The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-16
By w. RUSSELL COLE

been twice acquitted.
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SELL COLE
continual demand TO be tried. He
stands before you now. bold and con-
fident and upright and demanding his
rights and determined that ne shall
have them.
Time was when a defendant could
trust his defense TO the hands OF the
prosecuting attorney. confident that he
would be accorded full justice and pro-
lection. and not faced BY q man who
hates him with q malicious hatred.
CRIES UNJUST AND UNFAIR
1t was here said by Mr.. O'Gara that
il would have brought JOY TO the hearts
OF the prosecution had General Ford
taken the witness stand and cleared
the defendant OF all suspicion OF crime
You know how true that is when these
men have employed the creature horn-
gold and the very lowest OF the low in
their enterprises-when they have i'm
ported sleuths. spies and gumshoe
brigands 10 do thei rwork, 10 peer
through transoms. 10 feast their eyes
al keyholes. TO drill safes and do a
thousand other things. And they stand
here making such statements and thus
staining the honor and dignity of their
positions. I say IL is unjust, unfair,
unworthy
Il have not much answer 10 make in
my humble way TO Mr.. O'Gara. but
deplore the fact that there developed
q tendency on his part in the course OF
his statements 10 70 uyesterday TO
touch unworthy arguments.
BELITTLES SUM IN QUESTION
He cried out 10 you about the size
OF this fabulous sum of 100000 More
than you or he could make IN a life
time he said. It may be more than
some Of you could gather together, but
I viii not indulge in personal refer-
ences 7 trust and believe that no man
on this jury can be sought by such a
subterfuge 10 go to the devious depths
which he demands. Is $4,000. 600 a sum
OF so great magnitude At the time
20 which he referred surely 100000
would not be so great a sum for the
United Railroads 10 handle.
But Mr.. O'Gara, as he went on. grew
very unhappy in his illusions He told
you that this 100000 was / 0times
the amount OF the salary Of the chief
justice OF the supreme court OF this
state. That isn't so very large COM
pared TO what Nj Heney himself got
as a private prosecutor here. raised to
this dizzy height possibly from his
start as youn Sunday school lad, en-
nobled BY ali that he has touched as
he has drawn near his present eleya-
ton
TURNS ATTACK UPON HENEY
why, Mr. Heney got $4,000 for his
services Of about two years One of
his partners received $4,000 and an
other, his junior partner. received
$4,000 within the same time. He may
not have received any OF this-he says
he didnt-but / would have thought
I il a gracious act for one partner 10
divide the swag with the other. But
I Mr. Heney has refused this, he says.
and he has reached here the grand eli
max of his own career as the white
haired boy pleading for God and his
country. On. who would believe il, ex-
cept that he says ithimsef and Spreck
els testifes that its so. and so it's IN
/ evidence. and I can only quote from
/ the evidence
Yes. Mr. Heney is fulfilling his am
bitten like a certain gentleman from
/ Miz-zoo-ree, who was a district attor-
ney and plunged into just such thing
as this and became governor. and so
+ Mr. Heney may attain his ambition
possibly. il il is TO become district at
torney or governor, and then he, too,
may eventually reach that proud place
where he can show himself for gate
money He stands here before US with
: the pure symptoms of the love of God
bubbling out Of the heart OF an ANA
/ teur Jeremiah.
JEERs AT RUDOLPH SPRECKELs
-Oh, this 100000 looks big to Mr..
O'Gara as he counts il over piece by
piece He may weigh and measure each
one studying its breadth and its thick
ness as he computes II, just as Rudolph
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Heney says. is the greatest individual
tax payer of this city this man, who
has succeeded. with their help. in keep
ing this town by the ears for two or
three years and destroying confidence
in all our public institutions
But this is the first time in the his
tory OF our country. believe. that
prosecutor who gives his services
ard volunteers them freely has had
himself appointed public official. with
out payment for his official position
from the public and then has received
s25. 600 from his private employer
Whether for Office expenses or other
wise he may call this $4,000 what he
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IF in the pursuit of my humble pro-
fession a client OF mine pays me s23 900
or II IL is paid 10 me by any man. 1 can
csll'it office expenses or anything else
I want 10 call It
WAS MADE ANGRY BY o'GARA
Mr.. O'Gara says we have ATTEMPTED
to impugn motives by insinuations
There is no such thing as impugniIag
motives BY insinuations. Mr. O'Gara is
still pouring tears over the fact that
Mr.. Ford has not eased his bubbIing
heart by clearing Mr.. Calhoun. He told
US this yesterday as he was bubbling a
little and choking over. and then he
turned and pointed at our crowd. as he
called Us. and said that neither the de-
PENDANT nor any one OF US was III to
wipe the shoes OF Mr.. Heney.
That made my gorge rise. That's
q thing no white man ought to saw.
Why. the poorest. humblest bootbIack
in town is worthy TO rub Mr.. Heaev,s
shoes-yes. or his head IL necessary.
No man IN this land be he alien or
of native birth. should have it said of
him that he is not fit to wipe the
shoes OF any man. much less Mr..
Heney. And then this indecency was
heightened. for / believed 1 saw that
Mr. Heney swelled visibIy and beamed
effulgently when this was said. and
probably he intends to return the COM
pliment and pay some like tribute to
Mr. O'Cxara