The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-06

no application haQ been made to my assist
ant for complaint. Three DAYS have
to me for complaint and no apple alton
has been made to my assistant.
II am satisfied that this prosecution or
these arrests were not made in good faith :;
that they were made simply for the purpose
of intiElidating prospective Republican
voters, Wrestling from them their franchise
DENYING them their right of suffrage. |
have looked into this matter carefully. I
have looked into it deliberately. I have
considered the responsibility that is upon
me.
"Therei Is a newspaperin this town that Is
to-day, and did yesterday. clamor for my
Indictment and clamor for my removal
from Office. Ii my removal from office or
my indictment is to be the result of nv
doing my duty. then l welcome it with
open hands l have nothing to fear;
know what my duty is.
81 think this courts duty when the
prosecuting officer, backed by his official
bond, backed by conscientious sense of
his duty, makes motion OF that kind is for
the court to regard it. This court has re-
garded 1t hitherto. This court has granted
motions even in cases of mansaughter
where have made them. This court has
not investigated the facts. | have. | have
looked into this matter.
II care nothing for the diatribes of the
papers. Their wishes. their feelings, their
nothing for the Grand Jury, be it a Wallace
packed Grand Jury or be it the best and
most honest and most rigidly exact Grand
Jury that was ever in this city and county.
There is no complaint on file; no appli-
cation has been made for o complaint. Nov,
then, If l disregard these outside matters !;
III make this motion honestly, if | make it
without corruption. If you believe do why
do you not grant my motion? Why should
you be OF you are) influenced by any of
these newspaper articles? These newspa-
per articles, one of them. questioned the
jurisdiction OIL Judge Love to make an order
releasing on bonds, and in the very next
breath recited the law that gave him the
authority. There is no question that he
had the right to release these men on bonds.
and he did his duty, and he has had to bear
the brnnt of these partisan comments be-
cause he is candidate for office. Your
Honor Is a candidate for Office.
There is no one interested more in the
veal and welfare of the Republican party
than am, but let us every one do our duty.
Ii we have to go down doing our duty, let
all men, let all hands stand by the ship to-
gether and 90 down together, with every
flag flying and gun booming. Let us stand
together" yelled Stevens in a voice that
could have been heard at Kelly's headQuar-
tiers.
II say this is right; l say there is no
complaint on file, that there has not been
khe slightest application l0r complaint.
/ am doing my duty, and | think the court.
in refusing to grant my motion, is placing
and pointing the finger of public scorn and
concentration at me, and Is allowing the
public to regard me as corrupt individual.
l do not thinB that after the time [ have
been here, the almost two years that have
spent here. that you ought to do that.
Suppose you had granted the motion.
what is the harm? Does the dismissal of a
felony In the Police Court bar any other
court from taking il up, If these Reorganzed
Democrats. headed by their Bosses Sullivan
and Dwyer, and lapdog Clunie, desire TO
take 1t upP Cannot they go TO, as they say,
the only honorable Judge of the Superior
Court of this city and county, Judge Coffey,
ana begin this examination again? They
can go 10 each one OF the departments In
the Superior Courtor TO any Justice of the
Peace. Cannot they 60 to the Grand Jury
and have the men indicted? You do not see
them here, do not see a complaint on file.
and | submit it Is your duty when there is
no complaint on file, and no application is
made for it-and | am willing to take oath
in that behalf II you wish il, and TO place
my assistant also, Mr.. Guuzendorffer on the
stand to testify TO this fact. There is
nothing before this court. simply names
on this paper. There has not been
one word OF testimony given to the court on
the subject of these charges by anybody.
Now, why should you deviate from the
course which you followed this morning
when you granted my motion to dismiss
poor. miserable. wretched woman, a vaga-
bond?
The Court-The officer was sitting along
side of you. and | supposed on his lnfoTma-
ton you moved the dismissal.
Mr.. Stevens-I have my information from
sources that are pure, inc0rruptible and IN
6ehled ("kely and Crimmins." said some
one, soto vOcel. that these arrests have
simply been made for the purpose of wrest-
ing from Republican citizens their right to
the suffrage. That is the only object; it Is
a diabOlical political trick, miserable,
damnabe Democratic subterfuge. think
the court ought not to hesitate; and II the
court does not like to look at that side oil 1t
the court ought TO grant my motion on the
ground that there is no complaint. i have
referred the court to the law showing that
these cases are properly in court. | can
show this court that the United States
Supervisors had no right to make the ar
rests. and it was admitted by Andrew
Clunie the otLer day that these supervisors
had no right TO make the arrests.
The eourt-This is an offense against the
United States law; there may BE no COM
paint here, aud there may be q complaint
before the United States Commissioner;
then they would go to the United States
Court.
Mr. Stevens-You cannot guess at that.
There has not been the slightest application
MADE 20 you, OF nlauo 10 He, OF maue 20 the
Clerk.
The Court-There Is one charge that
see, interfering with United States officer
lease of William Hunt, and / suppose in
that case | have no jurisdiction at all.
Mr.. Stevens-lt Is time a newspaper
should cease 10 run this Police Court or any
department of this court. 1t cannot run me,
and it can get ready to indict me as quickly
as it wishes. 1t cannot run ne and don't
think it ought to run this court. You have
granted the motion repeatedly In other
cases.
The COURT will give them until to-mor-
row morning to file complaints. If then no
application is made for Il complaint l will
dismiss them as not In good faith. Let
them 90 until tomorrow morning to see
whether any complaint is going to be pre-
sented If not, the motion will be granted.
Stevens Immediately disappeared again,
presumably to escape the finger Of scorn be
seems to dread SO much.