Show I 1 mr fitch praises work of mer ryan and schwab in the last issue of ti the le reporter appeared a reprint article regarding the charges of graft which hae he been bee made against charles schwab a and n d john D ryan which friends of 0 these men say we axe without the slightest foundation walter fitch sr of this city who Is now in california and who knows both of these men Is conal dent that they are innocent and that a great injustice has been done them mr ryan in a twenty year tance of mr fitch and a close friend and the eureka mining man has also known mr schwab tor for as long a time mr pitch fitch says there la Is no foundation for the charges which have been brought against them and that he cannot see such incorrect charges go he says these men have risen from the ranks and are the best of employers paying the highest wages and count ing their thousands of employees as their best friends their character and records are unimpeachable they gave their services free to their country leaving their own business interest sto other hands and paying their own expenses and the least we can do Is to protect them from mis representation and attack |