The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-15
Await Action of Judge
LaWlor and District
Attorney on Request
SOON TO MAKE
MORE ARRESTS
Directors Determined
inCampaign Against
Ballot-Box Suffers
ROW OF JURORS
IS DISCUSSED
New Impeachment Not
to Be Urged While
Good Work Goes On

investigation of the frauds so hagrantIy
committed on primary day.
WILL GO AHEAD WITH ARRESTS.
More arrests are soon to be made.
The case against Charles Wyman has
been made out we'll at the preliminary
examination now in progress in the Po-
lice Court, and the directors felt en-
couraged to go ahead with charges
against others against whom evidence
of "stuffng'' has been gathered. 1t had
been deemed best to await the outcome
of the Wyman case in order to learn
what kind of a showing could be made
in court with the evidence available.
The result is satisfactory already, be-
cause at no point has the prosecution
been weakened.
The attorneys are therefore to be in
structed to go ahead at an early day
with the other cases.
The work of the present Grand Jury
was also considered. It's Indictment of
Adolph Steftens for Illegal voting. of
Joseph Rebstock for misconduct while
serving as an election officer and the
demand on Judge Lawlor and the Dis
tiACC AANOAiNJ " lclhC Steps AGAINST
the Election Commissioners were re-
garded as evidence of an earnestness
to do something toward lincovering the
alleged conspiracy.
True, an element in the Grand Jury
appears to be trying to block the in
vestigation of the frauds The dis
cord which broke out into violent dis
agreement and refusal of several mem
bers to participate in the finding of
indictments at Thursdays session is
DISCOURAGE 1t was a question, the
directors thought, if any further for
NAL accusations would be made by the
Grand Jury in connection with the
ballot-box offenses.
But the directors were content to let
well enough alone and do nothing
toward urging a dismissal of the Jury.
A new impeachment might result in
greater disadvantage to the campaign
against the alleged violators of the
purity of elections law The present
body has at least not shown a dispo-
sition to interfere with the prosecu-
lions Of the Merchants Association and
the directors found some qualification
in this, for in the beginning serious
misgivings were entertained.
CAN ACT BY RESOLUTION.
The Grand Jurors who are seeking
to press the probing of the frauds are
willing to go ahead, although they do
not feel certain they will be able to
muster the twelve votes necessary for
Indictment. If the course adopted as to
the Election Commission proves sue
cessful in the bringing of charges, they
can avail themselves of II in other
cases. for a resolution can be passed
by a majority vote. Should Judge
LawIor and the District Attorney fail
to accede to the requests to institute
prosecutions, the Grand Jury can at
any rate give aid and moral support to
the Merchants Association in its cam
paign.
If the minority of the jurors attempt
to have the Grand Jury dismissed by
order of court, as is planned, the ma
jority will oppose the effort.
The following is the communication
submitted to Judge Lawlor by Fore
man Lilienfeld:
To the Hon. William P. Lawlor, Presiding
Judge Superior Court:
Dear Sir: I desire to present to you the
following resolution adopted by majority of
the members of the Grand Jury of this city
and county to-day. viz:
Resolved That the Grand Jury instruct its
foreman to kindly request Of the presiding
Judge of the Superior Court to instruct the
commence proceedings to GUST from office the