The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-23
HENBY A REFORNER STILL
NED ID IT An OVER AGAIN
~ NEEDED, NE SAYS.

Not Deter nim. He's sure nnef. 0aI
On Bnil. Again In P0Weg-He'a san
IIaDefuI That nurTu Ne Convicted
Francis Hsnsy who after prosecuting
the SRn Francisco Graftes was defeated
for the District Attorneyship Of tho city
lnst fall. is st the Waldorf. and he says
that while tho path Of a reGOrmer some
times brings bullets. 10 he had the whols
business 70 20 over again he'd do IL.
Mr. Hsney was frequently referred "a
a. the young attorney but he said yea.
tsraay he was now entering middle age,
having turned 50 He - Of medium Insight.
broad shOuldered. and his face. which u
smooth shaver. IL full OF color. He wears
glasses. and in conversation n quiet in
manner. He came Fast 10 confer with
the Attorney General in regard To the
Oregon land frauds
We have Just had Ringer Hermann. ex-
Commissioner NJ this General Land Once
and ex-member OF Congress. mp in court
and only got a near verdict. the jury stand
ing II 10 for Conviction said MIR. Heasy
Mays aud Jones. the two msn indicted
with Hermann. have been convicted and
sentenced I merely won't hack TO Ore
gon TO close up the ends OF the job had
besn away from for three year. 10
was being asserted that the Department
% Justice was not ANXIOUS to prosecute
the men. which was unfair % the Ad-
strAtiOn.
In san Francisco they have nov got
another public service corporation ad-
ministration under the guiss Of . labor
administration. That is absolutely what
the election amounted TO. The same
forces that backed RueE and SchmitS
during the latter's administration are
again in power. Ruef IL again active
and 1t is quite generally understood that
he planned the entire campaign from the
Interior Of the county jail. Ne got out
on bail after the election on the ground
that confinement was destroying his
health He got twenty doctors to make
as well a. I do. and I never felt better.
How was I defeated Well. for three
years practically all the weekly press
Of San Francisco. one Of the morning
papers and another organ which some
Of the wealthler defendants in the graft
CASES had established had hefIddled the
public mind bv constant and continuous
MISREPRESENTATION in regard 10 tho
prosecution. 80 a great many well in
tentionsd people came to entertain erro-
neous ideas OF the facts and Of the motives
and purposes OF the prosecution. In
addition the public service corporation
furnished a large fund for the election
Of NV opponent amt a deal was made nv
the same corporation and certain cor
r1Ipt labor leaders by Which Fickert re-
ceived tbs. labor Union nomination as
veil NJ The Republican.
In addition the Democratic push
were hired for him. - that he received
the entire machine vote ut the three
paTtlss. all the Tenderloin vote. regard
less 81 party most Of the merchant vote,
on the ground that The prosecutions we're
hurting business. that of all the public
-.',ics corporation employees who could
NJ controlled. ant thl' Of the ~ is,nfoTned
portion It the psIh'i uu which referred
IN addition they had circulated Infamous
slandrr. about INV moral character among
churrhRoInR people and asserted that
I was a long hairest PtIritanical refOrmer
10 all The saloon keepeTs. show p~Dple
and amusement catering class. 10 fiCk
ert got ~ OOI votes and only 2S.OO
That hbel -'iu 81 min" tor scSN On
RFainst " " CrocNer will br tried here
expect now 90 take few months vAca-
tlOn and NAV 60 80 Europe
business m California - good every
where. With the exception Of San fran- T.
cisco which seems 10 b. suffering from
want ~ CONFIDENCE on the part % ont
-sds capital. which ~ due probably 10 a
fear 81 the peoples ability 10 govern
thegr solves Everything - wide open
DO think that Ruef will 10 convicted
on MS appeal. Well Supervisor Coffee
"a. convicted on bi- appeal and th"
most important question in his case is
one that arises m that Of Ruei u looks
a. 10 Ruefs conviction might be upheld.
Does reforming paw Mr. Hsney was
asked
1T all depends upon a mans tempera-
a man - haprler by doing y or not !
don't know hut what I might answer
strongly n the negative. Bat y vow f.
asked me whether I would do the same }
thing over again. should say yes. without
hesitation
The greatest effect for good comes from 7
the tact that these exposures educate the !
masses Of people a. to the real rauee-
Of corruption in the body polite. The !
Public Service Corporation officials in
San Francisco and their friends openly
assert and insist that public service .
CORPORATION cannot he operated with 3
profit 10 its stockholders except by Z
brihing public officials. II this - true. /
does u not logicslly and necessarily I
follow that We cannot AFFORD 20 permit
any such public utilities 10 remain IN ,
private ownership or he operated by a |
private corporation Does not their I
argument leave public ownership a. the /.
only alternative against the ultimate /
destruction 81 OUR form Of government |
through the oorrupting and demoraliling !
Influence Of bribery? let those who |
make claim that bribery ~ essential 10 I
conduct public service corporations I
answer thsse Questions
As for the Calhoun case the Court !
refused 20 dismiss this on the District |
Attorney = pIea that fhe EVIDENCE did not !
show Calhoun was guilty. The Judge !
had heard the evidence in four cases and
he finally said The Court 10 not going to !
do anything hut continue this case until |
u ms kes up its mind a. TO whether the I
people Of the state 81 California are repre /
ssnted here at all. II looks TO me as u
all the attorney- here were representing
she defendrnt."
TEACHER BADLY BURNED