
ton and the railroad wanted some
thing for which they We're not willing
TO pay the public. which owned the
franchises they wanted to get under
their control. 1t was easier to pur-
chase the political boss and the conn
1limen as respectable business man
sends his agents into the public mar
<et to get the goods
Why Is This7
Other cities have had similar ey-
oerlences, and I have even heard IL
iald that something of the sort has
'een attempted in Philadelphia.
Il would like to talk to Won ahout
ne san Francisco fire, but IL wou,d
axe me an hour or more, and nv
MUSICIAN says / must not make any
peeches. But what is the remedy for
ms corruption in municipal life?
he American people who have tried
'opuiar government for much more
nan a century have been SLOW to wora
'nt their problems. Why is this?"