The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

That was just luck The thirty names
were drawn and the nineteen jurors
were carefully selected. and I was made
foreman. That wasn't just luck / owe
good deal to Judge Kerrigan's back
ing. There were those who didn't want
me to be named foreman. but Judge
Kerrigan stood by me-"
.-And them"
Then? oh. then got to work. The
jury was sworn in at IL o'clock in the
morning-that was on the 10th OF De-
cember-and at 2:30 that afternoon
had made my combinations
This way: You see. the Grand Jury
rooms are out in the City Hall. way out
on Market street. and the grand jurors
are business men and busy men. and
they can't afford to let their own at
fairs go entirely in order to attend
Grand Jury meetings. II the Grand
Jury Is going to do anything the mem
bers have to get together. so 1 suggest
ed having these Offices down town, for
there was about as much chance OF do
ing anything in those rooms out in the
City Hall as Of getting a quorum on
Twin Peaks every day. I made state
ment that the Grand Jury would have
expected to do good many things and
that a good deal OF money would be
needed to do them. and made a demand
on the city government for $4,000. I
didn't expect to get it, and I didn't get
1t. But that cleared the way for the
next move. I called a conference Of
business men, men interested In the
city. and told them what thought the
a aafx
to back me. and they gave me their
promises TO do IL to the extent OF s25.-
900 if I needed that One man offered
me his check for $1,000 for secret ser
vice fund, but I didn't take It'll onlyl
wanted the assurance that they'd back
me- Then / went ahead. I hired these
Offices" waving a hand to the Mills
building suite, "and furnished them on
the assurance.
II went to the manager OF one drm
for the desks and furniture we needed.
told him what I wanted to do and
asked him what he would sell me the
things for? He said he'd give them to
me to use as long as the Grand Jury
needed them and wouldn't charge q
cent. An arrangement was made TO
pay rental for them-but that Is the
spirit we met, not only In the man with
the office furniture. and the man with
the $1,000 check. and the men who were
willing to put up s25.O00 for US, but In
the whole decent element
There's been no limit to the help
and encoura cement we've had No re-
suits can show the amount OF work
we've had to do nor the range
we've had to cover in making In
vestigations. They've extended to the
Eastern cities, and half a dozen States.
and the cooperation we've had shows
pretty clearly what the feeling toward
US is. Well. the result - that It has
been decided TO allow the Grand Jury
$1,000 q month"
The Grand Jury foreman folded his
arms and hugged himself. and allowed
himself quiet little chuckle.
But the cooperation we've had has
been nothing compared TO the opposi-
ton; perhaps it's truer TO call 1t the
persecution. l suppose the enemies Of
graft are bound to make enemies OF
the grafters-that's only natural, Of
course
The attempt has been made to dis
credit the Grand Jury-to make US oot,
political. partisan, personal tools, any
old thing to destroy the confidence OF
the public. They tried it first In con-
nection with these downtown Offices
and the furnishings Said they were
provided by certain newspaper-that
this rug. even Ckicking the edge OF the
red rug under his chair with his neat
ly shod foot). came in here with the
editors name on 1t. Bah.
II let 'em alone. to say what they
pleased-and then when the time came
I told how we got 'en. what arrange
ments we'd made. and had the docu-
merts and the evidence to prove It. And
the newspaper-well. that newspaper
has given me a roast, oh, just q sort
Of roast. since then because didn't
let it get the best OF the other papers
on the news. Newspapers will do that,
you know" with that same gIeam OF
glee in his eyes that suggests a latent
Cor is it holdover?) boyishness. 'and
1 try to be impartial. to be square with
EN- all, you know"
They tried to get the best OF me
again, to do the Grand Jury up through
the policemen detailed to our service"
''They?"
''Yes-the administration. We had
two policemen detailed to assist US
One was sent out on mission. and be-
fore he could get back the administra-
ton was In possession OF all the facts
he went after. 1t was in the Macs
tretti matter. and another man from
the detective force reported here for
service We didn't tell him we had
our quota Of two already. We Just let