The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1895, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1895.% ON TRAIL OF BOODLE Grand Jury Prying Into Suspicious Trans- actions. J. H. DICKINSON TALKS. Supervisors Assert That They Acted From Conscientious Motives. GARBAGE FRANCHISE SCANDAL. Serious Testimony Given by John Curtin—To Whom Did Gallagher Pay the Langdon Money ? The Grand Jury at its session yesterday afternoon ened to the testimony of s Whitehead, Henry Schwartz, re Rose, John Curtin, Martin Gal- lagher and J. Emanuel. | Thomas R. Ashworth, Superintendent | of Streets, accompanied by his nuumey{ Charles Ackerman, waited for some time, expecting to be calied. It seems ‘that the Grand Jury has decided to hear what statement in his own behalf Mr. Ashworth can offer. The time of yesterday’s session was so fully taken up in hearing witnesses on the alleged crookedness in the Board of | Supervisors that the hearing of Mr. Ash- | worth’s ¢ | was postponed. | The Grand Jury yesterday came intothe | possession of some important facts touch- ing franchise transactions and will make them the subject of special inquiry at'a session to be held to-morrow evenin Supervisors will be called as witnesses, | and there is assurance that the identity of | the Solid Eight’s agent or broker wil be clearly established before the new phase | of the stigation is complete. | Some of the evidence elicited yesterday in the Langdon-Gallagher transaction was so direct in its character that the members of the jury were profoundly impressed. John Curtin, the well-known detective, was one of the first men in San Francisco to receive a hint that some influence in the Fire Department or in the Board of Super- visors being exerted to prevent the a permit for Robert Langdon to an alteration in the building at ockton street. He was informed that | d had to put up $125 to get the | His testimony before the Grand rday was straightforward and | Before going into the jury- | lection of what he | impor room he said his re heard was perfectly clear, and that he would tell the story as he heard it. Se ors remarked after hearing Jurtin that his statements were ex- plicit and to the point. | transpired that Mr. Curtin testified | he was told by Langdon that he| n) paid to Gallagher $125, and agh :id the money to_Super- | Furthermore Langdon said | that he followed Gallagher the New City Hall and saw Galiagber pay the money to a man whose name Gallagher said Dunker. Martin Gallagher testified that he re- | ceived $125 from Langdon, the agreement being that he would spend the money for drinks to promote friendship and smooth matters so there would be no trouble in getting the permit. Subsequently he re- turned the money to Langdon. s a witness Gallagher did not leave so able an impression on the minds of srand Jury as Curtin and Langdon | It ‘was said that Gallagher | to the witn to a point ne: T the produced. seemed to be withholding information that | ought 10 come out. Shortly before 6 ¢’clack he was excused, with the understanding that he would be again called to give fur- ther testimony. The Grand Jury yesterday secured state- ments_corroborating previous testimony | that John W. Bouidette, attorney for Langdon, told Supervisor Dunker that his client (Langdon) had paid $125and thatthe | money should be returned. Langdon and Gallagher are from Chi- cago, and it is understood were very friendly to each other until this recent transaction. In his business Langdon has the reputation of being an able and square man. He kept a well-known restaurant or resort in Chicago. It wasin_his place, so it is reported, that Jerry Dunn Kkilled Jemmy Elliott of Chicag Mr. Bourdette is, or was, connected with the claim adjusting department of the Bouthern Pacitic. Joseph Emanuel of the West Coast Fur- niture Company put the fixtures in Lang- don’s place at 7 Stockton street. It was expected that the saloon would open July 4, put a delay of two weeks occurred in getting a permit, duiing which time work was suspended. He testified at some length before the Grand Jury. He saw Supervisors around Langdon’s place. At that time it was supposed that the influ- ence of Dunn & Co. with the Fire Depart- ment and the Supervisors was being ex- erted to hold back the permit. The Grand Jury subpenaed Supervisor Morganstern to be present at 4 o’clock. He responded to the summons, but after waiting for more than an hour wasex- cused with the understanding that he would be sent for when needed. | George Ross, bookmaker, poo-lseller and nephew of Supervisor Dunker's wife, did not in his testimony connect the Super- visor with any transactions relating to the pending pool ordinances. In his state- ments to the Grand Jury he advocated the plan of regulating the sale of pools on events by the license system. He thought a license of $500 a month, payable in ad- vance, should be imposed. Charles Whitehead testified regarding a conversstion that he had two or three weeks ago with C. C. Bemis. They talked about arumor that eight of the pool-sellers were contributing to a common fund and it was a conjecture at the time that some of the money was intended for the Super- visors. The gist of this conversation, as Mr. Bemis recollected it, was given by him 10 the Grand Jury last Friday. Mr.W hite- head, speaking for himself, said he wasnot | now 'in_the business of selling pools. He had sublet his premises to Jerry Driscoll. The house is contributing to the “pool” of §500 a month for General Dickinson. He did not know of money being paid to the s y Schwartz was a witness yester- The establishments which he con- are contributors to the Dickinson pool of $500 & month. He does not know that any of the money given each month went to Supervisors. He said the pool men had been annoyed by frequent arrests, and every time be put bis nose in a law yer's ofiice a fee of §100 wss charged. Therefore, he agreed with others in the business that it would be better for several to combine and engage one lawyer to look aiter all the cases in court. He believed t Dickinson was familiar with the law and the court proceedings in such cases and that attorney was retained. The ar- rangement, Mr. Schwartz said, was made four or five months ago. . FEEHAN, THE MYSTERIOUS. General Dickinson Talks of |the Garbage Crematory Franchises. Statement From F. A. Hvde. All efforts to establish the presence on this sphere and in this City of the myste- rious James K. Feshan, alleged by A. E. Williams to have served as a dummy ‘o represent the interests of a prominent lo- cal attorney in a franchise to be secured for a garbage crematory, have proved un- availing. Severai of the gentlemen who signed the agreement apportioning the proposed fran- chise among themselves and others ad- mitted that they had seen the name of Fee- han in the agreement, others stated that they had heard Mr. Feehan spoken of, but only by Mr. Williams, and some had not noiiced the name of Feehanin the agreement nor even heard of him. But not one of the men who were interested in securing the franchise would acknowl- edge that he knew who Mr. Feehan was, where he could be found, or had met him. In fact the investigation thus far made goes to show that Feehan is purely a chimerical personage, created only in name and to serve a special purpose. A. E. Williams is the only man who will acknowledge that Feehan is in reality a and in this connection has made some most astounding assertions, which are scarcely credible. His extraordinary tale was told in detail exclusively in last Sunday’s Carn. He alleged that he has endeavored to secure a franchise for the establishment and maintenance of a garbage crematory in this City; that in order to induce the Board of Supervisors to advertise the franchise, as required by law, he had sought the aid of General John H. Dickinson; that General Dickinson had promised to use his influence with the Solid Eight in the matter; that he had agreed to give General Dickinson a one- tenth interest in the franchise in return for his services; that this one-tenth interest was duly assigned to General Dickinson in the apportionment agreement entered into by the gentlemen interested in the pro- jéct; that the assignment of General Dick- inson’s interest was made to James D. Fee- han, a dummy and imaginary person, utilized simply for thisdpurpose, and that the attorney had failed to carry out his part of the understanding, but” had en- deavored to secure the franchise for other persons. An endeavor had been made to see General Dickinson on Saturday, but he had left town to go on a duck-hunting ex- pedition. He returned yesterday and when asked what he had to say i refer- ence to Williams' incredible story made the following statement: I met Williams once in connection with that franchise matter. He came here to my oftice with Theodore Reichert to talk about the proposition. Reichert is a great friend of mine and was present during the talk. Rei ert had talked to me about Willlams and his scheme previously. We talked generally about the garbage crematory business and they wanted me to take some interest in it or get some of my friends to do so. This subject I don’t know anything about and, besides, I Ave my own business to attend to, and there- e took little interest in the matter. This was & long time ago—about & year ago. The Minnie Williams case started In April and this was a long time before that; it was before Ihad any knowledge about the Board of Su- pervisors. So far as my promising to use my influence with the board is concerned that is simply ridicuious. Idon’t know anything about any 10 pe: cent proposition, such as is mencioned by Williams. I don’t know anything about Feehan. I' never heard of him nor saw such & person. In the matter of the bid made by those who competed for the franchise with Williams, T only drafted the bid for the other side. i was done for a client of mine. 1f I had been engeged in any sucn scheme as suggested by Williams, I would certainly not have done this. This client of e asked me about that and I remember looking at the law in order to draft correctly the letter constituting the bid. I do not know who the people are who were interested with my client. The capitalists in i | these transactions never come to the front themselves in making the application for & franchise. I can ascribe no motive for Mr. Williams’ action, except that he is displeased at the action of the board. I may add that my client has since drawn down his check and aban- doned the scheme. From General Dickinson’s remarksat this juncture regarding the franchise matter the impression was gained that Williams could now secure the franchise, as the other bid had been withdrawn, leaving Wiiliams the sole oidder. Continuing, he said: I had nothing whatever to do with this franchise, either in trying to get it for either Williams or Lang or in preventing Williams to getit. In fact, it was a matter in which no influence could have availed, as the law re- quires the board to award it to the highest bidder. Two bids were put in, and if his was the higher it was the dm{ of the board to give it to him or throw it out for legal reasons. “Did you ever have any talk with F. A. Hyde on the subject?”’ was asked. “Never, so far as I can remember.” “Did you ever remark to him that you had been accusgd of being interested in the Lang bid end defly the accusation?”’ “I don’t think it was ever the subject of conversation with Hyde.” He then reverted to the alleged proposition made tc him by Williams, i Williams never made a with reference to his ranchise. If he had made such a proposition and I had accepted it I would certainly have used my influence with the board, providing, of conrse, I had any. I know I am credited with it, but that comes from the unfortnnate fact that I happen to know some of them and bave been on intimate terms with them. With Supervisor Hughes I have been inti mate for years in_connection with militia af- 1airs, and have done his legal business for years, and our families maintein the mostin- timate relations. I have also known Mr. Benjamin for a long time, and have attended to legal matters for him from time to time. Dunker, t00, is an old friend. His brother was a mempver of one of the military com- panies of which I had ¢command, and 'so was he himself, I believe. Adolph Spreckels I have known for years, When I was president of the Pacific Yacht Club he was the commodore, and John D. Spreckels also served & term as commodore in the club while I was president. Colonel Taylor was a member of the veterans of the National Guard, and [ have kuown him for fifteen years, and either preceded or suc- ceeded him as commander of that body, I don’t know which. Tne other Supervisors I have known cas- ually, but those 1 have mentioned I have been more intimate. In fact, I may sey Iam well known in this City, having been con- nected with the militia, politics and public affairs generally for many years, and also have & wide circle of friends and_scquaintances in consequence. Idon’t think it is any offense to know people. “Do you care to say anything with refer- ence to the poolroom investigation now going on before the Grand Jury, and in which connection your name has been mentioned ?”” “That is simply a matter of attorney and client; that is all there is toit. I have known both Schwartz and Kingsley for many years and have attended to other legal matters for them.” ". A. Hyde, ex-president of the Board of Education, gave the following brief history of his connection with Williams’ garbage crematory franchise: A few days before bids were presented for the garbage franchise Mr. Williams asked me if I would like to take an interest in it. Upon inquiry I found that the expense would be wrifling, and that, if the franchise were not granted, the money would be returned. So I took a small interest—about one-tenth—and contributed $200, my share of the amount bid therefor, 1 have kept my interest, but when the bid was rejected I made up my mind that the matter was not worth fighting for. I have since been ready to take back my share of the money and surrender my interest at any time that my associates desire. Mr. Williams told me that he had had some conversation with General Dickinson about taking &n interest in the franchise, but that is all I know about the general’s connection with it. Asaresult of what Mr. Williams said, I spoke to General Dickinson once or twice rela- tive to the matter, but he appeared to take very little interest in the business. 1signed an agreement with the rest as to the apporiion- ment of the franchise. “Do you remember the name of James E. Feeban appearing in the agreement ap- portioning the franchise among those in-" terested in it?” was asked. “Yes. Iremember that Feehan wasone of the parties having an interest in the franchise.” “Do you know Mr. Feehan personally 2"’ “Ido not. I know nothing about Mr. Feehan at all; simp:fv that he was one of the parties interested in the contract.” * “Who stated to you that he was so in- terested ?” . “Well, the various parties interested in it were specified, and I signed the agree- ment, with the rest. There were quite a number of parties. Icame in late in the day, and the various ways in which people had acquired their interests were not made a matter of inquiry by me. I did not come into it unul just a few days before the bid was filed.” _“‘Had you ever advised with Mr. Wil- liams as'to securing the influecne of Dick- inson?” “The matter was discussed, but what- ever had passed between Williams and Dickinson passed before ever I had any- thing to do with 1t.”” 2 ““How do you account for Feehan’s not having signed thisagreementapportioning the'stock? His name daes not appear as a signature.”’ ‘‘As a matter of fact, it was not neces- sary for any one to_sign that agreement but Mr. Williams because tne franchise stood in his name.” *‘Did you hear, at any time, from any- body, that the name of Feehan stood in that contract, as a dummy, to represent theinterests of General Dickinson?” “I don’t know whether Mr. Feeban was a dummy or not. I will say this, however, that, if General Dickinson did have an in- terest in that contract, I see no reason why he should not. It certainly never was understood by me that any interest was to go to the Board of Supervisors. I went before the boara when the members met as a committee of the whole to con- sider it, and I thought at the time and [ now think that the franchise should have been granted; but, as I consider it of doubtful value, { now feel very little in- terest in it, and, since the appiication was rejected, I have done nothing further about the matter.” “Did you ever say anything to General Dickinson about his having an interest in the opposition bid, presented by Lang?” *‘Some time after both bids were re- jected he happened to be in the office and incidentally stated that he had been ac- cused of having an interest in that bid, but that it was not true. That wasall that was said.”’ William H. Chapman, the attorney who is to bring the suit on behalf of Williams, demanding that the franchise be granted to him, stated yesterday that the only way in which he had heard Williams speak of General Dickinson was to_refer to him as having performed* some legal service in connection with obtaining the franchise. e SUPERVISORS DISAGREE. Dimond Thinks the Story of the Pound Limit Extenslon Scandal a Revelation. The charges of Mr, Tessmer to the Grand Jury, regarding the quashing in the Board of Supervisors of a petition for the extension of the pound limits, have been received by that body and are likely to re- ceive peculiar attention. “Tre CaLL's story of the way that peti- tion for the extension of the pound limits came to be voted down was a revelation to me,” said Supervisor Dimond yesterday. “I had never been able to quite under- stand the sudden and unexpected change | of front of Messrs. Dunker, Benjamin and | Morgenstern when that petition was acted | on by the Health and Police Committee. I | suspected that something was wrong, and | so I was not really surprised to learn what | Mr. Tessmer has charged, It was the first | 1 had beard of it, but I have no doubt that the men who are making the complaint are telling the truth. My remembrance of the outrage per- petrated on the residents of the Univer- sity Mound District is particularly vivid. I remember that they made a strong plea for their petition. The request was only for the protection of their property, and 1 remember well that all the members of | the committee except Mr. King were at once in favor of it. “Mr. Morgenstern said to me that he was going to vote for granting the petition. The wholesale butchers, he thought, would | be antagonized because they used the | streets and vacant lots for pasturage for their sheep at times. Nevertheless, he de- clared, he was willing to brave their dis- sure and vote for the property-owners. This was not surprising. Those people, fighting for their property, pleaded earn- | estly and well. One lady told of planting | fruit trees, to find them pulled up the next morning by the cows, who had been able to reach the trees by stretching their necks over the fences. She told, too, of the fences being broken down, and of other nuisances committed by the cows. “There was no answering their argu- ments and when out of complaisance Mr. King’s request for a delay of two or three weeks was granted, I know that four mem- bers of the committee, including myself, favorea the petitioners. *There were several delays; but at one meeting the room was filled with milk- men. Their only argument was that they had been allowed for a long time to subsist | best business men,” he added, “‘and I didn’t want to see them driven out of the county.” He says the statements that Mr. Roberts, the milkman supplying the County Hos- pital, was a son-in-law or was the husoand of a niece are false. Or, as he expressed it: “There'is no relationship whatever be- tween himand me. I hardly knew him till 1 got him the little piece of patronage he has at the hospital.’ Supervisor Benjamin explained that he had gone vut into the petitioning district incognito. He found the dairymen hard up and found that the cows weren’t so very much of a nuisance, so he decided to agree to postpone action indefinitely. g “And I'm glad I did asIdid,” he said. “Iknew times were bad and it was going to be a hard winter. Isaw thatif the dairy- men were not allowed to run the stock on the street they would be driven off the earth, That’s why I voted for postponing action.” [ Supervisor Dunker said he understood that action was postponed for one year. He had acquiesced in this because it would give the duirymen time to dispose of the feed and grain they had stored in their barns and of their stock, and yet not force them to make any sacrifice. ““‘And how about the pig you are said to have taken?”” was asked. A ‘I never took that piz. No pig was ever offered me. And what is more, young Heyer never said I told him I got a pig, as Mr. Tessmer claims,”” he answered, seem- ing to resent more bitterly the charge of taking the pig than that of getting a part of $1800. + Fred Brandt of 154 Third street says Mr. Tessmer made a mistake in saying that young Heyer told him about Dunker and the pig. “It was old Heyer himself, the ex- Supervisor,” explained Mr. Brandt. “I was standing in the doorway of my place of business when Mr. Heyer passed along. I have known him a long®time, and I be- gan to tell him what the milkmen were 8 I’LIF apout having raised a sack.” hat’s nothing,’ he said. ‘Otto Rosen- tretter, the nephew of Supervisor Dunker, works for me and he told me the other day that a grateful hog-raiser offered his uncle a ninety-pound pig after the pound limit petition had been voted down.’ *“‘Did Dunker accept it?’ I asked. *¢ Of course he did,’ was the answer, and we both laughed at the peculiar form of the bribe.” Mr. Heyer declares that Mr. Branat’s particulars of the pig story are purely mythical. He states with much energy that Rosentretter never told him that Mr. Dunker had been given a pig, and he also denies having told Mr. Brandt that such was the case. Another man who claims there was a mistake_in Mr. Tessmer’s letter to the Grand Jury is J. William Offermann, a grocer, whose store is at Tenth and Fol- som streets. Mr. Tessmer spelled the name ‘“Ofeman,” but Mr. Offermann and his neighbors knew who was meant. “I have heard the talk about the milk- men’s having bought the Health and Po- lice Committee for some time,” he said. “I have no doubt of the truth of the as- sertion, but I am not the man who con- tributed to doing it. I never gave the milkmen a cent to bribe Mr. Dunker and I never will. *I think they must have got me mixed | up with Herman Bohlmann, who has a irocery-store at Polk and Hayes streets. e keeps open all night and has many milkmen as customers. He is interested in politics, too. “T am interested in politics myself, but I don’t work with ‘boodle.’ I not'only did not put up any money for the milk- men, but I never went to see Mr. Dunker at the City Hall in their behalf. In fact, I haven’t seen Mr. Dunker to talk to him since fourteen days after the election.” George W. Haight, the attorney for the Lick Oid Ladies’ Home, was much inter- ested in THE CALL’s interviews with Mr. Tessmer and Mr. Pfenninger. He sub- stantiated many things they said, but he had not heard of the discoveries in regard to- *boodle.” “I always laid the oction of the commit- tee to political influence,” he said. *‘The dairymen couid not bring forward a single rational agrgument that should have had any weight whatever. But we found that they were grazing 2700 cattle, and bad the brewers’ help, because they were feeding these cows on brewery slop. They also had the assistance of the wholesale butchers and the cattle-dealers, who fPsquently used the ranges themselves. “‘All of the landholders outside of the and acquire wealth through keeping up a public nuisance and if the nuisance were | abated they would not thus be able to | make money through their unwarranted | use of their neighbors’ properties and the | public streets. | “Why, one man said he kept 130 cows. | I asked him how much land he held. He | said four blocks, or about one acre. I asked him if he did not know United | States statistics showed three acres | were required to furnish enough substance = for a single cow for a year, and asked how he expected to keep so many cows on so little land. He then had to admt that he did not allow his cows to run loose because he could not keep them fenced up, but because he ex- vected them to get their living off the gtreels and the vacant lots of his neigh- ors.”” Mr. Dimond told of delay after delay taken at the suggestion of Mr. King till at last he (Mr. Dimond) insisted that some- thing should be done. Mr. Dimond moved that the petition be reported back favor- ably. He waited for a second. None came. “Then,” said Mr. Dimond, *“Mr. King moved that action on the petition be in- definitely postponed for a time, and his motion was carried by four votes. “Three months later contractors came with a petition asking that a certain small residence portion of this district be in- cluded in the pound limits. They were | building some houses and they complained that the cows tramped down the terraces they were putting up, I believe. Their pe- tition met the same fate as the first, al- though it was renllé passed favorably in the absence of Mr. King, who had the ac- tion so taken reconsidered.” Mr. King, according to Mr. Dimond, claimed that he had no especial reason for wanting to beat the petition to extend the pound limits. “He always claimed the milkmen were poor men whom the land-owners were try- ing to push to the wall,”” Mr. Dimond said. ‘L declared that it seemed other- wise, and that the poor people were striv- ing to escape oppression.’” Suvervisor King declared that he had almost_forgotten the matter of the peti- tion. But he exerted his memory and re- called that he had opposed the extension of the pound limits because he did not want to see the milkmen imposed upon, that was all. dairymen wanted the pound limit ex- tended. These men controlled 95 per cent of the land. But the men who controlled only 5 per cent demanded the right to run their stock on the other 95 per cent of the land, although the owners thereof pro- tested. When the Sugervisors granted this remarkable request I had no intima- tion that money brought about this re- sult, although I rather suspected it.” Shortly before thefuetitlou was presented an inmate of the Old Ladies’ Home, who later died of her injuries, had been hooked and butted into a ditch by a steer. Mr. Haight said that the very man who had |fished her out of the ditch had the ef- | frontery to declare to the Supervisors that it was not a menace to public safety to | have the cattle run at large. “Testimony was adduced,” said Mr. Haight, *‘to show that if the cattle were driven away from the yards the owners of the property were abused. Those who held cows which tramped through th:ir vegetable gardens were threatened by vaqueros. There was every evidence that the cattle were a nuisance and every argu- | ment of the dairymen was broken down. Even to the last I thought that four of the members of the committee were willing to see justice done. Then they voted and it is only now that I understand fully what brought about their inexplicable change of front.” Jaros Hygienic Underwear for ladies, for gen- tlemen, for childitn, for all places, all the year. Morgan Brotheis, 229 Montg. st~ * —.————— Judge Campbell on Strike. Judge Campbell held court for about half an hour yesterday morning and disposed of a few minor cases. All the other cases were con- tinued. The Judge expressed his determina- tion not to hear any more cases in his present quarters. The other Police Judges refused to hear any of the cases on Judge Campbell’s cal- endar, much to the annoyance of the police, and there is practically a deadlock. - Jaros Hygienic Underwear the one under- wear that is comfortable; absorbs moisture; keeps folks well. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.’ — Launch Amy Libeled. Engineer Edmund M. Hughes and a youthful sailor named Harry Beauregard libeled Cap- tain Walter 8. Scammell’s launch Amy yester- day for wages said to be due them for a short period of service. e —— A suit of Jaros Hygienic Underwear worth a “Those dairymen include some of our barrel of cures. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg, iebig ‘WHEN ORDERING ASK FOR Liebig COMPANY’S Extract, and see that it bears the signa- ture of Justus voN Liesic in Blue Ink across the label, thus: Extract PANY'SE of Beef. The finest meat flavoring stock for soups, sauces and made dishes. Makes the clearest and Dbest beef tea of delicate flavor, It goes further than any other. DONALD ROSS SELECTS ATTORNEY QUITZOW. Having Named His Man, He Is Willing to Close the _ Preliminary. DR. CASE BROUGHT IN. His Sermon at Howard-Street Church Becomes a Part of the Controversy. FATHER YORKE'S DIRECT REPLY Incidentally Refers to His Opponent’s Legal Representative and Talks to the Preacher. The Ross-Yorke-Case controversy, as it may uow be entitled, seems not to have closed its prsliminary chapter with the issue as presented on Saturday by Rev. Donald Ross in accepting the proposition of Father Yorke {o name an attorney. Mr. Ross has named his attorney, as will be seen by his note here printed. Father Yorke having named his attor- ney, W. W. Foote, in Sunday’s CaLL, has now something to add to the controversy by a lengthy reply to the sermon preached in Howard-street Methodist Church by Dr. W. W. Case on Sunday. Incidentally he refers to H. W. Quitzow, the attorney selected by Mr. Ross. Fol- lowing is Mr. Ross’ brief note: 6,04 DOUGLASS STREET, Dec. 9, 1895. To the Editor of The Call—SiR: As I promised your representative yesterday that I would announce to you this evening the name of the lawyer whom I had xelccleg, I herewith sub- mit the name of H. W. Quitzow. Iam anxious to keep the controversy clear of all side issues and shall not, therefore, allow myself to run after the herring which Father Yorke draws across the path. Sincerely yours, DoNALD M. Ross. Father Yorke’s letter is here given: . SAN FrANcISCo, Dec. 9, 1895, To the Editor of The Call—DEAR SIR: With a singular disregard for the common decencies of civilized life the Rev. Dr. Case has thought it well to misrepresent my motives and actions in & controversy which is now practically under decision. He informed his audience yesterday thatI would ‘‘crawfish,” “‘evade,” “squirm,” “deny the truth,” “twist,” “turn” and “wiggle.” Dr. Case’s command of the vocabu- lary of trickery is an accomplishment not usually possessed by honest men. I do not in- tend to discuss the accuracy of the picture. The people of San Francisco can judge best of that matter. Ido intend, however, jor his in- terference has given me the right, to pay my respects to Dr. Case and to some of the ex- traordinary assertions he made yesterday con- gerning the Catholic church. Permit me in the beginning to allude to cer- tain statements made by one H. W. Quitzow, who has devoted his distinguished talents to saving the country from the Pope. This learned and respectable gentleman opened the proceedings with tne assertion that “the ~hierarchy is now disclaiming doc- trines they have taught and preached for centuries.” Isuppose that the Little Red Schoolhouse is responsible for this new and beautiful addition to the curiosities of bad grammar. Indeed, the experience of the past week has led me to the conclusion that in A. P. A. circles the rules of syntax are looked upon as an invention of the Jesuitsand that patriots consider that the most efficacious way (;:l !ll:v;‘lrung the Pope is to curse bim in bad nglish. The policy of the “hierarchy” (whatever that may be), as enunciated b{ the perspicacious Mr. Quitzow, is ingenious if not new. Permit me, however, to say that the Catholic church is not in the habit of disowning her doctrines. Iam confident that I know what her teaching is, and I am confident, too, that there is not a jot or tittle of it that will not bear the closest comparison with American ideas. The church is not an organization which sprang up in a cellar, neither are her doc- trines hidden bebind pass words and oaths. For nineteen hundred years she has been in tne world and the genius of the world has been devoted to the elaboration of her consti- tution and her belief. In the great li- braries of Christendom we find that nine-tenths of the theological works deal with her dogmas and he who goes in sin- cerity and truth to discover her teachings will experience no difficulty, for her voice has no uncertain sound, But the Catholic church disclaims the forgeries which malice would fastet. upon her and she repudiates these mis- representations which interested ignorance would substitute for her doctrines. Iam con- fident thatI know what the church teaches and when I deny the authenticity of the quotations circulated by the A. P. A. I have proofs to back up my denial. These proofs I am ready to sub- mit to the judgment of the San Francisco bar. I have such confidence in the integrity and learning of the reputable lawyers of this City that I do not ask for becter or fairer judges. The Rev. Dr. Case opened his lecture with an attack on the sisterhood in the Catholic church. He spoke of God’s sunlight pouring “into every nunnery and convent and loath- some place.” He spoke of the confessional and slandered with his obscure insinuation the character of every Catholic woman in Sar Francicco who frequents the sacrament of penance. My authority is the Chronicle. Your report of the speech has suEpressed the obscenPnes which the Chronicle has produced in all their erudity. Now, Mr. Editor, let me appeal in the name of common deceney to the non-Catholics of San Francisco and ‘ask them if this is Ameri- can. Isit necessary for the defense of our con- stitutions to make war upon women? In every warfare there are non-combatants; it is only in defense of the flag and by ministers ‘of God that they are not spared. 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Ifa Catholic.priest should say of Protesiant women what Dr. Case says of Catholic women the Protestants of this City would not bear it for a moment. We, however, are compelled to listen to preachers of the gospel who come with hearts full of filth and mouths full of evil speaking to sgrud impurity among youth and to siander those who in their father's homes were often the best beloved and to whom even those who do not believe in Christ yield a_tribute of re- spect. Let me.ask the Methodist laymen of is City if they aré in nymimmy with the tac- tics of the Rev. Dr. Case. He is pastor of one of three large churches, he is one of their rep- Tesentative ministers,’ Does Mr. Rolla V. Watt, do the .other Methodist gentlemen approve of his lending the name of the Methodist church to these attacks on Catholic | women? His action has compromised the Methodist gentlemen and the Methodist de- nomination. Let me ask them if they sanc- tion it. * Itis high time, Mr. Editor, that some notice slould be taken of what Cathotics have borne | silently too long. If Dr. Case dared to men- tion the names of people or of places the law would give us redress, but, like every coward, he hides under generalities and insinuates the slander he has not the manliness to speak out. They do not specify educated and iliiterate. T ers attended. the schools which the i 0 think, Mr. Editor, that these figures justify m in caliing the assértion_ of the Bev. Dr. vase 8 ““bold, brutal, barefaced lie.” T expect to receive the exact fignres asto the religious beliefs of the prisoners in San Quen- in So00. will then ax:)mmuulmw with you more_that in this matter I have only one object in view, and that is to defend my church from attacks which are based on forgery,on slander and on reckless mendacity. Yours tml;, C. YorxE. ——— Office draughts don’t bother wearer of Jaros Hygienic Underwear. He is protected fl-on: climatic changes. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st ——————— The action of the heart, lungs and di- gestive system 1s_involuntary, for the reason that it is indespensable to life and must be carried on under all circumstan- ces. Ifa man had to think of his heart or had to remember that he must breathe, or that his food must be digested, he would have no time to do anything else. s Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. This is the last week in which tosee Mu- rillo’s masterpieces. Thursday's will be the last coneert, the exhibition closing Saturday evens ing, December 14. - NEW TO-DAY. The Rev. Dr. Case has made the assertion (I | sesrddrkdkddkk ek ddkdkk dok ik uote frora the Chronicle) that “80 per cent of | i * the inmates of the State prison are Roman | % * Catholics, the results of training in parochial | s * schools.” Ibrand this assertion here and now | % *x a , brutal and barefaced lie. Eighty n 5 per cent of the inmates of the State prison_are : i’n %Cheumhnouighl:o BT 3 m;{. Romtg c.m:uc, nc‘ime}' are the c?moncs * very fiome in America. 3 who are there the result of training in paro- X i chialsehois. & mearor | % Fornishes Delightful Entertainment, % n the first place, Mr. Editor, let me state | % piays all the 1 that the number of convicts of any Feligion 1 | & busra. serEoPi o, songs of the day, Grand X the prison is not known. I have before me the | % National Music, and excellent to dance by, % biennial report of the State Prison Board for | * 1893-94, and I find no record of the reiigious | % THE x affiliations of the inmates of San Quentin and | % * Folsom. Ifind, however, and I say what fol- | REGINA* lows without prejudice fo any nationality, a | % * table giving the nativity of the prisorrs, and | % from that table and the eleventh census of the | % : United States I discover that wheress the | % * Scotch form but' .76 per cent of our | % » general population, they form 1.35 per|% * cent of the population” of San Quentin. | % * 1find the English 2.94 per cent of our general | % * population and 3.57 of the population of San | % A * Quentin. I find the Canadians 2.15 per cent | % Wonderful % of our general population and 2.94 per cent of | % MUSICAL % the population at San Quentin, and 1 find the | % INVF.NTION: rish, who form 5.22 per centof the popula- | 3 tion 'of Califotnta, form 5.09 per cent of the | It does away with all the objectlons of the tm- J¥ population of San Quentin and 5.19 per cent | % of the population of Folsom, while in this lat- | X ported music-box. A strong and massive movement, all parts interchangeable, with nothing to get out of order, playing fifteen *x * ;eerl&rl::on the British proportion is over 4.5 :mlnnl?s with each winding. heliouleu;wge;‘ 3 = d clear and surpasses the finest Swiss cylln- Now a3 the condition of the prisonors being | % Hou oror e Surpasses the finest Swiss oylin- £ the result of parochial-school education I have | X ible, being made of metal. and cost no_more ¥ Ehe xglloiwinlxsgf(l’gures from the prison of San *:hu:‘d 2 iniece efi‘ sheet musie. New Mnulc: uentin for 1890: ssued every week. Educatea . 152/ ¥ BOXES FROM $7.50 to $100. X e 240 | % Call and Hear Them. Send for Catalogue. % Total.. | : — * Went to public sehools 915 | X SHERMAN, CLAY & CO., X Weat to other schools. . 107 | X Music Dealers, x Total. el T ': Corner Kearny and Sutter Sts., S.F. : The late reports merely give the numbers of | kit 3tk KAk kAt kd ke 5. 50 cents a square for sixty- five-cent butter. That’s the shortest way to put it. We know all about this butter—have sold .it for years. It is the best creamery butter there is. 32% cents a dozen for eggs —instead of 4o cents. These two don’t bring us any money of course; but they give us the good will of everybody who buys ‘em— advertising, we call it; only you get money, not the newspapers. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday only. Our Christmas pretties, (Christmas - tree ornaments, table favors, snapping bon- bons, etc.) and everything else are all here, and there ’ll be nothing more later. Big va- riety—not so many of a kind as there were last year—so those who come first, etc., etc. Tea—good present for an old lady; and Ceylon (Bee Brand ) is the best we know of. London got hold of it first—lucky London! But of course it wasn’t tea until an Englishman said s6——but Ceylongrows enough for both San Francisco and London. By the way, don’t boil it, don’t let your water boil, Bring the water to the boiling point, take it off the stove, put it in your tea, pour it off in three minutes. That gives you the tea, not the tannin. 50c., 60c., and 80c. Packages sealed to keep the air out Other teas are better known and better liked—good things as well as good men #ften wait a long while for appreca-~ tion; and Ceylon is np-the only good tea either. Other Teas 40c. to $2.50 | Cigars—a delicate th of a delicate feast. [ If we talk £7 Repogall the time, you’ll think w have nothing else. : $5.50 to $14 a hundred, lochn[ to size, We have n’t ev cigar there is, then are too many. But there ge,as you know, several chgacteristic kinds of cigars, andwe have one or more of egh kind— first-rate of course| we have nothing but fu ‘-rfte—cigars or anything. 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