The San Francisco call., 1906-10-30
Eight of Members
Are Friends of
]. the. Boss.
Much. Still Depends on
the Attitude Judge
Graham Takes.

T.
ahead successfully thus far in starting
the machinery Of the law for the pun
tshment Of the grafters and boodlers
OF the municipality, he has YET
mountain Of obstacles to overcome IN
the way Of securing an honest Grand
Jury. Judge Graham formally recog-
nized William H Langdon as District
ATTORNEY Yesterday and the status OF
Heneyz as assistant is therefore no
longer in question in the impaneiment
proceedings pending the determination
of the litigation over the attempted
removal Of Langdon by Acting Mayor
gallagher and the Board Of Supervi-
sors.
But the material of which the Grand
Jury venire is composed is very bad
and only by dint Of herculean enort
can Heney gain a body with at ieast
twelve members who are not so anil
ated with Ruef and the administration
that indictments can be expected OF
them. The twelve names each OF the
twelve Superior Judges submitted last
January are very largely those or
pangsters and what is left for the
nreseut venires is Of a character that
would discourage all but those possess
ing the tenacity Of Heney
TEMPORARY VICTORY.
The special prosecutor gained vic
tory for a while yesterday when ne
announced that the prosecution would
be allowed TO examine the jurors as to
their qualifications and that challenges
would be allowed on the statutory
grounds This indicated plainly that
later on the court would permit the
examination Of the jurors as TO preJu-
dice and affiliations with the admins
tration But Heney's triumph lasteo
onlv the three hours OF recess
T-npOnNenR0
ham declared that he would allow
Ruefs attorney, Samuel NJ Shortrldge'
10 ioin in the examination of the jury
"as a matter Of fairness" Heney was
forced into the position OF concedlhg
the privilege But if Ruefs attorneys
are permitted to take part in the ques-
tfOninC as TO bias and prejudice they
viii make a farce of the proceeding
and hamper Heney seriously IN his
plans TO weed out the friends of Ruef-
So far as the good decorum of the
court was concerned, Graham yielded
in another point, for instead of Snort
ridge. Henry Ach. another of Ruefs
counsel. was allowed to conduct the
examinations and he introduced some
OF his well-known shyster methods.
The hope Of the prosecution lies with
Judge Graham If he viii refuse 10
permit the Ruef lawyers TO join the
examination of the jurors as to bias
and prejudice the battle to secure an
honest jury VIII in large measure be
aided
FRIENDS SELECTED.
Perusal of the IA names that were
selected by the Superior Judges in
January for Grand Jury service during
the year shows how strong is the
domination Of Boss Ruef among
those who hold the places on the
bench in San Francisco. Out of the
jury, three had been named by Judge
Carroll Cook, and every one is regarded
as warm friend of the Schmitz
regime. They are S. H Daniels, a
chum Of Jere Burke Of the Southern
Pacific Company; J. z. Britt, whose
son is a member of the so-called fight
trust, and Charles Sonntag, a political
adherent of Ruef
The selections of Judge Seawell were
F. A. Dwyer, r. J. Gallagher and L.
r. Rock. The District Attorneys Office
is said TO be suspicious of the attitude
of Gallagher. Judge Trout selected ].
z. Gordon and Wallace c. Wise.
The names that Judge Hebbard sub
mitted were those of NJ Rothenberg,
a former Kearny-street saloon-keeper,
who has been a warm supporter of
Ruef and Schmitz politically, and Ru-
dolph Mohr, also a friend of the ad-
ministration.
JUDGE HUNTS SELECTIONS.
H. II. Young and G. G. Burnett were
named by Judge Hunt Judge Graham
named Joseph Magnin, who is a close
friend of Ruef and was interested with
him and Schmitz in what was called
the keystone Real Estate Company.
It's purpose was to build an immense
apartment house near the park, but
the scheme fell through because the
banks would not make any loans on
the proposition.
John F. Twigg was selected by Judge
Hosmer. Judge Coffey named Alfred
Greenebaum and Maurice L. Leving-
ston- The latter is supposed to be a
friend of the administration. George
l. Dealy. also friendly to the boss
was placed on the list by Judge Ker-
rigan. Arthur G. Towne and Jeremiah
Deasy were selected by Judges Troutt
and MuraslIy, respectively.
But even If Heney is unable to OBJ
tain a satisfactory jury he will pro-
coed with his effort TO indict Ruef He
has plenty of cases available and can
afford to lose a few. If he can ac-
compiish nothing with the present
Grand Jury he Will await the new ma
terial Of next year and resume his
prosecutions in January.