The San Francisco call., 1898-04-14
GRAND JURY
 TO RECONVENE Foreman Crooks Will Is- sue a Gall for the
 Twenty-Sixth.
Political Pressure Is Helpinq to Defeat the Course of
 Justice.
Should a Majority of Members De- sire, the Jury May Meet
 Earlier.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

SOo BrOdQWay, Aprn Is.
 It is not probable that the and Jury will be called together again before the 26th inst, although political pressure is being brought to bear on Foreman Crooks and some of the members to meet earlier.
 J. E. Crooks, foreman of the Alameda County Grand Jury. was in Oakland to- day and stated that there is no necessity for an early meeting of the Grand Jury
 Tt is my intention and those of nearly ali the grand jurymen," said Foreman Crooks. ito meet again on April 26. G. B. Daniels would like an earlier meeting, but the majority of us wishing to attend to our businesses, which have seriously suffered on account of the lengthy inves- tigations we have already made, do not see any use in coming together before the time I have mentioned.
 'I have been asked by interested par ties to call an early meeting, but there is no occasion for it, and unless a ma- jority of the jurors sign a request for an earlier session than 1 have planned shall not change my opinion"
 Some effort is being made to have what is being spoken of as "a special session. thing A week ago the Grand Jury ad- iourned to the call of the chair, and whenever the chair issues a call for a meeting it will be regular session of the Grand Jury, and not in any sense a "spe- cial'' one. One of the members of the 6asp Jury saa 9day v that be their deps those who would use the Grand Jury for political ends We want, if possible, to find something defniite,; he said and as tive action We cannot how ever, permit ourselves fo t9 be snes used oy political one to perform, and it is made more hard when insincere people try to use us to carry out their personal ambitions and try to overcome the tactics of those who are according to current report try ing to corrupt the, city government. or who have corrupted it, but there is noth- ing to be gained by the enemies cf these corruptionists trying. to brin~ about their indictments and at the same time make
 II am not at liberty to tell one word of what has transpired in the Grand Jury room, but I may say that we have heard however, have been contradicted in one form or another, or point to actions of such a nature that, though indiscreet and morally bad, are not criminal and consequently. they do not come within our Jurisdiction"
 When the Grand Jury reconvenes it is some of the directors of the Contra Costa Water Company, in the hope that many of the tales of bribery may be. traced to their origin. The company held its an- nual meeting yesterday, and 1t is stated that much interesting discussion took place among the directors regarding the advisable not to make any changes in the directors at this time, and it was given out that this was done to protect the company from the insinuation that such a step would be taken merely for the purpose of complicating matters. before the Grand Jury. If a new, board of di- course be perfectly innocent of an that has transpired the past few months. while the. old board would have no off, cial standing in the company, and con seouently would say that they knew no more than their ruccessors. This situa- tion not being a polite one was avoided
 When the case of the people against Harry Thomas was called this morning