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Show RK( 'OMM EN DAT ONS FOR REFORMING SAN FRANCISCO SAN' FKANTTSCO. Jan. i",. Mavov V.. H. Taylor received today the report of a committee appointed by him in October. Oc-tober. lftOS, "to investigate and report on the causes of municipal corruption In San Francisco as disclosed by the in-vesticailon in-vesticailon of the grand jury and the prosecution of certain persons for bribery brib-ery and other offenses against the stale." The report makes n number of recommendation!!, rec-ommendation!!, among the most Important Impor-tant of which are: That municipal elections elec-tions be made non-partisan, the names of candidates to appear on the tickets without with-out part designation; the annulment j of franchises that have been obtained I by fraud: the enactment of a statute compelling public service corporations lo testifv against themselves, and making it a felonv to sell the columns of a newspaper news-paper uniess they are plainly mnrked aa I columns sold. |