Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-18

consulting anyone except the owner Oh
the Bulletin and my wife.
"I met Mr. Heney at the wizard
hotel. Washington, September 2, 100,
and reminded him of his promise. l
told him that 1 thought could fur-
nish him evidence which would make
it possible for him to convict Schmltz
and Ruef, and | also thought that L
could raise the necessary money he
said he would be willing to go II ne
could get Burns Burns, he said, was a
great detective and could secure tne
evidence. He had shown his power III
that direction in the land fraud cases
in oregon. The same afternoon Burns
Heney and myself met, and they potn
agreed to take up the work L sug-
gested that 1 would see President
Roosevelt and interest him in the
movement, with the idea of getting
them released from the government,
service in which they had been en-
ployed. met Roosevelt the Following
day and told him of the conditions IN
San Francisco, and he said: THOSE
men ought to be in the penitentiary
and Heney and Burns are the men to
put them there-the best in America.
You have my sympathy and VIII DO
anything in my power to help YOU
AFTER HERRIN
'T then returned to San Francisco,
called upon Rudolph Spreckels and told
him where l had been and what had
done. He said: That is good idea.
will go into that. 1 will put my
money up for that work, but he added,
and he walked very close to me ana
looked me square in the eyes, not a
nickel Older, unless the investigation
shall lead to Herrin and the Southern
Pacific railroad. Not Calhoun, mind
you-Herrin. Herrin,' he said, is re-
sponsible for the debauching of the
manhood Of this state, for breaking
down our system of government, our
courts, our legislature and our city and
county officers. 1t is time and money
wasted if we do not lead up to the
source
II agreed with him and we both de-
clared that we would not stop short of
that. [ wonder now if Herrin thinks
that the agreement was kept.
This meeting with Spreckels was not
later than December 10, 1905, a full
month before the crooked board OF su-
peryisors had either taken office or
Calhoun had even committed a crime.
He may have contemplated it, but we
could not know that. Therefore, you
see. it was not Calhoun that~Spreckels
was after, it was Herrin and the
Southern Pacific political bureau. But
there was Just enough basis there for
this particular falsehood to stick in the
minds of many honest people, and this,
of course, has done us incalculable
harm. 1 think that has been the great
big he that has persisted and could
only persist by the almost complete
betrayal of the people by what once
were known as the tribunes OF the
people-the newspapers.
THE SECOND LIE
"The second lie in Importance that
was hammered into the minds of the
nation was that Heney was the hire
ling of Spreckels; that his methods
were sordid; that he was working for
money. Even If this were true 1t
should not have changed public opinion
in the slightest, but, Of course, in the
case Of men who work for the people
they are expected by the people to sub
sist on nothing. Any payment for such
york is regarded as mercenary. Thls
is an unfortunate psychological fact
But as related to Heney lie.
AFTER the fire and after Burns had
been employed / went with Mr.. Heney
to MIR. Spreekels, and in discussing our
plans Spreckels said this to Mr.. Heney:
Now we have arranged Burns salary,
what will your fee be, Heney| Heney
replied: We'll. this is my home city ann
/ love it, so am going to put my time
well, this is my home city and love
it, so / am going to put my time
against your money. I'm going to- do
1t for nothing
That's very fine of you, Heney,'
said Spreckels, but it is a big under
taking
at know said Heney, but am