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Graft Report Sparks Call for Legal Reform in State
The City Club reports 204 lawmakers employed 271 patrons including 64 police 154 janitors and 65 watchmen spending 163000 on wages. It criticizes recall and initiative referendums as mob rule and urges conservative delegated government and stronger banking and city controls ahead of the November elections.
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