The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1899, Page 3

' THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ¥RIDAY, JANUARY 183, ]899; " MELANCHOLY SPECTACLE PRESENTED BY WRIGHT ‘Three Times He Proclai{'fied Himself a Dupe or a Knave. Scandalous Action of § Who Are in the Lobbies Touting for the Election of BY HENRY JAMES. . CALL HEADQUARTERS, 'SACRA- MENTO, Jan, 12—To-day members and | visitors present at the joint/session of the two hou ssed a melancholy spectacle. Possib 11 did not appre- clate it to the but to those who aid it brought 1g of sadness. It all, wgs the fall of a man to whom the future seemed to hold out much, who | Wwas respected as an honorable citizen, who. was given esteem as & poli- and adroit, and tunity to write his had been given a po- He had been looked up » would not violate the given to decency. Yet his name was called he Burns. He did it in a us with a sense of shame ce burning. He realized the tion to which he had sunk, the | n he had brought upon his | ind nearest associates. Never- voted for Burns, and on each ling ballot emphasized the dis- nor. Three times he proclalmed him- | f .dupe or knave. Three times the | cup was passed to him and he drained | to the dregs the draught to his own indeing and his own dishonor. This Howard E. Wright, Speaker | sembly. | e not to feel sorry for tictan at once ¢ who had 0 he h sacrificed so much and | 1 nothing. He has traded his | political birthright for a phantom mess He has allied himself is an impossible pr re of luck and accl- lenient courts. Wright has the respect of his former | and skulking into the Burns with a > of his abasemcnt | him can expect no L‘unslderaliuni there. He has stamped his word thless, his pledge as of no er-“ A wretched traitor, unlike Judas has no thirty pieces of siiver he has not hanged himself, not hereafter be accounted deserving of trust, and whose to | word is the mockery of truth, then is there no honor in party affairs. I pre- | dict that the career of Wright is at ar end s is the penalty he has carned. | Probably he relies on a Burns promise, | but rns himself, spurned and de- | gpised, is in better condition to makae | pror than to keep them. Good-by to Wright. also to Huber of Los An- the face of a solemn agree- stand by Bulla unless there | 2 caucus decision later to | hér course, he cast his vote | Grant. That he wert to a | andidate matters nothing, who exhibits such traits is nt nor to anybody eise. tion to the forces of | he cannot be de- personal opinwon s | land in the Durns | 88 greater inducements ay there until tents e lie may be regarded AS | . but it is a poor and scurvy ch may be left to the Wrights Hu s of the situation. 1 do )ect to pay either of them, but | hope that in some measure ate in which they are held rning to others. As to the are gone beyond redemption. not the funeral dirge, but the 1-by ter of yesterday was marked ission. I tried to say that Davis of Amador had made a peech in nominating Irving M. but the superior genius at the end of the wire judged it better to wthing. Judge Davis will please apologies, for the story he told >~ Oregon was the best the joint on has had a chance to listen the type machine slipped a i thus gave to Grove L. Johnson ; for things I had said myself, a | circumstance not pleasing to either of 15, He might have said the same things r, but as he didn’t, let the truth rdalous that members of the Court should be here touting | 1y candidate. It is scandalous be- yjond _expression that the particular sandidate of their affection should be Pan Burns, but if they advocated the best and purest of men there would | be 'no essential difference in the vil-| Jainy.of their mission. They have left the.bench to which they were elected to | carry.out the law of the land and dabbling in politics. They degrade efmine, they prostitute high office and all to do the bidding of thelr master. Who are their masters? Not the peo- plé who chose them, not the Legisla- ture from which they are trying to { cure more Judges so their burden mav | be lightened, but the Southern Pacific | Railroad. To its power they bow. At it behest they desert the post of duty and, mingling with the motley crew, drink ‘had whisky over a bar polished by the vest of the most notable scala- | wags .in California, while they ask support for Dan Burns. There are additions to the push., but the Court, as a matter of courtesy. take precedence. A push with me Court finish Is no ordinary af- Sometimes the lofty tribunal s mistakes in its regylar business, | n e mnot always above | ut people choose to think it | fair and composed of jurists of | experience and without reproach. Off | the bench, it is human. | Hoary old McFarland, T do not hesi- | tate a4y, cares more for the Inter- e f Huntington than he does for the interests of California. He has just been re-elected, and orry error the | viters of th ate made when they | did it. d is here as a Burns | gpieler, no than a Dennery or a | “hanjo-eyed” kid, whose labors he Is tharing. There are many shady fel- Jows on the spot for Burns. It is a regrettable circumstance that McFar- land shtould have taken his stand at their level. According to Wright there are four members of this elevated tri- bunal engaged in the same business, Tt is a pretty rotten business and such a court eds reforming as badly as Burns needs defeat. The joint session to-day was Interest- ing. because there were no speeches and bHeécause the time was given to voting. There were moments of excitement. as when on the first ballot Burns and 6Grant tied at 26. It was in the pro- duetion of this tie that Wright cov- ered. himself with ignominy. I wish you could have observed the cowering, ~“=inking attitude of the man, sinking Burnett, Hoey, Laird, Leavitt, Short- ridge, Wolfe; Assemblymen Arne- rich, JILSON, Barry, Beecher, Cobb, Devoto, Dibble, Henry, Johnson, Kel- ley, Kelsey, Kenneally, Lundquist, McKeen, Miller of San Francisco, Pierce, Rickard, Eugene Sullivan, WRIGHT—26. For Grant—Senators Boyce, Jones, Maggard, Nutt, Smith, Assemblymen Bliss, Blood, Cargill, Clark. Crowder, Dole, De Lancie, Greenwell, Chenoweth, Le Barron, McDonald of Ala- meda, McDonald of Tuolumne, Merrill, Merritt, Milice, Radcliff, Raub, Raw, Works--26, For Knight—Senator Gillette, Assem- blyman Boynton—2. or Felton—Assemblymen Brown and Marvin—2. Dunlap—2. For Rosenfeld—Senator Feeney—1. For Bard—Senators Flint and Rowell—2. For Paterson—Senator Taylor, Assem- semblyman Labaree—2. For Estee—Assemblymen Anderson and ade—2. upreme Court Members Speaker Wright scarce had time to an- nounce the result of the vote when Sena- tor Cutter of Yuba moved that another ballot be taken. He was opposed by the Burns faction with a motion to adjourn, but a rollcall decided in favor of the sec- ond vote and it was at once proceeded with. The Democratic minority substi- tuted the name of William H. Alford for that of M. F. Tarpey as their candidate, and the ballot went through with the (‘hnnges previously mentioned. The re- sult follows: For Barnes—Senators Dickinson, Luch- singer, Morehouse, Stratton; Assembly- men Atherton, Clough, Knights, Know- land, Lardner, Muenter—10. For Bulla—Senators Currler, Simpson; Assemm)imen Belshaw, Conrey, Cosper, Mellick; Miller of Los Angeles, Robinson, Valentine—9. For Burns: Dan Burns. into his seat as though to avold a blow. Of course there were cheers, but they must have struck Wright as arshest discord. They constituted his | price. There were two more ballots, the sec- ond taken after a spirited effort to ad- journ, and on each Grant led by one vote, Burns remaining at the first fig- ure. Huber was the man who flopped, | but it is not a fair assumption that he can be depended upon. The results do | not indicate much to me except that| Burns is what is commonly designated as a ‘‘dead ome.” With clear sciencemembers might turn to Grant or to almost any other candidate. They cannot turn to Burns. The condemna- tion of the colonel is too strong, and |ard, Eugene Sullivan, WRIGHT— for them to share it would mean more | 9, graves by the side of that Which|“p . oo, e —Senatos . Wright has dug for himself. [ Fomes s e e oaree, Qutter) I do not by any means regard Grant | Assembiymen Bliss, Blood, Cargill, Clark, as out of the race, but there are many | Crowder, Dole, De Lancie, Greenwell, men who are possibilities. The - real | Chenowith, Le Barron, McDonald of Ala" temper of the joint session has been but ¢ meda, McDonald of Tuolumne, Merrill, partly revealed. There are some who | Merritt, Milice, = Radcliff, Raub, Raw, . . | Works, Huber—21 are still voting into_the air, for Tom. | . Dlcland Haryy fanat o)y blAg tHelE | ot RiE senstosiGiiotie/MRRamblY S Senators Bettman, ridge, Wolfe; Assemblymen, Arne- rich, JILSON, Barry, Beecher,’ Cobb, | ly, Kenneally, Lundquist, McKeen, For Scott—Senator Davis, Assemblyman | Burnett, Hoey, Laird, Leavitt, Short- | con- | Devoto, Dibble, Henry, Johnson, Kel- | | Miller of San Francisco, Pierce, Rick- | counties comprising his district he could not now be elected poundmaster in any one of the five counties. e THE BREAK FROM BULLA WAS UNEXPECTED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 12.—The friends and sup- porters of Senator Bulla do not feel at all elated to-night over the situation. Not until this morning did they know that there would be a break in the eleven votes which had for two days been cast for the Senator from Los Angeles. Half an hour before the joint session convened Speaker Wright informed Senator Bulla that he intended to change his vote on the first joint ballot to Burns. He sald that he had received telegrams from some of his constituents asking him to do so, and that very strong pressure had been brought to bear upon him which he could not resist. Senator Bulla informed the Speaker that he thought he was doing him a great in- Jjustice in leaving his standard, but it had no_weight with Wright. But while Wright's change to Burns was looked for, the Bulla men did not anticipate the change Assemblyman Hu- ber of Los Angeles made from Bulla to Grant. . This was desertion in the ranks of Bulla’s home county, and desertion on the part of a man who on Monday last osition that no man should leave Bulla save after four of the seven Bulla votes from Los Angeles had signed a written | agreement to do so. journed to-day and asked about noon, and Huber agreed to do so. But when the caucus was convened Huber was not there and he failed to turn hirz. De- spite the two desertions the nine rémain- ing Bulla men agreed to stand by thelr candidate in the balloting to-morrow. No reports of any immediate prospective ac- cessions were made. The Burns leaders were mnot at al pleased over the fact that Grant gained one of Bulla’s Los Angeles County votes to-day. They regarded it as a forerunner of a complete break-up. Bulla's strength can never go to Burns, but when the vote does leave him there are four Grant men in the Los Angeles County delegation. Therefore any prospect which tends to in- dicate that Bulla is to retire the Burns men regard with a feeling far from satis- factory. They want to keep Bulla in the contest. There was a rumor that Burns would to-morrow throw to Bulla three or in the Bulla caucus assented to the prop- | uber was seen after the Assembly ?l(}-i s | change of heart. His only reply was that | | he “was doin; olitics. Assemblyman Valentine askex uber to attend the Bulla caucus, which was held late this affer- placed In close contact with Colonel Ma- zuma, and many of them are not at all particular as to how or where they meetc the colonel so long as they succeed in forming his acquaintance. From San Diego J. Harvey McCarthy has journeyed to Bacramento for the pur- pose of looking upon the Senatorial fight and gathering such crumbs as may hap- pen to fall from the table and come with- in his reach. McCarthy is somewhat of a picturesque character. He Is a Demo- crat and s the person with whom Govern- or Gage alleges Mr. Grant's San Diego manager, Charles Hardy, arranged a deal whereby the Hardy Republicans in San Diego County were to vote for Maguire for Governor in consideration of the fact that such Democrats as McCarthy could influence were to vote for the Republican legislative candidates. When McCarthy was first :J!pruached by the Grant people he entered a verbal denial of the charge that there was any deal of the kind indicated between him and Hardy. Then later the Grant people tfa.sked him to sign an affidavit to that ef- ect. But here Harvey balked. He does noth- ing of that character unless he is paid for it. He refused to sign the affidavit, and the Grant managers did not think enough of it to press the matter, so they simply let his affidavit go. For the past two days McCarthy has been consulting with the Burns leaders, and the story came straight from Burns’ headquarters that McCarthy was endeavoring to sell | for $500 an affidavit to Colonel Burns, which would be to the effect that Hardy | had made a deal with him last October | to trade off the RepublicaneState ticket in San Diego County for Democratic votes for the Grant legislative ticket. Mc- Carthy was asked last night whether or not he had tendered his affidavit to the Burns leaders for a consideration and he denied the charge. However, McCarthy | has had several conversations with friends of the colonel to-day. His affi- davit in this matter of the treachery of | the Grant men is a gllded brick and utter- | ly without value. If J. Harvey has ten- | dered it to the colonel and the colonel has | purchased it he has purchased something that he cannot use for any purpose. | s S e | BUSINESS TRANSACTED | IN THE ASSEMBLY ! CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | MENTO, Jan. 12.—The Committee on Con- tested Elections began active work yes- | terday morning, when Assemblyman Cos- | per of Tulare, chairman of the commit- tee, applied to Speaker pro tem. Anderson, | further developments. | pectations H. E. McEwen, MRS. WILSON IS ARRAIGNED BY HER DAUGHTER The Child of Daniel H. Wilson ‘Demands Vengeance of the Law. Mrs. Miller Visits Her Husband and Creates a Scene in the Office of Sheriff Savage. Accused Women on the Verge of Collapse—McEwen’s Fear. done anything and I did not expect this. I wonder if I will ever get out of this place.” After awhile she became more calm and stubborn, refusing to talk or to eat the food brought to her. Mrs. Dickinson, who has been re- graded as the dominating spirit of the alleged conspiracy, has upset all pre- dictions by giving every evidence of SUISUN, Jan. 12.—Interest In the Wilson murder case continues unabated | and everybody is on the qui vive for | Contrary to ex the old | rancher with whom Mrs. Dickinson has been living, was not arrested to-day, but he knows he is under suspicion and lives in dread of being taken into cus- tody. The officers, who have woven the | ggwn. eaflghe anfiusil&mpl:te sleberuel:l;; network of evidence around the alleged | night, and all day long she slayers of the old rancher, are being | congratulated on every side. “You have caught the murderers of old Dan Wilson this time,” is the in- walked the floor of her cell wrining her hands and crying. Her condition is rapidly approaching nervous prostra- tion. Whether innocent or guilty the four votes which have been cast for other | candidates and_which he can control in | the interest of Bulla but which he cannot | secure for himself for the reason that the | members are afraid to vote for him direct. | who was in the chair, for authority to subpena witnesses and exerclse other quasi judicial prerogatives. The author- ization was given, and the committee pro- | spoil, or they can flock | before, though Hie beforat o loe tho v ote imhora it | Bl iEat will have some effect. Burns men still say they can win, knowing they can- not, but some of them merely claim that Dan will name the man anyhow. | He won't even do this, and when the | break comes they can elther go to the candidates whose chances are best, | thus getting a share of the glory and | sulking by | themselves. In all kindness I would call atten- | tion to a provoking instance of habitual | bad manners on the part of Kennealy | of San Francisco. When his turn comes to vote he bawls out the name of Burns with every accent and all the | ardor of a hoodlum. He attracts at- | tention to himself, and this is a con. tingency he should avoid. Kennealy | |1s the individual whom the police of | San Francisco think had no right to sirike a“certain zged man the other| day, particularly as the man diad, it rot in consequence of the blow at least | just In time to con : an cmbar- | rasging coinciience. 1f Kennealy aoes n7: know how to hehave him32lf sone- | body near him ougat to advance a friendly tip. There is taik to-mgzat that to-mcr- rcw’s joint ses3ioa will be rich in ron- | satfons, tolerab!y r evidence that there will not be a radical ch: The only really safe net is that Eurns will never get near enouga the necessary votes to cause alarm. STORY OF THE DAY'S | BALLOT FOR SENATOR Defection of Speaker Wright Did | Not Create the Stampede Expected. ; CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| MENTO, Cal., Jan. 12—The defection of | Howard Wright, Speaker of the Assem- | bly, is the story of the joint Senatorial ballot of to-day. The fight itself was| just as bitter, just as long and just the | same as yesterday. There were not the | long-winded speeches, with thelr paucity of ideas, but there were three ballots and a wrangle of small dimensions over the taking of a second ballot to take their place. The interest of the sesion cen-| tered in the Speaker from the end of the first vote when, pale-faced and with bowed head, he forsook Bulla and, in a volce that could scarce be heard by the clerk, answered “Burns” to the call of his name, | What the force that tossed him by the heels into the corrupt camp of the al- calde, what the consideration that was sufficlent to drag him from his decency | and the high esteem that his constituents | have rushed into print to express, became | from the moment the question of para- mount interest. But Wright vouch- | safed no explanation. Pale and worrled, Wwith a restiess eye wander- | ing over the chamber for some answering | am of sympathy, he continued at his | His own re- beer-laden cheers Burns' adherents with whom he had chosen to cast his lot. With Wright Bulla was the only other | and the claquing and of the hired mob of sufferer by the day’s vote. Wright left him on the first ballot, and Huber of Los Angeles followed on the second, though he cast his lot with Grant rather than! Burns. General Barnes gained a vote in Muenter of San Joaquin, who, since the | fight began, has been persistently_casting his vote for Van R. Paterson. Muenter | went over to General Barnes on the first ballot and his arrival was welcomed with | a hearty round of applause from the gen- eral's friends on the floor. As on yesterday; balloting began shortly after noon. ‘There was mnot near the crowd on hand that was there the day | the Burns clique was more than ever in evidence. The gang | had little to cheer at. The last ballot left | them just one vote behind Grant. They | tallied 26 on the first and 26 it remained up to adjournment, Grant was even up | with them on the first, but pulled up to 27 when Huber came over in the second and maintained his lead of one to the end. | Neither the gain of Grant nor the gain | of Burns is significant of further acces- | slon of strength. The strength of both | is at its maximum. The Burns people | figured that the sudden swing of Speaker Wright would begin the stampede that they have bent thelr greatest effort to- ward creating. But it was prolific of | nothing but pity for their victim. It was | a sorry, downcast looking lot of heelers | that trooped out of the Capitol at the end | of this third day, which was to have been | the day of days for them. Victory, swift and sure, was promised them; their work Was not 'to be so hard as profitable, and | with the end of the unsuccessful third | day hard work is staring them in the face, and with no other prospect than lots of it. It is not work that they came here for. There is nothing personal in their connection with Dan Burns. Friendship does not enter into it. It is nothing but ihe hope of. quick money that holds them | to him, with possibly a job as janitor or with the Fire Department when they get | back to town. ith absolute defeat and the consequent ill temper of their master as their probable fortune, they are ready to make use of their return slips which Herrin was kind enough to attach to his transportation, and get back to their old haunts and old fts in town. The first ballot was taken at 12:30 o'clock and resulted as follows: For Barnes—Senators Dickinson, Luch- singer, Morehouse, Stratton: Assembly- men Atherton, Clough, Knights, Know- land, Lardner, Muenter—I0. For Bulla—Senators Currier, Simpson; As“mhlgqme" Belshaw, Conrey, Cosper, Huber, Mellick, Miller of Los Angeles, Robinson, Valentine—10. For Burns: Semators Bettman, | arrived | lin got to work on him, | participated in 1l"ol‘2 Felton—Assemblymen Brown, Mar- vin—2. For Scott—Senator Davis, Assemblyman Dunlap—2. For Rosenfeld—Senator Feeney—! For Bard—Senators Flint, Rowel For Paterson—Senator Taylor, Assem- blyman La Baree—2. For FEstee — Assemblymen Anderson, Wade—2. The third ballot was also moved by Cutter and carried. The only change was in the name of the minority candi- date, Judge Sewell being substituted for William Alford. Mr. Sewell got the en- tire Democratic vote. At 1:45 o'clock Speaker Wright an- nounced that three ballots had been taken and still a United States Senator was not elected, and an adjournment was taken until noon to-morrow. BEECHER AND LAIRD ARE AGAINST CONSTITUENTS CALL HBADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan, 12. — Assemblyman J. H. Beecher of ShastaCounty,who has permit- ted himself to be made one of the victlms of the dire influence of the Burns push and who has for five ballots voted for Mexican Dan, feels deeply the unfortu- nate position in which he is placed, but he does not appear to be strong enough to break away from the fold into which he has been dragged and- reassert his manhood. It was a very cleverly arrang- ed plan on the part of Colonel Burns and | his manipulators whereby they persuaded Assemblyman Beecher to violate his pledge made to the Grant people and tog cast his vote for a man for United States Senator whom it is admitted is not the choice of twenty-flve Republicans in | Shasta and Modoc countles, which are included in Beecher's district. George D. Champlin, a relative of Beecher, who is also connected with the Stanford estate and has been more or less close in his relations with the Southern Pacific Railroad, Is directly responsible for Beecher's change of heart from Grant to Burns. In this work Champlin was assisted by Superior Judge Edward Swee- ny and ex-County Clerk Drynan of Shas- ta County. Both Sweeny and Drynan have been in Sacramento on and off ever since the Senatorial fight opened and they have left no stone unturned, not only in bringing Beecher over into the Burns camp, but they have also been constantly guarding him to see that he stays where he is placed. Beecher was not originally a candidate for the Republican nomination in the Fifth Assembly District, but it was given him. Judge Sweeny, who was. originally favorable to Grant's candidacy, nomina- ted Beecher in the convention. His dis- trict was close, having been formerly rep- resented by Shanahan, so some of Grant's friends gave to Beecher material assist- ance in making his fight. In fact, it was the friends of Grant who X]elrsdum:ed ter the contest. uring BT salan the voters In Shasta and Modoc counties belleved that Beecher would, if elected, cast his vote for Grant Lo O obably intended to do so, for he is not a politician and is not well ac- quainted with the double-cross tactics of fhe professional politiclan. But after he in Sacramento his relative Cham- and with the Desistance of Sweeny and Drynan, Beech- er was won over to Burns. Judge Sweeny is an ambitious Jawyer, about 40 years of age, and is look- ing to the future. A seat on the Supreme bench of the State would not be distaste- ful to him, and Colonel Daniel Burns has in the past promised nominations to fHends who assist him. Anyway, Judge Sweeny has closed up the Superior Court of Shasta County and _made two_trips to Sacramento since the Senatorial fight has opened,.and the effect of his labors here oFe Visible. He has assisted in adding ohe vote to the Burns column, and As- Semblyman Beecher has thereby violated his pledge. » Judge emphatically denies that he ls’rf}(‘v(r .Lurgns and claims that he has not the Senatorial fight. But Mhere are others here who claim that the Judge is mistaken, and they are just as firm in their statements that he has laced the Burns collar over his neck as weeny is in his denials. Well defined rumors are current that Assemblyman Beecher is_to be remem- bered by Governor Gage in the shape of a four-year job, and it is also asserted that ex-County Clerk Drynan is mnot to be forgotten for the work that he has done for Colonel Burns. ‘Again is the hand of Governor Gage ap- parent in the Senatorial contest. He ls Paing it to foist Daniel M. Burns upon the people of Californip as thelr repre- sentative in_the Senate of the United States. Evidence of the fact that Burns antcommand any of the State patronage to aid him in his fight daily accumulates. Ot ‘course Beecher and Drynan both deny {hat they are looking for_ any appoint- thent from the Governor. It was not-ex- Pected that they would admit it. Senator T. J. Laird, who regresents the conntics of iassen, Modoc, Shasta, Sis- Kkiyou and Trinity, has mlsregrseemed his constituents on every ballot by voting for Burns. Laird secured the Republican Famination in the Second Senatorial Dis- trict after a sharp contest by one vote, If there had even been a sus) icfon that he would, upon his arrival at Sacramento, become associated with the touts and Federal brigade in attempting to force the election of Daniel M. Burns to the United States Senate, he would have been buried under an avalanche of votes by the hardy mountaineers who make up the votes of his district and who are unani- mous in their opposition to Burns, and who regard his Senatorial candidacy as an insult to the honest people of the State. tor Laird has stated that he has no et ltical ambition and that this Is the last office he will ever seek at the hands of the people. It was not necessary for the Senator to say this. He has by his own acts placed himself on the re- tired list. He has misrepresented his con- stituency by voting for Burns on five allots, and according to reports from the If such a move is contemplated by Burns people to encourage the Bullaites and keep the nine votes he has now to- gether, they have not notified Senator Bulla to that effect, for he stated posi- tively to-night that unless there was a general break he anticipated no additions to his standard to-morrow. - WHY PARDEE AND DALTON DID NOT GO TO THE BALL CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 12.—Dr. George C. Pardee of Oakland and Assessor Dalton of Alameda County journeyed all the way from the bay to Sac- ramento in order to shine as Mghts in high social circles at the inau- gural ball. But both of these distinguish- ment, for neither of them was permitted to mingle with the gay and brilliant throngs that graced the second floor of the Capltol on Monday night. Dr. Pardee’s form had never been dec- orated with a dress sult, but it so hap- pened that his friend, Assessor Dalton, had two suits of this character, and when the doctor unbosomed himself and ex- plained his dilemma to Dalton he prompt- ly proffered the doctor the loan of his extra dress suit, thereby clearing the way for Oakland's ex-Mayor to appear at the one soclal function In which all the State is Interested in appropriate attire. Mr. Dalton’s extra suit was not made for Dr. Pardee and it needed fixing In order to bring it to the point where it did justice to the doctor's manly form. The coat and vest were both all right, | but the trousers were long and the waist | measurement was sufficient to cover the doctor almost twice. These little defects, | however, were mere trifles and easily | overcome. Several tucks were taken in the waist and the length of the trousers | Finally after a trusty taflor had labored | for several hours on the suit the doctor | donned it and came forth a thing of beau- ty. Dalton was proud of him and con- | gratulated him on his magnificent ap- | pearance. P eaker Wright had promised the doc- tor and Mr. Dalton that he would furnish | them with two tickets to the ball. Both | gentlemen, dressed in their finest linen | @nd arrayed in their’ gaudiest purple, | took up their station at § p. m., Waiting | for the Speaker to make good his prom- | ise to furnish them with the pasteboards | that would give them entree to the ball- | room. Nine o'clock came and still no tor and Mr. Dalton began to get nervous Could the Speaker have forgotten them? | Certainly not. He was not a man who | would make a promise to give his two | friends admission to the sacred precincts | of a great society function and then over- | look them. The clock ticked off another hour and still another and still no tickets. Then it was that Dr. Pardee and Mr. Dalton realized that they had been dumped. They were not altogether pleased at the way they had been over- ooked and decided to go into_caucus. Dr. Pardee acted as chairman. Mr. Dal- ton moved that it be the sense of the inaugural ball, and the motion prevailed. At 11:30 the caucus adjourned without date. Dr. Pardee immediately thereafter shed Mr. Dalton’s dress suit, took the tuck out of the walist of the trousers, re- | stored the trousers legs to their original length and returned the suit In its en- tirety to Mr. Dalton. Both gentlemen took the first available train for Oakland. They had traveled one hundred and | eighty miles, adorned themselves regard- less of expense and suffered some consid- erable discomfort to attend the inaugu- ral ball, and then the privilege had been | of their friend. | WRIGHT’S EXPLANATION CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- Howard E. Wright to the effect that the attitude of four members of the Supreme Court influenced him to cast his vote for Burns created consternation in the camp | of Burns. Advisers of the colonel regret | exceedingly that the Speaker made an assertion of this character and are cir- culating the report to-night that there is no foundation for his statement. All the | candidates and the friends of the aspi- rants for the Senatorship were astonish- ed that Wright should give utterance to that Supreme Justices were mixing in the Senatorial fight. In the minds of many of the people of California there has long,_been a suspi- cion that the highest judidial tribunal of corporate influence. The statement of Wright will tend to confirm the sus- picion in the public mind and arouse the people to a sense of a new and great danger. The lawyers of the Legislature are talk- ing to-night in whispers about the re- markable explanation given by Wright for his course in the Senatorial contest. Something will be sprung at once to smooth the matter over in order that the Supreme Court of the State may not be exposed to a storm of public indignation. It is now said by right's friends in the Burns household that he should not have mage any explanation beyond a mere declaration that gratitude and recognition of political favors caused him to espouse the cause of the ‘“‘colonel.” Wright's statements may be cast aside many lawyers fear that it will cause a tremendous scandal in California. BT A WCARTHY TRYING TO SELL BURNS A GOLD BRICK CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 12—The Senatorial contest has brought to Sacramento a number of characters Who are desirous of being | one million fac similes of the Gazette of | that there are no such materials offered ' the | leading | | ed gentlemen were doomed to disappoint- | legs were abbreviated by several inches. | word from Wright and no tickets. The doc-‘ | caucus that neither of them attend the | | denied them because of the short memory | MAY CAUSE SCANDAL MENTO, Jan. 12—The statement made by | such views, even if he had knowledge | the State was not free from the taint of | as a sensational incident of the day, but | | ceeded to issue subpenas for witnesses in | | the three contests that it has to consider. | | Belshaw of Contra Costa raised another | | storm over the official stenographers. The | | only time they have been in the Assem- | bly” was during the uncertain days when | | they were rustling for their jobs, and Bel- shaw got up to ask that they be notified to be on hand each morning at 9 o'clock or give up their positions. Dibble of San | Francisco, chairman of the Committee on | Rules, said he had submitted a rule cov- ering 'their case, and asked that no ac- | tion be taken until his report was ren- dered. The Committee on Federal Relations re- | ported for the adoption of Assembly con- | current resolution No. 2 relative to the | completion of the breakwater at Port San Luis, and it was adopted by a unanimous vote. he Assembly is getting ready to fight | Cutter’s bill doing away with the Belshaw attache law. The Democratic minority is lined up solidly with Belshaw, and he has also got the support of a good many of the members who have come pledged to economy. Belshaw claims that the gen- eral tone of the Assembly is favorable to | his measure, and he predicts that Cutter’s amendment will be killed off when it gets within reach. | Thirty-one bills were introduced during | the morning, but excepting Caminetti’s | school bill none of them were of more | | than passing interest. At 11 o’clock re- | cess was taken until noon, when the Sena- | torial ballot was to come up, and upon the | | completion of that at 2 in the afternoon | | adjournment was taken until to-morrow | | morning at 10 o'clock. ‘ | | i | SENATOR SHORTRIDGE HAS OTHER ASPIRATIONS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 12.—The junior Senator | from Santa Clara County, the Hon. Charles M. Shortridge, is not destitute of | | Senatorial aspirations. He will never be | a candidate in the accepted sense of the term, but will walt until the people call him to the high station. The other night he imparted in confi- dence to a friend that he occupied the same relation fo Colonel Burns that the lamented Garfield once occupied to John Sherman. warfield went to the national convention at Chicago in good faith to espouse the cause of John Sherman. In his speech placing Sherman’s name be- | fore the convention he had no ower purs pose than that of gaining success for the | candidate. The_ brilliant speech of the gifted Garfield, however, challenged the admiration of ‘the great convention and the delciates saw in the speaker the man for the high office of President. | Senator “Shortridge believes that his | own speech placing Colonel Burns in nom- ination impressed the Senators with so | lofty a regard for his qualities as a leader | that they cannot be restrained from com- | ing forward and tendering him their sup- | g(llr( for the office of United States Sen- | or. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. A. H. S. Perkins of Los Angeles, editor | of the Pythian Wave, the official organ | of the order in Californfa and fraternal editor of the city named, received last week a prize of $100 offered by the West- ern Knights' Protective Association of St. Charles, Minn., for the best ritual sub- mitted. Mr. Perkins is one of the best fraternal writers on the coast and a con- tributor to a number of fraternal East- ern publications. Iiis article on ‘‘Will Fraternal Insurance Insure?” published | in the National Underwriter of Baltimore | and New York about a vear ago has giv- | en him a national repytation. The officers of Washington Lodge of | Vallejo will be publicly installed this week by the grand chancellor and the rand keeper of records and seals. The ollowing night the officers will install the officers of the lodge at Suisun. | The officers of Eureka Lodge were In-| stalled by Deputy District Grand Chan-] cellor F. Lange last Friday, and a | banquet to the members followed. | Next Wednesday night the officers of | Golden Gate Company, U. R., K. of P.,| will be elected for the ensuing term. Thc new ritual for the Uniform Rank, | has been received. i —————————— RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS. | Pacific Division No. 170 of the Order of | Railroad Telegraphers, the local division of the order, at its annual election held on the last day of December selected the following named to serve for the ensuing | term: R. R. Abbitt, C. T.; A. W. Dutton, | P. C.; C. J. de Seda, first A. C. T.; R. Wi | McGarvie, second A. C. T.; B. A. Mevyer, | secretary and treasurer; T. J. O’Connor, | marshal; Edson Hazen, 1. S.; B. Joost, | | 0. S. B. A. Meyer, R. W. McGarvie and | | R. H. Abbott were chosen delegates to | | the biennial convention, which will meet A. W. Dutton, B. Pengar and F. A. Hemphill were | | chosen alternates. This division meets but once a month. During the past year | there was not a meeting at which there | was not an increase in the membership. At the last held meeting twenty-five new applications were accepted —_——————————— LADIES OF' THE MACCABEES. The class initiations recently held in this city and in Oakland were under the | speclal supervision of Mrs. Budocia S. | Moffat, in accordance with a dispensation | for that purpose granted by Mrs. Lillian Hollister, the supreme lady commander. Shnaie e o ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY—C. F. B., City. The nineteenth century will | close at twelve o'clock midnight, Decem- ber 31, 1900. A CENT OF 1798—J. F. T., Chico, Cal. A cent of 1798 commanus a premium of from 4 to 14 cents. Dealers will sell such for 25 cents;each. == ULSTER COUNTY GAZETTE—W. C. M., Sonora, Cal. An Ulster County Ga- zette of January 4, 1800, if genuine would be valuable. In 1861 and 1862 an in- Ld‘vlflull in New York prinfed and sold in Peoria, Ill., next May. E. | 10th of that month. Pre-emption claims variable greeting. If there is a person in Suisun or Fairflield or in the vicinity of the Wilson ranch who believes a mistake has been made he is carefully keeping his opinion to himself. Mrs. Miller visited the County Jail at Fairfield this morning and had a brief interview with her husband. The in- terview was not entirely satisfactory to either husband or wife as the meeting | took place in the Sheriff’s office and neither Miller nor his wiie was al- lowed to discuss the case or anything relating to it. | Mrs. Miller is rather a handsome | woman, of Spanish blood, about 35 years old. She has piercing black eyes and a determined manner that seems to brook no opposition. She came up | from Port Costa on the early train and swooped down upon the Sheriff’s | office like an avenging angel. She de- manded to be allowed to visit Miller in his cell at once and also to see her mother-in-law and sister- | in-law. Sheriff Savage was not inclined to grant her request, as he is desirous of shutting off every avenue of communication. When Mrs. Miller was informed that the prisoners could not be seen her eyes flashed fire. Step- ping close to the Sheriff she cried in a voice quivering with suppressed ex- citement: ‘“Can’t see my husband? Why can’t I see him? He did not kill ‘Wilson; you killed him!” The Sheriff was struck speechless by this unexpected and highly dramatic | accusation. He recovered his powers of speech and the use of his mental faculties after a brief period, however, | ana tried to pacify his accuser with | | soft words and sympathetic assurances. | His efforts were vain, however. Mrs. Miller declared she had come to see her | husband and she proposed to see him. After a conference with the District Attorney the Sheriff finally gave the re- quired permission, but stipulated that | the prisoner should be brought to his | office and that no reference to the| charge against him should be made in | the conversation between him and his wife. Miller’s first question upon en- tering the office was whether his moth- er and sister had been arrested. “Why, yes. They are locked up here,” sald Mrs. Miller. | “Howedo you know?” asked Miller. quickly. Mrs. Miller replied that she had read the news of their arrest in the news- papers. Deputy Sheriff Downing then interfered and threatened to lock Mil- ler up in his cell again unless he ceased to talk on the tabooed subject. Miller gave his wife an order for his last month’s salary, due from the rail- | road company, and after a long talk on purely personal affairs he was led | Miller remarked that | back to the jail. he needed a shave, and Deputy Sheriff Reeves volunteered to send him a razor | that he might shave himself. “Oh, don’t do that,” said Mrs. Mil- ler hurriedly and in evident apprehen- slon. “He might cut his throat.” Mrs. Miller was not allowed to see either of the women prisoners and returned to | Port Costa on an afternoon train. Mrs. Wilson, who' has maintained a sullen demeanor ever since hef arrest, is beginning to show the effects of the strain she has been under for the last twenty-four hours. She shed no tear nor gave any outward evidence of con- cern when arrested, but late this after- noon she suddenly threw . herself upon her cot and burst into tears, bemoaning her fate and protesting her innocence of any crime. “This is awful,” she sobbed. see why they arrested me. “I don’t I have not woman is in a terrible plight mentally and physically. She has lost her de- flant air and now presents such a con- trast to her former self as to create compassion in the breasts of her ac- cusers. She feels that all the world is against her. “Everybody has shunned me and talked about me,” she says, “for the last two years—ever since the murder. I know I am hated and have no friends. but I don’t know anything about this case.” The old woman appears to have even been deserted by McEwen, whose mis- tress she was. He has made no at- tempt to see her and has made no re- sponse to her written appeal to him to secure counsel to defend her. Under Sheriff Robinson drove out to the McEwen ranch this afternoon and sought to secure some information from the old man, but without success. Mc- Ewen declared, with great vehemence, that if Mrs. Dickinson was a party to the murder of Wilson she had nottaken him into her confidence and he had nothing to tell. The old man sought to convince the officer that there was no good reason why he should be taken to jail. He gave a promise to come to the Sheriff's office to-morrow morning to make a statement. Miller maintains his air of confldence and expects to prove an alibi with the testimony of the Sheean girls of Val- lejo, but the Sheriff and those who | have been working on the case are con- fident that the accused man will find his confidence misplaced. Miller se- cured an attorney to-day to defend him. The alleged murderer sent for | Attorney Lamont, one of the leading lawyers of the county, to take his case, | but Lamont refused to have anything | to do with it. During the afternoon Max Robbins, a young attorney, visit- ed the jall and offered to defend Miller. The accused prisoners are becoming confused, and before they are placed on trial they are likely to be entangled in contradictory statements regarding their movements within forty-eight hours of the murder. For instance. when Miller was informed to-day that the officers had positive evidence that his mother and McEwen had been seen leaving his house about 2 o’clock on the morning of the day on which the murder was committed, he protested that they departed a little before mid- night. McEwen thought they had left Miller’'s house about 9 or 10 o’'clock Thursday night, and Mrs. Dickinson said it was as early as 7 p. m. Mrs. Wilson's memory on this point was even more defective. She at first said that McEwen and Mrs. Dickinson had not visited Vallejo and had not seen Miller for two weeks before the murder was committed, but when she was prompted she admitted that they went to Vallejo Thursday morning and reached home some time the following night at what she regarded a reason- able hour. Mrs. Lillle Baylard, the young mar- ried daughter of Mrs. Wilson, who was living on the McEwen ranch with her mother when her father was assassi- nated, maintains that her mother was outside the house when the fatal shot was fired, and that she came indoors immediately after and retired. This is in direct contradiction of Mrs. Wilson’s statement. Mrs. Baylard says she will tell everything she knows that can be used to help secure proper punishment for the slayers of her father. She ex- presses no sympathy for her mother or grandmother and no desire to see them. There is but one thing that appears to worry Miller, and that is the refusal of the Sheriff to allow him to confer with his mother. His anxlety to see her may be natural, but it is also due to a plainly evident desire to compare notes, and this Is just what Sherift Savage is determined to prevent. that date, and now after many years | there are many persons who having such | fac similes are under the fmpression that they have a treasure. . | DIMES—A. §., City. A dime of 189 and | one of 1892 without a designating initial | thereon is one issued out of the parent mint in Philadelphia. Neither commands a premium. | ISTHMUS OF PANAMA-J. M. H. City. The narrowest part of the Isthmus of Panama is from the Gulf of San Blas to the mouth of the river Bayano, a dis- | tance of thirty-one miles. .uat is the| narrowest parg of all Central America. PRE-EMPTION AND HOMESTEAD— Subseriber, City. Your question as to the difference between pre-emption and home- stead, recelved by this department Octo- ber 5 of last year, was answered on the ceased from the iu of Marcu, 1891 OLIVER WENDELL 10OLMWe—Z., City. Oliver Wendell Holmes died in Bos- ton October 7, 1884. The .as. of his pub- lished works was ‘“‘Over the Teacups. At the time of his death he was preparing an autoblography, which he had for some time prior to being summoned “een dicta- tipg to his secretary. SWANS—C. F. C., Dinuba, Cal. The quotation, “Swans sing before they die; 'twere no bad thing should certain per- | sons die before they sing,” is not given in the books of quotations, Can any of the readers of this department furnish the name of the author and where the oem in which the words occur can be 'ound? PICTURES IN COLORS—An Amateur, City. This department has repeatedly announced that it does not advertise the business of any individual or firm, and | for that reason this department cannot tell who it {s that “offers for sale the ma- | terials for taking pictures in their natur- al colors,”” and for the further reason unless it is by some bunko firm that pur- ports to do that which has not yet been discovered. THE BURNS HANDICAP-E. G. R., City. The first three horses in the Burns handicap of 1897 were Satsuma, Won't Dance and Candelaria. THE AGE OF A MAN—W. W, City. n the ordinary way of coun.ng a man orn on the 18th of December, 1830, was on he 18th of December, 1898, 68 years of agt but if it is your desire to be technical if would be necessary to know the precise time of birth in order to answer exactl how old the man was on the date named. ONE MILLION EIAMPS—J., City. No one at this time is offering any sum of money for a collection of one miilion stamps. Some years ago M. O. Baird of Palo, Iowa, gave an explanation of the one million stamp collection in the fol- lowing words: “The collection was made in full in the city of Cedar Rapids, Jowa, 1 think during the year 1889. The circume stances weére as follows: An aged lady ‘wished to enter the Old Ladies’ Home in the city of Cedar Rapids, but in order to do so she had to have $100. The editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, F. W. Faulks, who Is noted for his interest in all benevolent works and institutions, con- celved the thought of raising or securing 1,000,000 stamps, and an enterprising busi- ness man offered $100°for the same. The Gazette editor used his paper freely for the enterprise, and invited any one and every one in the State of Iowa to contrib- ute 2-cent stamps to the collection. The stamps came pouring in by the trou- sands. In an almost incredible space of time the number was secured and the oid lady enjoys the frults of the enterprise, The stamps were on exhibition in the show window of the store in the city named, and I saw them several times.” Since the movement was started In 1889 every now and then there appears a par- agraph to the effect that $100 is offered for a million stamps, and as often as it ap- ears some one starts in to make a col- ection without the slightest idea if there Lis any truth in the paragraph prin