. The regenerators; a study of the graft prosecution of San Francisco. ack by Michael Casey, whosaid that it had been borrowed from detectives learned of the making ofthese depositions, and Bowling was induced tomeet Fremont Older and give him a copy ofthe statement that he had made. The statementwas published in the Bulletin before Calhounhad an opportunity to make it public. Thus didOlder by anticipation render innocuous the storiestold by the union officials. Older accused Bow-ling of conspiring with Calhoun to besmirch thecharacter of the graft prosecutors, and had himarre
. The regenerators; a study of the graft prosecution of San Francisco. ack by Michael Casey, whosaid that it had been borrowed from detectives learned of the making ofthese depositions, and Bowling was induced tomeet Fremont Older and give him a copy ofthe statement that he had made. The statementwas published in the Bulletin before Calhounhad an opportunity to make it public. Thus didOlder by anticipation render innocuous the storiestold by the union officials. Older accused Bow-ling of conspiring with Calhoun to besmirch thecharacter of the graft prosecutors, and had himarrested for libel. If Older had prosecuted Bow-ling, the whole truth would have come out. Thishe did not do. Bowling demanded a hearing. Hecaused Detective Burns to be summoned as awitness. Burns failed to respond, but was ex-cused by Police Judge Deasy, a protege of the(iraft Prosecution, who dismissed the case onmotion of the complainant. The explanation ofthe motion was that the regenerators were toobusy with other matters to find time for theprosecution of 111-. (AU STRIKE Scenes on two occasions when sympathetic teamsters blockedtraffic on the public streets. IV BIZARRE JUSTICE The Manipulation of Juries, Grand and Petty, a Plague of Spies and the Employment of General Warrants Of the many evils resulting from the GraftProsecution the worst was the utter demoraliza-tion of the established processes of law and theimpairment of pvtblic confidence in the adminis-tration of justice. Pjecause of this California istoday threatened with a constitutional amend-ment designed to render the courts sensitive topopular whim and subservient to the dictates ofthe mob. The San Francisco regenerators withthe assistance of the newspapers and the co-operation of college professors and such distin-guished university presidents as Benjamin IdeWheeler and David Starr Jordan, inculcated inthe public mind a curious notion regardingthe duty of the ministers of justice. The GraftProsecution
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