Arizona republican., 1906-10-27
DAY OF EXCITEMENT
 IN SAN FRANCISCO
District Attorney LangdOn and Frank Heney
 Still In Control
Abe Ruef and the Other Politicians About to be In- dcted EnjOined From Interfering With the Inves- tigatiOn of Themselves

San Francisco, Oct. ~26.-After q tre- mendous excitement District Attorney Langdon who was suspended from office by Acting Mayor Gallagher was ap- parently in a victorious position. and had gained a temporary advantage over the city officials and politicians whom he has announced he intends to have indicted for felonies and mis- demeanors.
 Almost at daybreak this morning attorneys representing Langdon ap- peared at the residence of Superior Judge Seawell and obtained an order temporarily restraining poIiticial lead CT. Abraham Ruef whom the acting mayor appointed to succeed I.angdon, from interfering with the officials or affairs of the district attorneys office
 Judge Seawell set the case for hear ing one week from today. The re- straining order was served on Ruef and the board supervisors at an early hour and Langdon. with his assistant, Francis J. Heney, were not disturbed - in their official capacity
 The excitement of the day came with proceedings this afternoon in the court of Superior Judge Thos F. Ora ham, when the nineteenth and final member of the new grand jury was chosen and when it was expected that the court would settle the question of recognition of either Langdon or Ruef as district attorney.
 When the desired juror had been ac- cepted Heney arose and made objec- tions to the actions of a deputy sher- fir who had several times attempted to search him. Ruef said the deputy was acting under his instructions. it being Ruef's belief that Heney was armed The court warned the deputy to cease annoying MT. Heney
 Then came the question of reeogni- tion. Ruef attempted to address the judge as "an officer of the court but Heney objected to Ruef assuming such right. The silence of the court room intensified. for here. it was expected that the fate of Heney or Ruef was to be decided, but Judge Graham declined to pass upon the issue, saying he would not at that time settle the dispute. nor recognize any one as an officer of the court. He refused to hear any further argument on the subject
 Ruef, however. succeeded in obtain ing permission to speak as an attorney at the bar and declared he wished to proceed with the examination into uual- ifications of certain jurymen. Heney interrupted. saying that the first thing ne intended to present to the grand jury was evidence supporting charges of felony and misdemeanor against Ruef. At this juncture another objec- tion came from U. s. Webb, attorney general for the state, who declared that the court should not permit such statements to be made before the grand jury which was present as it might disqualify them, and he averred that there was a possibility that they had already been disqualified. Webb then asserted that he intended to as- sume charge of matters now before the court.
 Judge Graham ordered the jury dis missed until Monday morning and Heney strongly protested against this order, saying that MT. Langdon knew what matters would be presented to the jury in its first hour and that time