The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1899, Page 2

(&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1899. INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO. MUCH HOT TALK ON PRISON LABOR Speaker Pro Tem. Anderson Raises a Storm With His Bill, An Effort to Prevent Convict Labor From Coming in Conflict With That of Freemen Brings About a in the A CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-j MENTO. 4 aker pro tem. An- derson’s b! than a paragraph | mp of stc 'm when mbly t g. tate | r in the | that' s isively t noth- Rock crushed ; ntractors in the cities | ruin_the free Ty, @ the result has to Mr Anderson, that i quarries have gone son’s biil provides that 1 be sold only to ervisors or for use ler the head of u Assemblyman K to his feet an | provided that the rock | 1 to private ractors. | passed, would have ut- | ent of Mr. Ander- to defend 1t. but | bble of San Fran- defense on his own r the first time during on delivered one of those speeches that have won way on the floor on more | on. He struck the key w he said, permitted to come at of the freemen,” eech $o Soted for a nee same out against nd of his well | ed that the low rock made im- hat otherwise would made, and that as a result | mén were given work than | took the w quarries were per- | monopoly. 1 to by Mr. Ander- | st record into the vincing manner. of Stockton took declared that be- n able to get at a le price the on had been able aborers ¢ $300,000 hin d Brooke of Sacramento | both bill_and amend- ed to the Committee on | tal and State Prisons for ‘noon recess Dibble moved be taken attenu- enate had e under takes the let the treasury gate would-be attaches at onc geles moved that it | eading tter of | eloped to pass A roll for and | after the and rounded up were ¥ locked 1 another roll | call ordered 3 3 cal opened a fight by introducing | h amendment inserting the two-thirds | Sitiney of the three-fifths, but | voted dow: i call on voted no, but changing to aye, to_carry the que Ay passed and pension the min- did the gracefi was taken on motion of gel REGARD SCOTT | THEY AS MOST AVAILABLE Explanation of the Sudden Boom to His Sematorial ‘ Aspirations. | The announcement that Irving M. | i | [ Scott was to enter upon an active can- 2 T ed States Senatorship iderable of a stir in political circles yesterday It was the general mpression that with Mr. Scott avowed- ly in the fight an entirely new aspect was given to the whole situation. What strength he will develop at Sacramento is, of course; pufely con- | jecture, and there are some who are in- | clined to the belief that he will merely | ate matters the more, instead | enting an easy way out of the | t dilemma. The gentlemen who | the head of Mr. Scott’s cam- | paign put him forward more | prominently in the hope that the con- | tending factions in the Legislature will | be able to unite on him and bring to | an end the long deadlock, which, they beliaye, is working an injury to the | Republican party and the State. | Some of the best-known business men | in the city are behind the movement and have announced thelr dfztermina-, tion to go to Sacramento in the interest of Mr. Scott. Some of them went up | last evening and others expect to go | to-night. Among th who have taken | up the cause of Mr. Scott are members | of some of the representative commer- cial and industrial bodies of San Fran- cisco, but they are acting as individuals | and in no way as the representatives | of their respective organizations. Thelr position was accurately defined | by F. W. Dohrmann of the Merchants' ssociation. who, speaking for himself as a promoter of Scott's candi- | y, said yesterday: “I have gone | into this matter, not because of any prejudice against any of the other can- didates, but solely with a view of re- storing harmony. Mr. Scott, I believe, ig a man on whom all the Republican legislators can unite and that is why I am willing to do what I can to pro- mote his candidacy. I shall go to Sac- ramento either this evening or to-mor- row night, but I want it undersmod[ that I do not go as a representative of vass for t caused cor are at | warmly | islature will | | 5 Heated Debate ssembly.- - the Merchants’ Association, but merely as an individual. Once more I will say that T am entlrely free from prejudice gainst any of the other candidates, and if I saw any prospect of an amica- ble ending of the present state. of af- fairs I would not fake any part what- w | ever in the Senatorial struggle.” L SCOTT’S WORKING ‘FORCE NOW IN GOOD SHAPE HEADQUARTERS SACRA- Jan. 24.—TIrving M. Scott's working force was augmented late to- night by the arrival of F. W. Dohrmann Scott was not a man to retreat after he had entered a contest. ¥ Predictions of increased strength in the Scott camp will not be made before the field is surveyed. % Mr. Scott shortly after his arrival paid his respects tc General Barnes. He will robably visit Colonel Burns, Senator ulla and U, 8. Grant Jr. to-morrow. DEMOCRATS TIRED OF OF THE AUTOCRATS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 24.—Senator Feeney has in- troduced a bill in the Senate which has for its purpose the abrogation of the com- mittee of one hundred who have been the autocrats of the San Francisco Democ- racy. Senator Feeney's bill provides that no nominations for any political party can be made by appointment. They must be made by conventions. 13 The clause of Senator Feeney's bill which strikes the committee of one hun- dred reads as follow: Any,_convention, as hereinafter defined, held for the purpose “of making nomtnations for public office, and also electors, to the number hereinafter specified, may nominate candidates for public office to be filled by election within W the State. A convention, of this act, is an o 4 assemblage of delegates, elected by ballot at a p) - el tion, and representing a political party wh hin the meaning i at the last tion before the holding of convention, polled at least three pe nt of the entire £ State, county, district, or ath tical dlvision for which’ the nomina- tion is made; provided, that in any coun township, city or district wherein no gene election shall have been held after its organi- zation, a convention of any party polling at least three per cent of the votes cast in the precincts composing such county. township, city or a trict shall have the same power, and its nominations the same effect as though such county, township, city, or district had been organized before the next preceding gen- eral election. Senator Feeney was asked what the pur- pose and intent of his bill was and he re- plied: 5 “We have laws in this State which ex- pressly provide for the holding of pri- mary elections and the selecting of dele- gates to nominating conventior Why then, should a clique be permitted to ob. tain control of the organization of a party and arbitrarily designate a committee to name its nominees for office and dest the right of the great body of the pa to in any way participate in the nomina- CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 4.—The offictal investigation | of the charges made against Speaker of the Assembly Howard E. Wright is at an | end. All that remains to be done is to ap- ply the coat of whitewash to the faded reputation of the disgraced statesman. The committee having charge of the in- vestigation has not yet decided on the exact formula by which the whitewash is to be prepared, but this makes little difference so long as it Is white. Dan Burns has promised the discredited Speaker of the Assembly that he will ave him from the immediate conse- | auences of his infamy, and, as every one knows, Burns cares little for the methods adopted so long as the desired end is attained. That he will be able to WAITING NOW FOR THE WHITEWASH Bribery Investigation Ready fo Ring Down the Curtain, Committeemen Will Throw All the Responsibility on the Assembly and Wash Their Hands of the Affair. thus far proved unavailing. 3. B. £ land, Cave a Los Angeles attorney, who, it is was the person who made the of- fer to Dale, was a witness before the investigating committee to-day. He de- nied most emphatically that he had ever made an offer of any kind to Dale or to any other member of the Legislature. He admitted that he may have “joshed” with Mr. Dale on the subject of the Sena- torial situation, but he was certain that he had never carried his good natured raillery to the extent of offering Dale money to support any particular Sena- torial candidate. Senator Willlam M. Cutter was called as a witness at his own request for the purpose of gh'!n§ him an opportunity to deny the truth of any rumors that Grant had furnished him money with which to | make his canvass. He denounced such rumors as false and malicious. He was followed by Assemblyman A. H. Raw, the Close of Ses “BETTER NO SENATOR THAN DAN BURNS” Reply fo the Defiance of the Mexican's . Heneh men. Al Indications Now Point 0 a Deadlock Until the Legislative sion. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 24.—The indications to- night are that a United States Senator will not be elected at this session of the Legislature. Burns has declared that he will not yield in favor of any other candidate. The Grant men are angry | and resolute. When it comes to firm- ness of purpose they can give odds to the touts. To-night the Grant men re- | solved to stand by their candidate un- | til the close of the session. 'This signi- | fles that there will be no caucus, and no caucus means the defeat of Burns. The ‘“‘organization” is responsible for the rule or ruin policy how fores! | owed. Burns came here with h CAMINETTI CHAMPIONS ‘THE CRUSHMER,, \ \ ASSEM i W AN DIed WE-- 1) T ME PRODUCT OF CONNICT LABOR SMOLLD NEVER BE BROUGHT ® INTO COMPETITION WITH FREEMEN. DEBATE IN THE ASSEMBLY ON THE CONVICT LABOR BILL. ANDERSON TALKS FOR SOLANO'S . QUARRIES, “PRISON LABOR MAS GIVEN FREE MEN SAID DUNLAP and A. B. C. Dohrmann. They were welcomed by Senator Davis and Assemblyman Dunlap, who were in Mr. Scott’s room when the reinforcements ar- rived. The supporters of Scott outlined a plan of campaign to-night. In the first place, members of the Leg- be invited to meet the builder of the Oregon. It was remarked as significant that Senator Davis and As- semblyman Dunlap, who have been vot- ing for Scott from the outset, never saw him until to-night. It can be left to con- Jecture as to the number of men that | will vote for Mr. Scott after they see him. It was said in a general way at Scott’s headquarters to-night that business men of San Francisco advised him to plunge into the thickest of the struggle, sa) ing, ““Go to Sacramento and get acquaint- ed with the members of the Legislature, The deadlock can be broken if an accept- able candidate shall be presented. R’e will send leading men of the city to sup- gnr! you, and business men of %tucklun. lacramento and other citles of the State will join in urging the Legislature to ac- cept you as the man for the United States Senate.” . When the question was asked if Mr. Scott would stay for the finish Senator Davis and ex-Mayor Ellert remarked that 20%%0%00#0#040000000#0%0&00%’ THE DEADLOCK WAITS ON THE INVESTIGATION CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Jan. think this deadlock will be broken until the report of the investigat- sald Assemblyman Lardner to-day. not then, but whether or not you may look for developments. - It is likely the report will be submitted to-morrow.” Evidently every one elge is of about the same opinion. lot sufficed to-day to demonstrate that no effective politics has been done Even the “honoraries” polled their usual Q ing committee is in, these last twenty-four hours. hour for the next attempt. BARNES ESTEE . BULLA BURNS strength, and Senator Simpson proposed the customary adjournment. It carried without dissent, and 12 o’clock noon to-morrow is the appointed To-day's ballot follows: tions. Tt is to put an end to this prac- tice that my bill was introduced.” Senator Dwyer, in talking about the bill, sald: “I favor the proposition to put a stop to the practice of having any com- mittee name nominees for a political party. It is un-American. We have i:nnd primary election laws which have been enacted to Insure clean nominations by political parties, and I think they should be used.”” 5 The bill seems to meet with considera- bie favor in the Senate. Scarcity of Committee Rooms. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 24.—The scarcity of teeting room has already in the present session seriously hampered . committee work and the sergeant-at-arms of Assembly and Senate have been hard put to it to fina meeting rooms for the most important legislative business, The Committee on Public Works of the Senate thinks the problem is solved in a resolution to make use of the abundance space in the at- tic of the Capitol, where there is room for a half-dozen commodious committee rooms. A bill will be shortly presented ‘in the Assembly whieh will provide the nec- essary appropriation aud set the work in motion so that before the session ends the new rooms be made use of. 24—“1 do not “And manybe Just one bal- DO+ 0+0+0+0+0404+040 404 D+ 0+ 0+ OO0 040404040 keep his promise in this instance seems certain if one were to accept the acts of the committee as a guide to conjecture. As for the charges that have been made against other Assemblymen and those who have sought to unduly in- fluence the acts of legislators there will be entered the general verdict of ‘“‘not roven.,” All witnesses save those who ad evidence to give that would be injuri- ous to the candidacy of U. 8. Grant have been handled with the greatest tender- ness, and seemingly no effort has been spared that would bring out facts benefi- clal to Burns. But in spite of all the truth has been plain to the public, and no matter what the report of the committee may be Wright stands convicted by the people of the State whom he had sworn to serve and whose trust he betrayed. The taking of testimony was practically concluded by the committee this after- noon. It is possible that one or two addl- tional witnesses will be examined to-mor- row, but the greater part of the day will be consumed in preparing the report that is to be made to the Assembl{ on Thurs- day. This report will shift the responsi- bility of fixing the exact definition of Wright's disgrace from the committee to the Assembly. Tt will be asserted that Wright, as Speaker of the Assembly, is the creature of the Assembly and that it is for the Assembly to deal with him. The committee will report the facts as they have been brought out before it by the sworn testimony of numerous witnesses and upon these facts the Assembly must act. There is probably not one mem of the Assembly who doubts Wright's uilt, but there are many who may be nduced to shut’ their eyes to their own convictions for reasons of self-interest. Charles G. Lamberson of Visalia, who, it is sald, acted as the agent of Assembly- man Cosper in"the .solicitation of a $6000 bribe from U. 8. Grant, it beln{ alleged that the proposition was made to Milton J. Green, Grant's political manager, failed to present himself to the committee to- day, though it is said that he had sent a telephone message to Mr. Cosper sayin| he would be on hand to give his testi- mony. The other witnesses, who have failed to appear in response to subpenas are M. H. De Young and Milton J. Green. Both are said to be ill and not in a fit condition physically to appear on the wit- ness stand. It is not expected that Mr. Lamberson would be foolish enough to convict: himself, if he were guilty, by testifying that he acted as the niint of Cosper in the solicitation of a bribe. As the other party to the alleged trars- action is i1l it foeu without saying that the charge against Cosper will fall for want of substantiation. = Mr. Cosper will thus be afforded the pleasure of repart. ing back to the Assembly that the truvh of the charges against the chairman of the ln‘;'esugatlng committee have not been proved. One other witness that has thus far escaped the ordeal of the witness chair is Assemblyman R. C. Dale. The charge has been made that Mr. Dale was nP- proached with an offer-of $8000 {f he woula vote for R. N. Bulla as his second ghoice candidate for United States Senator. An effort has been made to get Mr. Dale on the witness stand to testify as to the truth or falsity of this charge, but it has 7 who wished to enter a similar denial. During the course of the investigation it ht out that Speaker Wright the question if the person to had heard of the received Mr. was bro\f had aske whom he was talkis money Cutter and from Grant. Both Mr. Cutter and Raw asked and were granted permissio: to be sworn that they might give to their denials the full weight of legal evidence. The_ story of the two tickets that Wil- liam F. Herrin gave to Assemblyman A H. Merrill at the request of D. M. Burns was retold to-day, this time by Mr. Mer- rill himself. During the course of his testimony he declared that he wished it distinetly understood that he could not be bought for the price of two railroad tickets, and that any one who thought he could had better get a position an the San Francisco newspapers with the bal- ance of the fools. 8§ Mr. Merrill failed to state what price he could be bougnt for, the newspaper men present were satisfied to submit their case without putting in a defense. The witness related in detail how a friend of his wanted to go to New York with his wife, but had only sufficient money to buy one ticket. Merrill volun- teered to assist him, and to this end went to Herrin and asked if he could get two tickets for the price of one. Herrin re- plied that he could not. Merrill then went to Burns and that gentleman sent a note to Herrin, which had the effect of causing Herrin to produce the two tick- ets without charge. Mr. Merrill failed to say why he had applied to Herrin in the first ginstance instead of to the general ticket office of the company. His story differed in some essential details from that told by Herrin and Burns, but it was accepted in good faith by the committee, the members of which refrained from cross-questioning the witness too closely. As the committee will in all probability close its labors to-morrow, it may be proper to point to the fact that it has suc- ceeded in dodging the necessity of making any investigation of the charge that the agents of Burns and the Southern Pacific Company sought to bribe Assemblyman Brooke to vote for Burns for Senator. After the election a contest was filed against the seat of Brooke in “the As- sembly. Burns’' agents and.the rajlroad officials who interested themselves in the transaction offered to cause the contest to be withdrawn and to give Brooke a position in the County Clerk's office in this county if Brooke would pledge him-~ self to vote for Burns for Senator. The Call exposed the whole scheme to de- bauch Brooke, with the result that the conspirators were forced to abandon their plan. As an investigation of this infa- mous plot would tend to throw discredit on Burns and his Senatorial candidacy the reason why the investigating com- mi‘uee has skipped it need not be pointed out. San Jose’s Strong Box Opened. SAN JOSE, Jan. 24.—The experts suc- ceed to-day in opening the safe of the City Treasury. The money was then counted and found to amount to $71, 690 36. This agrees with the estimates made by city officers. porters of the Repubucgn State Central no other candidate to run. men deflantly say, “You will take Burns or get no Senator.” _The reply is coming, ‘“Better no Senator than Burns in the Senate.” The touts are putting on a bold front to-night. They boast that Colonel Committee to elect himself or permit | His hench- | Burns will get a caucus by next Mon- day evening and secure his election as United States Senator by Wednesday of next week. The touts of high and | low degree tell the same story. It is evident that the word has gone out from the ‘“organization” that Burns’ stock must be boomed o doubt the [nrd\\rs are passed out from the colonel’s | headquarters that his followers must | assume that victory is in sight and make predictions that the achievement will be recorded on a certain d: The | colonel is not springing a new game. It | is the old deal under a new form. | At one stage of the campa | went out that Burns would g: .votes on the next d: balloting. gain did not appe The Later on it was denied that the colonel had made any prediction of gain that week, but that he had fifteen votes staked out among other candidates and that at a given signal they would rally around the candidate of the “organization.” The signal was given, but they did not rally around Dan'’s standard. Every art and trick known to the adroit in the man- agement of political affairs was em- ployed to increase the voting strength of the “colonel,” but it did not increase. The talk to-night is a sample of the same old bluff. It is acknowledged to-night in the camps of other candidates that Burns might win out in the dark should a sufficient number of Republican mem- bers to elect a Senator agree to go into secret caucus to settle the contest. There is no indication at this time that such an agreement can be obtained. On the contrary, the determination to re- sist caucus overtures seems to be firmer than ever. The members of the Legi are voting for General Barn ture who met this afternoon and exchanged views. The meeting was enthusiastic and pro- longed. It was unanimously resolved to stand by General Barnes to the finish | and to endeavor to bring accessions to | his cause. The supporters of the gen- eral have not sought to ine: se his strength by asking their fellow men bers to vote for him, but it was de- cided gt the conference to-day that ae- tive work in his behalf should begin. The subject-of a caucus was discussed and it was the unanimous expression of all the supporters of General Barnes that they would not, while present con- ditions existed, consent to go into cau. cus on the Senatorship. The Senators and Assemblymen without hesitation expressed a determination to stand as firm as a rock in support of the general. The conference was the happiest and most enthusiastic session since the campaign opened. Irving M. Scott arrived here shortly after 8 o'clock this evening. He was at once escorted to his headquarters in room 11 of the Golden Ea~le Hotel by Senator Davis of Amador and Mavor Ellert of San .‘rancisco. Scott .1 created some commotion among | the Burns touts, but no alarm was manifested. Inquiries w made r garding the financial resources of the new aspirant and whether he would open out in generous style. Mr. Scott | said that he was in the field as a can- | didate for the Senate. While he had been placed in nomination and had been voted for on every ballot since the be- ginning of the contest, he had not deemed it advisable to establish head- quarters in Sacrame: until the busi- ness men of San Francisco had urged him to adopt such a course. “I am here,” said Mr. Scott, “to look over the fleld and form my own con- clusions of the struggle. 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