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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY JANUARY 22, 1899. thorized friend of his had offered money in order to accomplish that purpose of keeping his vote good? A. Not that I recall, sir. Q. Will you state to the committee wh Te was or was not such a of a moneyed consideration | ping the vote good? | | , Mr. Chairman, as I said in the , the conversation ran on in a and I paid comparatively lit- tention to it, and I think you are ow making a mountain out of a molehill, I you will permit me to say so. do s made paid at all. Such a| : been made. I am | it was not; such a | < been made, but ther= presence of almost every | Barbour, M. | and just a little | said that a certain A \ ur presence, :d by Jame ck—Captain d $3000 for his vote to go to Bull s was no idle rumor. There an Assem in your presence who d been offered $3000, ac- to Mr. Wushburn's testimony. | you will permit me, Mr. Wash- | spousible for his testimony zmdi Did you hear ay positively that nc and I am certain that I being sald. It may have tegory of th inde- you speak of, bec t statement by an As- said in my presence so nderstood that it was a I would have remem- you did not hear any such state- Not to the best of my recollection. ( in Barbour, if it had be e when that conver uld you have hear ? testified, 1 think, that said and that the con- ation W A rumor and that it did not fix nory I cannot say a remark may b and made in my p ) Not answer my qu 1 in such a positio eard that conversatio: SR is that e entlemen to t had been the otk one to f the ti: I n een made. such remark w all the conversatlon | at time between Mr. | 0 bed— | standing together red their conversa- 1blyman _Dale | Mr.” Washburn | were talking | nk we practically all came first part of the con- rst part I heard. the last thing said her? ng that was be- ninutes that you 1 told you what ember; that is all. z me. d hear everything? The fact | to the testimony Assemblyman t was offered him; ave been one of the you speak about. inct statement | was offered to him | resence. At the same | " Well, why could | ed it if it took| t was not sufficiently defi-| ¢ attention as a criminal n—You did not know, Mr. Bar- b t that Mr. Washburn | had ever had any conver- sald it would not | & dertake to say, | gs talked about. ' | s on the same subject, urn had pub- le in refer- T ot know whether he ever ad & nversation with him? A. With Mr le Y ; had De 1 knowledge of the s own knowledge; no, sir. you had seen in the pa- ick—Well, captain, you saw aper, did you not? per did not it say that a it had been paid? paper say that he had certain legislator? | | ‘ou not understand as you le that that man was As. Dale? | 1o do not think I can | had spoken to or talked | m in your presence last night tnen | t understand that it was As- t recall just where I got the this offer, if made, ; but | clear that the impression | t i tion r that i g the paper or| ommon talk about the hotel, | emark that may have been | t cle s 1 reference last night | article written 1 W h it was said | ator had been offered bt think so. ‘as there reference to that in that tion last nig 1 do not think so. I think the con- 1 opened by my remarking to Mr. | ocular way that he was | ; he hadn’'t been committed r something of that kind. any further of the com- | you will . Now, gentle- communication: at D. M. Burns e e the election of Legislature, and like to ask Mr. Barbo; d you_thi O 9,000 to secur { the present expended nce of these witn norable committee to facts may be established. —Suppose _ Mr. brought up here and M and 11 down in their te mony here, we made laughing stock | a not afford to be | anxious about who will laugh at you. Mr. Mellick—I can afford to be anxious; anxious 2 he chairman Mr. Mellick—He prove. He has has said so. The chairman—The other communica- tion stated that he expressed a ‘willing- ness to come and testify to the facts :5- leged. Mr. Mellick—Well, that is a little more e than this one. Mr. Lardner—File them both. A motion was made, seconded and car- | ried that subpenas be issued for E. F, | Preston and Mose Gunst. D ects to Preston he exp that Mr. G. G. CLOUGH ON THE STAND. | The chairman—Mr. Clough is here and we may possibly examine him now. Mr. Clough, cannot you testify in this in- vestigation without predicating your tes- timony_ on that of Dan Cole? Mr. Clough—Yes, I do not need anybody to correct my testimon» Preston is |~ The chalrman—Very well, take the stand. G. G. Clough, being sworn, testified as follows: The chairman—What is your name? A. G. G. Clough. Q. What is your residence? 5 % A-(Q}any. county seat of Plumas Coun- Q. In what Assembly district is that? A. Sixth District, composed of the coun- ties of Plumas, Lassen and Sierra. Q. Are you acquainted with Milton J. Green? A. 1 am not. I do not know as I ever | met him. Q. Do you know Ulysses S. Grant Jr? A. T have met him since I came to Sac- Q- Do vou know Daniel Cole? A. T do. Daniel T. Cole, generally known as old Dan Cole. Q. Did_you ever receive a letter from Daniel Cole offering vou financial assist- ance in your race for the Assembly? . 1 would have to answer that by dis- ng contents of the letter. ‘ell, that comes later. la . Did vou recefve such a letter? . T recelved a letter from Dan T. Cole. Q. Have you that letter? Q. Do vou know where it is? A.'T do not. ; Q. Do you know whether it is destroyed? A. T do mot. 1 will state to you, how- al 1 answered all letters and then con- basket, and ever, that in ger ing to polit signed the letters to the w 1 p: the rest. Q. To the best of your knowledge, then, ] s destroyed? sir. B ou remember its contents? . Pretty fully. Do you think you can state the sub- ance of its contents? 1 d may do so. by letter was received soon_after my nomination for Assemblyman. It had been reported already that I would make no canvass whatever. 1 had been a Judge in that section of the country for a pe- riod of ‘teen years, knew all the people. whether they wa semblyman. T di make the canvass. That, as I understand, to the notice of Dan Cole, friend. He wrote to me in s 1 think you ought to s for the office. 1 know hing in it for you and that you afford to make It on your own 2 ow, if you are in favor of Ul Grant for Semator you can have A. The »ple Knew me; and knew ume that went the way of nearly all | Green or anybody else acting for ‘them put any money in your canvass, Judge? A. T do mnot, sir. If anybody put any money into my canvass at all I know nothing of it. Q. Did Mr. Cole in his communication to you state whether he had the authority to ‘speak in that matter from Mr. Grant or from Mr. Green. A. He did not. He did not state that he had any authority from any source. Q. Have you learned since that time, or have you had any intimation since that time, that he did have any authority, di- rect or indirect, from Mr. Grant or Mr. Green to speak for them? . That is a wide queston. Q. Possibly so. A. I have not had any intimation from any source that he had authority to make that, except such as has been indicated to | me from rumors here and there that the same thing had been done by him or other parties. Q. That is, by Cole? Nothing else. That is only news- | paper rumor, anyhow, and upon that I don’t depend'much. : | Mr. Mellick—Judge Clough, in the testi- | mony the other day of Miiton Green, my ; recollection is that he said that he | (Green) had given Dan Cole, I think he said, a thousand—something like a thou- sand—dollars to use or of Grant’s money to be used toward furthering his interests. A. Given to me? Q. No; had given it to Dan Cole. Cole? . Yes. And now, then, did Dan Cole or anybody else give you to understand that this money that Cole was offering | to put in your campaign was Grant's 2 o, sir; not at all. Well, I will say That ‘'when the money was offered uch a condition as that the natural umption would be that it was fur- d Ty the man that wanted the vote saying if I were in favor of a particular man for that position that I could ha whatever money was needed in order to make the campaign—the natural infer- ence from that would be that the man who wanted the vote of the Assemblyman was the man_ who was putting up the money. But that is a mere inference. . Your hot answer was based on that inference? A. Oh, it was not a hot answer at all. | a straightforward answer, such honest man ought to make to a proposition of that kind. It was not hot. It straightforward. Q. But if the money had been sent to you, you would have felt as thnu;;h you | were being bribed, would you nrot? A. God! there was no chance of the money being sent to me. I would have felt, if 1 had accepted any money from | that source, that I had accepted a bribe— | every dollar of it. What man could have | felt otherwise? & e T Youne MR. WORKS OF SAN DIEGO WHO 15 R DESIROWD OF RETURNING TO HIS HOME e prove the truth or falsity of Washburn's testimony by said Copeland, and ask that a subpena issue for said James Copeland.” I move that a subpena be issued for Copeland. S Seconded and carried. The committee adjourned, to meet Monday morning at 10 o’clock in room 73 of the Capitol building. BURNS WORKS ONLY WHEN UNDER COVER CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 21.—The forlorn hope of bringing about a Republican Senatorial caucus is the only thing Colonel Daniel M. Burns is now holding out to his twen- ty-six supporters as a reason why he will win the toga. The Burns touts have been working all day to see if a caucus is not a possibility, but they received no en- couragement from any source other than among the colonel's own legislative fol- lowing. The Burns men are not circu- lating any petition for a caucus. They know that such a paper at this time would be absolutely devoid of any results | and that, furthermore, it would expose their hand. Whatever the Burns people do to assist the candidacy of the colonel must be done under cover, for this rea- son: The moment the opposition forces hear of it they will be on their guard and ready to oppose it. The colonel, who is naturally secretive, endeavors to' cover all of his moves by having them apparently come from his enemies. In this matter of securing a caucus the colonel is having his touts and those who are close to him sound members of the Legislature on the propo- ition. If any encouragement is received at all a petition will be placed in circula- tion Monday. If Colonel Burns waits until he receives encouragement from Repub- lican members before he starts out to se- cure signatures to a caucus petition he will still be waiting at the end of the session if the sentiment continues as it is now. The Grant people are the parties on whom the Burns touts are directing their special efforts in this caucus matter. They seem to think that if they can get the supporters of the San Diego man to agree to hold one, then their sailing will be clear. A delegation of Burns’ forces called at Grant’s headquarters to-day and dwelt upon the fact that Mr. Grant was not being benefited br the developments made by the investigating committee, in their judgment, and they regretted very much that the facts thus far developed might place him in an unfavorable light before the people. Colonel Burns’ representatives went on to say that the best way to close the matter up was to put an end to the in- vestigation, obtain a satisfactory report from the committee and put an end to the whole matter. They then went on to say that a Re- publican caucus would soon settle the whole Senatorial squabble which was threatening to disrupt the Republican party, and insisted that a caucus was the wise thing for all concerned. They as- serted that inasmuch as Mr. Grant had twenty-elght votes, the highest number ' that has been cast for any candidate, he had no reason to fear a caucus, but on the other hand they said that they were | inclined to think it might help Grant. The Grant managers, and more partic- ularly James Brown, were not to be caught by any such twaddle as this. They brought the interview to an early close with the statement that as far as| they were concerned they did not pro-| pose to advise any of their legislative supporters to enter any Republican cau- cus to settle the Senatorship now or at any future time. The Barnes and the Bulla men are as firm to-night as they ever were, and the Burns followers are correspondingly glum. Their caucus schemes have all come to naught. Colonel Burns will remain over until the next joint ballot of Monday. The colonel stated to-night ‘‘he felt as fresh as | a daisy,” and certainly looked it. The fight | which has been on for three weeks has | apparently not worn on him at all. He | directs every move his people make indi- vidually, but the strain has not affected him in the slightest degree. — MELLICK WANTS MORE SUPREME COURT MEMBERS CALL HfiADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jgn, 2l.—Assemblyman Mellick of Pasadena has introduced in the Assem- bly a constitutional amendment which in a measure seeks to bring about the same improvements. in the judicial system as does the amendment recently proposed by | Johnson of Sacramento creating an ap- Dellate court. Mr. Mellick's proposition raises the number of Supreme Court Justices to ten, one Chief Justice and nine asso- | clates, instead of five as now. The court | shall sit in departments and in bank, and shall always be open for business There shall be three departments, des- ignated_as the department of criminal cases, department of chancery and gen- whatever amount you require in order to make your canvass. Therearein the neigh- borhood of fifty candidates for the Assem- bly on the Republican ticket who are pledged I remember it)—who are 1 »dged to Grant, and he will probably be elected.” Q. This is still the contents of the let- re: A. Yes. I am stating nothing else. And that is the substance of the letter as I| remember it. By whom was the letter signed? Dan Cole. ce was it mailed? San_Francisco. M. Cole live in San Francisco? he did at that time—well, I that he lived in San Fr: , but, as you are all aware, he is the coiner of the Mint. I think he lives in Oakland, but I have always addressed him at San Franciscc. But 1 wish to say this more, Mr. Chairman, in order that »OPOPO do Yyou shall understand the matter—that | 1f have been acquainted our years. ‘The letter worded and I hadn't the in the world that Dan T d to bribe me to vote for not the slightest in We would talk together a a | father and son would talk together, or as brothers would talk together, and never thought of such a proposition as Dan T. C » proposing to bribe me. Q. Why do you suggest that proposition if you did not think that he would bribe you A. Because 1 want you to understana the situation; because 1 want you to be the judge of it Q. Has it been suggested to you that| the letter contained a bribe or an offer | | to bribe? A. Do I think it? fé. Has it been suggested to you that it did? A. Oh, ye; Q. And Is_that the reason that you now speak of it? A Yes; that is the reason why I sug gest it to you, that you may know the relations bétween us. I do not want to do Cole, and s an injury to Dan ; you gentlemen all know, I am not voting for | U. 8. Grant. . Did you respond to that letter? . 1 did, sir. By communication? . 1 did. You have not that letter, I suppose? . I have not. . You do not know whether it is in ex- istence or not? A. Mr. Cole states to me that it is not. I wish it w . Do your reply A. 1 do. O>OPOPO ere. u remember the contents of Q. You may state them. A, That is, the substantial parts of that reply. t;’l to remember the words. °A. I cannot remember the words. And perhaps the replf' was not just, but 1 stated to Mr. Cole that 1 did not think there was any necessity for me to make a canvass for that district, inasmuch as those people have known me for a period of nineteen years on the bench; that If they did not want me to occupy that posi- tion I did not want it. The indications from his letter were that if I would sup- port Mr, Grant for United States Sena- Tor T could have all the money I required | in order to make my canvass.” And in my reply I sald that 1 did not propose to I:ledge my vote for canvass money; that | f it became necessary to make that can- vass by a trip or a personal journey I would make it on my own account. I stated furthermore that if fifty men were pledged to vote for U. 8. Grant 1 hoped the last one of them would be defeated, for no man that would do a thing of that | kind was fit to be in the Legislature. Any more_questions? Q. Did you take the money that was | offered? A. 1 did not sir. No specific sum was offered, and I took none. I gave $10 in that canvass, but I gave it to the Cen- | tral Committee of the county, which has always been my practice, and no more, and 8o stated in my affidavit when I was elected to the Legislature. Q. Do you know whetner Mr. Grant, Mr. The substance. We cannot expect | Now, then, feeling that way, why do that Dan Cole's offer to you was not an improper one? A. Well, T do not say that it was not an improper ‘one. 1 only say this: That the man has known me for a long period of time, and he knew nothing of me to indi- cate'to him that I could take money un- have been that he thought that I was in | peril of my election, and he may have | been willing to furnish his own money. | I do not know. It is a mere matter of in- | ference. Inferences are mot for us to | draw, but for this committee. I do not draw any inferences. The man had known | me so well and our business relations | had been such that he could not have sup- | posed that T would have accepted a bribe. | t may be that he thought that we ought | to have a Republican Assembly, and that he was willing to put up a little money of his own in order to help me; that may be. That is a matter of inference that I cannot draw as a witness. Q. You did not take that view of it when | | you wrote that letter, though. | "'A. No, sir, of course I did not. I was a | | little hot and a little excited that such a | | letter should come, but at the same time, | upon mature consideration, I have felt | that the man could not have thought of | such a thing as bribing me. 1 do not think he could. But my inference is not to be given. I have given you the substance of | the two letters as near as I can, and you | are to draw the inference and not myself. | Q. Did you get any other letters from | | any other candidate along the same line— Colonel Burns or anybody else? A. I never received a letter from Col- onel Burns nor from any one connected with him that I am aware of. Q. In regard to his candidacy? A. No, sir. I received a letter from Gen- eral Barnes, which I supposed was a cir- cular, and he spoke to me about his can- va and that was all. Isanswered it be- cause I had known the man for many vears, had respected him for many years, and I recelved a letter from him in an- swer to that, but no consideration of any | kind from any candidate for my vote in | any event., I received letters, I presume, from all the prominent candidates before | the Legislature, such as one would ex- | pect to receive. For instance, I received | letters from our honored Assemblyman, Mr. Valentine. in reference to his candi- dacy for Speaker, and answered all those letters, and all that 1 expended was $16, which I delivered to the Central Commit- tee, and a two-cent stamp to answer each one of these letters. 1 made it a point to answer every one, NOW, any more ques- tions, gentlemen? | Mr. Bacon—I would like to ask the gen- | tleman a question when the committee is through. The chairman—Very well. Mr. Bacon—Mr. Grant never wrote you | | a letter of any sort? A. Mr. Grant wrote me a letter, Q. What did he say in his letter? A. Mr. Grant wrote me a letter—merely a circular, T should judge. - Q. The same as General Barnes? A. Yes, offering no reward for my vote, but simply stating that he would be pleased to have my influence in his fa- vor if I felt that it should be given. Noth- ing more. A. Did Mr. Green ever write you a | A. He did not. Q. Dan Cole never told you that Mr. Grant or Mr. Green authorized him to write that letter? A. No, sir. Q. And they never told you that he did? A. No, sir.” On the contrary, after Mr. Cole had received my answer he was somewhat offended at the answer, and stated in substance that he was surprised that I should suppose that he had intend- ed to offer me a bribe. That Is the second letter from Mr. Cole. Any more ques- tions, gentlemen? The chairman—If there is nothing fur- ;‘?er to ask Judge Clough, we will excuse m. Judge Clough—Thank you. Mr. Mellick—I have prepared this com- | munication: “Inasmuch as James Cope- | land, Esq.. is said by C. E. Washburn to have offered an Assemblyman, presum- ably Dale, $2000 for his vote I expect to ] ‘ & | department. der circumstances of that kind. It may | ™ | Favorite Prescription is a wonderful medi- eral department, and the Chief Justice shall assign three associates to each. The | assoclates shall be eligible to sit in ary The presence of three Justices shall be necessary to transact business in any de- | partment, and the concurrence of three shall be necessary to pronounce a judg- ent. No commissioners shall be appointed to assist the court, but the Legislature shall have power to create another department | and three more Justices when business shall demand it. Mr. Mellick’s amendment is in the hands of the Judiciary Committee. NONE BUT CITIZENS CAN GET WORK CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 2L.—A Dbill put into the As- sembly this morning by Assemblyman Kenneally of San Francisco provides that none but native-born or naturalized citi- zens of the United States shall be em- ployed as a common laborer, a mechanic e ADVERTISEMENTS. . The woman who is ) weak, nervous, tired and exhausted ; who has a poor and variable appe- tite and no strength or nerve; who suffers from pains and’ aches, drag- %mg down and urning sensa- tions; and who recognizes, herself, that she has become irritable, cross, blue and de- spondent, is in almost every case suffering from weakness and disease of | the delicate and important organs that bear the burdens of maternity. Thousands of women suffer in this way and do not recognize the cause, or if they do understand their condition, neglect it rather than submit to the obnoxious exam- inations and local treatment insisted upon by the average physician. Dr. Pierce’s cine for women who suffer in this way., It does away with the necessity for these try- | ing ordeals, and may be used in the privac of the home. It acts directly on the deli- | cate organs concerned, and makes them strong, vigorous and healthy. It banishes | the discomforts of the expectant period and | makes baby’s advent easy and almost pain- less. It transforms weak, nervous, petulant invalids into happy wives and mothers. ‘Thousands of women have testified, over their own signatures, to this fact. The ‘‘Favorite Prescription”” may be procured from any good medicine dealer. Any wom- an who will write to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf- falo, N.Y., may have the advice of an emin. ent and skillful specialist without charge. Mrs. Cora M. McLaurin, of Rockport ial ., Miss., writes: “I had aum.mf?".,fl inflammation of the uterus. I was under the for a long time, but received no bene! I had falling of in- ternal organs with ulceration and enlargement. 1 commenced using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre- acription, ‘ Golden Medical Discovery,’ ‘ Pleasant Pellets’ and ‘Extract of Smart-Weed.' From the first day I began to improve, and in a short time I was able to do all m( housework. If it had not been for r medicines I would have been dead long ago. Stomach and liver troubles with sluggish action of the bowels are cured by Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. treatment of our fnmilyé:hyfldln you want. o ADVERTISEMENTS. ITSGONE THEROUNDS It did not take very long for the news to get around =i fact, there’s a hot fip out about it=that we're going to dump, dump out our choicest things. And, of course, the people are always on the qui vive for a good thing to occur at Raphael’s, and Friday we did not disappoint ‘em, did we? Were you there? Of course you were. You couldn’t resist getting onto a good thing. Monday it’s continued. These are the good things for this week; it’s only the good things that You don’t want trash; you don’t want cheap stuif ; you want good stuif; but, of course, when that good stuif is offered at trash prices, what then? You get aboard, don’t you? You're wise, and, of course, you know when we get down to three, four and five of a kind, no matter how desirable the garments are, we want to dump ’em out; and that's how we place you next to a good thing. Now yow know what that means. Now, these coal wise we wowld never dream of sel As it is, we're dumring ’ m owt at THE GOOD THING FOR MONDAY! The handsomest of Electric Blue Serges in Single and Double Breasted Sack Swits. Of course, that's what every fashionable dresser is wearing, and no fabric yet prodwced is as ser- viceable, as pretty, as dressy as a Blue Serge. This is a Blue Serge that will compare favor- ably with anything yet shown at $18. Now, of course, we wouldn’t sell in a regular way these Serges under 815; but these suits number about 200 and represent styles that have sold downto 8. 4 and 5 of a kind. The Double-breasted Sack,satin faced: you know that’sthe swell idea. The Single-breasted Sack Swit has the high-cut five- button double-breasted vest, with collar. That's the very swellest idea of the season 1899, but they’re what we term short lines, and it's short lines that we're dumping ouwt. Now, it don’t malke any differ- enceto yowif they’reshort lines, Lut it does make a difference to us. Thestyles are just as desir- able o youw, but when lines sell down to a few of a kind they’re not desirable tous. Sooutthese fashionable swits do at A SILK-LINED TOP COAT. The pretty ¢ Of course, these are fishionadle elo‘h for ordinary stwff; they're for the rx'r fashions, which. owing to the big down to a few of a kind, and, o~ cour:e.w:'r> dumping ’em owt at 26 collr. Not many ind; othe the prices ar: nn* ome fashionab'e 1899 bwsiness we hwve dowe, havesold That means a £ 20 Overcoat in other stores, in the English Covert Cloth : « pretty shadé of tan, lined throwghout with the very best Srade of silk lining and silk sleeve lining. There’s @ few of that right smirt-looking herring-bone weave in Covert Cloth Top Coats, witn v ray shadesthat you see the swell folks wear- s have sold doten to n few of a k “ing ‘em at any swch 7 Our window displays tell a thrilling story of ‘what a big store does and how relentlessly it cuts prices when styles sell down to a few of a kind. Our window this week is a good barometer, and, . will well repay a very close investidgation. & 9 -LALARNYS 4