The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19

him up for 100000 1t is not in the
spirit of the man, and gentlemen,
none of these public corporations are
really held up. They want something
and they think ii is cheaper to get il
that way. They are not like our revo-
luttonary. sires, who said, Millions for
defense, but not one cent for tribute /;
their motto is Millions for tribute.
but not one cent for defense until we
have been indicted and then the mill
lions flow.
Do you suppose that If the gas COM
pany, the telephone company or the
railroad company joined together and
said. We will spend the amount OF
money" or anywhere near the amount
of money that they have been spend
ing since to defend their unlawful ac-
tions-"we will spend that amount of
money before we will be held up by
this little curly headed boss"-do you
suppose he could have held them up?
Why, they could have gone into the
federal courts and gotten an Injunction
against the rates in the gas case, just
as everybody knows they have been
doing since; at the following election
they could have poured out this money
which was poured into brides; they
could have poured 1t out into the fight
for decency In San Francisco and they
could have wiped out this corrupt adj
ministration OF Schmitz. But they pre-
doing business They Join hands with
the tenderloin crooks who want spe-
clal privileges; not openly, not openly,
NO. Dul lHeY JOIN WIFI them IN
the same way that two conspirators
who have never met may be conspira-
tors; each one works toward the same
OBJECT, with the same purpose, but on
different routes and by different means.
The tenderloIn crooks want the privi-
leges that flow from a corrupt admin
istration and a crooked police captain
like Oman, and the rich corporation
owners want the privileges that come
from crooked administration by pay
Ing a small amount of money that they
l. Il
ers of gas, the consumers of water, the
riders upon the streetcarS. A small
portion they throw into the pot for the
political boss to expend on election
day and at the primaries, SO he can
put up ticket which, when the parties
have taken office. the tenderloiu gets
what 1t wants, it continues to pay for
1t, of course. But they are willing to
pay because they don't pay all the
profits; they keep some of them for
themselves; and SO these gentlemen in
the gas gas company &c could dnS Well afford to
year. The United Railroads could well
AFFORD to pay $4,000 aye. or $40o, 900,
for that would net them in savings by
the 175 cars less alone 100000 to
s1,000,000 year
WHAT PHELAN TESTIFIED
Now, let US go back to this mo-
ment: Mr.. Phelan's uncontradicted
testimony is that when Mr.. Calhoun
stated at the Bohemian club that -.e
San Francisco to decide. and this wal
before the declaration of the Suffer
Street CLUB had been made that they
would oppose it, that Mr.. Calhoun said
when asked HOW do you propose to
let the people decide it7'' Il will leave
it to the board of supervisors Now.
Mr.. Holbrook says that Mr.. Calhoun
said something to him about leaving
1t to the people to decide, and Mr..
Holbrook was asked, Did Mr. Calhoun
tell you how he proposed TO let the
people decide it2" And Mr.. Holbrook
didn't remember that he did. Mr. CAL
houn wasn't taking Mr.. Holbrook into
his confidence in this matter any more
than Mr.. Calhoun took Mr. HoIbrook
into his confidence in regard to the
5000, 600 that was brought to the NIT.
Why, Mr.. Hofbrook never heard of IT.
director-the president of the board
of directors-but didn't know anythfn e.
about q single cent having been paid
to Ruef. Even Mr.. A A Moore's sun
position that $4,000 might have been
paid TO Ruef was never heard of BY
Mr.. Holbrook. So il is not strange
that Mr. Calhoun did not take Mr.
Holbrook into his confidence in regard
to how he intended to permit the peo-
pie TO decide 1t. But 1t is very signifi-
Mr.. Calhoun intended to let the people
vote upon 1t. it Ia absolutely natural
that in telling Mr.. Holbrook that he
proposed to let the people decide
1t he would have told him how.
But. IL MIR. Calhoun had an arrange
ment with Mr.. Ruef and intended to
pay Mr.. Ruef $780, of bride money
was not going to take any more men
into his confidence in that matter than
he found 1t necessary to take in am.
so we find here that Mr.. Abbott takes