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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899. 8 ——eeeeeeee, MONEY AND CHECKS GIVEN BY GRANT'S AGENTS. | to the Legislature is improper and unlaw- ful I mu:fldvrune to go"nn?, details. Mr. Stone—Mr. Chairman, in behalf of A. No, sir. ting money into the fight. Do you know | done that was fillegitimate 7 Q. Two hundred? called in and you said, “We ought to would hi: The chairman—Now, Mr. Reporter, will | Dr. La Baree, he desires to ask at such| Q. Mr. Grant does not ask you as to|of any other candidate for United States| A. A few hundred. have anybody that is worthy”? s fenate.” Mr. | you kindly read the original question? time as it may seem proper for this com- | how you expend the money in his behalf? | Senator—other than those you have men- | Q: A few hundred—how many hundred?| A. Oh, that was long before the cam- festified last | The reporter read the question as fol- | mittee that the gentleman who has been| A. No, he never has. He simply laid | tioned—having put money Into their can-| A. Well, I could not state exactly. paign that the course of the procedure 1 yed money to | lows: W ‘ou, Mr. Green, | named by the witness—L do not remember | upon me the strict injunction that he un- | didacy of any member of this Legisla-| Q. A thousand dollars? was determined on. understanding or upon ce. mbly Dis- | now the name—be subpenaed to give tes- | derstood there were certain expenditures | ture? A. I shouldn’t say so. Q. What did vou do, then, all this other s a condition of furnishi trict of thi C. B. Jil- | timony as to whether he received any | that could be properly made, that were A. Not of my own knowledge; no, sir. Q. You say it was not a thousand dol- | time? You were giving advice early candidate on was ele v, did you | money or not, or whether it was within | proper and lawful, legitimate and usual,| Q. Can you point us to any method ot |lars? in the season. What have you been do- for Mr. |2 t in any manner in the campalgn in | the knowledge of Dr. La Baree. and bevond that he did not wish to g0—|jearning whether they did or not—that is, | A. I say I shouldn’t say so. ing since? is to run into a | that district?” The ehnirman—I do not myself want to | and I have followed that injunction to the | not a matter of your own knowledge? Q. Do you say not? A. Giving advice since. of the amount of | The chairman—Now, will you answer | sit in judgment on this thing at this time, | letter. S i A. Except by "calling the gentiemen| A.T don’t say I did and T don’t sav I| Q. The same old advice right over and expended in all of | that question without this general blan- | put ii is barely possible that Mr. La Q. Did he limit w\?l ’o hetsgfll: “0,}31 themselves. didn" I do not recollect. I won't say | over, I suppose? c s to me that there is | ket answer: Baree's own statement to the committee | that you could expend in that behalf? Q. And the people whom they assisted? | that—I would have to have an opportunity | A. Oh, no; I modified it occasionally. stion that the investigation will| A. Under the circumst » Mr. might be convincing under the circum-| A. No, sir. A. Yes. to refresh my memory, and it would de- | Q. Never had a specific plan, though? time with no result at all. We | per, T must decline to answer that ques- | stances, and it might be entirely satis- Mr. Mellick—Do you know any man by | pend a great deal on what you meant by | A. For an individual—no, sir. de of the resolution | tion, not but what I o tisfactori’ n: an answer it prop- factory to the committee and the Legis- Mr. Mellick—I have a question | name who presumes to know that Colo- | the candidacy of Mr. Grant. Q. Never? and I have o |lature without the expense of sending up | ¢nat hag been suggested by the an- |nel Burns or any other candidate put| Q. Well, toward helping the candidacy. | A. No, sir; T do not think so. Do you ever for refusing to | for Mr. Ellis. money into the fight of any legislative | A. You mean of members of the Legls- | consider it a man's duty to write to a ed this commit- | erly and t all except to | personal re; decd- | auwwer it, 1!"*- au } \1‘«‘ not flmshlm “x‘fi[ Mr. Stone—The reason I a.skbon bemil( swer he gave. You say that in those | candidate? lature car‘}dldatethior }:h( United States Senate mn, when it |1 have made a single improper or illegiti-| of Dr. Ia Baree that you subpena him | 4. A. Well, I suppose that Colonel Burns— | Q. No. How much money have you re-| and say that he wants to support him, {ite of any- | mate expenditure of money. {2 that it has been Teported in the last | districts where she egits ors worel Qno i meah outsids of him—any other | ceived from Milton J. Green or from Mr. | and who afterward takes ance from | Q. Then on what ground do you de-|few hours or days that Mr. Green had | pledged to some other Republican |man that presumes to know? Grant? That is it. How much have you | him to be elected to the Senate or As~ | cline to answer? Wi nt $100 in a letter to the gentleman tne s consulted * with his attorney | spoken of, and Dr. La Baree communi- i A. Oh, T would not pretend to say that | received from Milton Green or Mr. Grant? | Sembly—do you consider that man dis- ates Sen: s pre y candidate for United State: ator I could give any authority—I cannot. It |Then that question will lead up to an- | honest, or the transaction dishonest? (Mr. Bacon). : | cated with Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Ellis denies | you did not expend any more money? | is one of those things that came to me as | Other. < - | Q- Idid not quite get the question. _The chairman—On what ;;xn\m_)d do you |t That is the reason. A. No, sir; I did not. I did not |One of the incidents of the campaign, and A. Maybe you should lead up to the| A. Do you consider a candidate for the decline to answer the question? ¥ Mr. Mell Mr. Green, when you were - y Y i 5 it is always looked upon as legitimate | Other. Assembly who writes to a candidate for Upon th, 'HMJ i]’ml 1 41‘; ln("il“ihg\‘m asked if you contributed moned.\;dvoulomg' know that I said that, but it is a a};md proper. I never have given it a| Q.No. You answer that and then the ]l]he f‘fnitedms‘f"<‘- l.fi"'ml"rv Nw,llm‘! lhug his Stat ro! a proper method for conduc g € [ mentioned this one sum; you not say thought. other. e favors s candidacy for the United ®the investi. | inquiry. > w1t of atp, | Whether there were anymore sums or not? | fact that I did not. Q. The reason we want to know is, Mr. | .A. How much have I receiyed? Does |States Senate and who afterward accepts P e L O e Dr. La Baree's case? Q. Yes, you said that. Now, then, | Bacon lust night 'said that this nvestiga: | that mply expended? assistance one way or the ov.er—do you 4 . ar to the elec- X on seemed to be directed at Mr. Grant. . No. e becabane on of Mr. Marvin in the Second Assem-| F L%, 1o an I ever sent. | if you were spending money sSimply | wi'want to get it from his ewn witneases | A. I should not say it was over a thou- | that? _ : ; o ]}"‘1‘,”“;‘ GBS MQ' Wiss that ?” ”m{ S know, ‘;:ld‘hbi” to elect a Republican legislator, how nimd Mr. Grant's own witnesses that that send[c)louars, 2» (V)‘hhall g“ Tou t‘ll11|mll({ ('“}bul"! “17.“ ¢ A, For e rea Mr. Grant, so far asiyo S at | S W : ~ E . Oh, 0 no nk that is dithonest. the previous question I Fourth Assembly District? do you reconcile that with the fact | 15,80 )i he Y Go e coarie S3ol the o pinsiDvasnotioyen e thow 122 We will say what we think about It of ip | Answer. 3 A. Yes, sir. i - | didates, Y ATt s . $5 n our report. i boaf $he ghatr | *7YAEa vour declination is on the same | & Now, then, did you'send, or by your | that you were not milinsdtha; sike. | Qloates) thenarore I askal) g aveation | FACIE Isteny present cpinlun {Ewumn'c A1 just wanted your personal view 1 n is to know | 8round, I presume? | airections was' a letter sent up in’ the | publican should be elected where he | charge made by Mr. Bacon last iEht AL Yess Bidon't believe 1t was that. of it. 2 Whe s expended first A. Yes, sir. : Fourth District since the Senatorial fight | wag pledged to some other candidate| A. Well, I am certainly not here for the | Q. How did you expend that money that | Q- Now, then, what would vyou think e it was expended | Q. Mr.'Green, did you contribute any- | hegan, that Mr. La Baree has | DieCs: purpose of making any charges against | you recelved—how did you expend 1t? about it if that'man should not vote for the It was ] thing on behalf of Mr. Grant to the elec- ted Mr. Grant shabbily; that you con- | besides Mr. Grant? Colonel Burns or any other candidate. 1| A.Oh — oh, hotels and traveling ex- | that candidate, after you had contributed ¢ Derary Bognton from the Third | triputed money in that campaign, and| 4 T never said that I objected to | suppose it is a matter of common noto- | Denses, very likely: to his campaign, and he does not vote for < ssembl t in this State? | that he refused to vote for Mr. Grant? | g riety to every member of the Legislature | Q. And newspaper support, I suppose? | YQUr candiuate, after your having cons decline to answer for the same| "A ' never did. I never asked how Dr. | their elgction. Wwho is present in Sacramento that each| A. My newspaper. tributed that, what would you think of o 5 a Be vas going to vote, and I did it e i that then? Green, did you, on behalf of Mr. | L& Barce was EoIf 1, IS Q. No; but you did not contribute | pue °f the candidates has brought. or has | Q. Yes—the Wave. A. If there has been some kind of a re- ribute anything to the election | Q) here e ch @ letter sent up in | money where they were pledged to working in his behalf. I suppose that| Q. Of course It does not have any refer- [ UFESMEntT, itten to the Senator: trict of this State? AS-{that district trying to get Mr. BlIS or | o5 ehody else—yet you were eager to | $omebody Is paying their expenses. Take | ence to this case as far as I can see about | & When he has written to the Senators T R Sliastion for | mome ione to influencesDr-;Tia SHaree ito 9 Mr. Bulla's case, for instance. I presume | Whether the Wave got pald or not, but I | 12l candidate asked for moncy and has ne to answer that question for| yote ror Grant, because money had been | have a Republican Legislature. he ‘probably has more friends here than [ want to find out where this money went. | §ob,{he money and in that same letter son. contributed in that campalgn, was there | s 'y understood that they were |&0Y one candidate, and I'could well imag: | Now, then, did any of It go foward the | Beying gaid he was for him for United not_seem to object king Mr. Green to go ole thing the same ri Mr. La Baree—i would like to have you | 1o8 ine that his expenses for keeping those |su Vi States Senator—and has got the m wou X : h 5 port of ‘the Wave—ol this $1000. Bvings s et T e - e hat T have any knowledge of. | being assisted by people in whom people here would amount to & very nice - Not a penny. ¥ i c‘a";f;a?;;flhgdg(:gf LEnt_the Mmooy o ber of the committee and desires that you L Wat there not such a let- | they were directly interested. T 1 or POt o mor Sy Bulla 1e pay- | @ But it went toward your expenses|ture and voles agaist that Senatorial answer it fully. Do I understand that La Baree? The chairman—I want to ask you, Mr. | Mr. Mellick—I want to ask this ques-| A. Yes, sir. candidate—what should you think of him? e e s Yes, sir; by Mr. Martin | Green, did you understand that they ‘were | tion: In all these legislative districts, or | Q. And what else? PENWELL Snlces sometingeirened S AT hove tesnen that haet - assisted by other peogle in whom they | as to all of them, you refuse to tell what| A. That is all. AN e Twou thin ¢ Was & A. 1 have testified that in a number of | 4" er authorized Mr. McDonald to | were directly intérested? In whose can- | money has been éxpended in this way? Q. Hotel bills and_traveling expenses. | Har S he e Al of that instances— (consults, with Mr. Bacon)— | wriie nim such a letter, and did not know | didacy did you understand that they were | _A. With but one exception of Dr. La | NOw, whero were your traveling ex-| § youldyou think he was dishonest? the case of Mr. | 3o MI. Baree is present, and if he |y, h,q done so. Mr. Martin McDonald | directly interested—one or more of them? | Baree's case. penses? .In a sense, yes. Something mig] desires to answer it, why 1 prefer that he should do it. been shown yet nor as very friendly to Mr. Grant and he| A. Well, I am not here for the purpose| Mr. Burnett—You say you did not keep | . A. Oh, I made one trip East and a trip | Dappen that would change a man’s views; 3 . a complete memorandum as to the money | down t6 Los Angeles two or three times, | | cAn\imagine that, 1ded yot that the mor ou e o i e S yet that the mong e chairman—Well, we cannot haye - Bxpenacn: Ausiie thol et cat % then, having got that money, edi 2d we ate to be | Mr. La Baree's testimony now very we ; R auritgthercmpRisn? o erCastT R onest If he does not vote for fter we get the testi- | hecause we cannot break up the te i ? 2 A. No, that isn't it. He was dishonest mony and interject portions from each A E when he made the statement in the le w Really, I never kept any account Q: Did you keep any memorandum at| g How much did it cost that trip? erstand you o i stand you, of 'OU, | witness as the examination proceeds. A. Yes; t 4 Jou bropose to take | "Mr T Baree—Mr. Chairman, I think e s R L R R ter. He lied when he made the state- any money was expend- | (At Mr. Green should answer those ques Mr. Burnett—Mr. Chairman, T ask that| A. I think it covered it; yes, sir. ment in the letter. 233 Soil mil | SonOTeEERIROR VIR [ iEasts Mr. Green bo required to produce what-| Q- Where else did you travel, you say, | & Haye you seen any letters from any s been e: se incurrec S fypunsRECOn e ever memoranda he has. over the State? dates? beart oA 1“""" red | quest that he a r it fully with refer- The Chairman—You were not present,| A. Dnsvr? iios Angeles. A. No, sir. 2 district in the State | ence to the district in which you were Mr. Burnett, when that matter was be-| Q. Who did you see in Los Angeles— | Q. In which they said they were for veryinossible cted? E 3 fore us. He has already been subpenaed | anybody? That is, a member of the Leg- | U- S. Grant Jr. for the United States Yoy possible. | “Mr. La Baree—Yes, sir. 2 to do that, and has already explained to | islature? Senate? Senatiice B Mr. Mellick—Mr. Chairs n, there is no the committee, in your absence, that it A. Any member that was elected this| A. No, sir. penditure, it | reason, as I cansee, why he should not an- will be necessary for him to go to San | time? Q. And then have got money? You can | swer that question. Perhaps there might ricts where did not know anything Francisco to procure the memoranda and [ Q. Any member of the Legislature did| A. No, sir. he will bring that letter, I suppose. Shall | you see in Los Angeles? Q. Have you ever seen any letters of We,now excuse Mr. Green until he can get | ~ A. No; I do not remember of seeing any | that kind? , and it is a futile | was' expended dn | undesiithe Chenme ey ALty Mr. Mellick—Perhaps he can send for [ moneys o oo Eve Mr Bulla any| 3 o0t 4 1 ‘}, State. | the Assemblyman in whose district Mr. them. We do not want him to g0 himselt | = 4. No, sir; T did not give any legislator | Q. Who were they? mit \hlw nvesti- | Green b said that he nas contributed if he can avold it. any money for any purpose. A. It wasn’t in this campaign. It was et mit &1 o and it is no miore than falr that The witness—Nobody has access to my| Q. Now, then, were you present when |in the Perkins campaign. gitimate inquiry—| he should say on the stand what he has papers down there. Mr. Green spent some money, or did you| Q. I am speaking of U. 8. Grant Jr. Eentieme D, that in | said behind his back. And now, then, I Mr. Mellick—When do you think you | spend money yourself toward keeping a | A.1 was speaking of the Perkins cam- i ety t that that question shall be a can get them here? emocratic candidate in the field In any | paign. ‘ Jgesolution, vou are ed, S0 that we can report to the Leg- A. 1 do not know. T have pressing busi- | legislative district? Q. We are not investigating that—but in n vou go into that sore ng | 1Slature at once if he refuses, ness in Sacramento at present. A. Was I present when Mr. Green spent | this campaign? hen tEErs hi O that sort o Mr. Bacon—What is that, Mr. Mellick, Mr. Bacon—Mr. Green will get them just | some_money? A. No, sir; I have not. been nothing shown | that Mr. Green has said? 9% )"r \’\"]x mn,[“!:{fl? _\‘X;jl ment Mr. Mellick—That he has contributed as quickly as he can. . Yes. . Did you see any letters’ from any Mr. Mellick—Shall we formulate a state- A. No. Or did I spend any money my- | body saying that a certain legislative L Sy 4 1 een | s I understand by hea , that ment of the refusal of Mr. Green to an- | Self? candidate was for Mr. Grant for United i 2xD e Lk contributed money in La Baree's ’ swer questions, or would you prefer that| Q@ Yes. States Senator? \EXplained, which Mr. Wright and that was one of the re we should not formulate this report to| A. No, sir. A No; &l <T wa oul of She Fiste Sor the Legislature until you get that mem- Q. Then, how do you know that there | sixty days, you know, during the time the orandum? Probably when you get the | WS money spent by Mr. Green for keep- | campalgn was really on and during the memorandum You would be willing to an- | & @ certain legislative candidate in the | election. Probably that accounts for my swer_the question? field? ignorance. we had better not probe into ion, when he was going to tell was money expended in Mr. district. Now, Mr. La Baree d not under- mmittee, Mr. | solution introduced in | La Baree investigation | does ant any protection from these *e MULTGREEN WITH ‘TNE ASSISTANCE ' OF V] Ve yi y hav Jhe {nvestl | E i o > g oF R T . Ab e rotain A, Have you established the fact that I| The chairman—Mr. Brown, you have | certainly do_not | he wants them (o all come out. ATTORNEY ,BACON [ REFUSED TO ANSWER. everything that this memorandum wouy | 49,Kn0W 1t? : Keon, pefpoRSHS Loy MIRE Btedin 2 s an attorney will A CERTAIN QUESTIONS show right now. The memorandum would | , Q: I bave not. I simply wanted to ask | the candidacy of Mr. Grant, have you : 3 Mr. Chairman, ———— | merely show that I recelved certain | YOl not? > hat A 1 a member of this committee, tnat now 1 will raise that| ] moneys and that T disposed of them. oy heven't estaplihed theifact yet|| A, Yen, jbocause I thought: ho wan: an wve 4 right to insist upon it. ; that I do know it? ve Taised it twiee bac | | The ehalight Lo Inslst UpOn 1t | at once | told me once, or telephoned me once, that | of furnishing Information about anybody | Mr. Bacon—That would not have any 3 y Gikr it iceiber | The chniimRnC S, penspaed at once | He was your cousin_and. intimate friend | else's candidacy. ¢ effect upon his refusing to his answering | & Wol' ook R stavsi o S chalr ‘told you | ness of the committee If Mr. La Baree, | and that he was satisfied that he might |' Q. But you dre hers to answér the|those questions that he refused to answer | yas, Sr. ADVERTISEMENTS. of develop- | Who is a member, cannot be cleared from | have some Influence with you in the mat; | qugstigns ofBhis commlittee, Mr. Creen. i this morning. . » Q! Well, tell the circumstances. 9 certainly have no desire,| A. s the question? f % o 5 et o > : v Chairman, o attempt to control the | The Teporter read the question as fol. | Municate with 'you. And I said, “All |make any xoiections upon axy.gihergen- 20p.m stances it would be difficult for me to tell committee. All I desire to |lows: “Mr. Green, did you on behalf of | iht, 1 would be pleased to have you do | tlemen Who are aspiring to the Senator- Q. Tell them as far as you know. t action shoulc 1|m_ 2\11( “O“r::"r}(“_colnllfllh:n]\;aran,\‘lt}'\ir;lg i th;; BOMr. ‘Metllck—Was- there any- reference L AFTERNOON SESSION A. Well, [ don't know anything that I 11, we cannot tell you | € . La ee of the Fourth | Mr. 2 van 5 i ven' i E Beson YOu | G Ssembly District of this Stator: in that thlk about the money that you| Q. Well, I ask you specifically, did OF THE INVESTIGATION | bavens itner done it ar scen it onare © ick—In order to get at the mo-| A. Well, as I said before, I do not de- | had contributed in that district? you understand at that time that any Q. What were the circumstances as you start 1 would like to ask Te to go into all those particulars—mot | A. No. sir. =3 g T heard them? You were one of the man- CAL T _| asers? R %5‘?%3;“};1%23'1“5‘25&‘;_ A. 1 doubt if 1 am entitled to_tell. | that I have anything to conceal, because | . MI. La Baree—Mr. Green, how did Mr. | of the candidates received any assist- fot, but in deference. to D Tg | McDonald know then that the money had : Drcsence and peresoal vearssty | been sent to Mr. Eills when he did not [32ce in the interest of Daniel M. Mr. Green, and that Is th > that you paid mor lative fights rathe hay Baree Central Committee | WOUld say that I did. I sent $100 into Te- | know Mr. Ellls or never heard of him? |Burnsp tion committée of the Assembly met | there was a Demoesat, kept- iy snd Tho | hama County to assist in the election of | A, "';1}-x;‘,"l’['fl{"’;“'z‘]‘;;“»m‘,o R A. I understood that assistance |this aftérnoon, pursuant to adjourn-|the purpose was to elect a Republican r that question by sa Dr. La Baree. tha e 2 ment, the following members of the | Legislature and to get an honest man. We ed some way or other. But I never | was rendered by Colonel Burns to G e | Q. To whom aid you send PR E: n 0 r e awas i S To MeProd Bty Send the money? | JOSY Mr. McDonald to write you' any committee being present: Cosper, | Wanted friends, good, nonest men in the lonal ticker and ool Q. What relation did Mr. Fred Ellis |such a letter. I had no knowledge that he candidates for the Legislature, and |chairman; Lardner, La Baree, Sanford, | L¢gislature. Y'no part in ‘the | bear to the campaign? in the same manner that Mr. Grant | Burnett, Mellick. O e Srcumstancesias noipe | Aty had. . : Hojos £ o you heard them about that case. o e election |, represented that he was an | Mr. Meliick—Do not you feel that Mr. | .o making contributions. TESTIMONY OF JAMES P. BROWN | _A. I don't think I can relate it just as t ive R 1 publican in that county. La Baree is under obligations to Mr. Q. Do you know anything how that I heard it. andidates did you unders 7 s 2 : | money was expended . sir. T have never asked him to isted by him? ° stand | James P. Brown was sworn. e e A G candidate : ¢ | AT do mot. | : voté fof Mr. Grant. .| A. 1 do not care to answer that question.| The chairman—What is your name? somewhere. I do not know just where, [| Thousands of men in lonely homes call ,Q: Was Mr. Fred Eliis a member of the | Q. L know, but do not you feel so now? | Q. On what ground do you decline to | A.James P. Brown. can recall that there was a Democrat who | Up the pictures of the loved and lost ones, : Committes i | Contral Committee ofithat county? hiye Sak oAl Ml I yots Hor M- I GFans | SURFCDLIRLTE Liien il Q- What is vour occupation? ought to be kept In the fight, and he was | who might still be happy husbands with ¥ in the election| Q. Or of the Assembly Committea of | uj t ground. 5 B Achcanss t is simply hearsay. -1 am an’ editorial writer, kept in it healthy babies prattling at their knees, if - o ! w b 5 s 3 D! 3 3 at is the only ground? Q. Of what paper? . W a : 3 < o e might Ih:li «f'm)vl;( district, if there was one? | _ T —I dn‘not k_n?w h}\]xt that | A’ That, and the HE ground that| A. The Wave, San Francisco, m‘% )mz;b:fi‘t?he place as near as you | they had only been“?hlmle more observant A ot Inosa e R arentia o Yo mx:ot ‘x(x‘;”“f;:-ldmlh‘;"qtumtrun‘ :" aéfl;r?: the committee has a better method of | Q. How long have you been such edito- | A. I cannot tell where it was. any _thoughtful.1 dcn“a womda:;‘s com- R in before | Mr. F vith referei ¢ i it . s i *¢ | arriving at that result. rial writer for the Wave? Q. Well, it seems to me vou ought to| PleXion gets pale and sallow and her eyes to the election of | knew anything about the c‘xpe‘nlll”hlrc of Q. Through what means did you under- enator prior to the | this money in that district at look heavy; when she is evidently nervous . Three or four years. 0g your memory a little bit? Jog D o and despondent, and complains of pains known _then | your United States stand that Colonel Burns was assisting fi‘ Do you know Howard E. Wright? A.1 did not expect to be called this Q ke I believe | candidates in their candidacy in the as unfriend- | sending of that money? A. No, sir. On_the contrar: I i i Ak | ey . No, sir. rary, . I met him to-day for the first time. | afte * i T P { sent ‘rl)w mone Tnufl any conversa- | Mr. La ee—I will state, Mr. Chairman, | §; N:fm'e gnseexfiralthem'crent ways. : Dg&ynu kiow Milton . Green? Q. w]hm I am getting at, Mr. Brown, is | she is suffering from weakness or disease in :;\\Jt ?‘ I(v ‘\}:1'\( | r‘“§." Mr. La B&\n\‘l with refereence to | that the first I heard of it was about A. As a matter of common rumor on AT do. this : f some gepubllcun here is under | 3 womanly way. The thoughtful man who O I e o L aaes o o SOWaTd ME HOERnES (it | tireeprecke ngn. Sy A the’ streets of San Francisco—that Is, at | Q. How long have you known those gen- | coigations to vou for keeping a Demo- | reglizes this will at once advise his wife to n ‘a4 great many in-| CA T never met Dr. La Baree in my life | benait of Mee Grant, expend agy. money | 1ast, In political circles. A find out who that legislator 15 - '° | consult some eminent and skillful special- ’ a rity of the cases it was | until_night before last. i B o of et B ey | sy other wayei o ATThe two latter? ik it e e et he would be | ist. He will know that the average physi- s ety g i : = ¥ t es H. | 5 nk, in so ances, conversa- . Yes. 3 i N 4 i i tnas e obnoxious exam- LT, ounced for un- | edlici 0,80 anY written communi- | gt *the"Fifin Assembly Distrlct of this toris 1 had with friends of the canai- | Al One abouta vear and twomontnsand | Under obligations to, 1 did not do It; vou e o s p v of election laws? 3 M Mellick—His opponent? e S : the other several years—Green several|i "0 jegiglator under any obligations to | ing to modest, sensitive women. He should 5 kr ything about that. | Q. Had vou had any communication h = R Tihee i Q. You remember any conversation with | years. g L pr of electlon law. | with him indirectly through other people The chairman—Oh, Y o akas PPO- | reference to the candidacy of any one can- | Q. What relation, if any, do you bear to [ M& know that these ordeals are unnecessary. 3 v 'that was not put Into | with reference to that matter? nenC WL EaWar Ao val makole didate? the candidacy of the Hon. U, . Grant Jr.| Q- Oh, no, I do not suppose so. I do| Dr. R. V. Pierce is an eminent and skillful Y not been ac- | | A. With reference to the expenditure of | aiswaor GG onsons Bl I b Syious i, ATV one candidate for the Legisla- | for the United Staies Senafe? not suppose you spent your own money. | specialist, who has been for thirty years candidate, has it? money? : - | ture? . Well, T am a friend of his and in-| A Oh mo. chief consulting physician to the Invalids’ L hava ot Sinfan 3 s foeling toward | PSP L Mr. Green, it is worth nothing to | @ FOF the Legislature, yes. terested in his canvass. Q. Weil, was that Democratic candidate | gt 0N sfl;‘gi!c’af stitute, “at. Buffalo e bt I, | ht? Q. Now. Mr Grecn,it1e yorth Hothing to] A 1 cannot recoliect now. Q. In what manner are you interested? | north of here? NoY": Dusing it time; with the assist \F Soeikotts el sked anybody to write to | 1S t0 repeat the sai 0 auestion | Q7 You cannot recollect any? A. As any one friend would be in the| A. I cannot recall. e g 2 every time. Do you refuse to answer the me question with reference to each of the Assembly districts? A. Of course, these things I dM not | candidacy of another. Q. Now, then, you know a case, do vou | ance of a staff of able physicians, ke has charge my mind with. I had no desire Q. Yes; have you had an not, where a Populist candidate was Kept | prescribed for many thousands of wom- in the field in order to split up the oppo- | en. He is the inventor of a wonderful tricts this money | Dr. La Baree. it it has not | Q. That does not answer the question rity of elec- | quite. ly @ . |at any time to reflect upon Colonel Burns’ | with promoting his intere : would ‘be | A, What is the question? (The reporter e MellekAslc b et o Sloushis i canaidiicy I knew that e was doing | dafe for the Senate? o sition vote, do vou notz mcdicine for the special weakncsses of oty Rl the question.) s 3 ‘ou | SOmething that was considered proper| A. 1 have assisted wherever I could. A. No, v g Women, that cures in the. privacy of the pirt of the com- | A. Perhaps 1 had better supplement that | 1he chairman—Oh, yes L will ask you | 4nd°wag®quite usual. And, as we were| @ In what way have vou assisted him? | Q: Don't you remember teliing me that, | FOme™ 3¢ Corn (G REET I H rson, but I aying (hat T never at_any | Whether, on behald of JHe Grapt ¥ou £ | qoing the same thing, T certainly had no | A: Cheap advice, I imagine. 1 have glv- | Mr. Brown, as a matter of fact threc | Bome., ft 8 knowm I8 0% fICr feo 001G e from time to time. weeks ago next Saturda; ny’ money | ) Dr. La Baree in relation to : destre to cast any reflection upon Colonel | en him ady turday i t d ,and 1 made | the Senatorfal question. of G G Clough, of the Sixth Assembly | Bumyg or any other candidate for Senator. | Q. AS aGviser only? A. Down at Mr. Green's office?. important organs that bear the burdens of ontribution i Q. Before sending that money into Te- | ~ 4 "\yhy do you wish to make an excep- |1 knew that some of the other candidates | A. Yes. SN Q. Yes. Don’t you remember telling me | maternity strong. healthy an ‘}gomusl. 2 . am getting at I/ ty. had you hpd any Indirect | tjon of that case? were_contributing for the election of a| Q. Have you been intimately or other- | that, now? j corrects all irregularities and stops all de- 5.0 being directed along tion— ] At S cause that has been | Republican Legisiature by other methods | wise connected with Milton J. Green in | A.'No, I do not. I might have said some- | bilitating drains. Medicine dealers sell it . halrman undertakes | Mr, Mellick (Interrupting)—Any knowl- | part of the— and that were considered proper and that | his management of Grant's candidacy? thing to you about it, but I really do not | gnd have nothing “just as good.” 0 1d it should be shown | P he chalrman—Public scandal they expected to recefve the votes of their 1 _have been intimately connected |know of any of the facts. W. R Malcolm. “Esq.. of Knobel, Clay Co., + 1d been expended ille- , sir; pardon me. Let| A, Well, I am perfectly willing to say | friends in the Legislature. with Milton J. Green, and have done| Q. Don’t you think you talked as though | ari’ writes: ** My wife for perhaps four months ! then, it would be Proper { me ask this and vou can supplement it if | in that particular Instance that I never | Q. Well, Mr. Green, do you know of | Something as manager of the canvass. |you knew the facts that day, when you | previous to the birth of our child took the *Fa- report that case. vou please. Had you any Indirect com- | 4l snd L never authorized anybody else | your own knowledge, or by common | . Q: Have you had any part with Milton | thought 1 was some greenic from ‘the | Yorite Prescription.’ This strengthened her en- investigation for the | munication with Dr. La Baree by letter | to do so. knowledge, as it is known, that Mr, |J. Green in the matter of managing the | country? e : tire system, and_child-birth, to her, was very m ng whether members | or word of mouth whereby vou learned | Q. Never expended any money? Burns put money, into the campaign of | candidacy of Mr. G}) nt? A 1\o.bx did ‘n;:tl n;hlx‘ you Were a| casy being attended with little pain.” Our baby g (o0 the clection com. | his feeling concerning the candidacy of | A, No, sir; ot & dollar. And I do not | any one of the mémbers of this Leglsla- | & o5 810 SMEVRAt, (o | ETeenie, because T had known of ou be- | Ruth i5 15 months old aud she'has never beca : 2 et believe o dofiar was: expended. I nover | fuxe? otherwise, with the distribution of funds | kins campaign. 1 was quite familiar with | S ® 98% e e A Tinever hag, heard of It. A I cannot say that T know it of my | 0¢'Mr. Grant In promoting his candi-| thal campaign, = e Q. You were absolutely without any| Mr. Mellick—What has been the con- |own knowledge, because I was not pres- = 2 GRS Has cxpended money SHegirmnsely, | Knowledse? ¥ | nection of Dan Cole with you ana ‘M. | ent and saw no money paid. 8o T will | T, 1ne matter of advice I have. | thise face Mi. Browsr "8 ™|z puritving and healing i T e n ey A. Absolutely. Grant in this campaign? have to answer that I do not know 1t of | & You bave known, during that can-| AT was talking to you at quite great | treatment. ; AEReL Q. Of what his feeling was toward that| A. Simply that of a friend. my own knowledge. didacy, what money has been expended |length, 1 remember telling vou that 1| NASAL CATARRH g T wish candidacy before you sent that money? Q; Has he been authorized in any case | Q. Well, the question is double. Tt says: | (RO0e>: Witr 9 e s A B o o e to the Iir A, Absolutely. The only object 1 had |to spend any money in behalf of the leg- | Do you know ,n by common knowledge, | A, No, sir; I have not. could be elected Senator was a fit candi- | ment by 3 { 1 understood that Dr. La Baree | islative candidates? = o Q. Any part of the money? date for the Home for the Feeble-Minded. | Ely’s Cream Balm : did you| was a prominent citizen of Trinity | A. Not that Iam aware of. 'A. What is the latter part of the ques-| 4. No, sir. & Now, then, you remember that: why | EIY.S,crcam Balm i e campaign in | County; that he stood well among his| Q. Did you put any money in his hands | tion? s Q. Have you taken part in advising as|cannot you remémber the other fact? specific. A remedy for friends and nelghbors; that the district | to help in the Grant campaign? Q. Do you know that fact by what is | to how the money should be expended? | A. Because It seemed to anger you | oo i jmemedy for v N am perfectly | Was a Democratic one and had returned | A. Well, I llx}nk‘rl‘ g lnot certain | known as common knowl{;t{se» A. In a general way. somewhat. That is what impressed it | frritating to_ the diseased v : nce that I did | @ Democrat two years ago, or a fusionist, | about 1t, but my recollection 1s that there | A 1 certainly know it by—to that ex-| Q. Have you with reference to the ex-|upon me. I told you generally that wo | membrane should not be : ributions _n rather, and 1t was at all times a closé | Was at ohe time some money, but 1 will | tent, yes. b T penditure of any specific sums? tried to help any candidate, or we de- | used. districts in this | district and favoring Democrats, not—are you referring udge Clough? Q. Can you poin s committee to any | © A, Not that I now recollect. sired to try to help auy candidate that| Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils, spread ¥ o B, can Dan Gole—whether Dan | means whereby they may learn of Mr. i vh: m y, if y, Vi he brane and is obsorbed. Rellef | Since you contributed that money, | & N0 1 mean 3 : 2 Q. Do you know what money, if any, | stood in need of assistance. over the membr. ef 18 v edg ¥. | Cole was glven money at one time? Burns having put money into the fight | has been ex) ehalf of Mr. Grant W] immediate and a cure follow It is not dr there been any pledge, promise of | “4” \Weil think so. He traveled around | of any member of this Legislature for | b tho candidacy of " Hon CHoward B. | hesed hoiyotner candidates have been | JRCo0e® % Loduts Sneesing. - Lare, shg it_coupled | ndidate in | uld vote for | understanding between. yourself and Mr. konis 5 with Mr. Grant. He went up with him | elections? S e s e Thial Size, 10c. at Druggists of by mai. kedia aman to [(Lapies e 0 f,’,‘(‘,"}’;{’m‘nfitf“?’fu Mz | fhroush Nevada, Yuba and Placer coun- | = A. Well, Colonel Burns is a truthul I T e M i torns | vt hepedian Helped where they | _ELY BROTHERS, & Warren st., New York. ¥ ibution, | put money into his candidacy and fight? tles. : i ' 7 man. _do not ima ne has anything | ing or last— Yes, this morning he tes-|needed any assistance? 5 Q. Oh, that is anket onswer. - Wal LR AtSOltay it 1 naver Tere “,;f]‘g: Q. How much money did you give him | to conceal. He probably would be will- | tjfied. 3 A I was not taken. in confidence.to that wou : that time? ing to admit, as I have done, that he was | . [lad you any knowlelge of the ex- t. 1 was simply ge s nswer to | tioned the Senatorial question to La Ba- MA 1 do not remember. I do not think | interested in the election of a Repub- ai 5 > = extont bl eneral adviser. 5 3 . iture ‘of any money in any mann Q. As g viser what was y at the | rec in my life. I never met him until night | (hiat ne ever had to exceed four or five | lican Legislature, and was perfectly will- | Sn"henalt of M. Grant in the candidacy | spheres oo . o) ocr What was your elves. | before last. . hundred dollars all told. ing to contributé to that result. N Wilsht rior to his: alactinme . his committoe the very | Q. That is trile, though it might invoive | "G %Wur ‘or five hundred dollars? . You can point to no means, then, ex- | %%\ Mfz, \VFIEht prior to bis cl i, Ohpmy advips wonld bede Hblp anye (0% advance the very thing that thig | Sacr o reermtaitation. airectly oY | A Yes, dir. A e B g L . Republican Legislature. S B P e gy AL ng. tha s [ such o - | The chairman—Had he any instructions | self? A. No, sir. . N who was (:;Zv“r'l‘x, tee to determine for itself, Mr. | H‘XU}N?O 5 a8 it m,wm],evghomd expend the money m:fln}:ge’l{-:r?gg:xt\‘s‘mv&l Mr, Burns, or the JQ' Were ,.% agflsed flfh ?y Milton onu ?&’Jx’gefi’i’%ula"{é“flé’.gzd“f those that ; sole desire was T B < vou gave him? : . Green or Mr. Grant with reference , 3 A My sole desire wa « Mr. La Baree—T ehoum1 ]2&9 to ask that | Y% Ko sir; and I never knew how he (S That would be the llmit of your|the expenditure of any money in Dehait ycfi‘uxn;x:léngv‘ouficwm?g;"}c':rl?\'nd Efiiu‘é H - : e e towliai cxpend it. e - anilicyito direat mEstoxfes rnony L of the candidacy of Howard E. Wright? | that you be helped, eadln-g e o ”. 7 N never report 0 you? o > 5 . 4 vi 3 on. 3 . Dr. L e Te- s ck—Was Mr. Cole urns, He said as ndidates, 2 3 2 e O You nave several, times, | qucsis me to ask whether directly or . | by ot Mol S Ui Oor o b Brnorized | PHC” chalrman-Well, pirticularly that | Srcen o, s rant With reference to the | A.T do not know that\your name ever pticians, I think the committee is con: | directly, by any means ."':{ g! your knowl- | sound jegislative candidates, or to make | one. the present Assembly on behalf of any | Q. Dig it never come up? . d_of th that you so see it and |ledke, Dr. La Baree received information | any offer of contributing money in their | Q. Now, I will ask you if Xou have any | gne of the present Assembly? A. T never discussed names. We just 14 l6 K St t &6, understar 5 that there was any money sent either to | campaign? knowledge of any other candidate for the |~ A. I don't recollect to have done so; | discussed the principles of the thin; B carny rect. ,)\. And § ;hmk‘ that wr»'-‘m more than '!(;l;un;:; T l’l‘r‘qu,lty County to be expend-| AT do not think go. xuhm,g Io recollec- ‘Ur!xm;g mts?dSenntenn?vinz:g ut n;onhey no, sir. | Q. What principles? & other candid 0 secure the return of a | €d in his behalf? tion of it. I think that Mr. Cole said that | into the candidacy of an; lember of this . Do you know how much Republican Legislature. T am not going | A. Not to my knowledge and not with | he had a number of friends who might be | Legislature other than those you have n]fi;rox?nyately how much mone;nfi:?hegx‘; eAriech‘;rehogg:P]t’ga;o%%?dilg::fihglxgewrn; to-clalm credit for the election of all the | My consent. candidates for the Legislature. He is | spoken of, viz., Mr. Grant and Mr. Burns? | expended by Milton J. Green or others | hensible about it. It is done all oyer th Use Use Thembers, but as I sald before and repeat, | Q. Never with your consent nor to your | pretty well acquainted in a number of | We have exhausted that side. on behalf of the candidacy of Mr. Grant? | Union. ik 5 5 made the contribution in many In: | knowledge? : mining counties. And, as I have stated | A. No; I cannot say that I have. Of | A" T haven't the faintest idea. ) Hiarae one 0f; bie: canes Woodbury's 9 Woodbury's s where the candidates had no A. No, sir. before, T accompanied Mr. Grant through | course I know that they contributed to| The chairman—Have you any questions Al One of what cases? i 3 «dge of 1t and_where I found that | Q. Do you know, Mr. Green, of any | several of the mining counties. And I |the election of members of the Legisla- | gentiemen? *| Q Where you helped—where you ad-|Facial Soap. Facial Cream. they were pledged for other gentlemen | means by which Dr. La Baree received | may say, in passing, that that was the | ture, but whether it was done in a finan- Mr. Mellick—How much have you re- | vise S akplring for the Senate. 1 made no at-|any information that there was any mon- {lrln(‘lpfll method of making this campalgn | clal way or by personal influence in the | ceived, Mr. Brown? i A. I did not hel Blood diseases, skin diseases, scalp dlseases tempt to induce them to change their po- | ey ever sent to either of the counties in|in behalf of Mr. Grant. - | district or speaking in the district, why | A. For what? Q. Where you advised to help. and nervous affections, mo matter from what Fitlon. But it seems to me that until it is | his behalf? Q. Did Mr. Grant know of your having | I am not prepared to say. I think'prob-| Q. Toward helping the candidacy of| A.1I tell you I don't advise as to any | i, % Ro% long standing, successiully ehown that spending money or assist-| A. No, sir: I do not know that Dr. La | given Mr. Cole money to advance his in- | ably that was done. Mr. Grant? specific case. 7 | thented Without the uise of poisciicus druge by ing in securing the election of members | Baree had ever heard of it. terests? Q. I am speaking particularly of put-| A. A few hundred dollars. Q. You say, then, you were simply %‘.’,fif‘ -5& IVBVOS?AD: (;t}‘ ‘('m%g-‘n.w' I em