The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
ASSAILED 4 CHARTER CLUB
 CANDIDATE Ex-Councilman J. P. Jarman Demands
 Preparation. His Record While an Official of San Jose
 Attacked. Will Invite the Political Boss to Prove His Charges in
 Court. THE "GANG" IN TROUBLE. Corrupt Campaign Methods Not Meet ina With Favor In the Gar
 den City.
Will Invite the Political Boss to Prove His Charges in
 Court.
THE "GANG" IN TROUBLE.
Corrupt Campaign Methods Not Meet ina With Favor in the Gar
 den City.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, March 14.-James w. Req. thes slocal political boss, will be made defendant in a suit for islander which is to be filed tomorrow by J. P. Jarman, the New Charter Club candi- date for Councilman-at-la
 Driven to desperation by the clean and unassaiIable methods and the in vulnerable ticket of the New Charter Club, the gang" has been resorting to every trick and device known to cor rupt politics to discredit the movement for good government and those active therein. Not daring to impeach by open and fair means single one of the candidates put up by the Charter Club, recourse has been had to the spreading of malicious and slanderous reports by word of mouth concerning the club, It's members and it's candidates.
 In singling out J. P. Jarman, whose record while in the Council is beyond reproach, and who stands with the very best in this community, the gang caught a tartar. While a member or the Council Jarman had committed the unpardonable sin, according to the catechism of the gang, of not stand ing in with the despoilers of the public treasury For this he has been bounded ever since.
 The action that led to the determina
 
 in the words of J. P. Jarman:
 T was standing on First street. said MT. Jarman, just south of the broad gauge track this morning, supervising some of my men who were painting house there Req approached from the south and greeted me with Good morn ing I made a remark about a man Of his character not being worth saying good morning to. He said: What do you mean?' l said he had been acting the part of a coward, stabbing me in the back with the good citizens of San Jose I told him he had been to Joseph R. Patton, E. 4. Hayes, s. G. Tomp- kins, Harry Edwards, Rush McComas. Archie Mcdonald and T. s. Montgom- cry and told those men that l had made $500 out of the purchase of steam roller for San Jose, and that to others he had said I made $900 out of it. then said:
 T want you to understand that you have told what is an absolute lie, be- cause no one knows better than you that while 1 was in the Council my eV- cry action was in the interest of San Jose and that I was only one out of eight, and that I was never in collision on any proposition.'
 He answered, What have said be- hind your back I now repeat; that there was S900 paid on the purchase of that steam roller to some of the dLQ lIldL SOo SOl 91VO VI it.
 q told him he was an infamous liar and disgrace to his family and to mankind in general, and a disturbing element in the community. He then remarked that if I were an able bodied man he would thrash me. I replied that I was not afraid of him in any way he might choose to meet me, and this ended the incident
 MT Jarman has lived in San Jose for thirty years. He was brought up and educated here and there has never been a charge of dishonorable conduct in private or public life made against him. He feels this attack keenly and does not propose to rest under the stigma sought to be placed on him and his family by those whose only object is to further their political ends.
 A. H. Jarman, a son of the eX-Coun- cilman, is an attorney. He has been instructed by his father to bring suit for heavy damages against Req for slander He will have associated with him E. A. Wilson. Besides the wit nesses mentioned by MT. Jarman in the foregoing interview, there were sev- eral persons present to-day when Req repeated the attack upon Jarman on the public streets.
 It is the intention of J. F. Jarman to bring the steam roller transaction to the attention of the Grand Jury. He hopes by this course to be able to show where the money went, if any was paid to induce the Council to purchase the steam roller from J. H. Maggard. Jar man was chairman of the Street Com mittee which recommended the pur- chase of the steam roller, but the pur- chase was not actually consummated until after he had ceased to be a mem Der of the Council. It was not pur- chased until it had been given a week s trial under the supervision of the pres ent Council, which comprises J. P. Fay, w. T. Noting, George B. Dittus and Julius Krieg.