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VOLUME CIL— NO. 116.
Supreme Court Knocks Out Hope of the Rich Grafters
Upholds Validity of All Grand Jury Indictments
RYAN TO LEAD
REPUBLICANS IN
LOCAL CAMPAIGN
Convention Will Nominate
Him When It Recon
venes Tonight
TAYLOR IS IN FIGHT
Friends Will Make Attempt
to Stampede Delegates
LANGDON A NOMINEE
District Attornej^ Is Sure
of Getting Place on
the Ticket
George A. Van Smith
Daniel A. Ryan for mayor and
William K. Langdon for district
ittorncy arc the nominations to be
made tonight by the ' republican
convention at Walton's pavilion.
After nominating its candidates
for mayor and district attorney
and ratifying the efforts of its
platform committee the republi
can convention will again adjourn
subject to the call of the chair
man. The recess will be contin
ued probably until after the union
labor convention meets and nomi
nates all or a part of its ticket.
T!ip rjomrr.ation of Ryan Trill not hr
accomplished without a shindy. The
stamc- of ilayor Tsylor will be pre
rented to the convention and fffort
Tna<Je by coupling h!s name with that
of District Attorney Langdon to stam
v prd<? at least a bare majority of the
conxention to him.
The Taylor republicans met last night
p.l the office of C. A. Day Jn the Mo
naSnock building. A lively discussion
«nd a canvass of th» Taj'lor Ftrenjrth
consuming- nearly ttvo hotirs resulted
:n the. appointment of a stecrinj? com
irlttp". vested v.-ith full authority to
act for thfc minority. This coinmittpe
is headed by Jolm Rolfe "W'iJson of th<>
thirty-fourth district and includes M.
11. Esberg. thirty-ninth; Sheldon Kel
l^JT??. forty-firpt; Henry t»a?% Uiirty
ei^hth. and John G. Rapp, thirty-sev
enth.
TAYivOirs rniExos active
Tl!*» mooting: at Day's office was ad
dressed by C A. Day, Sheldon Kellogg
and John G. Rapp. The canvass of del
egates that could be relied upon re
sulted in an actual total of about. 40.
Thfe leaders of the movement were in
clined to believe that with the work
mapped out for today they 'could mus
ter the 75 necessary to nominate to
night The general plan adopted by the
conferees Involves personal missionary
work. Each Taylor man Is to pick out
a Ryanlte and overpower him with the
pospel of Taylor. Langdon and all of
the supervisors appointed by Dr. Taylor.
The steering: committee met after the
general meeting adjourned, . but its
members denied that it had adopted a
definite plan of action for tonight. The :
Taylor missionaries have been busy for
several days and have not overlooked
any bets. A. G. Boggrs, a delegate from
the forty-third district, solicited the de
livery of Auditor John Nelson's dele
gates from the forty-fourth and forty
fifth, and it is alleged grave Nelson,as
surances of his nomination on the re
publican ticket if be would join? the
fTaylor forces. E. T. AlcMurray Is
credited with tlie leadership of the cam
paign for the Crinjinins delegates in
the convention.
My impression is that, the presenta- .
tion of Taylor's name will result Ain
giving, him about 45 votes out of' a
total of 149. That this number may
be too conservative may be logical ly
contended, but my own , poll of the
delegates shows a vote of S6 for Ryan,
and it does not Include several dele
gates who 'while they, may not be en
thuEiastic Rjan men are temperam?nt
tly and naturally anti-Taylor men.
\u25a0 i.ABOR PAHTV'S POSITIOX
Many republicans V believed or pre
tended io^>elleve yesterday that -when
i lie union \u25a0 labor "convention" meets -on
Thursday night it will also select Ryan
to. head its ticket This belief or pre
Continued on Pace 10. Colomn 3
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
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Tuesday) September 24. ioot
\VEATirE*R COXDITIOXS
j TESTEfiDAT — Clear: west wind; maximum
I temperature. G4; miniiniim. 54.
FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair, with 'off in
tbe morning; fresh west wind. Page 11
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH j
Caplain C3ssii;B M. Sanfonl denies that he ira* !
I prc«ffit irb»ii «;nel»ol was tilled. Fejje 4
i <'Utter >h-Cc)l.x-ll" rescues 24.": p«>r?on* froni shiji
j John Currier. xvret-Upil in Bering sea. Page 3
luMed States SenMtor \V4HUm E. Bornh wj-.s
; plar-fnLnn^ tri,i! at IJnisp j-«>stertl«j- on tup rii::r^e
j «jf hBTJn^ !^en Imrli^ated In jrijrautif Hurt
j frsudf . in trtibo, \u25a0 PnjfP S
(Vniiß^ of fleet to raciSc coast tuny throw
I 15.»_»t0 siil><! laborer* out or work In u-vy
Bi.»c!t foun*l in trunk on freach »dentise*l :;n<l i
j poliVe re»k I.ii>i>jii.l on eliarge of stranffli-jc 17 j
year el«l bri.Jo. Pnge 4
; AI liril', marderrr of W. S. Team* in So
! ii'. n, a coun'r, sentenced to be bangnl in
I November 7. Paije 10
Daisy Bcruhart Hiilrjan. once Slocktun"*
| wealthiest woman, is coining to San Franrisco
p almost jjenniless. Pasr <!
l.fnroln-KooseTelt republican league tncxrks out
I machine at Sacramento with list of sood KCT-.
[oniment nomiuefs. Pajje 11
EDITORIAL
Taft-liHgrlies-UooseTelt. Pa;e S
Xew Unpland <*>nscience shocked. Page tj,
State or federal confroi. Pa;e 8
1 rtepsblfeeti coßvention will" reconrene tonielit
Jin<] i*nmitiatf n.^an for maror and I^asdon
for district attorney. Kriends of Dr. Taylor Will
iwlr nn sttetnpt to stampede the "de!c~«t<»B ni
bisfaror. " Page 1
GRAFT
Sopr?ine »-otirt drcijfft that the' grand jury Is
a rafid fK»}T-, thus upholdins- the lndictmeuls
br-'usbt tiprJna Ab*: . Huef . : UugeDe Srhnj*t».
Tbfx.Hjore V. Ualspy. I/wi» 01*?e. A. K. lh:t
| wller. Patrick Oilhcmn. Tlrey 1.. Ford. Thorn
well . ?lull»11y. William M. Abbott.- Fraok Gt
J>ruro. Kojene de Sabln. Jolm Martin," ' ii, H.
Ijmbiten. J. V.. «re<>n and .TV. 1. Brobeek. Justice
Mol'arlaod «i"ne dissented. I'aeei l-S-rt
Assistant Hlftrict Attorney Heney ontlinvs
evidence to be prepented against ' Tlrey ii. Kord
OD the charge .of najins a brll>e of $4.<X«t to
r^onTfan to secure Ills Tote for United HniT
roeds trolley permit. Page 4
CITY
Footpads conlinue to operate throiyrUciit
tbe i^ty, act-ordlng to reports made t» t'j«
police. ?» Page 11
Judre Hunt p-antfd a divorce to Estelle C.
Slentz from Gl B. Slenlz on the ground of ev
trcme cruelty. " • - Page II
Super* if^rs postpone for one week action on
Park>id<» street iallroai] fraoehiFP. . ' Page 5
Supj»m*> court d»><*l»reß tiiat land owners must
prore act u» l physical possession -o^ property at
time of bringing suit to e?(abllsa title und-.;r thy
Mcnnernej' act. ~ Page 4
Health authorities f*j that there Is do l&vxtr
of a Fadd»n outbreak of • tbe plague In epidemic
f«rm. " v Page 5.
"Salomy Jan«" at the Van Ness theater inTfs
life to cbarmeterf »nd reproduces tbe attno^pheye
cr*>»*.pd by Bret Herte in picturlog Oallfornl.i in
ibe soM days. Pasre 0
g>iirku<^* or Mrs. n»rl>ejt Chornski sares two
men from death yclk-d. automobile driven by hf-ir
ljiirls thpm from bupjix In collision. I'njjp ifi
Standard oil - raleMnan locks himself In iiome
and blows off his head with "a Kbot
sun. Page 11
\u25a0Woman hurt when car and wagon crash dies
«t f right, Pagre 1G
Two men attempt to abduct pretty /o>ing
woman in Van >'ess aTcnue in broad Oay
lipht. I'hkc 5
Supports under Eddy street city ball are
breaking and structure-is condemned as menace
to ltfef \u2666 Pagcie
Milan ,cp?ra- company will open third week
tonight with "V Pagllacci" and "Caralleria
ItustU-ana." Page 16
SUBURBAN
Antlocn road promoters are assured of nsc of
tunnel if organizations report fa Torably -on the
ecberoe. . Pag* 7
. Oakland begin* work' to retain wharQng rislns
along' tbe we«t harbor ibore. . Page 7
. Ala'meda city- council will proceed to sell;thf
bonda voted for on Saturday last. , . l'ase 7
Judge would send deserter of wife to cluln
g&ug. if he had -the. power, for* his. -beart
lewDess. Page 7
Expert engineers disagree over proposed ruad
on trail of canyon ' which hotclman : olTeris
woman. Page 7
<Jueen IJda crowned at Alameda county car
uiral and hundred thousand persons Tiew bril
liant r>ngeant. . I'acre 6
SPORTS
•At least cc» syndicate, already, being orsan
ized to build a yacht to defend the America's
cup. \ '-!'' Pagre' lo
Hijh scb»ol athletes will compele on Sutottlay
in tie track and field events of the" San.Franc
isco athletic league. Page 10
Chicago Cubv by winning . their one,. hnn<tred
and first came, clinch their hold on the National
league iprnaanl..* Page 10
. Stanford Tarsity. and ItsrliarTans to. mo^r .in
Rupiif nsateh on Satunlay. . Pnge 10,
Hinder from Mlswrnri" siTex Jack SnlU»-an.-a
lirel.v time in * f<>ur round bout/". . Paire 10
"Bill inquire* takes; a- nap in a ; eucalyptus : oil
factory holler ' at ~ Kan Rafael npd narrowly
escapes death when the steam is turuifl
on. P»ijre 1O
S«n Fmoeisco^ »nnnal automobile *how will
behetd early !n Pecember. .Page 10
LABOR |
Tlie international typo^raphjea! union «\t Us i
rfiyntfpstta tnadc many c.-hauges| mV thf
-" WS<^HS P Page »
MARINE. j
<:overiKjr. tSillett makes aoolljer tour of. U,<.
water /rout and recomiopnds that nil new ', work
be of a pt-nnaiient^uatureV Pasre 11 '
. New liner OuTcrnor. recently. l:iuu<-lied at i.'am
deu, N. J.,.due here , tli is morning. Pajje 11 |
MINING --."-I
With more .tlian ?*,V<X>,(Xh> a»rr annum i.rora-
I»*d 'to Btwk boljers_ In : dlvlueijdfl. the - prico
of Goidfteld CoUEolidateU .Mines falls
•*al». . . Page 15
gM^F^
I concur. I might say that I never faew^the^Supreme
Court to do a more creditable thing. ::
the last^ profit ffiom^unden been
indicted b^ the grand jiir^— Prosecutor Heneyv '/>
/us<ices.o/.-f/ie supreme court, who, with the exce fa the bribe givers and bribe takers is a valid body.
From left' to right, Justices ShaJ» t l Angeloiti,Sloss/Beatty^
The last drowning clutch of :SanFrarieis^^ might save them from meet
ing retribution for^their crimes hasfaile{i.ln^ his six associates of the
supreme court declared the present
the finest legallta!ent:thai unHm
In a dissenting opinion which directly follows the line of ar^ment advanced by"the m'^ trial for
a known crime^JusticeiT^^ the petition for a writ of
prohibition
labor givenjby^ the j raen/ swora.to argument with which he clothedihis
dissent,' for the remain^
The particular; case/to wtach /the ;^ of prohibition to prevent the trial^of
Theodore V. Halseyj : the ; indicted biibef giving c^ The , original - petition I was filed in
Halsey^s name, but'there l was a joinderj oinder of^ forces from the camp of line j indicted ; and cbnvictedSones, and' the full power of the mighty legal organ
ization of nearly a Ml score^ of :guilty corporation ma^ line:like a legion of mercenaries, paid to do valiant deeds
in an ignoble cause; Similar petitions were fileel ih;behalf : of < Willia^M^ Abbiqtt^ counsel \ f of the = United Railroads, and Louis Glass, president
of the Pacific telephone a^ in bshalf of Rudolph
;Schmidt~a carman indicted in co^ graft defendants did not
appear, though they sto^ decision given yesterday was in the
Halsey case, but was made through a subsequent order to;apply to alltfoc^ \ :: -\ . ;
The upholding of the grand -jury's {validity disposes of Defeated
in every previous Jeff prt i.to ; evade trial, ey eryjresojurce. of position, • ; wealth^ ajmi powe r at)the^ disposal iOf = the \u25a0 bribe givers was brought
to bear on the^effort to secure^ a^r^
before the first great bundle of^bribe^ind^
to^be hoped for mi a-distortioh of thejaw or ; through the^ jjfessurj^of supreme court ruled, as it
has ruled ; before/^
No further possibilities of technical entanglements arcrnowiinltlie*way ; qf^the-ini-'
mediate-trial of every indicted igraftMe
resort, adopted by the defendants after
now go to trial as- it appears; on tlie calendar, of the^ court w
dilatory niotions/for^he'ia^tiobjection has been dispose^
hope for the defendants isHh^
taken by Louis .Glass r and Eugene E. Schmitz;/ •; "; : . ' ;:[ \u25a0'..:'\u25a0\u25a0-[ : ; •\u25a0\u25a0',: .' ; ' ;*;-v*-.V: : •;;*\u25a0 A- v "/-* :.L:: .L: \u25a0f-iU''"
\. In all,T2S4vindictments were involved \u25a0inVthc'd^
practically everygraft indictmenthas beeri-rcturnedsince^the^date^q
gued the.grahd jury ceased to exist. The ; Ruef a^id/Schm^
conspiracy:case,tlie:pufYy and Nicholas bribery- ca
Ruef conspiracy case\ were the- only- ones of all "the;: ;graft 7 iridictmeiits^to^.whi^h^lTe^derj
cision did not; reach. All other indictments have: been^ret^rnedrsin^
had the decision been favorableto the defendants, the ; slate 'w^
wiped clean and the results >'qf; a year's labon^by/: the^graft^ /prbsecution:.w^l(l^;Kaye;
gqnefor nx)tHing^ \u25a0 Such a-decision:^ould li^ye^
ing- indictments, but the release of Glass with" a reversal^ oi his^^^ conviction 7 . arid Athe ran-,
nulment of \u25a0proceedings against T^
The full force of the decision means the.-blastingyof. ho
dieted, and-f or several others whqfare^trembjing^
butrwho wquld, be saved sliould\if have ; been
tion to. havebeguii again at the. bottom : .befqre"."a , new ; grand jury. The 1 -15 -iridicted'
ones whose last4venue of escape'has'been: cut. \u25a0off;:;are ; -Atiraham^ : Ruef^with-'. l '74i.:iridict i .
ments./,£ugeiie; Ev-Schmitz with 30 in
Tirey,-L; Ford: witlr 1^. in
Abbott "with 14: indictments,,' A. K. Detwiler ;,,\yith- 13 indictme^^
indictments. TiA^.:Halsey with >1-1 indictments, with' 14 indictments,
Eugene de.Sabla;'witli.;\i4:'jnclictm
with 14 indictmenlSjJ.E. Green. \v^
merits.-:;;;'^ : ' t.: ;• ' -,'[\u25a0.]\u25a0} v ,-- /\u25a0\u25a0 '~ ; - ..\\.'-\ ' \u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0: \u25a0\u25a0'—\u25a0': ' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0' r \u25a0 ''\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 v\u25a0- "\ ' :^ \u25a0\u25a0 f/^'-/
•The supreme court's decision has not been the result Vof- snap for the. petition has been
pending for. weeks; during which; time 'extended /arguments?. were heard • from : both, sides and ;careful : : cpn-.
sideratiqn given to eycry'authoritv-cited!and:to2a
in:tlic-casc^ AtitlieUinie' l of the
in ilie: claims of ;the- petitioners by;citihg;3u"perio
quest ion were to be .tried, ; to ap pear • ancl sho \v ; cau set wh v r a '-.writ of prohibition -should <ijiot tissue. In
so rdoing,ilVowey^
straining order or tcmpoiary. in junction'wa^ issued., .*,".*. J' . } \ - s „ , - \.- ; ;r; r
COATIiNVfeD- O.S - J'AGB a&CfiiAjSLSS 'L;JUadl
Oh, -tins decision/will
'be[cliqngoj^h^Suprisme
Court^eq^ni^jreverses
itself^E^; Rogers. j
. Under the , uncnlightcnihg title of i
"Labor, Trade and Capital/* O. Henry.has i
written one of the most humorous stories
which has come from his pen.. Find it in
:; Wfe were practically certain of victory and have felt
secure ever since the case wept to the Supreme Court.
There is nothing left now for the indicted men but
to -go to trial.—^ District Attorney Langdon.
Hull of E)ecision Denying
fe--3?. ; \u25a0'.':•'. A-: :.-.',- -•', -;,- :\u25a0,:...-..:.. -\ -;.--. v;--; - ;.>
; /. t;- In ; the jappencied ; decision the supreme court of the
state : : gives its treasons for. deifying the petition of . Theo
dore "jV.; Halsey^f or *a writ tof ; prohibition to restrain the
: supenor*^cburt^frpinvproceeding with his trial. Upon the
same \u25a0 grounds ;giyent in {the Halsey case the petitions of
Rudolph - ScHnndt ' iWilliam M. . Abbott and :Louis Glass
arescalsO' denied. The dissenting opinion by' Justice
jMcMrland^is also^appended: \u25a0 L.
'In the Supreme Court, of the State of -California—ln Bank.— Theodore V.
~Halsey,"S petitioner, vs. the": Stipenoc-V Court' "of the,* City and Cotinty of San
"Francisco,^ respondent. S.."F. N0.'4833i [.'By 'the Court^'
i >{~f:fTbic. 'petitioner. \u25a0seeksTsi': writ: of prohibition to restrain the superior court
of /the'city;' and' county \of .San 'Francisco from proceeding with hfs trial
und^r^a paper- purporting f to be an indictment, charging him with -having
'committed* a' felony,' \u25a0•'which'- paper was. presented -and filed in. said court.a 3
anjindictment by V,body r of men assuming to actand acting as a grand
jury : of^such city^arid'county.. -It-.is claimed by -petitioner that at the time
[of presentation*; of this indictment -(March 20, 1907) this
Impertinent Question No. 17
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