Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-29
MUCH MONEY USED DURING
GLASS REGIME
SENATOR LuKENs APPEARS AS
WITNESS
Tells How Oakland councilmen Were
Entertained While Fight Against
Home Concerns Admission
to Oakland Was On
fcontInuea srom Paee ONE,


eventually proved.
The latter vouchers Delmas did not oHer
in evidence until today, when scout was
under cross-examination. Referring TO
the withholding of them Heney accused
Delmas of practicing "a trick OF eva
sion.r This aroused Delmas to reply:
81 don't know what this Individual
means by trick of evasion but presume
he used the term in a desire to be un-
rentlemanly The truth is that Mr..
Pillsbury was the first to inject the name
of Ruef into these proceedings.
That's not So" interrupted Heney.
s.Ruefs name has been in this ever since
the beginning"
Eyes" said Delmas, sit has been in by
the loud-mouthed declamations of coun-
sell. but not by any particle of evidence
until introduced by Mr.. Pillsbury"
Presently, repulsing an attack made by
Heney upon the good faith of an obJec-
tion by himself, Delmas asserted that the
other side had lost no opportunity to in
terject an objection upon any purely tech
meal point that might help the prosecu-
tion.
s.Point out one such instance" cried
Heney.
Deimas Accuses Heney
IT object. IL your honor please re-
turned Delmas, ito these rude and con-
slant interruptions. repeat that oppos-
ing counsel is not trying this case in any
spfrit of magnaninnity toward the defend
ant To the contrary, they have sought
to hold him by any means they-could, and
have sought to suppress anything that
might be favorable to this defendant.
THAT is counsers right. We expect no
quarter from him--and we want none.
We want him to do the very best he
can"
Heney replying, said: ''The truth is
that Mr.. Delmas himself brought In the
name of Ruef in the cross-examination Of
the first supervisor who testified here.
and he did it with the undoubted purpose
of arguing to the jury that Ruef was
employed corruptly by all of the bad cor
porations-the United Railroads, the gas
company and the rest of them-and that
the only good corporation that did not SO
employ him was the Pacific States Tele-
phone and Telegraph company. Now the
truth Is that the Pacific States Telephone
and Telegraph company employed Ruef
not because he was lawyer, but because
1t was desired to purchase his influence
over the fire department. the electricians s.
department, the board of supervisors and
other city officials with whom the COM
pany came in contact in the course of its
business. We have adopted the policy
of giving Mr.. Delmas all the rope he
wanted: we were sure he would hang him
SELF IN time. OuI ODJeClIOHS lHtcIpOccu
throughout the three weeks of this trial
have not exceeded twenty, and these
three weeks have been largely occupied
with cross-examinat tions by the defense.
"I even permitted Mr.. Delmas to intro
duce hearsay testimony, in the hope that
he would make as fair fight as 1 always
make. But, as usual. he seeks to prevent
the bringing out of the whole truth
Alteration Becomes Warm
II did not have the papers you accuse
me of having withheld" replied Delmas,
until the morning after you challenged
me to produce them. Whoever says to
the contrary is guilty of uttering de-
liberate falsehood."
sWhen we recall Mr.. Sherwin to the
stand" Heney answered. I'VE will show
when they were delivered to you"
.And if you show they came into my
hands before the time l have stated"
Delmas replied, II will give you permis-
sion to apply to me all the scurrilous
billingsgate you have just been unload
ing"
Now" said Judge Lawlor, II have
heard enough. 1 propose now to rule
without listening to any further unneces-
sary discussion"
The ruling sustained Delmas' objection.
Handing Mr.. Scott a voucher for $1,000,
dated July 6. 1906. and marked For spe-
Ciai eXDenSe lnCuTIeu III Dan TidAAiSSCt
charge to reserve for contingent liabil-
tiles" signed by e. J. thinner as auditor
and approved by II. 7. Scott as president
and receipted by T. v. Halsey. Mr.. Heney
asked:
..Do YOU know what that $500 was for?"
s'I did not know at the time 1t was pre-
sented to me for approval" answered Mr.
Scott, "but / told Mr. thinner that that
sort of thing would have to stop that
1. I.ac cfo 1pd
who got the money and that they must be
persons publicly employed by the com
papy. said / didn't want to be harsh,
but these allowances would have to be cut
down and stopped entirely within three or
four months" .
Delmas objected to Scotts stating what
Zimmer said in reply.
Mr. Scott identified his approval sigma
ture on four other and later vouchers for
5000 each, all paid to Ruef through Hal
sey, and explained that they were thus
cut down by his order and were the last
payments made to Ruef.
Didn't Know About Ruef
"At the time you approved these vouch-
ers did you know of any service that had
been performed by Ruef for the com
pany7" Heney asked.
Scott answered mo, sir"
He testified that Glass salary at the
time he (Scott) TOOK cHarSe as prSsiushl
was $4,000 year.
Delmas handed to Scott telegram
which purported to have been sent to the
general Offices by Halsey from Min
neapolis at a time when, according to
Scott's testimony, Halsey was in the state
of washington. Scott said he never had
seen such q telegram, whereupon Heney
took It from his hand and examined 1t.
This caused another hot exchange of
personalities, after which the telegram
was introduced in evidence.
At the afternoon session Heney placed
upon the stand former members of the
Oakland city council, and by their testi-
mony proved that Glass. as general man
ager, had supervision of the efforts made
by Mr.. Halsey to defeat the application
OF the Home Telephone company for a
rival franchise in the transbay city, The
point Of this testimony, which the prose-
cution sets great store by, is the likeli-
hood II creates of the exercise of similar
supervision by Glass with reference to
the San Francisco supervisors.
Councilmen BENJAMIN A. Pendleton and
Eugene T. Thurston. jr.. testified to being
guests by invitation of Halsey at a lunch
go, 80 the Elohamfan club SeDtember ~.