The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-03
WAR AGAINST DOODLE
San Francisco Citizens De-
nounce Judge Murphy.
THE GRAND JURY SUSTAINED.
Incredible Corruption In City, Courts
and Legisiature-steve Gage Appears
to Answer for Contempt.
THE GRAND JURY SUSTAINED.

sAN FRAScIsco, Oct. "A large number OF
citizens attended the mass meeting tonight to
express their sentiments regarding the recent
action OF Superior Judge Murphy in deciding
.hat the present grand jury is an illegal body.
speeches denouncing Judge Murphy and the
political corruption were made by K. J. Britain,
onarles A. sumner, James II. Barry, Stuart NJ
Taylor and Others The following resolutions
were adopted:
Resotued, That no honest man has anything to
lear from the grand jury, and that the past proof
OF its grand character lies in the fact that all
Pontleal pirates in the city, the bosses OF both
parties, their corrupt creatures and dishonest
public officials are its outspoken opponents.
Resotrsd That considering this degraded con-
ultlon OF public affairs in the city and state, the
law and tone OF political morality, the fixing of
Jnries aud courts, the bribing of supervisors
ana legislatures the debauchment of public
servants, obeying the behests of irresponsible
so-catled bosses, we hail any remedy, however
drastic as necessary and welcome.
RESOLVED, That we denounce the conduct of
Judge D. J: Murphy contrary to law and q
betrayal oil the people, and We proclaim to the
world that by his decision he has arraigned him
sell on the side of the corrupt element in this
cohlnhunity IN the battle for honest government
Whleh has now only begun, and which will
never cease until our whole body polite Is
pnrged OF the evil which affects IL.
BAN FRANCISCO. Oct 2.-Stephen 7. Gage APP
peared before Superior Court Judge Wallace to-
day on a summons to show cause why he should
ANh &c puhichSd iOf COuteilpb III Idiliis W uu
swer the subpoena of the grand jury on Septem-
Der p, requiring him to testify before that body
Greed Raymond, his counsel, claimed that Ii
contempt existed it was not of an offensive
character. The case was simply one of citizen
in good faith endeavoring to determine the le-
gality of the grand jury. His client was willing
and anxious to make up an agreed case to take
before the supreme court. Attorney General
Hart addressed the court and stated that in
view of the importance OF the matter,
ana because the state was liable to be
put TO heavy expenses in defending in the
supreme court the cases that might grow out of
the work OF an illegal grand jury, he would
apply today or tomorrow TO the supreme court
for writ of review which would enable that
tribunal to investigate the matter of impanel-
ment OF this grand jury. District Attorney
Barnes then said he would ask for a continuance
OF Cages case, which Judge Wallace granted,
allowing il to go over for one week, and fixing
bail in the sum of $1,000
Later the attorney general said that Cages
case could not go the supreme court, the only
way to get the matter there being by a writ OF
review. He proposed to file an affidavit with
the supreme court setting forth all the facts re-
garding the impeachment of the grand jury.