Show A X X N ALLY LY OF TlE TIlE THE PEOPLE In San Francisco there arc men inca who complain that Mr diet dia dir n not ot do right in advancing money for forthe t he the prosecution ot of the grafters It Its I i 15 s admitted that the light could not have lave been made made without his help heh Th Tho only question queston then to determine determines Is s Should the people continue to tobo tobo bo ho robbed robbed It I is perfectly well wel ehI known that men mei mer I in the position of or and Rut and and- and nd Calhoun could not easily be dp- dp In their wrong They were so o well wel that UlO they could have embarrassed an any public office orce that hat would have attempted to bring them to Justice It I would have bce been easy to arouse a public sentiment against the waste of ot public mone money In a pro prosecution cuton b by elected officials With that slogan the grafters could have driven an any corps of officers from place at tho the first cl election election and and and been no more free than ever er e to loot the very er people whom they had beguiled Wo We think Mr prove proved hi hl his citizenship better bettel than men inca who have done as ns he did and did not Men who preferred to submit to rob rob- bc rather than spend mone money it In 1 I fighting f it In the interest of or the whole community And wh when m this millionaire gave a of ot his wealth to tho the cU cause causa i ti f better beter municipal rule he simply made mad honest recognition of ot hl his obligation He IO and his father had made mado their Ihei fortunes there Th They y o owed ed it to in tho et city and tho the state to make life lre an and business safe sate from tho the thug and th the grafter grater It I would be bo a a. Q soo good thing if I me men of ot like public spirit would arise i iother in other communities There Thero would be u work for Cor them in many cities clUes An And the verdict of the future futuro would without without with with- out out exception approve them |