The San Francisco call., 1898-03-17
BOSS REA
 SCORED BY
 THE GANG Case of Satan Rebuk- ing Sin at San
 Jose. Politicians Satellites An gered by His Lack
 of Tact. By Slandering Jarnen He Has Played Into the Reform
 erS' Hands. CHARTER CLUB VICTORY. Given an Opening by Which It Can Expose the Methods of the
 Opposition.
By Slandering Jarmen He Has Played Into the Reform
 erS' Hands.
CHARTER CLUB VICTORY.
Given an Opening by Which It Can Expose the Methods of the
 Opposition.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, March 16.-Interest in the Jarman-Rea suit was unabated to- day. Additional food for talk and thought has been furnished By Req in the interview in which he sought to es- tablish the fact that he had made no direct charge of bribery against ex- Councilman Jarman. Comment is now in great part confined to that part of Rea's statement in which he says that he knows all about the transaction relative to money having been illegally paid to Councilmen to secure the pur- chase by the city of the steam street roller.
 In the course of the interview had with him Req in the first instance said that he could not remember the name of the man who told him about this affair. It was, he said, the man who had paid the money to the Councilmen. He declared that he learned from this man every detail of the corrupt trans action-who had received the money and how much each man got.
 On being pressed to give the name of the bribe giver he said that even if he remembered it he would not make it public. You don't think l want to bowl anybody out" was the form of his ob- jection.
 What people are now asking each other are these questions: How comes it that Jim" Req, private citizen, knows all about this bribe giving and bribe taking. How is it that 6ence of the bribe giver? Why, i'll justIce to those Councilmen who were not parties to the corrupt deal, does not Rea lay his information before the proper authorities? Why does Req deny that he charged Jarman with having received part Of this money and yet say ne thinks Jarman got some of it, if Req has knowledge or all the facts, which he claims he has?
 These are some of the questions that the political boss may be asked to an- swer when the case against him IS brought to trial.
 Req is not only being worried over his latest slip of the tongue by thefact that he has given the good government ad- using any but complimentary language of him and to him. Those who have chided him most harshly are Paul F. Austin, one of the gangs candidates for the appointing board. and Johnnie Mackenzie the first lieutenant or the boss. The latter is particularly bitter in his arraignment.
  past Satan rebuking sin would be but a mild comparison to make with Mac kenzie rebuking Req. It is not so many weeks ago that Mackenzie became the author of the following:
 "The gang has never been beaten out. and The Call will make a bad break if it jumps on the boys. we never let up on a man when he jumps the traces. AS an instance look at the on Ou the RnckerS' store,
 From this it will be seen that neither the boss nor his lieutenant has much ground for complaint against the other. And these are the two men who are credited with being the most astute politicians of Santa Clara County, and who are actually in control of both the government machinery in the city of San Jose and the county of Santa Clara.
 These two men whose power has come most largely from their ability to islander and to terrorize decent men have been allowed through the 1ndif- ference of the people to administer the city's affairs; to drive honorable men out of business; to put corrupt men into office; to force capitalists, Investors and home seekers to shun this garden spot; to stagnate business, and last but most important of all, to increase the tax levy of the city from 80 cents on the s100 to $1 40 on the $100. It is these men, acknowledged leaders of the element known as "the gang, who are now seeking, by the cowardly and insidious methods to which they have become accustomed, to defeat the establishment of good and economical government in San Jose. They have caused numberless so-called independ- ent candidates to enter the field in the hope that this will so divide the votes that some at least of the Charter Cut candidates will be defeated.
 Every voter who desires change from "gang" rule to a business admin istration of the city's affairs, who pre- fers honest to corrupt methods. who wants low instead of an extortionatt | tax rate, who wants to see San Jose l invaded by investors and home seeker: instead of infested by boodlers and cor ruptionists will vote the New Charter Club ticket straight from top to bot 1 tom.
 ST0RY 0E M0MnAY'S