Show I I I THE INNOCENT MR RALEIGH One of two things Is Is' Is true in the Raleigh case Either the Tribune crowd violated ever every rule of right in beginning the prosecution or Jake Raleigh has sQuare squared his accusers and induced them to to make a case weak weal enough for him to escape trouble When the gang got Tommy Atkins Atkins Atkins At At- kins its members declared the they were a after ler Jake Raleigh and would get him The They knew there was fraud and graft in the street department and the they were going to ferret it out and cover coyer themselves with glory glor- They did didn't t mince words a bit They advertised advertised ad ad- their their campaign for the overthrow overthrow over over- throw of Raleigh They Ther employed print and picture to emphasize the great extent of his depravity 1 It And then they took to the Wood That ineffective councilman has destroyed destroyed de de- de himself for the rest of his term When a new man starts in with witha a broom and a n big stick he has to be good or he will be broken Wood isn't good He couldn't steal from the city now if he wanted to for a hundred hundred hun hun- dred eyes eres will be watching him Men who ho follow the profession of ferreting out graft are always believed to be 00 grafters And the they are watched He has anI only one one satisfaction He HeI has been a pliant tool in the hands I of the Tribune gang the real I gover-I gover gover- ners of ot the city If It he lie can content himself with that all well and goo good If he l looks s on It as other people do dohe he is is' ashamed of himself for fol having employed his his' time tim and his lifs' small talents talents tal tal- tal 1 in their tb ir service He He has attacked t the e good name of an official and has fa failed to get him Jake Raleigh elgh ma may be the biggest grafter in town But either he lie Is la too clever for them to catch or he is willing will ing to buy them them when the they do catch him For the they would take money and quit any time Be very ery sure of at that Meantime l the they have ha been made mad I monkeys of In th the the sight bight of or the tho entire public II |