The San Francisco call., 1898-10-08

SAN JOSE, Oct. Jim Rea's pres ence on the witness stand to-day added interest hundred fold to the Jarman- Rea slander suit.
 Judge Kittredge's court was packed by politicians and others anxious to hear about the inside workings Of gang politics.
 Req was a willing witness and when started his story ran on unceasingly He confessed to dabbling in city affairs and told Of bargains and agreements he had made with the liquor interest, the A. P. A and church people in or der to carry elections
 He lost no opportunity to blacken the characters of ex-COuncilmen Dittus and Kreig and to protect Fay and Nolt- ing. who were the formers colleagues
 About 80 o'clock defendants attOr- neys got through questioning Mir. Req and he was turned over 10 MT. Delmas for cross examination. This had just begun when shortly after 3 o'clock an adjournment was taken until Tuesday morning. Before Req gets off the stand some further sensational statements are looked for.
 Req was the first and only witness. He said that while passing Mrs. Knox GOOdrich's place on North First street, near the Southern Pacific Railroad crossing, he met Jarman, the plaintiff, experimenting the painting of a fence He continued as follows:
 tipped my hat to Mrs Goodrich and said. Good morning. MT. Jarmau," and passed on MT. Jarman came up behind me after l had passed 10 or 15 yards and 1 heard him aCcOst me very excited ly, and I turned around and he said a great many things, but among them that l had been lying about him and that had to take 1t back l replied that if had said anything about him which was not true, l was ready and willing to make a correction. but that 1t was always my purpose to state the truth and nothing else. He said that l had told Archie McDouald and Tom Montgomery that he had received $S00 on the purchase not state to Archie Mcdonald or Tom Af0utg CrneTy or to any other human being that he had received S900 or any other sum for his vote on the purchase of the steam roller, but that if he wanted 10 know what l did state l would tell him, and so proceeded to tell him, which took some little time told him what l had said to my friends as an explana- IiOn why he and l were not working to- gether, that was the idea; why we had cil episode in which the policemen were to be elected and also other little mat ters that were displeasing to me, among them the Rinehart matter.
 said to him that l said to these people at the time of his nomination that there were clements in this city which were antagonistic and had kept the city of San Jose apart and OCcaSioned derisiOn, there was the Light and Power and the Electric Improvement controversy, and also what was known as the liquor interest, the church people, the A. P. A, who were then active against the people who be- lOnged to the Roman Catholic church, and that l had met with committees from the old soldiers or battlefield veterans, the A. P. 4. and the church people and we had agreed upon policy which in my opinion would win the campaign. It was to be q Republican policy to carry out the following idea and principles: That the church people were to have a resi- dence district, where saloons would not be granted q license.
 Witness said he then in conversation with Jarman referred to the circum- stances of his nomination and election and the agreement made and the vio- lation of that agreement. He continued
 I said to him that instead of staying with the Republicans and the policy outlined he went off with MT. Dittus and Kreig
 In reference to the steam roller scandal I said 1 knew nothing about the matter until the time came for the purchase of the roller. when the party who sold the roller to the city informed me that all the company expected for 1t was 5000 and that he had paid the surplus to get a