The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1897, Page 2

) MARCH 6, 1897 2 mHm AN TBANOIO CALL SATURDAT, Mamom s et vailed and he will rest in peace in his island home. The Rev. J. W. Kanoa also passed away while the Vine was among the Gilbert group. He was the first and only Ha- waiian missionary thet left his native country to publish the gospel of peace. He wus an earnest worker and one of the best known men in the Southern Seas. Some years ago he married a young native woman and soon thereafter scandal was busy with her name. The aged minister stood by through ill report and good re- port and when an order came from the synod of the church commanding him to sever his connections with her, he simply wrote back, “Whom God hath joined let no man put asunder.” “They gave him a big funeral,” said Captain Luttrell yesterday, “and his widow was the chief mourner. He left the church because it would not receive his wirte, and I think that the Kanoa church in the Gilbert group is now one of the most successful in the Southern Seas. “British Consul Campbell at Taputeo- nea, in the Gilbert group, isone of the iost autocratic men I ever came across. He simply will not allow an American to do business in the group. He pre- vented me from landing any goods, and when it came to trading I wasn’t in it. 1 did fairly well, however, and had it not been for my long trip the vessel would have paid expenses. “Chief Engineer Douse of the steam missiona: barkentine Morning Star nearly died at Ponave of hemorrhage of the stomach. Dr. Rife managed to pull him throueb, however, and he was sent to Honolulu to recuperate the day before we sailed. “The missionary schooner’ Hiram Bing- ham was in Kusaie when we left, and Captain Walkup reported all well. The whaler Gayhead was also 1n Kusaie and Captain Foley reportea that he was on his way from the Carolines to the Gilbert group and thence io Alaska. He expects to reach Unalaska early in July and hopes to do better in. the Arctic than he did in the Southern Pacific. His wife was taken sick during the cruise and is now on her way to San Francisco via Honolulu. Two tailors deserted and, if all reports are true, they are married to native prin- cesses. “However. no one paid any attention to such little things as desertions and mar- riages, the one absorbing question being the war against the Japanese. The lat- ter's warships, will insist on reparaticn and just where Spain is going to get off in the matter I don’t know and the Spanish officials are in the same box. One thing is certain. Japan holds the best hand and she wiil punish the natives for the murder of ber subjects no matter what Spain says. If it comes to a war, gnd I wouldn’t be & bit surprised to hear war was declared, then Japan will wn. The Japs are aching for a fight and since their men were murdered they are losing no opportunity to exasperats the Spaniards. The killing was done by the natives, but as they are subjects of Spain the Japs hold that country responsible.” it e s ALONG THE WATER FRONT. Salling of the Oceanic Steamship Company’s Alameda for Aus- tra'la. The arrival of the schooner Vine from the southern seas and the departure of the Oceanic Steamship Company’s Ala- meda for Australia made a pretty picture yesterday. The schooner was at anchor awaiting a tug, while the steamer was fuli speed ahead on her way to Honolalu. For Honolulu—Jemes L. Barker, Professor D. M. Bristol, Miss Charlotte L{ Collins, R. A Cralg, T. T. French and wife, &. J. Henriques, Mrs. E. G. Hitchcock, Miss H. C. Hitehcock, Miss M. Hitcheock, Miss Holmes, Charles D. Jacob, Donaid R. Jacob, Miss B. Landers, G. H. Mayhew, Avery McCarthy, wife and child, Miss Harriet Newell, W. G. Ogg, Miss S. Owles, Miss 1da Belle Paimer, Mrs. de Richette Quellette, J. H. Sears and wile, Mrs. J. P. Sisson, Miss E. Taylor, C. M. White, H. C. Witt. ckland—John J. Stuart. {rs. E. M. Board, J. Cran, Har- Goldstone, A. B. M. Gow, A. B. H. Palmer, Jerome J. Parme- wife and two children, J. id and wife, Mrs. D. E. Williams, wife, three children Robison, H. White, H. A and nurse. Join at Honolulu for Sydney—Miss Alice Deming, T. A. Kennedy and wife, . E. Laidley. The schooner Una was burglarized last night. Captain Hawkins and his wife lost all their clothing and Captain Dan McLean, who has been living aboard, has nothing left but bhis mustache. The thieves secured two suiis of clothes, a gold watch and chain and $17 in money. The police are on their track. The schooner Vine had a rough trip of it on the way up from the southern seas, Many of the sails split and several of them were carried aw: On one occasion she was on her beam ends, but no serions damage was done. D PRES . T IHE UM The Denver ¢ Post” Congratulates the Great News-Gothering Association. DENVER, Coro., March 5.—The Post this afternoon says editorially: The report of the inauguration cere- monies which the Post carries to-night s complete and exnaustive. 11 could not be better covered by human power, and the Post, rejoicing in the fact that it is a fran chise member of the greatest news-gathe ing organization in the world, raises its hat to the United Associated Presses. MO T Kaemg at Mew Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La, March 5—Six fur longs, Senator Morrill won, R. Q Ban second, Rouble third. Time, 1:15}4. One mile, Harry S won, Moralist second, Boarder thira. Time,1:4414. Seven furlongs, Samson won, Sky Blue sec- ond, Booze third. Time, 1:31. One mile, Judge Sieadman won, Equire G second; Rossmar third. Time, 1:42}4 One ‘mile, Gioja won, Gom Achelberg third. Time, 1:433; Scven furlongs, Alva won, Tommy Rutter second, Trixle third. Time, 1:31. A Rebel Defeat in the Philippines. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 6.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Manils, says: Large groups of rebels appeared between S8an Mateo and Maraquina, cloe to Manila. They were pursued by Lieu- tenant-Cotonel Jiminez, who caused them to lose 200 men. The rebels tried to force an entrance into the province of Neuva Ecija, but were dispersed, and returned to the hills around Seful <econd, St e Telsgrams That Are Public Property. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 5—Major A.T. Wood, who was to-day appointed Senator, arrived in Frankfort to-nizht to have a conference with Governor Bradley. He wili leave for Washington to-morrow night. Governor Bradley to-night wrote Mr, Hanna: “Send me no more tele- grams. They public property.’’ b it L O'Donnell Besis Starkey. YONKERS, N. Y., March b5.—Steve O'Donnell of Australia to-night knocked out Dick Starkey, champion of Webster County, in one round., Ll e Cawsrd by Hard Times. CINCINNATI, Onro, March 5.—Duhme Company, jewelers, assigned this morning. The asseis are eiven at $100,000. The failure is cansed by dull trade. e e Woleott Back From Europe, NEW YORK. N. Y., March 5. —Senator ‘Wolcott arrived from Europe to-day and took the first train for Washington. LAUNCHING THE NEW CABINET Senate Confirms the Selec- tions of President McKinley. Teller Critic zes the Nomination of Bliss for the Interior Portfo'io. Thinks He Is Hardly the Man to Handle the Interests of the Great West. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5.—The proceedings of the first session of the Fiity-fifth Congre:s were witnessed to-day by a very large assemblage of spectators in the galleries of the Senate chamber, the Senate being to-day without the executive partisanship of the House of Representa- tives, which body will remain in a state of suspended animation until called into re- newed existence on the first day of the extraordinary session soon to bs convened by President McKinley. As soon ns tue journal of yesterday’s formal meeting was read the Senator from Ohio (Foraker) rose and presented the credentials of Mr. Hanna as successor to Sherman, resigned. The credentials hav- ing been read Vice-President Hobart in- vited Mr. Hanna to step forward and take the oath of* office. Together the two Republican Senators from Ohio who take the places of Senators Brice and Sherman walked to the Vice. President’s desk, where the oath was duly administered to Mr. Hanna after a round of handelapping in the gallertes, and then Senators Foraker and Hanna took their seats tegetner. % The next step was the adoption of a resolution offered by Frye (R.) of Maine directing that until otherwise ordered Davis (R.) of Minnesota be acting chair- man of the Committee on Foreign Rela- tions—the chairmanship having been vacated through the retirement of Sher- man. At 12:45 President McKinley sent to the Senate the following nominations: John Sherman of Ohio to be Secretary of the State, Lyman J. Gage of Illinois to be Sec- retary of the Treasury, Russell A. Alger of Michigan to be Secretary of War, Joseph McKenna of California to be Attorney- General, James A. Gary of Maryland to be Postmaster-General, John D. Long of Massachusetts to be Secretarv of the Navy, Corne.ius N. Bliss of New York to be Sec- retary of the Interior, James Wiison of Towa to be Secretary of Agriculture. Immediately upon the receipt of the Cabinet nominations, the Sen=te went into executive session. The length of the executive session this afternoon led to the circulation of several unfounded rumors that a contest was being made against the confirmation of at least two of the members of the Cabinet selected by President McKinley. Rumor bad it that the opposition was aimed at Mr. McKenna, selected for the Attorney- Generalsbip, and Mr. Alger for Secretary of War. The delay was not unusual. The nomination of Mr, Sherman was confirmed immediately without the formality of a reference to the committee. It was sug- gested privately on the floor that the whole Cabinet be al once confirmed, but this was not done, for had such action been taken, the compliment intended for Mr. Sherman would have been no com- pliment at ail. All the other nominations were referred to the various committees, which, after informal discussions, made favorable re- ports in each cese. Teller addressed the Scnaté briefiy. He said he did not propose to oppose &Ny se- lection Mr. McKinley had made. He rec- ognized the fact that the Cavinet was the official family of the President and the President ought not to be hampered by the Senate in the cnoice of men whom he desired for his advisers. He wished, how- ever, to say that he beiieved that in some cases Mr, McKinley had made mistakes in the men he had chosen. Whoever else Teller had in mind is unknown, for he mentioned only Mr. Bliss, nominated to be Secretary of the Interior. Tel er emphasized the fact that he did not criticize this nomination on personal grounds. He kuew Mr. Bliss to be a man of affairs, who_had been successfnl and was held high in the esteem of his fellow- men. He did not doudt_ but that Mr. Bliss would bring to the office all his busi- ness and executive ability, But there was more required, Mr. Teller said, than mere business ability. The In- terior Department was one of the most imporiant in the Government, affecting interests in many Stdtes and particularly those in the great West. The Secretary annually made more important decisions involving proverty than did the Supreme Court of the United States. The head of thisgreat department ought to be equipped with legal dbility and a familiarity with land matters to meet the intricate ques- tions that would come before it, and for this reason, and for this reason only, Mr. Teller said the nomination was open to criticism. Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada spoke briefly in the same vein, corroborating what Mr. Teller had said ut the importance of a head to this department who would be able to deal jusily and judiciously in the matters of dispute constantly coming before the court of which the Becretary was the reviewing judge. Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts replied to Teller's criticisms by praising the ability and qualifications of Mr. Bliss and ad- dressing himself to the one point made by Teller, asserting that this could be easily overcome by the selection of as- «istant secretaries, who would have those qualifications that would gaide the Secre- tary in his ralin s. Chandl r callea attention to the fact hat Zachariah Chandler had no legal raining and tnat he was an Eastern man. Still it was admitted that his conduct of the administration of the Interior Depart- ment was one of the best in the history of the Government. Teller emphasized the fact that he had not criticized Biiss because he was an Eastern man, but because, being an Ea; ern man, he knew nothing of the great Western matters constantly arising in the Department of the Interior. There was no clash between th- East and West, and bearing in mind the recent elaborate re- ports oi executive sessions in the arbitra- tion treaty Teller jocularly remarked that he hoped the ‘‘reporter’” of an executive session debate would exonerate him from the chazge of criticizing Mr. Bliss’ selec tion on the ground that ue was an Eastern man. Without taking a formal vote all the nominations were then confirmed. TO CONFER ON ADJOURNMENT. Senate and Assembly to Reach an Ajree- ment and Wind Up Al Business. SACRAMENTO, Car, March 5.—This morning the Senate accepted the Assem- bly’s offer of a conference on adjourn- ment., The conference committes was ap- pointed to meet in the afternoon. The concurrent resoiution of welcome to the Christian Endeayor societies to the State was unanimously adopted. All the appoin'ments made by Gov- ernor Budd were confirmed. The Senate this afternoon passed finally Assembly bills providing for the sale of railroad franchises in municipalities and relative to the eranting of franchises; regulating the width of tires of wagonsand buses on public highways; amending sec- tion 2003 of the Political Code to enable any county or city to lease property to as- sociations of ex-soldiers -mrex-uilou The title of Sanford’s biil compelling all corporations to pay their employes at least once a month was approved. The Senate could not geta quorum to- night owing to most of the Senators being in attendance on the Kxaminer investiga- tion. An adjournment was taken shortly after 8 o’clock. In the Assembly this morning a resolu- tion for the appointment of a commitee of thiree, one of which is to be the Speaker, to confer with a like committee from the Senate, for the purpose cf abrogating cer- tain of the joint rules of both houses and to fix upou a definite time for adjourn- ment, was adopted. The county government bill was up for asecond reading, for amendments. The Assembly this aiternoon refused to pass the Senate bill requiring pawn- brokers to file bonds and make daily re- ports of busiuess transactions to the Chief of Police. A considerable part of the afternoon was consumed in the second reading of Senate bills. When the House went into committee of the whole to consider the general ap- propriation bill Caminetti moved to amend the item appropriating $75.000 in a lump sum for State Printing Office by d viding the amount, and providing $45,000 thereof for Legislature printing. The amendment was lost. Caminetti_then submitted an amend- ment providing for a printing expert to be employed by the Beard of Examiners. Cutter, who was in the chair, ruled the amendment out of order asunconstitu- tional. Caminetti withdrew the amendment. The committee then rose and reported the amendments heretofore made, each being adopted by the House. Boone and Hudson again tried to raise their district agricultural appropriations, but failed. An amendment by Kenyon raisine the National Guard allowance from $30,466 66 to $40,000 was adopted. Caminetti then put in his printing ex- pert amendment. s L avitt raised the point of order that it was in violation of the constitution as an amendment to the appropriation bill. Caminetti replied that the office was already provided and that the amendment regulated the expenditure of the expert's salary. Price and Leavitt spoke to the question and the chair ruled that it was unconstitutional. The Assembly to-night passed the fol- lowing Assembly bills: Appropriating $350 to pay a deficiency in the appropria- tion for postage, expressage and contine gent expenses of the Attorney-General for the foriy-eizhth fiscal year; same for the forty-seventh fiscal year; making an ap- propriation for the office rent of the Attorney-General in San Francisco for the forty-eighth fiscal year; concerning the filing of mechanics’ liens by adding a pro- vigion to the section requiring the owner of real property to give notice upon the completion of improvements there; pro- viding the mode of changing the grades of public streets, lanes, alleys, etc., within maunicipalities; autborzing the Board of Fish Commissioners to purchase or construct a gaso ine launch for its use. FOUNDER OF CIRCLE CITY, His Story of the Gold Product and the Opportunities for Mining. Strange Places Where Ivory Is to Be, Pick:d Up and Where Whole Skeletons Are. . A. Harrington, one of the founders of Circle City, and one of the owners of im- portant placer mines on Mastodon and Eagle guiches, is at the Russ. Ha has been on a visit to his old home at Gallopo- lis, Ohio. It is the first time he bas been out of the Yukon for eight years. He is now going back, laden with supplies, and expects to get out a big amount of gold from his claims before he again confronts civiliza- tion in this part of the world. He is one of the owners of claims 1 and 2, below the original discovery claim in Mastodon Gulch, and of one or two ciaims in the Eagle Gulch. He says the former property pays from $15 and $20 up to $50 and $75 a man each day, according to whether it happens to be rich or poor. However, it costs from $10 to §12a day for labor. ‘Last year we employed fifty men,” saia Mr. Harrington; *“the season lasts about 100 or 110 days, ‘and we are as busy as we can be during all that time in order to get out as much gold as possible. We worked the two claims on Mastodon Gulcn. The gulch takes 1ts name from the fossils of the mastodon that are found there. I have seen many of them at dif- ferent times. “Further down, on Crooked Creek, iot: of reiics in the shape of tusks, teeth, ja and different kinds of bones are to be seen. I have seen tu ks three or four feet long and three or four inches through, some of which were as clear, brightivory as exists anywhere. Others were somewhat de- cayed and blackened. ‘‘Sometimes the remains of the masto- dons are found right on top of the ground, but usually where the creek has cut away the bank and exposed them. There are places down on ihe main Yukon where whole skeletons can be dug out. Isaw a man there who had brought out a huge jawbone with four teethin i d he told me he believed he could have got out a perfect skeleton.’” Mr. Harrington was fairly well im- pressed with that part of the Yukon. He formerly mined in Colorado for five years. As one of the six founders of Cirole City, he believes that place is to be the conter of a large mining country. But the country is remote and not so good as Colo- rado was when he was there, which was during the rapid development of silver properties. —————— University Battle Koyal, NEW YORK, N. Y., March 6.—A Herald special from Philadelphia says: More than 150 freshmen and sophomores par- ticipated in a class fight in the campus of the University of Pennsylvania to-night and few escaped without painful bruises, disfigured faces, torn clothes, etc. Seiza- buro Yosukows, a Japanese student in the ‘Wharton School of Finance, was beaten and tramped into insensibility. His in- juries, while serious, are not likely to prove fatal. —_——— Grorer Will Go on a Cruise. GREENWICH, Cosx., March 5.—E. C. Benedict came to Greenwich this morning to look over the improvements which have been made in his steam yacht Oneida, Mr. Benedict said the yacht was gong on a cruise in a few days and that ex-President Cleveland would be on her. The Gulf of Mexico will be the yacht's destination. o e Seventh Explorion Fatality. BOSTON, Mass., March 5. — William Maybour, one of the victims of yester- day’s explosion, died at the Emergency Hospital this afternoon. This makes a total of seven deaths. i=laner O S Lxeoution of a Murderer. GADSDEN, Ara, March 5. — Colin Daudeaill was hanged here to-day for the murder of J. I. Bates, a drummer. EXAMINER FAKERS IN A BAD BOX Continued from First Page. day. Will come up soon. What's the matter? Answer Oakland. G W, PAxes. EACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 17, 1897. George W. Baker, Oakland, Cal.: Some 0pposi- iou threatened, No hurry. Will explain when see you. A. L FRICK. Judge Frick said that he had given per- mission to Mr. Jaynes to produce the originals when found. Senator Voorheis was .called to the stand, and, in reply to questions, said: *I never had any telegraphic correspondence with any one concerning that bill. I never saw the bill or knew that it was introduced until it had passed the As- sembly, and I never knew that such a bill existed until it came before the Senate. “I am charged with having introduced a bill in the Senate. That is absolutely false,”” added the Senator. “Do you know, directly or indirectly, that any Assemblyman was offered or peid any money 2" asked Valentine. “No, sir; por any Senator,” replied Voorheis. Alvinza Hayward was called next, and said that he had no recollection of having recelved any telegrams from Senater Voor- heis in relation to bill 273. He would con- sent that any such telegrams might be produced. He had not been in Sacra- mento for over a year and knew of no bribery. Al Murphy, better known as “Blinker,” testified that he was ''a newspaper man, connected with the Examiner.” *Do you know of any bribery in the Legislature?” was asked. “No, sir,” replied Murphy. “Did vou furnish any information to the Examiner on which this item was based? Do vou know of any Assembly- man receiving money to influence his vote on Assembly bill 2732 “No, sir,” was the reply. Murphy added that he did not write any portion of the article and did not know that acy money had been paid to any member of the Legislature. “Have you any knowledge whatever o1 any bribery in connection with any mat- ters of legislation here?” I have not,” replied Murphy. “Do you know who wrote the article?” “T could almost say so, but I don’t know positively.” *‘Do you know who wrote part of it?" “Yes.” “Who?” “L. L. Levings. He spoke to me about bribery in the Senate, wit reference to a Senator in connection with this oill.” “Do you know that any money was of- fered or paid to any member of the As- sembly as a bribe?” *I have no such knowledge.” L. L. Levings, one of tne Examiner staff, was the next witness, and when he was asked whether he wrote the article Clunie vehemently objected. In fact, he objected to every qu-stion that would throw any light or give any information 85 {0 whether there fiad ten any bribery. Levings explained that he was in a very embarrassing position. The information which he had given the Examiner was the property of that paper, he veing only an employe. He could not give any of his information without the consent of the Examiner, and he could not betray any confidence that had been reposed in him. When he was asked whether he knew that even a single Assemblyman had been bribed Clunie obj-cted. Lev- ings said that he thought he could direct the committee to a place where they could get information as to the truth or falsity of the charge or bribery, and when asked where, he replied by referring the com- mittee to the Western Union Telegraph Company. When asked whether that was where he got his information Knight objected. When asked whether Levings could fur- nish the name of any individual who could give the committee even the least information Knight objected again. “Suppose that an operator in the West- ern Union Telegraph office in Sacramento told this reporter—suppose he gave him a hint,”” said Knight, “‘about bribery and said that things were getting very crooked and there was a suspicion of bribery going on, do you think this witness wouid have a richt to expose and disgrace that young man?’’ Knight in the same breath remarked that he did not wish to be understood as casting any reflections upon the operator. Valentine, wearied of the attempt of the Examiner to bide behind the slandered telegraph operator, made a little speech in which he said: ““We come right now to the plain bold statement of asking this witness, as a representative of the Ex- aminer, for the facts, if any, on which he has written this article and scattered it broadcast over the whole State besmirch- ing every member of the Legislature, We ask him the plain question, what was it? We ask him if the Examiner will refuse to permit him to answer that question.” Knight objected again, and ‘Chairman Betshaw remarked that he admirea Knight's gall, whereupon Knight said that it was the first time in his experience that he knew a legislative committee to accuse alawyer of having gall. T.e committee vainly tried for a half hour or more to get ‘Levings to tell the facts on which he based the article, but as Levings had no facts his attorneys vehemently objected time and time again, until the committee (Mead and Ryan, Democrats, voting no) adjudged him guilty of contempt, but deferred action on sending him to jall until the Senate committee could take a whack at him in the evening, ©. H. Jessen, another Examiner corre- spondent, testified that he knew nothing about any bribery in tbe Legislature or about the article. The committee then adjourned until 9 o'clock on Monday morning. SEEL DARE NOT ANSWER. Belng Afrald to Confess the Fake Examiner Fakers May Be S nt to Jall. SACRAMENTO, CaL., March 5—As the result of the hearing before the Senate Bribery Investigating Committee to-night the walls of a jail stare Andrew M. Law- rence, managing editor of the Examiner, and L. L. Levings, a momber of the Ex- aminer staff, in the face. Both preserved the attitude of defiance toward the com- mittee which makes them liable to pun- ishment for contempt, and under the cir- cumstances the Senate will have no other course open, in justice to the members of that body, than to order them imprisoned until they consent to answer the questions which they baiked at to-night. Not one scintilla of evidence of any kind, oral or documentary, was obtained to show that there was any foundation for the Examiner’s fake of last Saturday. There were the same attempts at bully- ragging witnesses and bulldozing the com- mittce and its attorney that were made before the Assembly committee, but the firmness and dignity of Chairman Dickin- son of the committee and of Senator Morehouse, who acted as attorney for the Senate 1n the matter, soon made irre- pressible Andy Clunie reslize that his capers would neither be effect:ve nor tol- erated. There were also the same transparent attempts to cloud the issue by the legal representatives of the Examiner, who were re-enforced in the person of Garret McEnerney, that had been made on other oceasions. Tkey continued to try to anv it appear that the fact that the Examiner had published its story on rumor and hearsay oaly cut no figure in the case, and that the Examiner had now the right to go on a fishing excursion into the rec- ords of the Wesiern Union Telegraph Office, the Postal Telegraph Office, on the waters of the seas, on shore and even into the clouds above to secure testimony, if any there was, to prove that bribery had been commitie! in conmection with As- sembly bill 273. But the committee and his attorneys knew their duties, their rights and the law too well to be coaxed, beguiled or driven from the real object of the investi- gation. Ihis was clearly euunciated by Chairman Dickinson, who said that the Examiner had mado the charges of bribery, and if those charges were true l_hs Examiner should have the information necessary to prove them, and should be only too glad to furnish that information to the commiittee. By doing so, he inti- mated, it would be doing the State a great publicservice and would at the same time liftfrom itself the cloud of suspicion that now rested upon it and made it ap- pear that its bribery charges were abso- lutely without foundation, and that its story relative to the matter was a pure fake, Dauring the arguments that interspersed the taking of testimony, Attorney Knight virtually admitted that the article had heen published simply on idle rumors and unreliable hearsay. The SBupreme Court room, where the inquiry was held, was crowded to suffoca- tion, all the Senators being in attendance, the Senate having adjourned to be present. Andrew M. Lawrence, managing editor of the Examiner, was the first witness called. With little preliminary interroga- tion, Senator Morehouse got right into the heart of the matter. “Do you know who wrote the article?'’ he asked. “I would like to consult my attorney,” answered the witness. After consultation with both Knight and Clunie the latter objected to the ques- tions on the statutory ground that tuey were incompetent, irrelevant and imma- terial. No attention was paid to the objection, and the witness replied, “I know by hear- say.” ‘Do you know of your own knowledge who wrote the article?” The same objection was made but again ignored, and the same reply was given. “Do you know of any fact or circum- stance set forth in the article last Satur- day of your own knowledge?’’ “I had been informed by a member of the staff that there were telegrams in the Western Union office that would siow there was bribery,” bnswered the witness, according 1o the preconcerted plan to at- tempt to make the Western Union & stumbling block in the investigation, and possibiy a shield for the fakers, “Do you know this of your own knowl- edge?” “Ido not.” “Do you know any Senator or Assem- blymsan who received money to vote for this bill?” “Idonot.” To all further questioning Lawrence gave replies intenaing to convey the ides that he had no knowledge of the article until after its publicaiion, notwithstand- ing that he was at the time in charge of the Examiner as managing and news ed- itor and had full control of its columns, He was excused and L. L. Levings, one of the Sacramento legislative correspond- ents of the Examiner, was put on the stand. Levings went through the same programme he had carried out before the Assembly committee. Heclaimed to have knowledge of the facts upon which the Examiner article was based, but evaded answering the queslion if he had fur- nished the data upon which the article was written. Clunie clsimed that the writing con- taining such data was the best evidence, and that Morehouse had no legal right, to make the witness testify orally on the matter, Then Morenouse put the Examiner on record in its attitude tending to block;the investigation. He said “This investigation an investigation of the Legislature of California. The Sen- ate is under a charge of bribery published in the Examiner. It either had or- had not these facts in its possession at the time that article was published. It can take the stand and tell us all the facts, and that is all we want, and when we have the facts we will bring the parties here who can prove bribery or did the bribing, The man who wrote the article is the best witness. Clunie tried his sidetracking bluster by suggesting that Bagget, Jaynes or Hay- ward be put on the stand, but Dickinson quietly but effectively took all the steam out of him by remarking: “We propose to start at the fountain head of the source whence these charzes flowed. We ask these gentlemen of the Examiner to state who were bribed and how it was done. The Examiner is here as a witness and not as a prosecutor. 'We refuse absolutely the proposition that this is a prosecution. of the Examiner, and decline to allow the Examiner to take charg: of the prosecu- tion. We want nothing subsequent to the time the article was published. We will come to that later. Then Knight gave the fake of the Ex- aminer eniirely/away, to use the expres- sive slang of the day. He said: “It makes no difference whether the editor of that journal knew the facts at the time thatarticle appeared or not. The question is whether tne Legislature is corrupt or pure. If the man who wrote the article wrote it only on idle rumor and on street talk at the time of writing, and can now prove by outside means these charges, this committée will not hide itself behind the fact that this man did not know the truth at the time he wrote the article. Let us submit for the sake of argument that he wrote it on idle ramor and that since he and his friends have made an ex- amination of the matter and have learned it was true, and is prepared to prove to- night the fact, would not the committee accept it?* In this virtual admission of faking on the part of the Examiner, and this cunning plea to be allowed to go on a fishing excur- sion for evidence, Knight showed the true status of the journal he represented. To this Morehouse replied that il the committee wanted was that if the Exam- iner had no facts in its possession at tie time it should say so right out and the ex- amination would be stopped. Knight, how ever, refused to make the flat aamission. Morehouse then declared until the com- mittee had thoroughly examined the peo- ple who made the rssault on the Legisla- ture, there couid be no fair investigation. Lawrence was recalled, and while he denzed he bad seen the dispatches which went to the Examiner from Sacrnl?ento on Friday las, he aimitted having infor- mation bearing on the article. He was asked if the information was in writing, and declined to answer at first, but subse- quently replied in the affirmative. “From whom ?” continued Morehouse. ] decline to answer,” replied the wit- ness. *“Where is that writing now?” “I decline to answer.” “What did you do with it?” “Destroyed it. Threw it away.” “How did you destroy it?"" “I decline to answer.”” “Whnat was the contents of the docu- ment?* I decline to answer.” “D.d or did not the contents have rela- tion to the subject-matter of the article in the Examiner last Saturday 2" “I cecline to answer.” At this point Morehouse turned to the chairman and said: *“If I can’t get an answer then I ask that the proper resolu- tion be adopted by the Senate and that the witness be committed to prison until he answers.” The chairman said the matter would be duly considered, and the witness was ex- cused for the time being. Several others of the Examiner staff were put on the stand, but stated they had no knowledge whatever of the matter, and were excused for good. Levings was recalied, and he was not long in getting into the same boat with his superior. H: testified that of his own knowledge he did not know of any one paying or receiving a bribe in connection with Assembly bill 273. His tronbles be- gan when he was asked by Moorehouse : “Do you know of your own knowledge of any telegrams sent by any member of A the S“nate or rcceived by any member of the Senate to influence his vote for this bill?”? “I shall decline to answer,” said the witness, and then pleaded not to be asked to violate the confidence that he intimated had been placed in him, which he said he would have to do if he replied. Dickinson ruled the reason was neither good nor valid, and the witness again de- clined to answer. ( “The committee will take the matter under advisement,”” sententiously and significanilv remarked the chairman, and then excused the wi ness for the present. Superintendent Jaynes was put on the stand and said that if any telegrams that the committee desired were sufficiently identified to come within the decision of the Supreme Court on the matter he would on Monday produce them, and Clunte was given the privilege of drafting the subpenas duces tecum for such tele- grams, so that the Examiner could have no cause for complaint. In connection with the present investi- gation it is pertinent to recall the course of the Examiner in the notorious Bruner case. Itthen had facts and allowed its réporters to go on the siand and testify freely and fully as to all they knew. If it has facts now, is the question asked by legisiators, why don't it produce them and aid the 11ves:igating committee, in- stead of ‘arraying itself in a defiant atti- tude against the committee? Itis understood that on Monday the necessary resolutions citing the two re- calcitrant witnesses to appear before the bar of the Senate, and asking thut they be imprisoned for contempt, will be intro- duced in the Senate. = MOFFITT’S EXPLANATION. Tells Why He Called Lawrence a *Llar, Crook and Boodling Blackguard.” OAKLAND, Car., March 5.—Mr. Mof- fitt said to-night; ‘“At the instance of this | fellow Lawrence I was subpenaed to Sac- ramento to testify before the investigation committee. There was no reason for sending for me except that I am a friend of Coionel Hayward, against whom there isa big fiebt. I never knew of the Hale & Norcross bill and have not asked a mem- ber of the Legislature to vote for or agairst any measure of any kind this session. In obedience to the subpena I went to Sacramento. “Mr. Hayward was also sent for. When Lawrence saw me there with Mr. Hay- ward he concluded that he would roast all of Mr. Hayward’s friends, knowing that I never would have been there if he (Law- rence) had not sent for me. Accordingly, this morning he printed a lot ol personal references to myself, concerning which there is not a word of truth, and when he passed me in front of the Golden Eagle Hotel I concluded I would denounce him. 1t is true that I did use some langunage that no newspaper could print. I also used some that stung him, I guess, pretty deep. He acted like a curin not resent- ing what I called him, and sixty seconds would cover the whole episode. Yes, I id Lawrence was interested in the Hale Norcross judgment. I _do not know this, but I haye betn told it. I called him a liar, a crook and a bood/ing blackguard and many other things. Iwasnot hot, but I thought that the scrub should ba called down. There were many present and they-all seemed glad. While I consider myself even with Lawrence, 1did not by any means fire off all my ammunition and I cannot now tell how far I may be forced togo in dealing with Lawrence. There was no reason for Lawrence jumping me in the first place, and it is only buman nature for one to re- taliate when he has the whip hand.” BILVEK R:PUBL.CANS. Wil Shortly Issue @ Call for a National oncention, WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5.— Charles A. Towne of Minnesots, whose term as Representative expired on March nd wbo has been named as the pro- visional chairman of the National Com- mittee of the Republican Silver party, finds that the call issued a fortnight ago fora meeting of that committee at Chi- cagoon June 8 isreceiving many letters indicating th: States, with few Nerve Btrencth is impossible without pure,rich biood. That is why nervous people find real and per- manent relief and cure, health and strength in Hood'’s Sarsaparilla ‘The best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. 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