The San Francisco call., 1907-06-07

told me that the French restaurant
people had raised a fund of $2S,000 to
get their licenses. The mayor said he
would send for Scott"
The records showed that the first
meeting of the board at which Poheim
was present was held on January 10,
1905.
Heney asked: did you, between the
10th and 18th of January. have another
talk with the mayor about the
licenses"
YES, had at least two talks with
the mayor The first time he asked me
to vote for. the licenses. He said it
would hurt him politically if the
licenses were revoked. He said very
many rich people patronized them, and
that the licenses must be renewed.
told him that he had made me vote
against them in the first place and that
would not change my position i
begged him not to force it. 1 told him
again about the fund Scott had told me
about, and told him to leave it alone or
there would be scandal
did you attend meeting at the
mayors house on Sunday
II was at the mayors on the Sunday
preceding January IS. The mayor called
me MP by phone and asked me to come
to his house Mt 2 O'clock 1 arrived
there a few minutes before 2 o'clock.
The mayor took me downstairs. He
made a fire In the subbasement and
told me he expected Drinkhouse I'm
few minutes. Drinkheuse came few
minutes after 2, and the mayor brought
up the question of the chafrmanship.
He was in a towering passion-struck
the table and stall<ed around and
around the room. He saids tom, 1T
is reported that you have said you
would vote for DrinkhOuse, regardless
of my wishes. / appoint my friends
and they refuse to do my bidding. 1
have a mind to demand your resigna-
ton, Drfnkhouse said the mayor could
have his resignation, but said, You
can't have mine.' Then Ruef and
Poheim came. Ruef saids Mayor, Tom
will vote for the French restaurants
all right 1 said, Il will not and the
may6r replieds sNo. i have asked him
twice this week and he has refused.
don't want to shame him before the
public now. I'll throw Hutton OUT"
RUEF SUBMITS REGULATIONS
Reagan said that Schmitz did not
give his reasons for the removal or
| Hutton and that Ruef said he would
want continuance of the French res
| taurant cases and that he also spoke
about some regulations he wished to
submit.
what occurred on January 1872"
Heney asked.
"At that meeting DIR. Pohein was
elected chairman" replied Reagan.
"Ruef appeared as counsel for the
French restaurants and asked for a
continuance for two weeks, when ne
would submit regulations that would be
satisfactory. Hutton and / refused to
permit the rooms upstairs to run--the
| Bay State license was before the
board, but the regulations were sup
posed to cover all cases and we con-
sented to a continuance, the Bay State
to open only the lower floors. At the
next meeting, on January 25, the mayor
removed Hutton"
What happened at the meeting on
February 1?'
"Ruef submitted and had read his
regulations. I paid no attention to
| them. 1 knew 1t was no use. I voted
/ mo-; Drinkhouse and Poheim voted
| aye Ruef agreed on behalf OF the
! restaurants that they would keep regis
ters and no sleeping rooms below the
third floor. knew 1T was all humbue
and that the only change was the regis
ter"
The cross examination of Reagan was
full OF cold comfort for the defense
CampbelFs efforts to show that Rea-
gan had used his position as polfcs
commissioner to fatten his insurance
business was unconvincing. His efforts
to show q union labor conspiracy
! against the restaurants and Schmitz's
solicitude over the effect the revoca-
ltion of their licenses would have or
the union labor party We're strangely
at variance. His questions about Rea-
/ gan's conversations with Scott OF the
walters union enabled Reagan to re-
affirm that he had told the mayor hs
was morally certain that there was
sack and that the mayor had neither
denied nor affirmed 1t.
i In answer to one of Campbells ques
tions, Reagan said:
II was In sympathy with Scott ant
had implicit trust in the officers Of ths
union, but I would not use my position
as police commissioner to injure Tor
toni for all the unions in the world"
4 did Scott not tell your asked Camp
boil, that he had given two members
of the union $50 and asked them to S'
upstairs at Tortoni's and have Torton
send out for women for them?'
Il remember no such conversation,
replied Reagan, land / did not then be
lieve the French restaurants kept II
communication with women"
did you not say to Scott, All right
so ahead, and / will give you all TIL
assistance in my power?
II do not remember any such conver
sation, but If any man In San Fran
cisco told me while / was police com
missioner that they could send for wo
men to go to French~fesfaUrAuts or an