The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 23, 1899, Page 2

el 2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1899. " BURNS PROMISES WRIGHT INMUNITY FROM PUNISHMENT Gives the Speaker a Pledge That the Assembly Shall Whitewash Him. FALSE CLAIM OF POWER Last Desperate Effort of the Man From Mexico to Capture the Sena- torship. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| MENTO, Jan he members of the Assembly are hereby given notice tnat Colonel D. M. Burns lays claim to the power to make them vote as he wishes, | He has given Speaker Howard E. Wright a promise that Assembly will not pun- m for having received the sum of through Milton J. omise to vote for 50 from U. 8. G Green, in re Grant for § In making t promise, Burns has not consulted the wishes of the men who can t possi He has sim- omised Wright immunity from pun- ishment, and he will keep his promise—if | hat he owns the sembly no one but that he will attempt to pro. man whom he forced or per- e sort of persuasion used not | »ned—to desert the candidate | had sold himself, is now an | he can bel suaded being me wh tc ope m ould Wright be publi mned and thrown out of the A: has disgraced by his presence the would be ti final death- | irations of Col- | be retained in h and to do this Colonel Burns has under- taken to manipulate the members of the Assembly and thus withhold the seal of condemnation and sentence already passed by the public While Burns is pulling the strings that he hopes will control, or, at least, direct the acts of the committee to which has | been delegated task of exposing Wri s crimt Wright himself is | in doing the “baby act” with the legislators as permit him to | s them. It is needles the fact that an innocent man would | scorn to peddle the story of h from member to member and E pathy and plead for leniency from those who will ultimately, pass upon the merits of the charge against him. A man con- scious of his own innocence would not so humiliate himself to thus fice his but would r belng confi and the justic nt to all. Wright had been convict 1 mouth by hi i before the investigating committee, came plainly apparent to his present er, Colonel Burns, that if he was to be own dignity it ther preserve t that truth of his cause D of his ow: ed out ive ed’ some radical measures must be i at once. To this end an effort made to the size of the com- by t n of two new mem- s, oné a suporter of Colonel Burns and | the other a follower of G The Burns | e obedient tc master. The other could be con through threats irther jurious to > of the gentleman rom San D! scheme fell through because no Grant man could be found who would consent to serve on the committee, This plan having failed, influence was | ight to be on the sh the whole inquiry. committee to | In the mean- | time grave charges had been alleged against Chairman Cosper of the commit- tee, but in spite of this orders were c: ried out and for one entire day nothing Gone in the matter of the investiga- Subpenas were held up and other s that were asked for were d¢ The intent of such a course was so palpable that an indignation meeting on the floor of the Assembly was threatened, and had not the Burns forces made a rapid “‘switch” the committee would have ~been shorn of authority and another would have been appointed to take its tion. place. Driven into a corner, the Burns manipulators again tried to secure the appointment of two additional members on the committee, but again failed on 4 count of the reluctance of the Grant men to be hauled up to the rack. Another conference was necessary, and after it was over “advice’ sied to the obstructionists on the committee to with the investigation, but to t direction e cours quiry In any ve that of Speaker Wrignt. The present plan is to force the com mittee to prolong the iny ion, which | < verted from the guilty Speaker. | By it is hoped Wright will be forgotten for the time being. In the meantime he will be thus afforded the time and the excuse to make tearful ap- peals to his fellow-members, these appeals being helped along with such threats as Burns and his followers may believe will prove effective in forcing the members to assist him in plastering the = disgraced Speaker with a coat of hand-made white- wash. The delay caused by the prolongation of the investigation will serve still another purpose. It will serve to put the support- ers of Senatorial candidates other than Burns in a mood to go into caucus. If this result can be attained Burns believes he has sufficient strength to have himself made the caucus nominee. Burns cannot win in the open, a fact now frankly admitted by his friends. His only hope lays in forcing a caucus.. It is not at all’ certain that he could seécure enough votes to be made the caucus nom- inee, but it is his last and only hope, and his every effort is now being directed to that-cnd. PECULIAR MEASURES BEFORE ' THE ASSEMBLY CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 2.—The good old “cinch bill” of infamous history has not come out yet on the open floor of the Legisla- ture, albeit that there are a half dozen bills in committee that are being closely watched by suspicious eyes. Neither has the “lobby” swelled to its usual ample proportions, and this despite the fact that there are bills and bills carrying fat ap- propriations over which any well-regulat- ed member of the third house would | the prote to point to | ¢ smack his 1ips in pleasurable anticipation, There are other measures, though, that; are just. now making their way through the mazes of committee procedure that are of rather more than passing interest as working radical changes in the econ- omy of city and country. Assemblyman Merrill of San Francisco has one in the hands of the Conmimittee on County and Township Governments that is for the sole benefit of San Francisco County. 1t provides that the governing of any city of over 100,000 ponulation tne widow of any 1 who has been killed while in the active discharge of his duties. Such pen- sion shall be payable until remarriage. The law is to take emfect immediately upon its passage, and i8 so constructed that pensions may be paid to women who have been widowed previous to its pas- ge as well as after. The Committee on Commerce and Navi- gation is considering a bill by Assembly- man Kenneally of San Francisco. which, if it becomes a law, will provide $75,000 out of the State treasury for tne construction of a fireboat and equipment necessary for on of the shipping and build- docks in San Francisco, San uisun bays, and adjacent nav- igable rivers. The boat shall have a pump- ing capacity of S000 gallons per minute and a speed of twenty miles an hour, and all be stationed at the city of San Francisco or at any municipality the Goy- ernor may designate as long as tie said municipality shall pay the expense out of its own fund embly Burnett of San Luis Obispo County has a bill in the hands of the Ways and Means Committee asking for an appropriation of $100,000 for the erection and maintéenance of a school to be known as the Californta_Polytechnic School, to be built in San Luis Obispo County. Within thirty days after lfie ge of the act the Governor shall ap- five persons who shall act as tru tees, and select the site for the proposed institution, which shall be goverened by the "rules ‘regulating Staie Normal schools, The Judiclary Committee is discussing a bill by Assemblyman Works of ,San Diego, which fixes the legal rate of in- terest at 12 per centum per annum, and provides as a penalty for a charge in ex- s of this rate that the note or account shall be rendered worthless. The bill ex pawnbrokers: in the ordinary of their business. Assemblyman Arnerich of Santa Clara h introduced a series of bills which ve for their object the protection of California’s fruit interests. Quarantine regulations are fixed against the importa- tion of any plant life infected with de- stroying diseases and against any ani- mals -or ins injurfous to plant life. The same regulations extend to exporta- tion. Another of his bills provides for an appropriatién to pay the expense of c ings and Pablo and | sending a representative to New Zealand and Australia for the purpose of collect- ing and bringing to this State predaceous insects that are beneficial to plant life and inimical to diseases and insects that have a tendency to destroy. His bills are in the hands of the Health and Quaran- tine Committee. Assemblyman Meade of Los Angeles will in a day or so add another to_the already long list of bills he has introduced in the Assembly which have for their object the | correction of the many weak spots in the laws governing municipalities. In nearly every case the needs of his own town have been the incentive to his proposed legislation. Yesterday he hand- ed in a bill which if passed will save the city $40,000 annually by abolishing the of- fices of City Treasurer, Assessor and Tax Collector, and compelling the county of- ficers to perform the work of the abol- ished offices. Iis latest bill, which will be recorded during the coming week, is designed to ive the thriving Southern city control of ts own growth. Los Angeles has of laf years gained a reputation for annexation and has nearly outgrown its bloomun ange groves. Under the present law if one of the numerous outlying districts takes the idea that it would rather be part and parcel of the city, it circulates a petition, gets it signed by 20 per cent of its voters and then goes into the city and does the same thlrgA The petition Is presented to the City Council, which is obliged to call an annexation election. The law is man- datory on that point. If two districts are ready to come in at the same time there must be two elections on successive days and a different board of election officers is required for each, just doubling the ex- ense. Another weak point is that the ouncil has no right to modify or change in any way the boundaries of the new dis- tricts, no matter how awkward they may be. All these things Mr. Meade's bill wiil change. It will make annexation elec- tions optional with the Council ana will give it the rth[ to regulate boundaries and include all petitions in the same elec- tion. The bill pertains not only to Los Angeles, but to all chartered cities. BIG SUMS ASKED FOR OAKLAND'S HARBOR CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 22—A quarter of a million dollars is a large sum, but it is the sum Senator Frank Leavitt of Oakland de- sires to have transferred from the gen- eral fund of the State to the Oasland har- bor fund. In his bill authorizing the proper ofticials to make tns transfer Mr. Leavitt ‘does not set forth the specific uses to which it is to be put. The transfer authorized is, however, as a matter of fact, an appro- priation. However, it is very easy to as- certain what uses this $250,000 is to be put when Senate bill No. 10, introduced by Senator Leavitt, is read, which bill is now in_the hands of the committee. Senate bill number ten creates the har- bor of Oakland and defines its boundar- ies. It authorizes the appointment of three commissioners to constitute the Oakland Harbor Commission, and pro- vides for the appointment of a small army of employes and attaches of the commis- sion. It provides that any disobedience or- obstructing navi able by a fine of The bill has one singular incongruity in it, for it Pru\'idus that the Attorney Gen- eral shall furnish advice. to the board when required, vet it also provides for an attorney for the board. All told, places ided for about thirty people. Of there will be some fees and collected, and they are to go into the State treasu The fees and charges will not, however, meet expenditures contemplated, for there a the bill looking to sundry improvements. As yet no petitions have been received | from = Oakland citizens or commercial bodies asking for the passage of either of these bills. Some are expected, how- ever, before the committee to which they have been referred to will act. In the meantime there are several prominent Oaklanders in Sacramento who are en- gaged in the task of pa g the way for a small army of lobbyists who are ex- ected in the near future and whose duty t will be to see that no obstructions are placed in the way of the much-wanted law and the accompgpying appropriation. Grant Begins 0 D Speaker of the Assembly, J. Green, or U. §. Gran would vote for Grant for Senator. Speaker Wright claims that this was It is now ten days since this same $4000 or $5000 to his credit and direct th owing to his failure to support Grant. But “Mr. Speaker” has, up to 9 o'c restitution. The rains which he praye make some of the real estate trades verses so freely, have come and gone, pay. it was a consideration handed him for few more days’ delay on the part of tirely. 04090 $0909040 40 090 0P0H0SPO0P0P0 ®0P0H0®0P0P0HO» 0PO0POP0P0P0OP 0LO0POS0S0O - LITTLE CHANGE | GRANT AND BURNS SAY THEY of the ruies or regulations of the board | shall be punishable by fine or imprison- ment, and the depositing of any substance gauon shall be punish- provisions in | @ 000809060 H0& 00400 0P0S0 0202 080208090 0H0$0406046@ & HOWARD E. WRIGHT FAILS T0 MAKE RESTITUTION covering Ilis Offering to the Speaker. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2—Howard B. Wright, over a week ago promised to repay $750 to Milton from whom he received it, together with a fur- ther sum of 3900, all of which he obtained under an understanding that he going to have-his clerks, speaking asif he had a small army of them, place Green a check for the amount of money which he considered due Mr. Green, ceived their money. That $900 “gift"” Wright Green he declined to answer on the stand as to whether he felt obliged to But to private individuals he admitted that as he had not voted for Grant he would return the $300 Green gave him. This indicated he thought The Grant people at first had some confidence in Wright’s statement that he would return them their money. They need it, and they were glad to hear that they would get it back. But it has not come. rected his clerks to make the big deposit to his credit and told them to send up the check or draft to Mr. Green or Mr. Grant, but the check has not turned up here yet. Gradually, as the days go by, the Grant people are losing faith in Howard E. Wright's promise to give them back their money. @0%0409 0900 H040H0P0P0L0H0S0P0P0 H0P0 $0® 0H0S0H0L 0&040 LOOKED FOR ON ~ TO-DAY'S BALLOT Barnes Likely to Make a Gain. THE LEADERS STILL HANG ON WILL NOT GIV: UP. The Colonel Will Have to Show How All His Money Was Spent in the San ¥rancisco Dis- tricts. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 22.—The Senatorial barome- ter does not give any indication of a marked change in the political atmos- phere. It is said to-night that the can- didates will poll their usual strength on the balloting to-morrow. A slight gain for General Barnes is one of the proba- bilitles. The assertion is made with great emphasis that there will be no break away from Grant while he is under fire. The followers of Burns declare they also will stand firmer than ever since the edict has gone forth that their candidate must answer to the charge of using money to romote his fight for a place in the United tates Senate. The Grant men are determined that the inquiry concerning the improper use of money in the contest shall not be allowed to stop at the door of their candidate. They insist that the committee shall re- quire Dan Burns and his managers to account for every dollar of money ex- pended in the legislative districts of San Francisco. It will be interesting to as- certain from whom the Was re- ceived and to whom it was p . Burns is accredited with paying into the fund | of the Republican State Central Commit- | tee generous sums of money. The touts point with _pride to this generosity as proof that Dan is a thoroughbred in put- ting up coin to win Republican victories. Careful inquiry may disclose the fact that this money did not come out of the colonel's private resources. The notion that Grant will quit under fire is not one that is accepted .in this quarter. His fiiht is hopeless, but when he goes out of the race he will take Burns The toutr boast that Dan with him. espair of Ever Re- . s a commercial obligation. Howard E. Wright stated that he was forthwith send to Milton J. em to lock this evening, failed to make any d for, that he might be enabled to and collections, about which he con- , but the Grant people have not yet re- testified to receiving from voting for Grant. Mr. Wright may have di- A ‘Wright and they will lose faith en- @O0P0®0P090P0S0PO. 0P 0POPOPOPOPOP0 $0P0 $O0B 0000 0H0H0$0POH0HOPOP0H0H0H0 is in the fight to stay, if it takes the “Candelaria mine.” Insiders who have facilities for estimating the financial re- sources of the two candidates—Burns and Grant—fanoy that Burns’ mine would make a sorry showing alongside the sack that the Grant syndicate could show up. Tae committee report of the investiga- tion may turn out to be a two-edged sword if it is not shaped exactly right. If it be sharpened to cut Grant to the quick it will also cleave Burns’ friend, Howard Wright, A prediction is made that the committee will not recommend any action to the Assembly, but will sim- ply present certain conclusions establish- ed by the testimony and leave it to the Assemblymen to inflict whatever punish- ment_or discipline they deem necessary. The Speaker has evidently a hint of the committee’s intention, for he is now working to avert deserved punishment. The Grant men in the Legislature will fight with desperation before they will consent to the infliction of a brand of in- famy on their candidate. They may allow censure of their chief for over-zeal and excessive generosity in contributing funds to achieve the election of a Republican Legislature, but they will never consent to the adoption of a report that Grant or his managers used money to bribe mem- bers to vote for the San Diego candidate. Before the end comes Burns‘may be in as deep as Grant. Then there will be a cry of whitewash for two. Senator George C. Perkins has written friendly letters to several of the aspirants for Senator White’s seat in the Senate, but the testimony is daily disclosing the fact that Perkins is in Grant's fight up to his neck. There is much comment here on Perains’ attitude. SADDLING THE STATE WITH MANY OFFICERS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 22.—If all the bills that have been introduced in the Senate and Assem- bly, creating néw State commissions and glving life anew to those which expire by the statute that created them, are en- acted into laws the State of California, or rather the taxpayers thereof, will have a burden_ placed upon them which an ap- priation of $50,000 per year will not liqui- date. Among the bills introduced to cre- ate new commissions are the following: An act to create a commission to ex- amine barbers as to their qualifications for their work and to issue licenses to them. An act to create a bureau for the in- spection of foods, drinks and drugs. An act authorizing the appointment of agents to collect moneys due the State from the Federal Government. An act to provide for the appointment of a board of three harbor commissioners for Oakland, providing for & secretary, collector, attorney, chief wharfingers, chief engineer and other employes. An act to provide for the appointment of three commissioners for the Paris Ex- position, An act appointing John Mullan agent of the State to collect moneys due from the Federal Government. An act to create a commission to ex- amine dairies and to inspect factories where dairy products are produced. An act to create a board of harbor com- missioners for San Diego Harbor, and pro- Viding for the a-nointment of a secre- tary. A}l act to provide for the appointment of a board of examiners to examine and is- sue certificates to competent horseshoers. An act appointing Thomas M. Nosler, John Mullan and James W. Shanklin agents of the State to collect moneys due from the Federal Government for trans- porting and caring for troops during the war of the rebellion. An act to continue the life of the Code Commission and giving the Governor power to name three Commissioners. An act authorizing the appointment of an agent of the State to go to Australia to secure parasites and predacious in- sects, and making an appropriation of $10,000 there.or. An act providing for the appointment of a commission to locate a statue of the late Colonel E. D. Baker in Golden Gate Park. An a(‘tsto nr‘ril\'lfleu(or the appointment hree State detectives. OrA‘n act to create the office of State Fire Marshal and to provide for the appoint- ment of a deputy. An act which provides for an additional deputy for the Clerk of the Supreme Court. Every one of these bills providing addi- tional places and creating new offices carry with them an appropriation to pay the expense of conducting them. These bills are now in the hands of committees and have hardly yet been considered. It is not to be supposed that all of them will pass, but in the closing hours of the ses- sion & vigorous attempt will be made to work many of them through. WILLIAM F. HERRIN GOES TO SAPRAMENTO CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 22.—William F. Herrin, chief of the Southern Pacific Company’s political burean, arrived in Sacramento to-night in a private car attached to the Oregon express. The car was run on the sidetrack opposite the icehouse, a fact that has given rise to a rumor that the boss bungler will be suffering from a se- vere attack of cold feet in the morning after he wakes up and is called to the wit- ness stand before the Assembly investi- gating committee. The sergeant at arms of the committee went to S8an Francisco to serve the subpena on Mr. Herrin. After the paper had been read to him the thirfty politician asked the sergeant at arms if he was prepared to pay the mile- age. Upon receiving a negative reply Herrin rather insisted that he should be paid_the mileage fees before he recog- nized the subpena, but after ascertaining that the officer had not provided himself with sufficient cash to comply with the demand he let the matter drop. 1 All Factions is practiced for the most part without spectacular effects. server is apt to feel bored, and even fully rattling off the contents of a bill is conducive to a which the hardness of chairs can barely overcome. the interesting. The most admirable character yet man, his form man looking into his face would know it as the face of a man to be trusted, final. in view any evil purpose, nor that an beautiful moral type, and be glad to see a Legislature composed of his peers. There will never be such a Legis- lature. This world, tainted and bitter, does not have the material. tee on investigation that Dan Cole had written to him a letter containing an doubt, if doubt existed, that such a letter had been written, vanished. Dan Cole may explain that ‘pehind it was a high and holy purpose; that it was not and what the committee may do about it no one can tell, but evervbody who heard Judge Clough’s testimony will believe it absolutely. though the kindly heart of the old man shrank from say- ing aught to wound the friend of many years. Dibble is another who attracts atten- tion. He is always at his post, ground- ed in parliamentarv usage and.ready in contention. So is Johnson of Sac- ramento, who is suave and irrascible, readv for a bout, which he conducts on gentlemanly lines. thing well, albeit through his nose. He does not like the papers, but as there are others this does not constitute him a class. Radcliffe can make a speech with a point to it and on s 1e occasions the point has penetrated the Johnson armor—whereupon has ensued the clash of arms, always terminating in the withdrawal of the offending words. Perhaps such words leave no sting. Never having been a legislator, I do not know. Cosper won prominence by being made chairman of the investigating committee, and Mellick was projected - Now] ANY MORE- QUE STIONS' GENTLEMEN? MELICK OF TRE { MALTING SPEEWM. “AND I NEVER THOUGMT OF SUCH A PROPOSITION AS DAN T. COLE PROPOSING TO BRIBEME" ™ “ == oM, IT WAS NOT & MOT “con Bakeour DIDN'T REALLY KNOws AND REALLY COULDNT SAY, ANSWER AT ALE.. ASSEMBLYMAN CLOUGH BEFORE THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. offer to pay his campaign expenses, all | an intended bribe in behalf of Grant. | He says a mean | In truth, the ob-| the voice of the clerk, a voice designed | to lure him from distant fields, faith- | to which nobody pays any attention, somnambulency | wooden | Neverthe- | less a study of individual members is | developed is Judge Clough. An elderly | stooped, his unkempt | beard turning to gray, and his deaf- | ness such that his hand is frequently | find out who got it. La Barre is smooth- utilized as an ear trumpet, there is in| shaven and spectacled, with the air of his voice the ring of sincerity, and any | & scholar. inducement could be offered which | having no would swerve him from the path of | hurt, and all candidates seem to look right. I would call Judge Clough a|&! | ‘When Judge Clough told the ‘commif- | 80 | thenmi exhibit splendid faith. HIS HONESTY A HAS MADE HIM Judge Clough Has Cained an Eaviable Reputation With the People. WAITING FOR THE BREAK in the Senatorial Fight Realize It Must Soon Come, and All Express Great Confidence. N\ BY HENRY JAMES. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | into the light bv his membership of the MENTO. Jan. 22.—The art of legislation same body. Both these men are for Bulla, and while they may have de- rived some joy from the d-agging in of Grant, Cosper drageed in himself, and then a witness reached out and brought Bulla in, too. s a partial compensation, Burns has been subpe- naed, as well as others supposed to know something about the expenditure of the colonel’s money. I suspect Mel- lick of dyspepsia. As a member of the Assembly. La Barre has said nothing, and as a mem- ber of the committee, not mucH. but he is at every meeting, is alertly attentive and wants to know if ~~- Grant money went into his distric* Grant’s man- ager said that money had gone there, and as La Barre is not accused of knowing it. he is naturally curious to Opposite him sit Burnette and Sanford., Burnette strikes me as an able and earnest member, anxious 5 * | for the truth, and being a Populist and and whose word might be accepted as | Democratic Sombination. he . ean he can get I do not think he could have |into a Republican muss without fear. Sanford has the same advantages of Republican candidate to ike to him. I have been glad to speak well of this committee, only urging it once to raise the temperature of its feet. Then the mercury did go up. Of course the ma- Jjority, personally, would be glad to let ‘They cannot more than surmise where they will be led. My belief is that in the exploitation of the Speaker's disgraceful tactics, and the bringing of that official int¢ contempt the commit- tee accomplished nearly all its work. No whitewash could save Wright.. As to the testimony concerning Burns it will resolve itself into a simple ques- tion of veracity, with the witnesses about equal in number. Outsiders may weigh the integrity of these witnesses; for the committee to do so would re- quire a degree of courage such as it may not possess. If there is any way of escape, however, from the charge that Cole wrote the letter Judge Clough told about, and that its purpose was as asserted by the Judge, I fail to see it. However, if it can be proved that can- didates have bribed or tried to bribe there will remain no course but to throw them all out and select one ose camp is not under suspicion. Yet if any of the factions are on the verge of being terrorized into disin. tegration they have still the nerve to conceal their symptoms. This has been a quiet and restful day. The sun has been shining and the politicians have been absent. Many of them went to the city last night. I have talked to-day with Grant men, Bulla men and Burns men, and all of None of the lot is ready to admit the possibility of defeat. The Bulla followers depend upon a break which is certain to come, the Grant men upon general principles, the Burns men upon the fealty of their adherents, the caucus and the inevi- table break which they say will be to their advantage. All leave the Barnes men out of reckoning, although the reason for this is not clear. Much will depend upon the investiga- tion. If it can be demonstrated that money has been improperly used by any candidate he might as well bank his fires and go home. It must be re- membered, however, that the verdict of: the committee, and not the verdict of the individual, will be the standard of! judgment. If there is any gentleman: who is whiter than snow and who has Senatorial ambitions now is his time to get in. A local paper has seen fit -to Jymp all over me for having made a mistake and then corrected it. I expected some small soul to do this, The mistake and the correction seem to irritate about equally. As a matter of fact, when data has to be hastily gath- ered there is always the mossibility of error, and the man who, finding him- self wrong, will not make a correction 18, to express the trlith mildly, a lunk- head and an ass. The opinion alluded to is as near immaterial to me as any- thing could be, but the buzzing of a mosquito is annoying. When I arrive at the high estate of being free from mortal weakness it will be time to take a pledge against declaring myself per- fect. In the meantime, to the critic ia left the pleasing sense of perfection, and upon it modesty forbids intrusion. A Democrat said this afternoon that. while his peo~le had expected to vote for White to the end, they were get- ting so sick of the dany roll call with the stereotyped result that he did not know what would happen, but thought some Democrats were weakening and would throw a few votes any time these would beé sufticient to end.the contest. To-nicht the situation seems to be unchanged. The ballot to-rorrow will be the same as it has been; or I miss a guess. Some startling testimonyv is ex- pected before the investigating commit- tee, but it will fail to startle, or an- other guess is missed. If Lamberson a--~ears he is to tell whether Cosper offered to support Grant for $8000, but the fact that the figure is placed so high would, regardless of the principles of anvbody involved, tend to weaken tle alle~ation. ; Wright has not paid back the /31650 he received. paid several days ago. wirer got crosczed. A number of bills not designed to pros mote the welfare of the public purse have been introduged. In the excite- ment of not choosing a Senator these things ought not to be overlooked. Perhaps the He salid he had ordered it’ o