The morning call., 1891-10-02

ley's plans and movements They have been
hand In glove too long for the right maud 10 con-
cea from the left what Ii Is doing"
The Grass Valley Telegraph publishes the
following:
GRAND JURY.
The Grand Jury OF San Francisco, In Judge
Wallace's Superior Court, proposes 10 investigate
all the political raScalty that has taken place for
the last several years. BrlbiDg legislators is one
OF the things That Is being looked into. Boss
Buckley's transactions win be Investigated. IL
is difficult 10 get witnesses who know about all
the raScality that has been done. IL Is alleged
that Buckley and his confidential friends have
all gone up TO British Columbia so as TO be able
TO be out OF reach of grand jury summons 10
appear and testify. Others who have BEEN sum-
moued deny that the Grand Jury Is legally
constituted body, aud these Will give no teStl-
nOny until that fact is determined IL Is said
that that Grand jury before IL gets through Its
work, Will have as witnesses about every mem
Der OF the last Legislature. And It will all end
in smoke. No witnesses will know anything.
The pubic will lhink, however that there has
been some raScdlity.
The Santa Rosa Republican says:
wALLACE's GRAND JURY.
Several weeks have passed since Judge Wal
lace Of SaD Francisco TOOK his own method TO
summon Grand Jury composed Of members of
his own party and directed that body specifically
as 10 lis wolk IN the investigation of Official cor
rupiion. 1t was universally understood from
The instructions given that the methods by wnicn
Boss Buckley and his pals mad rapidly amasSed
wealth at the m.troDols were TO be brought TO
light and that the charges against members OF
the last Legislature were 10 receive close atteu-
tion.
Several weeks after the Democratic body was
organized Buckley aud his partners left San
Francisco. They had been gone a week before
any of these viganl :, archers for law breakers
discovered their absence. About the lime they
reached the Canadian line an officer was sent In
search OF Buckley 10 bring him before the Grand
Jury TO tell what lie knows about Doodle
III Judge Wallace and his Grand Jurymen de.
sired 10 secure bOOders why were Buckley and
his eonfederajes permitted to depart? Why
were they gwen ample notice by the court that
Their practices were TO be Investigated? Why
were weeNs permitted TO pass after the organ
iZation of the Grand Jury aud the delivery OF a
warning speech by the Judge before subpenaS
were issued for these fellowSP These are dues-
tons that The public would like 10 have answered
by judge Wallace aud the men appointed TO do
his work.
Was this body organized to hunt for Repub-
lican bOoders only? The course that has Oeen
pursued indicates this While we hope they
Will show no mercy to scamps In our own party,
We cannot TOO strongly condemn the apparently
partisan policy of tile tribunal conducting thus
investigations A court should hnow neither
friends nor foes political or otherwise, but
should stand by The proposition "Let no guilty
mau escape"
The Stockton Independent says;
Tie manner OF selecting tile San Francisco
Grand jury has caused so muct discussion that
the ilADeIfecliOns IN the law have been brought
prominently before tie public. Similar imper-
fecuons in some other States have been removed
and better means substituted for selecting
grand and trial jurles. In one State these are
chosen by jury commissioners VINO are APP
pointed by tl.c Judges of tue courts that CORE
su"nd to the Superior courts OF California.
These Commissioners, three In each county, hold
no other office under the State, county or city,
and only two Of them can belong TO The same
political parry They select two grand iuries
every year and tiIa jurors for each term Of the
cougIs, III the presence OF certain county officers.
Under the Commissioner system better juflrS
are secured than under the old systems. and 1t
might be good plan for { Ciiif0rnia 10 Try.
TIE same journal publishes the following:
1t requires no courage for the Examiner 10
raise a lue aud cry after Boss Buckley, now that
he Is out OF lie country. That paper represents
him as tiyihg with great haste through Canada,
as II haste was necessary. He IS just as safe
from service OF process In Victoria dS he would
be IN London and The Examiners outcry can
only deceive the Ignorant. Ii not safe To praise
That papers courage until there is occasion for
Buckley 10 again assume authority. Wh-n he
does II VIII be time enough to give IL credit for
courage II 1t attempts TO dethrUne him OF even TO
resist him.
The Marysvie Democrat says:
TIGHTEN THE ROPE.
The San Francisco Bulletin of Saturday last
said there WAS a rumor on the streets, which Is
believed by great many people who have
heard and discussed 1t, that the DOOders. WHO
have become thoroughly alarmed ut the course
being pursued by the present Grand Jury. Will
seek to protect themselves from ihe courts by
the removal Of Judge Wallace from The position
lie holds as Presiding Judge OF the Superior
Court. In This way, II is claimed, they hope 10
place the control OF Graud jury matters In the
hands OF some one who Will not be uncOmprO-
missing In dealing with evll-dOer5 like them
selves. Inc DOUQerS nave heretofore talleu
TO show much fear of the courts, but just
to to" appear Hy before eT Judge Wallace An ihat
there is good reason to believe there is some
foundation for the report tina they Will use every
effort 10 have their cases. should they be nvesti.
gated by The Grand Jury. come before some
other Judge. This move could be fccted by
the other Judges of the Superior Court signing
request hat the Presiding Judge call meeting
OF the superior Judges, at which they would
very politely intimate that tile Presiding Judge
having had thrust upon him much business IN
addition 10 the routine Of his department, they
VIII do hun the kindness OF relieving hm VI
patt OF his burden and puttug younger aud
more vigorous man In his place. Sucn Of
the plans which, 1t Is said, the bOOdlers intend TO
try 10 Iendes the future less dark for them than
II IS now,
The Stockton Mail of September 2Sth
published the following editorial;
THE CHUTE CASE.
Whether Superior Judge Murphy OF Sau Frtn-
cisco Will reuder decision ia The Richard Chute
Dabeas-CO proceeding Today or tomorrow
IS not known at this writing. Neither may the
tenor OF his decision be now known. Some OF
the remarks made by him during The argument
OF the motion might lead to the difference that
his decision will favor Chute and be mimical to
what the people at large believe 10 be theis Inter
est, but al the time these words are written IL Is
not too late 10 nOpe That such an Inference
would be mistaken. IL is not impossible that be-
fore the Mail goes TO press to-day the Judges
opinion will be spoken, but as yet the hope
which lies in uncertainty is not uast.
Let us look Tor moment at that Grand Jury
far as IN him les Is how weighing in balance:
Whea the jury was being impaneled Judge Wal
Ece discovered that many OF The nam In the
box had been tampered with; the appearance OF
The tickets established the fact The ugly fact
was appareni, but as TO wt0 did the tamperlng,
bless you, no one knew anything about that; tie
names might have mOeSted themselves for all
any person appeared TO know to The contrary. IL
was at this time aud under these circumstances
that Judge " allace appointed elisor to COM
pele the work Of securing Grand Jury.
Now, tue Mall Is not lawyer, ana 1t receives
no com for giving legal opinions nevertheless IL
ventures TO express It's belief that the law con
cernng ellsors Is meant, among others, to cover
exactly SUCH cases as this, where the evidences
OF foul play cast species OF suspicion upon all
OF tie officers OF the court who may in any way
have access to the names Of persons drawn as
Jurors; If the law does not cover such cases IL
should b. mended stragbiway, but we believe 1t
does. Having the proof before him In that there
was something rotten in the Judicial Denmark,
the appointment OF an elisur.
SO much Tor the facts antecedent 10 the seec-
tion OF this jury. But subsequent dew lopments
cut no small figure In the discussion OF the merits
OF This aud Juiy problem. Let us look, tOO
at these developments for u moment: 1t Is no.
tOflOus fact that the political government OF San
francisco, and finally OF the State, has long been
as corrupt as that OF Hades. That Christopher
A. Buckley the Blind White Devil, and his satel-
lItes were knaves cOrruptiouists and thieves;
that they were gro@ing rich on money stolen
from the public Golfers were grim fac;s pat Mt
10 tile world; no one doubted them; they were
advertised 10 al men. Yet, In this era OF public
thirvery, Grand Jury after Grand Jury assem-
Dled IN San FRANCISCO was s0emnlY sworn In,
held secret conclave aud adjourned without find
Ing one indictment against the arch robber and
his lesser thieves. How do you account for that
sort OF fact? Let the mutilated names tell their
own story OF what has gone before.
But this Grand july was secu ed In manner
which Richard Chute chooses TO deem Illegal,
and what is The result? Christopher A. Buck
ley Is on his way 10 EurOpe by the British Amer
lean roule, and accompanying him are person
ages no less notorious than Samuel Rainey.
Jacob Rudolph aud probably Jerry DrscOll
What legally constituted Grand Jures did not
accomplish that has this Illegal according to its
enemies) body done. Chute 10 tie contrary not
withsanding may heaven seud us more such
Grand Juries; they sOrely needed. Subse-
quent events have more than Justified Judge
Waace's action. and 10 must be q hardy fIiend
OF corruption who will Interfere with It's con.
summation II lie Is not absolutely compelled TO
do so.
Why did Chute set at defiance a subpena to ap-
pear anu testify before this jury? Lei us sup
pose case Suppose that The reader had
knowledge OF certain criminal transactions and
that lie were summoned before a Grand Jury to
testify concerning them, what would lie do? If