Show RE I 1 X The charge lije of official corruption has boco beco meso frequent 1 l 1 in i this tuis country mid and with ith so good an 4 18 thau thai the reports of the abe sanle same hame hake jost the fhe of novelty novel tj and it does doea almost seem beem that 66 price priced 1 of office i is s indu money ek and chati the almost 0 object 04 of office seekers Is that same filthy lucre lucie one of the latest outbursts of bf press indignation llon ilon at thi state of things thin comes ta to lland hand hora from ban san francisco in the chronicle ott oft of thab that city of which the folling WA Is a sample Is ther theT eign of corruption universal Iver salin in our munie municipal ifal loal affairs Is there department no untainted Is there thero high hand hands haud sure ure eitan clean office after office offit e ia 6 investigated and thus far if actual guilt has not oot been invariably e established s tanish tamisha d yet in every case f them h ent havo have been abeen revelations afan of an unpleasant character but di 01 all rill the disclosures thus far made none are more mure 1 disgusting than those in connection with the of twe the he public pubic the very fact that the vil yli vile 01 cx C X i options ort ions lons practiced were so paltry only enhances their repulsive ness petty thieving in the coroners office and in that of the superintendent in of streets embezzlement in he offices es of the thy license callec tor era ora and fud th tha the e assessor the these seand and tha th ilk lik like ilke belong to a class clasa of which are re by no means meana without pr precedent nt and aud which unfortunately no louger longer produce that surprise or excite that intense moral reprobation which would be ell eil thein their eti etl natural effect were I 1 they less jesa common cornmon I 1 bub but when facts are developed showing that th positions as teachers s in our public schools cho ois pre are actually bargained for and ad s ord ora the term terril appearing app apo earing to be for women oa cash down and ana fhe the remainder ill irl lii in notes that mule teachers who make loans loana to school directors and to the educational a i I 1 nj 1 Iio lio llo brokers kers who fran tran transact the business lie lle between tween the tha parties are rewarded with rapid promotion that a jistel hotel botel vite waiter r and A small ward politic fan fau an have assumed lo 10 sell 0 1 li t ions lons and that their bargains with W i t ll 11 candidates have invariably been by prompt in p aj by the hoard aa r d when fact facts sl of this thia disgraceful character arel aze established upon evidence elde eide nce nee ap par entry incontrovertible we have such a revelation of low loci knavery and cold blooded remorseless extortion tor tion as no creature with human sensibilities j litle s cau caa contemplate with dut nut loa ioa tIring apo and ardth 11 |