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San Francisco's Conscience "J BY FREDERIC J. RASKIN. " : (Copyright, 1903, by Frederic J. Haakln.) " ' r . San Francisco. May 25.-rrT.he majority of the people of San Francisco era gw)d, honest folk who are still heeding , the voice of, that cfvio conscience which commanda the city to purge Itself of the guilt fit the atupendoua cor rvptlon of the Ruef-SchmlU era of graft But civic consciences, like human consciences, are sometimes to be lulled .to sleep sometimes to be befuddled by false Issues.? One of the blackest crimes In the history of governments la now being attempted In the city of San Francisco. It la the effort to make the people forget the guilt of the grafters by falsely representing the pur poses of the prosecution. The story of the shameful prostitution of the pow er of office by Mayor Schmtta and his administration, the story of the wicked boss rule tef Abe Ruef, the story of the downfall of the grafters from, high1 officials position these things have been fold to every American who eds a newspaper, ;.".:'''- ; ; . - ' h ; . ; . . .. ,'. ,', .:'." But not even San Francisco realizes to the full extent the meaning of the present campaign of innuendo which alma to restore some of the chief crim inals of the black era of graft to their old position f respectability, and to destroy th men who have been right lng to bring the grafters to justice by covering them with unjust infamy. Newspapers bank presidents, rr- citizens, men o w. I gh social v Dositlon. and even men of high church . - ... . .1 pectable' Trjiltinil- position are actively engaged in a cam piugn -of anuse ana riaicuie wnicn nas i lOr Its vicum itmch j. nnrej iiiu nis associates in the prosecution of the criminals ,'who-, debauched the . city's ', honor. At the same time' they apolo x rim for some of these men whose sruilt is as well established as is the fact of the existence or tne men. , , Desperate efforts are being road by , business men who believe themselves ? honest to create a sentiment In favor of dropping the prosecution of- these , criminals because the '"reports of- the . trials in the newspapers will injure the renutfttlon of the. city With DeoDle abroad." They seem not to remember! ; that the outside world expects the hon , est people of San . Francisco to bring ' the criminals io pumsnment. i ney seem to forget that If these grafters f go scot free" other grafters are . euro to arise and- pursue- thelr'careers i in confident expectation of the. proteo. i tlon of the respectable business element , of the city. :. v; . , . Corrupt Jf ewspapers. . '": " iSome of the newspapers la San Fran cisco ridicule every move made by the district attorney . and his assistants, j They Impiwrn the motives of Rudolph , Sprockets who made the graft proseeu i tion possible. They gloat over the dlf f ficultles thrown about the prosecutors by the hosts of thugs hired by the I grafters of the Ruef stripe. They laugh t at the arguments advanced by those I. - . 1. 1 . nr.i . wu ro wwcivi iir jubucv. .nicy cBnonn k tective Burns. - r ".; . s .-.... ... k The first, thing one of the self-styled J "respectable business men" Bays to the i stranger within the gates of the city Is: "Well, there are two sides to thia graft I question." '- If he is asked to name the j two sides, he replies: "Of course Ruef 3 end that gang of labor union officials t were pretty bad but then -there is graft ; In every city. It is human nature. San ; Francisco is no worse than any other city. - There always will be grafting. Ve can't help: that, you now." If , pressed to be explicit and give the two sides, he will say: "Well, you see this J prosecution "by Spreckles and Heney and r that crowd has hurt, business and this i town has lost millions of capital by it, It ought to be stopped." . f. . t t , Apoioglea for B rafters. J. If the Questioner will repeat his In quiry for the two aides of the case for hours he will never hear anything mora explicit. He will hear that the Sprock ets family ia very wicked. He.wlll hear that Heney Is an Outsider. He will hear mai eurns peeped through holes to get proof of the guilt Of some grafting of ficials. He will hear attacks upon the prosecution .... for ; hours, he will hear apologies for the grafters and for graft ing as long as he can listen, but he will never hear that a guilty official who taxes a. oriDe, or a corrupt business man who gives one, ought to be punished in accordance with the statutes in such cases mad and provided. This campaign is not without system. A 'Series of dinners was given in th homes of the social leaders of the city at . which the whole conversation was devoted to the campaign of stifling the voice of . the elvio conscience. Every weekly paper In the city, religious and all, with one exception, is either at tacking the prosecution or remaining silent- '.;.- This, campaign in the sacred name of "business," which seeks to make the people forget, is entirely independent from another campaign conducted by other defenders of the grafters. Threat ening letters are their weapons. The chief witness for the prosecution, form er Supervisor Gallagher, was- the -intended victim of an assassin who en dangered the live of seven. other. per-, sons by dynamiting the house where Gallagher lived. Whether this plot was iaia py persons interested in tne aeiense nas riWmant fallai in aat forth the fact tha' the murdered Chinese was human being. In the same article be admitted that It was common knowledge that Schmlts was elected mayor, but that the indictment didn't say so. ine mony, of course,, snowed that Schmlts was mayor, but the supreme court walked through this microscopic iiaw In the Indictment. , . r Patrick Calhoun, the president of the United Railroads, la. the stprm center or the affair at the present iira. no i a descendant of Patrick Henry and John C. Calhoun, and he uses me eio nuanoa rtt knth. In aaaartinS' Ills COHStl tutlonal rights. He declined to be sworn when called before the grand Jury. He declined to answer questions asked in the trial of another orncer or on tym pany, but hs carefully abstained from - .r..wr nn tha cround that his answers might Incriminate him. He has been demanding tnai lor "". but the prosecution Is not going to get tn htm fmmm until the underlings are dls- or not but the not been proved. prosecution says It will prove It event ually. . . . v - The grafters who turned state's evi dence and were granted immunity In order to get proof of the crimes com mitted by those "higher up." are con demned In the roundest terms bv the men who apologise for all th other Boss Ruef confessed. It will d was promised im munity if . he would tell all he knew, he refused to testify In court to facts which he swore to In the grand jury room. Ho broke th immunity contract himself. Mow that he is no Innrew n. prosecution witness he has the sym pathy of th very "business" men who wer lately denouncing him as the au thor of all the evIL Furthermore, the breaking of the immunity contract Is charged against the prosecution. ' . . Crook SohJnita. ' ' : Mayor Schmlts walks th 1 street a free man. He was sent to the peniten tiary, but aiter'-liie statute of limita tions prevented another indictment, the supreme court of. California liberated him because of a technical flaw In the indictment. In defending this decision a judge of the supreme court, in a signed newspaper artlele, eiteil the precedent of a In whTch: a Chinese who had murder'83 another Chinese was permitted to go free because the in- w w - II 1 , No hot and blisterina' air to sap vitality ana maxe, cooKing intoier-' , able when work is done on the safe, economical and comfortable New Per fection Wick Ulue t lame Oil Cook-Stove. Using , your kitchen is not a room to fly from, but a place where all the necessary household work is done in restful coolness if doesn 't heat the kitchen. The Aaa&f4 a . uhainup nr nils, ljib uivdcvu (ion has acted wisely in delaying his trial, there can be no question of the fact that the Unltel Railroads did ob tain the right to string overhead trolley Hra nvnr the cltv streets by paying DriDes io tne cny "-". , . Th rmmmt is heard In the Dti si nes and financial section of the city, . nn v.. rii.r. inil mArcnanta. that C Cal houn ought to be prmltted to go free because he 'has done so much for the city. This great service was mat ne consolidated the street railway lines, watered the stock enormously, was paid a huge fee ror tne service ana is read ing the financial rewards usual In such cases. . v'- ' ' " "" . . mndolph prMkl. . Two other men have also done some thing for San Francisco. One of them, Rudolph Spreekels, has furnished the money to carry on the prosecution of the grafters. His motives are attacked, and Mr, 'Calhoun declares with passion ti.. h la Kainar Mrsaeuted br Soreckels out of personal - malice. The ether servant or tne cur wou u is Francis J. Heney. "He has worked two years as the chief prosecutor of the :rait -ease wnnuui pay aw ni of flnanclal reward. The services of Heney and Spreekels are not men tioned in those flnanclal circles where business" Is sacrea. When Heney first ' undertook the prosecution he warned Spreckeia ' tnjt all the things would result. - tie redlcted that . wnen tn - prosecution 'lie, to ston with the' labor union culprits and went "higher up" that they would find men of wealth and social position arrayed against them, that en mity would be engendered, that -sination itself was to. be feared Spreekels did. not turn back. He. had tnea to lonn a ewnimiiw wuij men . to back une prosecuuon out n wa .unsuccessful, so he put up the first lieo.000 himself. Heney went to work. William . J. Burns, a secret service detective, went out and got the evidence. The guilt of the grafter and the bribers has been proved over and over again, but the convictions are no: to be had. Cannot Blast Unions. The situation in San Francisco' today is fraught with grest danger to the city and to other municipalities of the nation. When the grafting waa brought to light men said: "Look what a labor union set of officials did." But now the thing hs changed. - The majoruy of the people of this city believe the guilty ought to be punished whoevef tney are, ana iney nave sum bo v ms ut It i the m o free.-wnoee lauit. win it jwt .moi HIR E RESIILMII CLASS ASSURED Applications for Entrance to University of Oregon Far, ; Exceed Expectations. nniia. Knt lr tne ruuiv are not nun Ished, if the grafters and the bribers in fraa whrtaa fault Will It M7 , IVOI hat of the labor unions. ... Not that of the .people. It will be the fault of men in high standing In the com munity, men of wealth, men who be lieve themselves to be' honest. It will be the fault of business men who think it is crime for a city official to force a saloon to buy whiskey from the concern in which that official Is interested, but who see no wrong in a transaction oy wnicn a -pusiness man gets a valuable rrancnis oy Drill ing those . same corrupt officials. Of course not all of San Francisco's bus iness men are engaged in this cam paign '.to defeat iuatlee but proetleally all the men la the conspiracy ar bus iness men. :'-.:. - If San Franclscd s ' conscience ; Js stilled to sleep by the campaign now being waged by the criminal rich and their defenders, if the prosecution of i the araftlna criminals falls because of (this campaign then the cause of municipal noneeiy in rafnu wm m. given a blow from which It cannot re-. cover. In years. But If the people ofj 6an Francisco listen to that conscience which is sUll speaking, if they will I send a few criminal politicians and a ! few criminal business men to prison-! then American cities will look to San I Francisco aa a leader, it is ror Ban Franciscans to say. HEADSTONE TO MARK GRAVE OF WAR HERO Estate of General II. B. Compson Will Allow of Bemoval of Kemains. , . ' (Special Plipatch to The Joaroal.)-' i University tf Oregon, Eugene, May 18. Notwithstanding th state of un rest caused by the referendum of th university appropriation applications for entrance next - fall have . far ex ceeded expectations. Registrar Tiffany had anticipated av freshman " class of about ZOO but from present Indications it will be far larger. As this year's freshman class waa only about 150 It can tie easily seen that unless the ap propriation . is carried It will . be al most impossible to take care of tne Increase and they will be compelled to ao to other states for their educa tion. The greatest number of applica tions is from Portland, nearly 100. Registrar Tiffany expects over 600 stu dents ; next . year. - . ..'..! ' i. Hi".' ' m i ii 1 mm ii i n,.r;,T Attntl0B XCr. Voter! Vote "for the Increased appropriation for the University of Oregon. - Don't brand Oregon as "mossback". state. Vote "yes' on election day. The bill has been Indorsed by - ell th Oreaon commercial clubs, teachers' 'associa tions, the State Federation of Labor and the Tax. layers' learu of Port land. Vv;. r-: LETTER RETURNED I AFTER LONG JOURNEY tSeeelal DUpateb to The Jorol. Astoria. Or.. May IS. A letter has been returned to th custom house after a long Journey in search of the man to waom It was anaressea. it was sent from here on March 14, 1907, waa ad dressed to Charles Rowe at the Sea men's Yt M. C A. In San Francisao and contained Howe's discharge from the American ship John Currier on her ar rival from the orient ; preparatory to (Olng to Alaska, in San Francisco the tter was sent to - several substations. then to Vallejo, Mare Inland and finally rtw maxmg tn - rounds or various laces was sent to . Washington and hence bock to Astoria, .i SI CTp3 SPEC AO Blue flmz OH Cook-Stove U comrenlent and handy for every purpose of a cooking stove. It saves money and rime makes a clean kitchen and contented cook. .; .Three size of "Nevy Perfection" stove. If not with youf dealer write our nearest agency. ( r . i ? i - The draft lamp free from the ' faults of other lamps. ' A perfect artificial light. ' Handsome and safe. If not with your dealer, write our nearest agency. 1 5 - . ' " . STANDARD OIL COMPANY ' ; (! prtJ) . ' ZETLAND ROSE FESTIVAL JUNE 1 TO 6 - ' ' A Week ol Carnival and Calcly ' Gorgeous Parades by Day. Brilliant Parades at Night On Land and Water. , - . 'Boat Races Athletic-Field Contests Automobile Races. ? Grand . Fireworks Display. ; " f - ' LOW FA&ES ' : fCJ)A LOW SUMMER TOURIST FARES '1 -. To the East and Return. ) . - . : .. . , ..... Yellowstone National Park . i y i '. Round Trip Fares Named to and Through the Park. HORTDERN PACIFIC RAILWAY . For full information regarding fares, routes, - etc, call on any agent of the - company. - '.; :'i ': x' '-. ""V""VArTXHARLTONviV;V' V---:'.4 Assistant General Passenger Agent ' Portland, Oregon J i f"S Morrison Street MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT Good for Man or Beast WHILE using for Horses and Cattle bear in mind that it is just as valuable in Vouif home. " v - "That lame : arm, strained muscle" or bruised hand will not twinge long if Mexican Mustang: . Liniment , has been applied. It penetrates f quickly and so relieves all pain v and Soreness. Our record b to yean of succm. b I - , , . - We arc offering EVERY DAY in the year the two greatest lines ox cloth ing in the United States At ;:' : 10 PILAB We show hundreds of suits -the equal ot an suit sold elsewhere in the city at $15Guaranteed in every way x our money c reiunaea 11 not satisfactory At IIMB We show suits that are marked in uptown windows at $20 and $25 Come in and make us proveit; ; : WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD, IT'S SO 3rd and Oak 1st and Yamhill MQtEk: v 1 , 1 1 l'i,U I Th remains of -General Hartwell B. Compson, hsro of tbs clvlV war, are to b removed from an $8 arave in ths Grand Army cemetery to a $30 grav In a good location, and tha placs where his dust reposes will b marked by a modest headstons. ; - This Is tne action recomroenaea to the county court by H. H. Northup, .a lh. Cnm r.mnn , will Whan Compson died It was thought that his property t wou ia not ire iuuiuieni iu meet the expenses of the funeral and, small debts he had contracted. That i . a . , 1, Ian H Im f .fnrrltl 110 unucu m . . . v . " ...... ..... county was not discovered until after claims naa oeea oitua sibi inu en late br thou who held mortgases on I T. . -IUW V " ....... .... body of the man who wore two medals of bravery awaraea Dy congress was buried wltH the greatest economy, to save money for the creditors, but now that there Is money left, the executor desires to hava the remains removed snd relnterred In a more befitting ST1'?.'. iifinAMil oa. (jailing Biwuuuu reer of the deceased, the executor says: "The - testator w . "'"V.T """ during the civil war an the side of the unlonT He entered the army as a prl- - f t n vaora. Ha was discharged as lleutenant-olonel of the Etfrhth "New , Tork regiment, .volunteer iavalrr. one of the famous regiments of tne Array oi m j f honor voted br CeiVWl ' mv - congress for bravery In action. . It Is fitting mat sucn ' a better sepulcher than that which has been awarded to him." " .nMn.nn A l vl,i fart ritf . nla will the most , valued mementos of bis life among memoers nim insuny ura Intimate friends. A gold medal award- action he gave to his ' daughter; Mrs. Myrtle hi. long. wm w wa . h-. u from tn Nevada. Ermle Schmidt of Portland waa given a . special j medal m1 for bravery on the battlefield of Gettysburg. - J. r. Ketcham was be- queathea a ieiescoppiujiou. son from General Jubal Early, a fa mous Confederate . oavalrr officer. , . . . - i ...... a trnlra tl mtxl to cut the rope In launching the battle ship Oregon. ' . i tv-v -' ' 1 . " ' 'fi .; i , Disctua Hog Cholera. Ames. Iowa, May " J8.r-Representa-tlves of the United States department of agriculture and the experts fromth ec ricuHural experiment stations of Wis consin, Nebraska, Iowa and a number of other states met In conference today at the Iowa Ste agricultural college to discuss plsns for supplying serum for tha prevention and treatment of hog cholera. The department of agriculture was represented bv Secretary Wilson. Dr. A. . Melvln, chief of the bureau of animal Industry, and Dr. M. Dorset chief of the blochemlc division of that bureau. .- - ' - ' ; ........ Bupport tie TTnlrarslty of Oregon. . Support the t'nlversltyhpf Oregon .ap proprlatlon bill. Vote "y 7; No. 314 on June 1. Be a booster; iiuj a knocker. ROSE . FIESTA PIJIZE soiMiRsr FREE! ABSOLUTELY FREE! 1VE HAV& HAD MANUFACTURED 3009000 . BUTTONHOLE ROSE FIESTA SOUVENIRS that wc are going to give away in I)rtland, commencing- ., - , Friday;-may 29TH. . - ; PRIZES: There will be ten of the souvenirs stamped on the back .1 with our rubber stamp, DELAURA BEACH CO. NO. ONE will know where these ten stamped, souvenirs, will be, but parties finding them will be rewarded as follows: . . w First one finding and bringing one of the stamped sou venirs to our office will receive $5.00,' second $4.00, third $3.00, fourth $2.00, balance .will receive $1.00 each. Parties bringing in stamped souvenirs will register as they are paid ' and their names will be published later. ,,,' , Following are the places from where these beautiful 'souvenirs will be distributed: v . , r. -' f - Delaura Beach Co. .faV Sixth and Washington Mrs. N. Wagner, 840 Tburman. . A. Wlcke ft CO.. 311-343, 1st st. ' Ounther ft Hickey 23d and Mar :' shall.- ... . The Morrison Grand Drag Store, Zti E. Morrison. .... A. R. Flemmlng, J41 N. 17th at Miller ft Kohrs. 1(2 Grand ave. ' . E. J. Mann, 760 Washington eC r E. W. Ball,v365 E. 7th St. - ' ' Funk Bros., 661 Washington St. Boehl ft Wetzler, 249 Front. ' Ryan Grocery, 6 N. th st. ' v 8. P. Grocery Co,, E. 21st and Powell. s - . - Parker Bros.,' 480 Washington. ' F T. Dick, S20 28th st. Bulllvant, 461 Jefferson. ' Peterson ft Faucette, 1020 Haw thorne. - v I. M. Bohnsen. 10th and Jefferson, J. C Clark, 860 E. Burnslde. Masonio Temple Grocery, 5180 Yamhill. Oak Pharmacy, E. 11th and Oak. E. Clair, 834 4th st. - Beck with ft Smith, cor. TJnlon ave. v and Weldler;- ' 1 C. D. Ott ft Co., 435 th St. " . The Alblna , Pharmacy, 280 Rus. : sell. - . ... ; J. D. Bleddlng, 4th and Sherman, The People's Market ft Grocery, 861 Wllllama ave. . .. , Chehak Bros.. 754 1st st. - Walnut Park Grocery, 1047 Wil liams ave. Woolfolk Grocery, 861 Corbett Gruhlke ft Harrington, 222 Broad- . way. ' ..i - '-: v , B. S. Cowen, 180 Fronu Hills Pharmacy, 23d and Thur- man. - ' - Portland Ry.' -waiting room, ; 111 ' Morrison. ' . . Reed DeuUch, III N. 17th at Robert ft Bouthworth, 60 N. 13d. Ben A. Bellamy, 401 Hawthorna ... ave. ..- , . , McCommons Pharmacy, 614 Waah- Ington. ' White Front Grocery, 875 B. 11th. J. P,.Fullam. 416 Bverett at. F. G. tlrfer, 68 Milwaukie, Cook Elite. 497 Washington. H. J. Faust, 26th and Powell. N. T. Grocery, lltb and Morrison, H. J. Osfield, E. 84th and Dl- Vision. . . ;.. G. J. Barnes, 172 tt 11th st. Yates ft Raymond, 1014 Belmont. ; Vienna Bakery, 890 Morrison st Alder. Street Grocery ft Bakery, 660 Alder. Cof f man's, Washington. ' Wascher Bros., 694 Broadway. ' C B. Buckles, 376 4th at . ' J Portland Cash Grocery, 694 4th at M. Ward, 675 Wllllama ave. . ; I Molln. 696 1st st . " F. J. Clarke, 1003 Union ave, ;. Copeland Copeland. J003 Corbett Nick, the ; Ice. Cream Man. 114 Corbett. .. - ,,-,. Cottel Drug Co., 891 1st st-. DELAURA BEACH- CO. . '.f XWOVt S laAYATETTB BXlDCI, ' - , -J SiactK and Washington Streets Merchants Savings & Trust Company 247 WASHINGTON STREXT Capital $150,000 Paya interest on Savingi Account! and Time Certificatea. Receives deposit subject to check without limitation as to amount.,. ' ' f 'Tif:: l" Effects collections In an? part of the country on most rea onable terms, . . Acta as trustee in all legitimate relations. , Cares for properties, coUecta rents, etc. " .. Interviews solicited with those contemplating any phase ol our service. -. u Clarke Coiinly Bargains ' 40 ACRES' farm land, I miles from Vancouver and Itt ., miles from country town, 23 acres under good state of cultivation and crop, balance good, pasture, fair 4 -room house, barn 60 by 60 wide, shed, chicken-house and all other necessary outbuildings, place fenced and cross-fenced, fam-, lly orchard of assorted fruits, good well and living stream, lhi miles from school, in good neighborhood. Including the following personal property: 6 cows, 8 heifers, 2 pigs, 30 chickens, I horses, wagon, buggv. 'shovel plow, rake. 8 stirring plows, mower, ate. .Price 12,600. Terms If desired. 80 ACRKS, 11 miles from Vancouver and IU mllea from river and railroad town, 30 acres under good state of cultivation. . fine large' new bam cost 11,000, fair 6 -room house and 2-room house, good well and llv- lng stream, family orchard In full bearing and I acres In orchard of win ter apples, 16 acres standing timber, plaoe all fenoed and cross-fenced, 1 mile from school In excellent neighborhood, Including 8, cows, 24 gnats, ; 4 horses, some sheep, hogs, chickens and complete set of farming Imple ments, crops and all feed on hand. This la absolutely tha best buy of tha . kind In Clarke county. Price (,00O. . ' ' - .-' V J. Z0 ACRES, IS acres tinder cultivation, new 4-room bousa barn 80 by 40, woodshed, chicken-house and all other necessary, outbuildings, fine, family orchard of assorted fruits, 2Vi acres strawberries. 8 mllea from Vancouver, H mile from church and school, in excellent neighborhood,, on Una road. Price 12,600. Terma 11 dealred. ' ! ' ? Before buying see our list , Wf can ault you and save you money. ' noxnov n Bw-Ajr, ' ,r :X ' CTIaUBXTS BAITS BUS, ". ' '-c' t - ' Vancouver, 'Vahlnaoii. 1 ; v Bank, Store and Office Railings , Fire Escapes I " ; - and Fire Casings "v,i Fencing! UI1U ; Portland Wire & Iron Works Cor. Second and Everett ate. , Phone Main 2000 J0DBNAL LINfiES COST LI 1TLE. ACC03IPLISU MUCH ,
