The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-04

uation against honorable and
honest man, and 1 do not believe your
honor intended it to be an insinuation,
because 1 have always believed, rightly
or wrongly, that your honor was
prompted by honest motives, and L do
So believe now. The language to
which l refer is this: That Mr..
Charles M. Fickert, district attorney,
in all of his acts in the progress of
these cases has followed the lead of
the defendants And [ say to your
honor that I am personally well
acquainted with Mr.. Charles NJ Flick
ert. / know him and 1 know his
record. 1 have been among the people
with whom he summered and with
whom he wintered and with whom he
ate and drank and slept and with
whom he struggled in the early period
of his life.
Il know the secrets of Mr.. Fickert
with reference to my appointment, and
I know that there was a struggle, and
I know that he said to me only one
thing-and that was this-that there
was absolutely no tie or string, that
the duty incumbent upon the holder
of that office should be carried out.
And ! know that it is not true that
Mr.. Fickert followed the lead of any
defendant He follows the lead of
pure conscience and the lead of
sense of duty, and l know that that
young man out there on the ranch in
the mountains, struggling, coming at
an age when most men are out OF
school, to get his first ruiiments OF
knowledge, entering the university as
a special, struggling, a great, big,
awkward. pure minded. honest. farmer
boy. walking up and down the campus
with tears in his eyes and sobbing at
the indignities and insults and oppres-
sions which he had TO undergo, such
green. ignorant, overgrown farmer
boy, struggling to come TO the 'front.'
say to your honor that that language,
if I caught it right hope l did
not-but it seems to me that pro-
test should be lodged against such
language, because 1 know that Charles
NJ. Fickert followed the lead Of no de-
PENDANT, but he followed the lead of an
absolutely upright conscience.
FICxERT REPLIES
When Lane sat down Fickert took up
the parable. He said.
Il want to say that If I have been
guilty of the things your honor has
said and intimated 1 should be pun.
ished for it. If ! have any right to
bring you before the grand jury | am
going to do so. Call in the attorney
general, if you please; let him take
my place; let him investigate my Of
nee. he mas the right TO 10 So bul
am not going to come into this court
and be insulted every time l come in
here, and I want your honor to under
stand that"
Take your seat directed the judge.
Il stated ON one occasion that
would see the presiding judge and
have him assign criminal cases to
other departments" Fickert went on.
.sWiH you take your seat, Mr.. DIS
trict Attorneys" asked his honor.
And I am going to do that again,
said Fickert. The order to resume his
seat was repeated by the judge to the
district attorney three times before
F'ickert obeyed it. saying:
IT will do so after again stating that
those aspersions are false
CALHOUN SPEAKS
Calhoun now pushed himself into
the center of the stage. In oratorical
tones, beginning softly as cooling
dove. his voice gathering in volume
units it altogether overpowered the
Judges repeated attempts to interrupt
him. the president of the United Rail-
roads said
May it please your honor. have
been educated, sir, to have respect for
the courts / have sat IN your court
under circumstances that would have
tried the patience of any American.
throughout these trials / have sought,
sir, to give you under most trying cir
cumstances that respect to which your
office entitled you. But, sir, can not