The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-03

- martin htlly HaUe HIS appedIduce dG
new City Hall yesterday morning, and
seemed to exhibit considerable anxiety re-
garding the probable outcome of a refusal 10
appear and testify before The Grand Jury.
He is known to be one OF the politicians
who are wanted by that body.
MORE OPINIONS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression of
Interior Papers.
We give below few more extracts from
different California newspapers having
reference TO frauds in this city and State.
The Hanford Journal publishes the fol-
lowing:
VERY FLEXIBLE.
An individual named Richard Chute was fined
$500 ana ordered 10 jail for fiye days last week
by Judge Wallace of San Francisco, for con-
tempt of court for not answering subpoena.
| Chule Immediately had Il habeas c0rpuS writ is
sued Tor his release by another judge, named
Murphy. The law seems to be very fl xible when
4 man ike Chute who is one OF Buckley hench-
men, gets In The meshes, but il Is awful hard for
poor or tgnOraut man to get out of hem. Judge
WalIace in his efforts 10 quash Buckley and his
gang has the approval OF every good Democrat
and Republican, aud we hope nat the Grand
Jury now IN session IN san Francisco Will not
only succeed In keeping Buckley away as fear OF
that body has driven him away, but that they can
secure evidence enough TO warrant indictments
against lhe boss and his lambs, from the Judge
lamb who sits on the bench aud besmircbes the
judicial ermne TO the less despcabie but better
known ward politician lamb
The Better Times Of San Jose furnishes
the following:
REVERSED.
Judge Murphy has reversed Judge Wallace's
decision IN The DICK Chute CONTEMPT case, hold
ing that the Grand Jury that summoned Chute
10 appear before them was an Illegal body. We
would like To know by what authority on Su-
periOr Court reverses the decision of another.
IL seems like a cold blooded proposition 10 de-
feat iusIicr.
The Los Angeles Times publishes the
following editorial:
THE BATTLE IN SAN FRANCISCO AGAINST
CRIME.
1t is the duty Of the press and public OF this
State 10 sustain by all proper means the efforts
of Judge Wallace and the Grand jury
! in inquiring fully into the operations of
The gang of scOundres who for years
have dominated the entire official machiu
cry OF THIS State, well as the city and county
| OF San Francisco Some papers are IIyiug 10
obscure the real issue by charg ng that the action
! of Judge Wallace ana the jury was aud is aimed
| at Republican ScouudIelS alone, and that due
notice was given TO Buckley and his staif, who
| at once fled the,cOunlry.
| fl can b. asked, why have the alleged Repub-
| lican wrong-dOerS remained? Ii they are inno-
| cent of any crime, why do they fear to 60 before
! The Grand Jury? Certainly this ltfusal can only
| be considered as an admission OF guilt. Way
| should Stephen I. Gage and Richard Chute re-
sort to all manner of legal objections. at great
| cost to them or their employers, TO prove that
the Grand Jury is illegal, when they could 60
| before that body aud attirm or deny their CON
nectlon With, or knowledge of any criminal
conduct?
! The howl about Buckley Is only the cry OF
"Stop theft" by The thieves. Buckley Is no
| more Democrat lhau he Is Republican. He
| has Teen III the pay of Doth sides Tor years. In
The last campaign IN San francisco lie was
! paid by certain corrupt Republleans; who
| penllenliary walls because of the crimes
| they hired him to commit. But for him ana his
| reform" Democratic swiudle honest men
| might have been elected TO many Offices which
were filled by men who are to-day unprosecuted
| criminals: But for his aid, paid for by men who
| claim TO be Republicans, the State and the Re-
| publican party might have been saved the dis
| grace OF the most yenaI Legislature which ever
assembled in any Stale. There would have been
no electric railway legislation scandal, no
! Bruner whlIe-wash no waste-basket episode, nor
| any OF the thousand and one scandalous aud
! criminal reDOrts to 20 abroad ana darken tile
fair name of lne whole people Of this great State.
| All OF this criminal flood had its origin with
men who claim to be Republicans, and Judge
Wallace Is doing his party The greatest possible
! service by his efforts 10 discover crime and
| punish The criminal. No honest Republican, no
man OF any party with honest. decent instincts,
will be guilty OF attempting TO stIfe inquiry INTO
| lie criminal methods which have made Ca!lf0r-
MIA stink in Tie uostrils OF the whole country,
the most rotten political borough IN the nation.
| Even the Governor OF the State should not re-
! fuse 10 appear before that Grand Jury, If sum.
moned, particularly II any such act resulted
! IN exposure only of the crimes. And II the col
| lateral violations of the law, which have eX-
| Tended TO all rarts OF the State-and especially
| To his send OF if-can be traced and punished, II
| would clear the political aud official atmosphere
! for years.
| Certainly this is the time for honest men and
newspapers to lay asdt all party feeling aud
enter upon this great and patriotic work of see
| ing TO it that these scOundrels 60 no longer Un-
whipped OF justice. When II seemed that courts
and Legislatures backed by corporate and lndi-
vidual criminals, were banded together o defeat
! justice and destroy any man or paper which
! dared expose them. 1t seemed little worth while
| for any one TO enter upon this battle. But now
| that Judge and Grand Jury (no matter what
The motiye) 1t is duty to sustain them. The peo-
| pie OF Los Angeles County, by doing TINS. may
| eXlOSe A line OF criminal connection reaching 10
their own neighborlOod, aud which, sooner or
| later must be exposed.
/ From the Stockton Daily Mail
| TWAS A COLD DAY.
1t Is rumored that Martin Kelly, somewhat
| known To fame as an alleged Republican boss OF
! Saa Francisco, is among the individuals who
have fled from that Guy as 4 method OF showing
! their disapprOval of that Grand Juiy which
| Christopher A. Buckley, Samuel Rainey, Jacob
| Rudolph, Jerry Driscoll aud the san francisco
| Chronicle condemn. The rumor Is still young,
aud there may be nothing in 1t, so The Mall
| merely gives II for what t IS worth. But 1t is
becoming rather evident that If the jury re.
mains In session long enough the Bay City VIII
| be n very respectable place III which 10 live. Its
population viii be decreased, OF course. but the
| Improvement III lis moral tone VIII more I'll IN
| compensate for the loss. The people of the State
should unite In giving each member of that
| Grand Jury medal If it aceOmpishes nothing
more than IL has already done In adding 10 the
number OF California eXies 1t has not aboIed In
| vain.
| Fayor the gentleman who wanted his "dyvy"
| from the boodlers in the last Legislature. pub
| lcly says that lie told Judge Murphy that he
| Murphy) dare not decide against Chute III the
| habeas corpus case. TO-day's dispatches VIII
| be quite apt to lead To a reasonable inference
! whether there is anything in Faylot's opinion.
| Taylor should be tolerably well pGstrd on The
| subject whereOn he ventures to express himself;
| It is claimed that lie knows something about
ways tina. are dark and tricks that are vain"
| ut Is a cold day" as Christopher a. Buckley
! plaIntively remarked to Samuel Rliney in the
course of their sudden journey East. Chris
tOpher merely noticed 1t several days in advance
lNfR fnnr alf flynn nf Sfafn M ~ hn III
| can there be any direct connection between that
| San Francisco Grand jury and the present con-
| ditiOn OF the weather? Several members OF the
last Legislature are alleged TO think so.
The following is copied from the Los
| Angeles Herald:
SHALL WE ALSO HAVE EMIGRANTs?
This seems TO be the age of effective grand ju-
rIes in California. Through the intervention OF
an ellsor In the selection OF that body IN San
| Francisco Judge Wallace has endowed Christie
| pher buckley, Jake Rudolph and Sam Rainey
| with an Irresistible desire TO travel in foreign
| lands. these individuals have obeyed this I'M
| pulse communicated by the Grand Jury with
| the more alacrty since their early education
| was lameGIably neglected. Their curriculum of
i:self was limited, and their course was certainly
not capped by The grand tour OF Europe. They
| propose TO remedy these early deficiencies, aud
also to recupei their health, impaired by long
devotion to tue public service by an extended
stay abb oad
| Angeles Grand jury may also result in imbuing
| certain people hereabouts with desire Tor
| foreign travel Ihat BODY IS understood 10
be engaged Just now in investigating certain de.
tails connected. with The furnishing of the Los
| Angeles Courthouse. That gorgeous structure
Will scarcely figure In history to anything
like the extent which, characleTiz d the cele-
brated Courthouse of New York, which was the
house Tweed built. Nevertheless there Is blood
upon the lace oil The moon IL IS SAID that there
1 are gruesome stories about the furnishing Of
that lofdly edIfiee. For Instance, 1t Is asserted
that there were certain repairs upOn a desk
in the office of the County Clerk, and
that the Supervisors allowed for these
repairs the Goodly sum OF $500. AS TO what
should have been allowed for them, opinion
varies. Expert testimony ranges from $50 10
$50, but no man has been found liberal enough
to fix the sum at more thAn the latter figure.
Where the remaining $3.50 went no official IN.
vestigalion has thus far shown. although it Is
| possible that the supervisors VIII throw light
upnu that and Other matters.
There Is unquestionably feeling all over
California that official conduct In all lines ought
10 be closely scruIiuiZed. IL would have been
well If this inl ulss had disclosed itself earlier.