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...Lincoln Steffens delivered a lecture in the Union last evening on "The McNamara Dynamiters: Social Symptoms." Mr. Steffens pointed out that the problem of graft was the same in cities, states, or countries. Germany and England have advanced a great deal further in regard to checking graft than the United States and France. What has been done in Berlin certainly ought to be done in San Francisco, and there is absolutely no reason why it cannot be done. The trouble in this country is that there is a general fight against the labor problem instead of a desire to solve...
...regard to detective work in general. To be a successful detective requires nothing more than good, common sense coupled with persistence and resourcefulness. The greatest drawback to the profession is rampant dishonesty, the readiness of the operatives to "sell out," as Mr. Burns expressed it. In the San Francisco graft investigation where implicit trust in his co-workers was imperative, Mr. Burns employed Stanford University students...
...famous Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone trial in Colorado, he secured the confession of Harry Orchard which created such a tremendous sensation at the time. The San Francisco graft cases were under his investigation, and the evidence which he obtained enabled the state to send Mayor Schmitz and Ruef to jail...
...conclusion is that if we will grant the legitimacy and wisdom of "the whole policy of modern, organized athletics . . . over $122,000 of the $127,000 . . . was carefully and purposely spent," and that even for the rest of it there is much justification. That is, there is very little "graft" in Harvard athletics. But this is not news; no one would have suspected a prevalence of petty graft in the situation. The main question at issue is one of spirit, not of detail...
...sailors must have queer occupations that lead them monthly to the Severn and the Trent. But the real opportunity for sensational exposure lies in the notices of plays at the Boston theatres: a feature that has clearly been instituted with a view to obtaining free tickets for the editors. Graft...