The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1898, Page 1

The Call VOLUME LXXXV.—NO. 2. PRICE FIVE CENT GOVERNOR TANNER IS IND ICTED ON THREE COUNTS Grand Jury Charges Omission of Duty and Malfeasance in Office. Numerous Other Indictments Found Against Those Who Were Concerned in the Virden Coal Mine Riots. 8T. LOUIS, Dec. 1.—A special to the Republic from Carlinville, Ill., says: The Virden riot Grand Jury made its fommal report to Judge R. B. Shirley at 8:30 this evening. Judge Shirley came own from Springfield, where he was holding court, and held a short half- hour session to recetve this report. The Grand Jury dealt pertinently with the affair, as far as it was able to ascertain,and returned truebillsagainst the principal participants in the trag- edy of October 12 at Virden. Ten in- dic nts involving fifty-four persons were returned. Against John R. Tanner, Governor of Tilinois, there are three counts for pal- pable omission of duty and malfeasance in office. Fred W. Lukins, general manager of | the Chicago-Virden Coal Company, is charged with manslaughter on two | his deputies, Frank | indictments against Governor T the complaining witnesses are hn Graham, Will Mitchell, William | Clarence Ross and Charles | employes of the Chicago-Vir- | I Company. TheY testified that ere intimidated and prevented owing their legitimate em- | v an armed body of men, numbering 1000, who unlawfully and feloniously were assembled in Virden; | that the Governor had been notified by | the Sheriff of Macoupin County \hat,’ no protection was to be had from the | | rather reckless. wAdmiral Sampson as given in his report ftell the story. I have nothing to add to them.” The general went over the newspaper synopsis of the admiral's report and pointed out that the correspondence given therein showed that ne had requested Admiral Sampson to send a representa- tive to the ceremonies of the surrender of |- Santiago, and that_he did not sign. the terms of surender himself. “As I did not sign them I certainly would not. consent for Admiral Sampson to do so,” he said HEADING OFF THE TROUBLE IN ‘ECUADOR Owing ‘to the Threatened Invasion President Alfaro Has Assumed a Dictatorship. Special Cable to The Call and the N Torald. | Copyrighted, 1598, by James Gk dou Eennett PANAMA, Dec..1—The Herald's corre- spondent at Guayaquil - telegraphs that owing to the attempts of revolutionists to ihvade the country simultaneously from the Colombian and Peruvian frontiers tne Councll of State has conceded extraordi- nary powers to President Alfaro, who has assumed a dictatorship over the country. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IN THE COPPER MINE FIELD Alleged Cause of Reckless Activity in Speculation in the Boston Market. NEW YORK, .ec. L—inhe Tribune says: For several months the specula- tion in the Boston copper market has been unusually active and apparently One of the causes of this actlvity, it is now reported from that city, is the entrance of John D. Rockefeller county, and earnestly importuned for State assistance. | Judge Shirley fixed Governor Tan- | ner's bond at $500, | A. J. Roberts, \the foreman of the| Grand Jury, who \yas also foreman of Coroner's Juryy is a Virden police magistrate. He was strongly opposed to indicting Governor Tanner. In each of the indictments against Governor Tanner, theomission of duty was identical; failure and refusal to respond to the call of Sheriff Daven- | port, of this county, for military and suppressing the riotous demonstrations of the Virden coal miners. The indict- ments were in brief as follows: 1. Failure and refusal to send troops to aid the Sheriff in checking the ac- tions of a thousand or more men who were preventing certain persons from entering on their duties in the service of the Chicago-Virden Coal Mining Company Failure and refusal to send troops on the call-of the Sheriff to prevent the same men from doing bodily violence to the same would-be emplo ! 3. Failure and refusal to send troops | to ald the Sheriff in preventing the | same rioters from conspiring and com- bining do injury to the would-be employes | INDIFFERENT TO THE GRAND JURY’S ACTION The Chief Executive Declines to Dis- | cuss the Subject as Not Worth | ‘While. i SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. 1.—When vernor Tanner was informed this ning of the action of the Grand Jury Carlinville he recelved the news with | fference and manifested no inter- in the particulars. He was asked expression in regard to the mat- declined to talk about it, sim- | ¥y saying that he did not consider it vorth while to discuss the subject. | Attorney General Akin was asked to | give his opinion regarding the legal effect of the action, in view of the sup- posed fact that the chief executive of a State cannot be proceeded against in that way and cannot be prosecuted up- on the indictments returned, but he de- | clined to say anything about the matter further than t he had not previously | heard of the action taken by the Grand | Jury and was not aware that such ac- tion was contemplated, This is not the first time a governor of Illinois has been indicted. It is but a few years since ex-Governor Altgeld was indicted in Champaign County as one of the trustees of the University of 1ilinois, ex-officio, be: se the so-called “flag law” was not observed at the uni- versity, but nothing ever came of the indictment, which was soon afterward dismissed. SHAFTER IS ANNOYED BY SAMPSON'S CRITICISMS But the General Declines to Go Into Any Extended Reply to Them. NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—General W. R. Shafter was to-day shown a copy of Ad- miral Sampson’s report on the operations of the United States fleet at Santlago after the destruction of the Spanish squadron in which the admiral denounced as false the suggestions which he at- tributed to General Shafter, that the navy was unwilling to co-operate in forcing an entrance to the harbor and intimated that the services of the ravy were not prop- erly recognized by the commanders of the land forces. . General Shafter did not conceal the fact that Admiral S8ampson’s criticisms an- noved him greatly, but he declined to go into any extended reply to them. “This controversy has been fought over before,” he said. .“The records speak for themselves. My letters and dispatches to into the copper mine field as a large in- vestor. It {s declared that he has already secured a majority interest in the swcl’( of the Butte and Boston Minine Com- pany, and that he is negotiating for the e 1 JOHN R. TANNER, GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS. of the classes at previous meetinge and the expression to-night was a ratification. An overwhelming majority prevailed and the hazing %uesuon, it is belfeved, has been disposed of. TIE VOTE ON THE STAY' OF PROSECUTION The French Senate Fails in an At- tempt to Postpone the. Pic- quart Court-Martial. PARIS, Dec. 1.—The Senate this after- noon adopted the motion of ‘M. Constans, placing court-martial under the. operation of the law of 1897, which abolished the secret examination of accused persons prior to trial. An amendment proposing to retain Se- cret examination in cases involving na- tional danger was opposed by the Minister for War, M. de Freycinet, and rejected. M. Waldeck-Rosseau: demanded urgency for a proposal to empower the Court of Cassation to order the stay of any prose- cution calculated to hamper a revision case. One hundred and thirteen votel/for and | ing knockout of the resolutions had been submitted to each |llam J. Bryan left this evening for Savan- nah, Ga., to rejoin his regiment. His fur- lough does not expire until the 5th, but his health being fully recovered, he felt it his dugy to return. A number of promi- nent political “léaders, among them ex- Congressman Towne and Thomas C. Pat- terson of Denver, have been in conference with Colonel Bryan during the week. UPHOLDS RAILROADS AND THE BONDHOLDERS | Cireuit Judge McCormick Decides Against the Texas State Commissioners. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1.—A speclal to the Republic from Dallas, Texas, says: United States Circuit Judge McCormick this evening handed down his 'opinion in ‘the State Railway Commission in- | Junction case brought by the bondhold- ers of the Texas Railway Company. Judge McCormick's decree is a sweep- State Rallway Commission and an upholding of the railroads and the bor~holders, He en joins the railroads, the State Rallwi Commission, the Att Géi W, F. HERRIN HAS - DECLARED FOR BURNS FOR SENATOR SOME INSIDE OF THE RAILROAD’S SECRET A Trothful Record of the Attempt Made to Delude the People. This is a plain tale of Willlam F. Herrin and Colonel Dan Burns. Those who have some small interest in the welfare of the State, or who place a value on their citizenship, may read it with profit. To others the account of the doings of two political blacklegs as set forth here can have no interest. The facts to be related have par- ticular bearing on the manner in which Burns became a candidate for United States Senator, the quality of the sup- port he depends upon to secure his elec- tion and the people who are pledged to give him that support. Quite inci- dentally it will be shown that W. F. Herrin, chief counsel of the Southern Pacific Railroad Ccmpany and head of C. P. Huntington’s political bureau, is a political pickpocket, who is making a surreptitious attempt to rob the people of the State of honest representation’in | the United States Senate. So much for the preface. Now for the story of the doings of two political shysters, who, so far as the average citizen is aware, have all the outward semblance of respectable members of the community. Herrin paid a proprietor of A view of the British fort at Chakdara, at the mouth of the Swat Valley, near to which the “Mad Mullab,” at the head of 6000 revolting tribesmen, under his green banner with the bloody hands, has defeated the loyal tribesmen and is ravaging their country, toward which two brigades of British troops are hastening with all possible speed. The fort is situated on the'north side of the Swat River, some THE MAD MULLAH’S OUTBREAK. distance above its mouth, commanding the suspension. bridge over which passes the road from Peshawur, via Malakand Pass, well as the road leading up the to Jandol, Dir and’ Chitral, as Swat Valley. The place is memgr"able for the defense made last year by its garrison against the rebelsuntil re-enforcements arrived from Peshawur. purchase of the contrplling interest also of other copper mines at Butte. Mont.; also that he is tryh'xgl to buy the Ana- conda mine from T . Hargin and the Montana Ore Purchasin~ €ompany from F. A. Augustus® Heinz of this city, and that his ultimate object is the control of the copger mining Industry of the whole United States. When a Tribune reporter asked a re| resentative of Mr. Rockefeller about this Boston story the answer was, “You don’t believe that, do you?' It was added that nothing whatever was known there about anv intention on the part of Mr. Rockefeller to invest {n copper propertles. —_— Princeton Abolishes Hazing. PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 1.—At a mon- ster mass meeting at Alexander Hall to- night the students of Princeton University passed resolutions abolishing hazing. The 113 against the motion for urgency, which was tHerefore lost. The tie vote result- ed in the measure being referred to & \special .committee, so that it cannot be assed soon enough to apply to. the icquart case. Legal opinion leans to the view that M. Dupuy, the Premier, was mi en yes- terday in declaring that the Court of Cassation had -power to delay the Plcquart court-martfal, and it was.on the theory that the Premler had erred that . aldeck-Rosseau_introduced his bill. The conversion of M. Herve, editor of El Solfel, the Royalist organ, to the Pic- aual: cause to-day caused a great sen- sation. ——-——— - TO REJOIN HIS REGILLENT. Colonel Bryan Departs From Lincoln : . . for Savannah. ° - LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 1.—Colonel Wil- ¥ O Texas and all other persons: from en- ' forcing or using any rate made by the State Railway Commission since Au- gust 10, 1894, 3 R ST FINDLEY CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT ‘Warrant Sw.ox"n Out for His Arrest, but San Luis Obispo Officers Cannot Locate Him. 1 SAN L'TIS OBISPU, Dec. 1.—A warrant was_sworn_out to-day before Justice of the Peace Lamy Dy Constable \seqrgo A. Knapp, charging S. M. Findley, the de- faulting Tax Collector, with the crime of (efimy embezzlement. The officers are unable to secure g clew to Findley's ‘whereabouts. the Chronicle, and made a proposition concerning the selection of a candidate for United States Senator. same time Mr. Herrin called on John f D. Spreckels, proprietor of The Call, and made a similar proposition, care- fully refraining from mentioning to either.gentleman that he had called upon the other. What transpired at those and subsequent mnieetings until the secretive Mr. Herrin was finally led .intc a trap is best told by Mr. de Young and Mr. Spreckels. de Young yesterday, “that the facts should be known, as I believe that the general public is entitled to a full knowledge of the -manner in which a About the | “I am more than willing,” said Mr. | FACTS _BUNKO GAME cure for one of its political servants a seat in the United States Senate. “Abcut ten days ago Mr. Herrin, chief counsel of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, came to me and told me that he had been.requested by George Crocker, vice president of the Southern Pacific Company, to tell me that I would be permitted to name the next United States Senator. I thanked Mr. Herrin for the honor conferred upon me and said that I had not yet made up my mind as to who, in my opinion, would be the best man for the place. | “This reply did not prove to be satis- | factory. Mr. Herrin continued the con- | versation and very broadly intimated that if I would name a man friendly to the interests of the Southern Pacific ‘Company the honor of doing so would be given to me, and he even went so far as to say in so many words that if I would name such a man the company would secure his election and that the | Senator so elected would be my tool. | I continued to decline the proffered | privilege and the interview closed. | “I was at a loss to understand the real purport of Mr. Herrin's visit, but| I was not left long in the dark., Mr.| Herrin went immediately to two friends of mine and sought to induce them to | use their influence with me to have me name Dan Burns for Senator. After having done this he again came to me and repeated the proposition he had previously made. Being then advised of his real intentions, which were, of | course, that I should be given the privi- lege of naming the Senator, provided | I named Burns, I gave Mr. Herrin a | flat refusal. ‘“‘About this time I learned from John D. Spreckels that Herrin had made a | similar proposition to him. After a consultation we decided to unmask the raflroad attorney and thus learn his real intentions. Accordingly a tele- phone message was sent to Herrin re- questing him te meet Mr. Bpreckels in his office at Third and Market streets, no intimation being given that I was to be present. Herrin complied immedi- ately with the request and was ushered | into the room where we were. He was | so surprised and taken aback that he leaned against the wall for support un- til he could recover himseif. “I asked Herrin how it was that he had made practically the same proposi- tion to Mr. Spretkels and myself. Ha hemmed and hawed, pulied out a cigar and stuck the wrong end .of it in his| mouth and finally stammered out some- thing about the delay that had been made in making a reply to his propo- sition. TI.then asked him point blank: ‘Who is the railroad’s candidate for United States Senator?” His reply was: | ** ‘Colonel Dan Burns is the railroad’s candidate.” “Herrin was then told both by Mr. Spreckels and myself that under no cir- cumstances would the railroad’s can- didate be supported by either The Call or the Chronicle. That ended the inter- -view. c “In the light of the events of the past two weeks I can see that the eolitical managers of the Southern Pacific Com- pany and Burns have worked together the end in view of securing the election of Burns to the United States Senate. Burns has changed his personal habits, though he has not changed his personal associates. As far back as last August he went to a gentleman to whom he had not spoken in years and asked that bygones be forgotten. - The cause of his enmity to this gentleman grew out of the fact that when Burns was in jail in Sacramento charged with robbing the State of more than $30,000 this gen- tleman refused to go on his bond. He sent word to Burns that he (Burns) was in the place where he ought to be and that he trusted that he would be punished as he deserved. “Burns also went to the attorney who defended him when he was charged with robbing the State, and whose fee Burns never paid, and requested him to forget the past and be friends. “It was Burns that handled all of the money paid out in this district to Leg- islative candidates, presumably by the railroad company, during the cam- paign. This was done for the purpose of securing their favor for Burns when he should finally unmask and come out as a Senatorial candidate. “As I said at the beginning, these are facts that the public should know in order that the people of the State can decide if they want Burns to represent them in the Senate of the United States.” ‘What Mr. de Young had to say of the proposition made to him concerning the announcement of a candidate for Sena- tor was corroborated by Mr. John D. Spreckels. “Mr. Herrin came to me some time ago,” said Mr. Spreckels, “and told me that I could name the next United States Senator. He said that I might as well have the honor as another, as he believed it best for all parties to come together and agree upon some good man. “I asked him if the railroad had a candidate, and he said it had not. He added, however, that the railroad would favor a man whose views on public questions were not prejudicial to its interests. “I told Mr. Herrin that I had no can- didate, and that I was willing to get behind any big, broad-minded man who would be satisfactory to the people of the State. I then named every man who has from time to time been men- tioned as a Senatorial possibility, but at | the suggestion of each name Herrin shook his head and said the man would not do. Burng’ name had never been mentioned in connection with the Sena- torship, and it never entered my head that it was Burns that Herrin was try- ing to get me to name. “When T found out from Mr.de Young that Herrin had made the same propo- sition to him, and that it was Burns for whom the railroad was seeking my support and the support of The Call, the whole thing dawned upon me. I immediately sent for Mr. Herrin. He was somewhat disconcerted when he found Mr. de Young with me, but when he was challenged to name the rail- road’s candidate he defiantly asserted that it was Colonel Dan Burns, and no one else. I did not leave him long in doubt as to the attitude The Call would assume toward Colonel Burns' candi- dacy, and there the matter was dropped.” There is yet a little of the history of Mr. Herrin’s dark lantern attempt to secure for Burns' under-cover candi- dacy the indorsement of two great newspapers that has not been related in the foregoing statements of Mr. de Young and Mr. Spreckels. As it is per- tinent to the subject under discussion it is given here with the assurance that the facts as they will be stated will . be vouched for by either of the gentlemen mentioned. The attention of the numerous candidates for Sena- torial honprs is particularly called to this part of the story, as they will be given, free of charge, a true estimate of the esteem in which they are held by the raflroad company. When Mr. Herrin went.to Mr. Spreck- els‘and asked him to name a candidate for United States Senator he stipu- lated ‘that the man named must be some one whom the railroad liked better ‘than M. H. ‘de: Young. Mr. Spreckels then proceeded to name, one after another, such men as George A. Knight, E. F. Preston, Robert N. Bulla, General W. H: L. Barnes, Judge Hen- shaw, U..S. Grant, Thomas R. Bard, E. S. Pillsbury, Charles N. Felton, James A. Waymire, Irving M. Scott and a half dozen others whose names are famillar to almost every resident ~¢ the State. To each of these Mr. Herrin in- terposed- a decided negative. As it transpired that it was Colonel Dan Burns who was in Mr. Herrin's mind's eye, the inference is apparent. Mr. Herrin and the political manipulators of the Southern Pacific Company place small value on the mental and moral qualifications of the many gentlemen named when compared with the magni- ficent attainments of the cultured Col- onel Burns, whose career as an office holder ended in a prison cell; whose knowledge of race horses and racing matters is unlimited; whose brilliant record as a mine operator is contained in a thousand legends that float back and forth across the border line of Mexico; whose career as a political boss is as aromatic as that of Sam Rainey; whose personal associates move\in the best circles of the Tenderloin; whose knowledge of the great questions af- fecting the welfare of the nation is as limitless as the broad¥prairies beyond the Rocky Mountains, and whose love of Collis P. Huntington is as that of a babe for its mother. Foxr, those who have read the fore- going account of the bunko game Mr. Herrin is trying to work on the unsus- pecting public, there is still another chapter. It is contained in an edi- torial printed in last evening's Post, the Southern Pacific Company’s offi- cial organ in this city. It is reprinted here for the sake of making stronger the contrast between the secret meth- ods of the giant corporation and the attitude it assumes before the public. Following is the editorial. In reading it 8reat corporation is attempting to se- |during the whole of this campaign with keep in mind the acts of Mr. Herrin