The San Francisco call., 1909-10-09
HFNFY DISCUSSES
CAMPAIG ISSUES
Graft Prosecutor Holds a Large
Meeting OF Voters in Puck
ett's Hall
Andrew Furuseth Makes Strong
Plea for District Attorney
Candidate

Francis j. Heney was given rousing
welcome last night by the 500 persons
who filled Puckett's hall, Fourteenth
and Church street. The meeting was
under the auspices of the Heney club
of the thirty-fourth and thirty sixth
assembly districts. Clarence A. Hen
ming presided. He eulogized Heney for
his work in the district attorneys
office.
E. l. Barry spoke for equality be-
4 fore the law. He charged that the cor
porate interests were back of the move
ment against decency and had pro-
voked the wrath of the people. He
| told how these interests had subsidized
| certain newspapers.
Andrew Furuseth was enthusiastical-
| ly received He said he had no lack
| of confidence in equality before the law
nor in Heney, but he did have some
! lack of confidence in the people of San
Francisco. In refutation of the asser-
| ton that the graft prosecution is hurt
ing business he declared that the rich
Imam controls the pulpit through the
pews. the newspapers through the ad-
vertising columns and the legal pro-
fesion through retainers and that. in
consequence, false sentiment was be-
| ing created.
/ Furuseth told of having had two in
] terviews with Patrick Calhoun in an
effort to settle a car strike. He had
| come to the conclusion that the strike
had been brought about deliberately
to influence the people of this city.
HARD TO CONVICT
.eIt is hard to convict a man of Cal
houn's social position, said Furuseth
| "The supervisors should not have ac-
! cepted a bribe, but they would not If
no one had offered it to them. The
tempter is more responsible than the
one who accepts bribe.'
F'uruseth contended that the prose-
| cution had done right in extending I'M
munity TO the bribe takers. He did
| not blame the union labor voters for
| having elected the Doodle board, but
he said they would be responsible If
they condoned the crimes that had been
| committed.
IF San Francisco had not gone reso-
lutely ahead with the prosecution i do
not believe business would have been
half as good as it is said Furuseth in
| arguing for a continuation of the graft
prosecution.
Heney opened by asserting that an
attempt had been made during the last
two years by certain newspapers owned
or hired by corporate interests to con-
fuse the public mind and make the
| people believe that the graft prosecu-
tion is a fight between two individuals
for the control of the United Railroads.
He showed that such construction of
the situation was unreasonable because
Calhoun was only an employe of the
| United Railroads investment company
of New York and that if Calhoun were
| sent to the penitentiary another agent
would be sent to this city.
The prosecution hurts business, so
it has been charged said Heney. Yes,
it hurts the business of graft and we
intend to hurt that business as much
as possible" 20
After telling how the United Rail
roads had cut down the number of en-
ployes and left the service inadequate,
Heney went into a discussion of the
treason why the banking interests of
the city were opposed to his election.
He contended that several bankers
were directors in the big corporations
of the city, including the United Rail
roads, and so were actuated by per-
| sonal motives.
LOWER MARKET STREET
THE United Railroads has no right
on earth to its outer tracks in lower
Market street said Heney, In discus
sing the claim made by the company
that another line can not be built to
the ferry, because two companies al
ready are operating in that part of
Market street. 1.-The law does not rec
ognize a dummy company, and there
fore there Is no question ABOUT the
right of the city to go down Market
street The way to build street rail-
road to the ferry in the Geary street
line is to build it. We have nothing to
sue about. It's our street. Let's go
down there as soon as we can sell the
bonds and get the money ready. Let
the other fellow sue
"AH our troubles in San Francisco
come from the public service corpora
tions," said Heney, who proceeded to
show what the prosecution had, accom-
plished in this city. He declared that
the gas company was collecting nearly
81, ,oOo, 900 more a year in this city than
it was entitled to.
(Which would you rather pay
81 100000 to the gas company or $4,000
to the district attorneys office for rout-
ing out thieves?" asked Heney.
Robert Duke, the last speaker of the
evening, made a strong plea for the
graft prosecution.
During the meeting William ]. Burns
caused a stenographer in the employ of
the United Railroads to be removed
from the reporters table.