The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1902, Page 22

22 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1902 RECORDS PROVE THE MAGNITUDE OF PRISON FURNIT SHIPMENT IS MADE IN VAS T QUANTITY The Call Publishes the Shipping Receipts of Fifty-Four Consignments, of Each of Which the Documentary Evidence Exists HE Call has published from day to day since it became evi- dent that this paper would have no opportunity until after the primary election, if indeed | then, to prove in the courts | its charges of corruption at San Quentin, reproductions of shipping re- | eeipts for crates, boxes and packages of | furniture manufactured by the prisoners and sent out to various persons. Most | of these consignments were to the Dow- mey ranch of Governor Gage, the con- signments being either to Mrs. Gége, Do- | mingo Mindias, foreman of the Gage | ranch, or George MacDougal, care of | Gage T MacDougal is a relation of nor by marriage and was for- | merly foreman of the ranch. These receipts, already shown in photo- | graphs, are published again on this page, | and added to them is a large number of other receipts of the same nature. In | these shipments to other points than the Gage ranch predominate. Photographs of | the pping receipts for every consign- | ment or other proofs of their existence | included in this list are in the possession of The Cal it is obviously impossibie to publish all these photographs, but they stand as proofs of the existence of rec- ords showing t nitude of the traffic been carried on un- 1 s regime, in direct wiolation of the State law. Photographs of shipping receipts WARDEN AGUIRRE EFFORTS AT for urniture shipments from San Quentin ::fl.eon have been secured by The Call with_great difficulty, and no reference has been made to shipments the record of which has not been photographed, ex- cept in one or two instances where the furniture itself was photographed. This paper has positive knowledge of many other shipments, but it has not had ac- cess to the records and has chosen to confine its revelations to the instances where photographs added their unques- tionable evidence to the testimony of eye- witnesses to the transactions. With the three receipts of which photographs are given this morning nineteen consignments of furniture from San Quentin have been illustrated in that manner. Thirty-five additional shipments are included in the list published herewith. Fifty-four shipments of furniture from the prison within a limited perlod make up of themselves a fairly good business in the forbidden industry of furniturc manufacture at the State prison. But it must be remembered that these fifty- four are only those of which the ship- ping receipts have either been photo- graphed or are known still to be in ex- istence. Many loads of convict-made fur- niture have been taken to San Rafael by wagon. Other cases of shipments by the steamer Caroline are known to this pa- per of which the shipping receipts may or may not be in existence. The mag- nitude of the fllegal manufacture of fur- niture carried on at San Quentin prison may be guessed at when the number and size of the consignments of which this paper has secured documentary proof are contemplated. MAKES FRANTIC SELF-PROTECTION Bemoves Some San Quentin Officrals and Transfers Others to Remote Posts in the Prison Grounds. Special Dispatch to The Call. AN QUENTIN, Aug. 9.—Warden Aguirre is keeping the citizens of the town of San Quentin in a it of excitement, and the S gu who reside at the prison barrack well as those who live with their ies outside the reservation, are wondering where the ax will fall next. Many changes in subordinates have taken place in San Quentin prison since the ex- pose by The Call of the nefarious work- ings of the prison management. Others a Aguirre is attempting every possible means to cover up the frauds =o ed and to forestall leaking out. He has together many of his “confiden- d various ways in which to stice and, by underhanded means, has tried to locdte the *“‘trouble.” Every thing now, even to the most insignifi- n s, must be censored critically ored few. old in erience thave been removed; other ally nagged by Aguirre, have i ile still others have been taken off guard stations that they have c ears and taken to remote in the prisor men's places been refill ed’ gh a c of losing for a precedence by being sman watch tower. t be shielded at t order nowadays, ani d upon even the shop- little hamlet of San Quen- ‘OME OF THE CHANGES. ptain John C. vho after twen- ty-three vears s master of the inside guard, August 1 be- cause he was the victim of the Warden's nagging, been replaced by Captain | Hunter. name appeared on the pay roll as n of the farm. He had charge of tk milk ranch and hog pens, but now he has assumed con- trol of the 150 inmates of the prison. Pretzel, one of the most competent son has ever had but ign 1 month for | the Warden than should tell you,” d by one of the Warden’s Los Angeles, a man named Fonte Fontes is a stranger in this section and has never been an em- ploye of a_penal institution before. He arrived at San Quentin quite recently and €ince that time has been a bartender in a €an Quentin saloon. J. Duffy, for a long time guard at the intimates from ADVERTTSEMENTS. STOMACH BITTERS You need not suffer from Sick | Headache, Biliousness, Flatulency, Indigestion or Constipation if vcu will only take a dose of the B.t- ters before each meal. It wiil positively cure these diseases. Try it and see for yourself. Drunkards Gured Secretly Any Lady Can do it at Home—Costs Nothing to Try. A new tasteless discovery which can be given in pottos o food. Herrcily endorsed by WG T w VACUUM DEVELOPER EVERY SUFFERER Varicocele. " from Strict- ure, wfll. l.az invited ‘to write for our it g i eystemn” Davorved i mel Vacuum Fu ree. Investigate. &~ HEALTH ‘Far- vell ot, 8. F.; ?a %% 9 p. m.; Sundays, 10 to outside gate of the prison reservation, has been assigned, for unknown reasons, to duty inside the walk, and Captain Jaynes, who for the past four years was night captain of the guard, has been re- duced in rank to a common guard and put at Duffy’s old post. Those who pro- fess to know assert that the Warden con- sidered Jaynes valuable at watching the | movements of certain visitors and regard- |ed him as one 'who would not divulge the rottenness of prison rule. NEW RULES IN FORCE. Not alone has the ax fallen among the guards and employes of the penitentiary, | but so monarchical is the present regime | that the latitude allowed guards is much {lessened. They have been warned to be | careful with whom they talk and of what | they say. | ,Visitors to the prisen also come under the ban. They are not allowed the privi- leges that were formerly accorded, while even the ordinary courtesies have been y curtailed. Certain parts of the n always accessible are now exclu- various parts of the yard cannot be d, while to visit the Warden’s house or even walk aroynd in his beautiful | flower garden is impossible. | ,,“¥ou will have to procure a permit” is | the curt reply to interrogations. | Warden Aguirre has his lieutenants | continually testing certain San Rafaelites. Some merchants of San Rafael who have | heretofore enjoyed a nice trade from the | Warden are blacklisted, while others not heretofore favored with orders now enjoy a lucrative business with Aguirre. These lieutenants ‘“casually” approach a mer- | chant, and in an unimportant interroga- | tion ascertain how he feels on the subject | of The—Call's_expose. The result is re- | ported to headquarters. One merchant in | pprticular _inadvertently expressed his judgment as to the truth of The Call’s charges. The opinion reached headquar- ters. The very next day he was ap- proached on the subject by one of Aguirre’s “friends,” but in the meantime had_been “put wi and vehemently scoffed at the idea of any rottenness in | the prison management. That merchant tin, and since his wagon has visited the prison frequently. IGNORES NAME OF GAGE. Mendocino Convention Names Dele- gates Pledged Against Him. UKIAH, Aug. 9.—The Republican con- vention met here to-day to nominate a county ticket and to elect delegates to the State and district convention. The “Press gang” under the leadership of Ed Niles, Gage's asylum steward, Post- master Van Dusen and a few others, had had some hope of saving a few crumbs, notwithstanding their signal defeat in the primaries, but last night they gave up the struggle as hopeless, in the face of the strong front presented by the Dun- canites and the overwhelming anti-Gage Supervisor A. M. Duncan of sh Rock and Auditor F. L. Caughey or- ganized and controlled the convention, and the anti-Gage programme went through with an enthusiasm and determi- nation of purpose that showed conclusively that the Republicans of Mendocino want no more of Gage rule. The platform paid a glowing tribute to the virtues and statesmanship of the late President McKinley, indorsed the admin- | istration of President Roosevelt, praised | the work -of the California Senators and Congressmen and sald good words for other Republican leaders, but never a word about Gage or his administration. A man named Flaherty, a chum of Ed | Niles, who got into the convention on a arose and moved that Gage's ad- stration be indorsed. This was sec- | onded by Postmaster L. Van Dusen. who | also held a proxy, but the proposition fell like a wet blanket on the convention. There was an interval of silence, and then some one suggested that the convention proceed with its business. Both Flaherty and Van Dusen subsided and Gage's name was not again mentioned. The platform as read was then adopted with great ap- plause. The delegates to the State convention go unpledged to anything, except to op- pose the renomination of Gage. A. M. Duncan, the leading spirit of the delega- tion, is probably for Flint. are: L. Barnard, J. K. Chambers, Sam- uel Brooks, C. J. Woods, W. D, White, C. L. Xnight, A. M. Duncan, John Mewhin- ney, A. J. Fairbanks, Henry Marks_and A. N. Rawles. The county ticket named was as fol- lows: Superior Judge, J. . Mannon; Sheriff, J. L. Johnson; Clerk, Hale Mec- Cowen; Treasurer, Joseph N. Rea; Audi- tor, F. L. Caughey; Superintendent of Schools, Miss Sue Harris; District Attor- ney, W. F. Stingley; Survevor, B. N. Springer; Coroner and Public Adminis- :;:.EM‘, Louis McCloud. For Assessor, Re- ler and Tax_Collector no nominations were made. A. M. Duncan was nominated for Supervisor of the Firth District and P. L. Hall for the Third District. o 2l pallecky Fresno Precinct Caucuses. FRESNO, Aug. 9.—The Republican pre- cinct caucuses were held in this city to- night. The Gage men managed to nomi- nate only a small number of delegates from each precinct. Even though all the Gage men nominated to-night were elected they would not be numerous enough to have any influence in-the convention. \ | the following day was seen to deliver a | wagonioad of mbrehandise at San Quen- | The delegates to the State convention’ = - - J ESALE SHIPMENT MADE URTHER evidence is presented to-day by The Call to prove that vast quantities of furniture and other articles have been manufactured at San Quentin prison, under the regime of Warden Aguirre, and shipped to the ranch home of Governor Henry T. Gage at Downey, Cal. ,The prison-made goods were shipped by Warden Aguirre and other officials to the Govern- or’s home and to their friends in many cities in the State. The evidence presented by The Call represents but a small portion of the felonious traffic in furniture carried on at San Quentin prison. The evidence in the possession of The Call, published up to this morning, proves the following shipments to have been made: 17, 1902. June 2, 1901. B o G120, MacDOUGAL to GEO. MacDOUGAL, From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to HENRY T. care of GAGE RANCH, Downey: GAGE, Downey: Four crates of furniture. One box. Six boxes of sundrie; . June 14, 1901. May 8, 1901 (Waybill 140’ + 'Figm(;%nl') QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. HENRY T. b TOAGH, DAVCNTIN PRISON. fo MRS. TH: T, AGE, Downey: < Ohe lounge, 200 lbs. One package, ) March 10, 190z, Oy oy CADTALY, ROSSELL io MRS, HENRY T. “From’ SAN OUENTIN PRISON to MRS. B. W. , Downey, Cal.: BLACK, Preific Grove: One boxed chair, 235 1bs. One crate. PSR SRS ~ 1901, May 16, 1902, A“‘%r‘o:{ . G. AGUIRRE to DOMINGO MINDIAS, From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MISS HELINDA Dowhey: VERANGO, San Francisco: Three cases of furniture. One crated picture. One crate of farniture. October 6, 1900. T B m SAN. QUENTIN PRISON WILLIAM ctober E rom SAN QUE N to 3 | From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. HENRY T. BYRNE, Son Rafael: GAGE, Downey, Cal.: One table. One box of glassware. i One box, weight 250 Ibs. Fobruary 17, 1901 % = SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. J. WOLF'- AR, =¥ QOO TMRMLL. Lob Amger 3 MncDOUGAL TO GEORGE Mae- " Angeles: O UGAL, care n;‘%‘l‘GE RANCH, Downey, Cal.t One box. Four crates of furniture. March 8, 1901, e it From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. WOLF- October 1, 1900. SKILL, Los Angeles: From MRS. HENRY. T, GAGE, San Quentin, to One box. MRS. HENRY T. GAGE, Downery. Cal.: Invalid’s chair. boxes and bundles—S July 21, 1001. - articles, weighing 825 lbs. From SAN OUENTIN PRISON to MRS. R. S. McDouzall, San Franeisco: April 5, 1901. ne ©ox. P From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. HENRY T. GAGE, Downey: July_15, 1901, 2" kits, 1 crate, 1 box glass, welghing From SAN_ QUENTIN PRISON to WILLIAM 627 iba. BYRNE, San Rafael: One box. 1. . Tl 3 G. AGUIRRE, Warden of San Quentin June 2, 1001 Prison, to DOMINGO MENDIAS, Downey, Cal.: From SAN OUENTIN PRISON to MISS HELINDA One crate of furniture. VERANGO, San Franelsco: Ome crated stool. May 29, 1901. —— From M. G. AGUIRRE, Warden of San Quentin May 11, 1901, Prison, to DOMINGO MENDIAS, Downey, Cal: " From S~u GUENTIN PRISON fo COLONEL D. M. Three boxes of furniture. BURNS, San Francisco: e i e One table. vember 21, ; % ;;ETG':&: AY QUENTIY PRISON to HON. HENRY T. January 6, 1900, or Janunry 6, 1001, , Downey, Cal.: % Fran’ A CENTIN i One box of glassware, weight 37 Ibs. px'%né :-nl?mg:;l:n e Gy SNME, ML 0X. T o M. G. AGUIRRE, Ward f San Quenti = ity i rom M. G. UTRRE, Warden of Sa: o January 11, 1900, or January 11, 1901 Prison, to DOMINGO MENDIAS, Dovwney, Cal.: AN OUBREawy 1T, . SR E o Tk L : TiRol R AULTIIT FhisdH o' ns. uurm May 17, 1901. One box. From M. G. AGUIRRE. 'g‘nr%en Jan Quentin L o 1500 , to W. A. HAMMEL, Los Angeles: 8, 94 g e B Tl 3 From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. MARK One box of furniture. JONES. Los Angeles: One crate. October 9, 1900. N _QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. HENRY T. March 30, 1901, F R GH, Donney, Oal: - From H. T. GAGE, San Quentin, to D. F. FOX, One bird-cage. Sacramento: Two boxes. One crated stool. October 17, 1900, March 11, 1901. From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. HENRY T. From AGUIRRE, San Quentin Prison, to H. T. GAGE, Downey, Cal.: GAGE, Sacramento: - One package—chair. One package. Juiy BL, 1p01- February 16, 1901 From M. G. AGUIRRE, Warden San_Quentin d 3 Prison, Yo W. I. RORDER. San Francisco, F'X',"‘T%"LP"‘“'gga%y-m’:;deg‘;““fl Prison, to care of Police Sergeant Brophy: ., One crate of furniture. Ozne ‘pacinge. August 7, 1901, e ~ T yhnna, SasiBuiniin Prisen: o From SAN OUENTIN PRISON to MRS. F. R. - L, alumat MRS F. A JORBA,’732 New High street, Los (P i One’ table. One case of household goods. August 16, 1901. One box of household mood From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to WILLIAM Two barrels of household goo $x BYRNES, San Rafael: One erated trunk. One table. September 30. 1901 December 23, 1901 From GRORGY MacDOUGAL to MISS LUCY Mac-, rom SAN OUENTIN PRISON to MISS N. SAV- DOUGAL, Lox Angeles, Cal.: AGE. San Pedro:- < One crated table. Two birds in n cage. 11 3, 1901. September 27, 1901 AP rom M. 6. AGIIRRE, Warden Sam Quintli From SAN QUENTIN PRI to L. L. JANES, Prison, to DOMINGO MENDIA, Downey, Oal.: Eastland: One case of furniture. One crate. | ary 2, 901 October 7, 1901. T rom_ ) S. AGUIRRE, San Quentin Prison, to From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. I E. MRS. H. T. GAGE, Downey: COHN, Napa: One box. One box. 22, 1901. Octoher 19, 1901. T ram AN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. H. T. ~ From 'SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MISS ALICE GAGE, Downey: LEWIS, Sacramento: One bundle. One box, tember 17, 1901. August 26, 1901, e o SAN @QUENTIN PRISON o MRS. H. T, From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MISS SADIE GAGE, Downey: HALE: One box. One bird-cage. tember 23. 1901, September 2, 1901. St om. SAN GUENTIN PRISON to DOMINGO From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. S. M. MENDIAZ, Downey: RUSSELL, Son Diego: ¥ | One crated bundle. One bird-cage. e September 7, 1001, T im SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. H. . Pl rom SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. P, A. GAGE, Downey. FRATERS, Oakland: Ohe bike stand. One bird-cage. S S ber 19, 1900. May 16, 1902. Ot o AN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS, H. . ¥ frém SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. GEORGE GAGE, Downey: CARSON, Compton: One box. One crated picture. 24, 1900, ary 23, 1901, : D e SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. . o T rom "SAN COUENTIN PRISON to MRS. H. R GAGE, Downey: GAGE, S2n Francisco: One box glass. One package. Domingo Mindias is foreman of the Gage ranch at Downey. George MacDougal is a relative of Governor Gage and is shipping clerk at San Quentin prison. Captain Russell is a prison official. i i F. A. Yorba is a guard at San Quentin. 1 v LN Az e — ARBARA PRIMARIES. |ple—discomforting fact remains that, put-| respects one of the most notable gather- e S .| e asice (he dltoist fght the chunte ipgs of 4 political mature ‘ever” feld in i - | delegation is again; ination of | this city, and was a remarkable ute State. Delegation Wil Oppose age. RAIRL the Tonam to the popularity of one of San Joaquin's nomination of Gage. This county’s dislike for Gage began | favorite sons. During the week there was SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 9.—As fore- | with the Burns contest and was intensi-| talk of opposition, as some of the Gage shadowed this morning in The Call there | fied by Gage's veto of the Santa Barbara- | men insisted in trying to get in on the cas but one ticket for delegates to the | Bakersfield transmountain road_ bill. delegation, but Henderson's friends, all as P SN fonal con- | AS 2 satire upon the attempted interfer- | belonging to the anti-Gage majority, re- Republican State and Congression: ~|ence by local Democrats in Republican | fused to make any concessions. Rather ventions in this city to-day. There was | politics some local wag circuiated a lot | than jeopardize any local candidacies the a remarkable outpouring of Republicans | of primary tickets to-day with the names | Gage men gave up the fight on the Gov- at the primaries, caused by a lively coun- | of J. K. Harrington, C. E. Latillade, E.|ernorship, and this evening did not offer ty fight and by a fear that a “ring” ticket | Den and M. Lloyd, all machine Demo- | & word at the mass-meeting. s o dea 7 crats, as delegates to the Republican| Henderson was permitted to name his might be run in at the last momen State Convention. The tickets created | OWn delegates and selected the following: The State ticket elected in this eity 18| much amusement, and some were even | W- C- White, 3. B. Gill, 0. W Lehmer, made up of Mayor George S, Edwards, | voted, but the moral was not lost on the | A. W. Young,.C. H. Fairall, E. B. John- State Senator Greenwell, W. W. Burton |anti-machine Republicans of the city. son, Irving Martin, C. M. Kenniston and and E. E. Arellenes. Thomas Dinsmore | Advices from the county indicate the |4, R. Hopkins. was elected in_the First District after a | following nominations at the Republican | The country precincts will select the re- hot contest; Frank Bliss in the Third; | county convention on September 2, at| maining nine delegates of the county's W. H. Peck and W. L. Talbott in the | Santa Maria: Assembly, E. M. Pyle; | ¢ighteen at meetings to be held on Mon- Fourth, and A. McNeil and Robert Easton | Sheriff, Nat Stewart; District Attorney, | 42y night. As the county is strongly anti- in_the Fifth. E. W. Squier; Superior Judge, J. W. Tag-| Gage and enthusiastic for Henderson, San On State issues alone these ten delegates | gart; clerk, C. A. Hunt; Auditor, 8. B.|Joaquin 1Cmmty will send a delegation are undoubtedly anti-Gage. They are un- | Shauer; Assessor. Frank Smith; School | that will work as a unit on both propo- qualifiedly for City Attorney Booth of | Superintendent, W. S. Edwards. sitions. Be&orek adjourning a resolution this city, who is a candidate for the nom- | E. M. Pyle, the probable nominee for| Was 3"“’1‘["9 A%! mlsdthe delegates to work ination for Con’greslmn.n from the Eighth :‘I;e.At!nM!mblyl,t gs mlnxderstood to be a Per-| 28 & unit. ter adjournment Henderson Congressional District. n: an, although no open anncunce-| S4ifs Yesterday there were two State tickets | ment of that fact has been made. T}Thel’e is not - Gage man on the ticket. in the field in this city, one branded as T sfisnetrg_n&oodht ne:dmfitan]xggkg. the R e e PLEDGED AGAINST GAGE. {housh they would gét together and work ti- === ssues, something e The apab e e ot 'the | Stockton Elects Nine Anti-Machine | that has mot been done in Several weoins Gage frela)zieme and against bt{lie partfi‘ljpa- Delegates. atN tohteax:taig:gmmu“ of Gage was made tion o mocrats in Republican politics. £ 3 Then Booth essayed the role of mediator, | STOCKTON, Aug. 9.1t took the Re- with the result that the pronounced Gage ticket struck camp and withdrew and the ticket headed by Mayor Edwards re- mained in the field, those on that ticket declaring that they would go to the State convention unpledged and make Booth's fight for Congress their sole aim in the convention. Yet the stubborn and—to the Gage peo- publicans of Stockton in mass-meeting assembled just twelve minutes this even- ing to select nine delegates to the State convention, every one of whom is anti- Gage and pledged to work for Orrin S. Henderson first, last and all the time as their candidate for Railroad Commission- er for the Third District. It was in many e Wants City to Pay for Glass. The Ne York Plate Gl Insurane Company has filed. with the. Supervisory three claims for $53 90, $110 9 and $51 60 as damages by firearms to plate glass Wwindows in three Kearny street stores on m‘embei !g, 1:1”] dgm‘!{‘:& strike. The pany ha u o] sure e windows am OS ANGELES, Aug. 9.—The Re- publicans of Los Angeles were to-night given their first op- portunity to show what stand they might be expected to take in the coming fights of the campaign—whether they are with the Gage push and boss candi- dates generally, or whether they will con- tinue to stand for honest politics and hon- est administrations. The result was an overwhelming defeat—practically a Wa- terloo—for the machine. The Republican caucuses for the nomi- nation of delegates to the county conven- tion were held to-night. It is true that the results of these caucuses were not final, for the nominations made will have to be voted for at the primary election next Thursday, but they were more than straws that indicate the direction- of the wind. 3t had been openly announced by the gang that as the caucuses went so would the convention go and so would go the county. The Republicans, accepting this gage of battle, turned out strongly to-night, and in nearly every precinct snowed under the gang and elected in stand for purity in politics and in public i o e. GAGE LEADERS BEATEN. One of the leaders of the Gage gang is former Superior Judge J. W. McKinley. He had announced his intention of being elected chairman of the Republican Coun- ty Convention, and was a candidate be- fore the caucus for a place as delegate to that convention. In his own precinct he was overwhelmingly defeated, and if he goes to the convention at all it will the primaries, for now he must run in- dependently of the caucus nominees, and it will be practically impossible for him to obtain sufficient votes to overcome the straight ticket. Luther Brown, another of the Gage gang who has been most active in the interests of the Governor, was defeated and cannot go to the convention. It is true that the “push” won in some of the precincts, but in_the majority of them the slates made up by the Gageites— and slates were made in every one of the precincts—were_wholly demolished, and men known to be anti-Gage were chosen. This may have nothing to do with the State Convention, for in the caucuses last night for that convention the Flint faction made no contests, but it shows that the Republicans of Los Angeles are awake to the situation, and, taking to-night’s cau- cuses as a criterion, Tuesday’s primaries will complete the rout of Gage. PRESS DEMANDS EXPLANATION. “Consternation” is not the word to use in expressing the effect in the Gage camp of The Call's exposure of the official rot- tenness in San Quentin prison and the connection that Governor Gage is alleged to have had with the affairs of that in- stitution. No longer is heard the once famillar statement that The Call's charges were only “hluffs,” but the.Ga; offset if possible the effect of those dis- closures before the primaries next Tues- day. They seem to recognize the hope- lessness of their task, for the Governor is not assisting them and does not seem to realize that it is up to him to say whether the charges are true or false. No one expected that he would admit the truth of the charges, but his only state- ment has been that at the proger tims he will answer fully, and this statement does not satisfy even his warmest sup- porters. Until _to-day Gage was supported by both afternoon papers, but to-night the Evening Express, in the office of which anything anti-Gage, published a double- leaded editorial appealing to the Gover- nor to break his silence and say some- thing that will do him some good. Among other things it says: Friends and well-wishers of Governor Gage will regret that instead of offering general de- nial of the reiterated charges preferred by the San Franeisco Cail he is not more specific. In their hearts few persons, even his most malig- nant enemies, believe the Governor to be dis- honest—that he is prone to form rash opinions and reach hasty conclusions they know, and therein lies his chief weakness, for these traits lead him at times into indiscretions that even his best friends cannot condome. Not for one moment has the Express belleved in the truth of the charges so persistently urged by The Call, to the effect that the Governor had guilty knowledge of the alleged criminal manipula- tions in San Quentin Prison and that he was a beneficiary after the act. Until yesterday it was loth to belleve he was the recipient of a single stick of convict-made furniture, but the apparent proof of this, shown by the alleged fac-simile shivping receints published in The Call, is a staggerer. DEPLORES GAGE’'S SILENCE. Now the Governor and his intimates must not be surprised if a dispassionate public ele- vates its eyebrows on receipt of this Statement and begin_to do o_little figuring on its owa account.” Like the Express, it may have taken littie or no interest in the versonal compli- ments bandied by the three newspapers leading the opoosition to his remomination. If they have Hbeled him, the Governor knows the law thoroughly and he can invoke its protection— that is his right. But a State institution is cn trial before the people at this moment, and by the alleged acts of a State officlal the chief executive is Involved. He cannot afford to awalt the tedious processes of the courts; he must rest his gase with the people or he will be_too_everlastingly late. 3 Yet he hesitates. He deals in generalitles when he should be specific, if he would be convineing. It Is bat natural for the people to argue: If Mr. Gage was mot the recipient of this convict-made furniture surely he will not hesitate to say so. To insist that he does not care to try his case in the newspapers is iliogical, for the newspapers—the real news- papers—will carry his testimony straight to the voters In whose hands lie his vindication. He declines to trust this direct vehicle of expression; he refuses to say whether or not he received the San Quentin product of con- vict labor skill. Then he must not blame the people if they conclude that part of The Call's < are on fact; that he did re- celve the goods, or he would unequivocally state to the contrary. SEES G T OF GAGE. It may be argued that perhaps Mr. Gage has recelved from his friend Aguirre certain pres- ents of household goods, manufactured in San Quentin prison; that this furniture was made by Inmates while working on their own time, for which they were paid by the Warden; that the raw material was bought by Warden Aguirre and paid for out of his private funds. All this is not impossible and it may be that the investigation by Governor Gage. soon after the criminal charges were premul- gated by The Call, revealed this to the Gov- ernor's satistaction, Granted, for the sake of argument, that It is_true, what does it prove? That the Gov- ernor_was_indiscreet in ‘himse! mitted himeelf to become a quasi-beneficlary of the pflmgm!du articles. ng the accusations of The Call as to tbmbtr bill. charzed to the jute mill ac- count by the Warden, the Express see ‘Warden is gullty as charged, the the evidence must decide; he is not om trial just now: he is not a candidate for the peo- ple’s suffrages. his confidence. He says: grossly libeled; I will season.”” This, to our the unthink] tious voter. most precincts those who are-kKnown to | be by an artful substitution of tickets at ge | adherents are bestirring themselves to | it has been forbidden to write or_ speax | URE TRAFFIC Republicans Rout Gang in Caucuses as Re= sult of San Quentin Exposure and Once Friendly Press Turns Against Governor Special Dispatch to The Call. ' { question awhile he must be convinced of his | tactical blunder. Possibly The Cail planned to put him in this hcle, and, relying on his propensity to stubbornness, hoped he would let the opportunity pass to set himself right. We urge the Governor to explain the transactions. If he has the furniture, let him say how he acquired it and why he retains it. FRIENDLY ADVICE FUTILE. In spite of this appeal the Governor re= mained silent. All he would say, even to kis most trusted newspaper adherent, to- night before he went to his home at Downey was that he would flle in San Pedro on Monday additional libel cases against the proprietor and manager of The Call. Asked whether these cases would be both civil and criminal, he de- clined to answer. He intimated that he | had up his sleeve a sufficient answer for | all the charges that have been filed | against him, but what the nature of that | answer was he would tell no one save | his attorneys. The Times to-day published the follow- | ing editorial in reference to The Call's | charges. Daily the Times has been pub- | lishing columns of matter showing what The Call charges and upon what those | charges are based. The editorial says: The San Francisco Call's publication of the testimony In defense of the suit against its | proprietor and manager for libeling Governor Gage, and that in fac-simile from the records in the case, discloses this much to the people | of Californla—that this testimony is not to be whistled down the wind by the Gage organs as being merely “‘unwarranted and unfounded attacks,” or by the Governor's and Warden's lofty refusal to discuss the question as to the concrete charges made in The Call's withering and blasting publications. The citizens of this commonwealth are entitled to hear g‘mmnlly from public officials when charges of this char- acter are made against them. As private citi- | zens they may await the slow process of the | courts, but as servants of the public they must come into the open and make prompt account of_their_stewardship. The San Franeisco Call has produced evidence in this case that is little short of paralyzing. Answer must be made to these charges or the conclusion that no _answer on the part of th | Governor and_of Warden Aguirre is possible. And Henry T. Gage owes it to the friends | who believe in his honesty, while questioning his political judgment and deploring his politi- cal_affiliations, to explain fully, frankly and menfully as to the documents that the San i Francisco newspaper has reproduced as show- ing that he has benefited at the expense of the The Governor's friends have a right | to demand an explanation of these things—and | they are waiting for it. | GANG TICKET SNOWED UNDER. | Nevada City Gives Rousing Majority | for Honesty in Office. NEVADA, Aug. 9.—Four hundred votes were cast in the primary election to-day. Six candidates were on the tickets. Four are known anti-Gage men and era elected by large majorities. evada Township is divided into four wards. Gold Flat Ward gave Brown (Gage) one | vote and Waggener (Gage) none. The re- | maining .outside precincts went solidly against Gage. An effort was made edrly in the day to confuse voters. Three tickets were circulated, two of them bearing names of Gage men in such a manner that the innocent voter might easily have let them slip in_without scratching. The scheme succeeded in confusing a number of vot- ers and resulted in the throwing out of about one dozen ballots in Nevada City. However, had they been counted for the losing candidates there would still have been a2 large majority for the anti-Gage men. The following were elected: Sher- man Marsh, A. R. Lord, W. E. Meservey and D. E. Morgan. GRASS VALLEY, Aug. 9.—The anti~ Gage men won in the Republican prima- ries in Nevada County to-day. Out of the twelve delegates elected it is said nine are opposed to the renomination of Gage. 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