The San Francisco call., 1909-01-14

storms threatened on several occasions
they did not break. The few clashes
that did occur We're nipped in the bud,
and no debating society program was
ever carried off with less Indulgence in
personalities or less display of partisan
animosity. The absence Of verbal en-
counter, though, did not signify any
lack of earnest feeling, and a few mild
retorts and sarcastic filings were re-
that is being waged and of the magni-
tude of the issue which hangs in the
balance.
Hints at Defense
A. A. Moore. senior counsel for Cal
houn, let out one secret of the defense
yesterday through statement that
amounted 10 an admission of the gem
eral line which win be undertaken to
combat the case presented by the peo-
pie. He did it unconsciously by open
ing the way for conclusion to be
drawn from his declaration, and, curl
ously enough, the declaration was an
illustration of his own idea of the
prosecution.
The prosecution" he serenely In
formed talesman, will make an effort
to show that Mr.. Calhoun authorized
Mr.. Tirey L. Ford to authorize Mr..
Ruef TO authorize Mr.. Gallagher to pay
something to somebody"
Stripped to its real meaning, Moore's
way of stating the case from his view
point promises a defense based on the
premise that Calhoun was so far re-
moved from any member of the board
of supervisors that the tracing of a
bribe from his hands to those of it's
recipient must somewhere develop a
weakness of proof that would leave a
loophole for the entrance of the old
bugaboo of reasonable doubt" To
reference to prosecution methods may
have been sincere or it may have been
feeler, thrown out in the hope of
drawing an admission or denial from
Heney. Whatever its purpose, it went
unchallenged, for no response came
from the prosecution.
Seven talesmen figured in the pro-.
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them were targets for examination.
Colonel George Filmer, who withstood
the fire of the defense Tuesday after
noon and who was cheduled for further
catchism by the prosecution yesterday
morning, begged the ordeal by assert
ing his statutory right to escape jury
SERVICE because of his connection with
the national guard. He called atten-
ton to this excuse when first sum-
moned, but was not then prepared with
the necessary papers from the Office of
the adjutant general and was forced
to take his turn with other talesmen.
He announced yesterday morning that
his certificate of military service was
due on the first mail and that he ex-
pected to have it delivered to him In
of this statement he was passed tenn
porarily, and later, when the official
document arrived, was excused.
DanieIson Questioned
Gustaf Danielson, secretary of the
wholesale dry goods firm of Murphy
Grant & Co., was the first talesman to
run the full gantlet of inquisition He
was candid and had ideas and his ideas
formed an obstacle that the opposing
attorneys seemed determined to attack
from different directions. Stanley
Moore led off for the defense and
splashed into the immunity bath ques-
tion as beginner, demanding to know
whether the talesman ever had gath
cred the idea from his reading that
Rudolph Spreckels had first offered i'm
munity to the supervisors. O'Gara OBJ
jected to the question and precipitated
the first argument of the day.
Il object to the question: he ex-
claimed. THE evident purpose is not
to find out the jurors state of mind,
but the question is asked for the pur-
pose of putting prejudice into the
minds Of the jurors here and those in
the back of the room.
The argument waxed warm for a
brief space and then was brought to a
sudden end, an amicable adjustment
being arrived at by the withdrawal of
the Objectionable question. Moore did
not give up the subject as easily, how
ever, as he gave up the particular
question. and. taking new course. he