The San Francisco call., 1898-10-20

that question, and will tell you where 1 the 5000 would have gone if the county | bought the roller.
 The testimony of S. F. Hatcher that he l had gone to Req for aid in having the nre | limits changed so as to permit the repui!u 1lta l Ing of the Rhinehart flats was taken HeIe. | The passage of an ordinance was ot ,,; toO ' 1 small import for the chief to meddIe Wltii and with lofty grandeur he said ne tuFneo in1d l the matter over to J. D. Mackenzie. lead | CT of the kilted brigade in the Fourtn | Ward. This same defendant pretenus ne 1 protects the public treasury ana that nS | sole desire is to see that none put good | and efficient officials are elected to office. Rea took a great interest in Jarnan at one time and had him nominated rl,4 a i,gd r9F use him. Whenever the testimony or Rea clashes with that of Jarman, who can for monment hesitate to decide who tells the truth?
 The caucus at Rea's house, where the boss wanted to make a slate, was re- viewed It was shown that the men Jarman objected to were drunken po- licemen and a rowdy fireman. One off, cer, Noting, 1t was shown, had been drunk about half the time. A slate, with the names of these men to whom Jarman objected, was finally adopted by the City Council. This matter was gone into at length, and it was shown that Jarman espouSed only good men for policemen and f1remen, while Rea took any man with political influence. Continuing, Delmas said:
 "Gentlemen, I blushed when l heard 1t, and it will remain blot on the rec ord of the court, stain upon the city when I heard this boss in his czar- like way state what he was going to do to those who refused to obey his dictates"
 Delmas then read from Reas testi- mony in which the boss stated that if Council did not conduct themselves properly he would walk into the council chamber and drag them from their seats by the collar.
 Think of it, gentlemen!' he contin- ued. So said Jupiter Olympus, the White Czar of the Russias, the great potentate and Governor of San Jose. And see to it, gentlemen, that you fol- low in the footsteps of the shepherd, obey the dictates of the boss, or he will stride into the council chamber and drag you from your seats, as Cromwell did in the Parliament of England, ana as Napoleon did of yore in France. And then we dream we are, we think we are. we boast we are free American citizens, who govern ourselves. Think of it! Our officials are to be dragged from their seats by brute force unless they meekly follow in the footsteps of the lord
 The nomination of Jarman for Coun-
  Req going to him and asking him to enter into an agreement, and when the plaintiff refused to do his bidding. or how the boss decided that Jarman must be defeated at any cost. Req then set out to annihilate the character Of Jar man to effect his purpose.
 Delmas devoted some time to Rea's testimony. All his statements were denounced as false. He said the sian derous utteranceS on which the suit was brought were made by Rea. who, intoxicated by his own fancied power in this community, conceiVlng hlmseI in absolute security and immunity from that redress which applies to or dinary men, made these charges against Jarman with just as much un- concern to bring him down to the ground as a man would take pole to knock fruit down from tree. Rea wanted to prevent Jarman's election. There was no ground upon which he could attack him truthfully. He re- sorted to the weapons of islander in or der to accomplish his purpose.
 Tt remains with you, by your yer dict" said Delmas, ito teach him that whatever else may be open to his inroads in this community, private character and the reputation of its men, women and children are beyond his reach; that however great Rea may fancy himself to be there Is, thank God, a remnant, a fragment at least, of @ power left in the minds of Ameri- can citizens greater than he, and that is the majesty of the law.
 "We have asked for $25.000, gentle ment, in the count of the complaint, and we want S25, 900. If you deny this your verdict is an invitation, your ac- tion is a sanction to the islander of foul traducer who has destroyed the lce of a home and cast 8 blot upon fair name of one of your citizens"
 Attorney Burchard began the argu ment for the defense. He had hardly begun stating the facts of the case when an adjournment was taken until tomorrow morning.