The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1905, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO "CALL, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 21.. 1905. JORDANS TALE OF CORRUPTION COMMITTEE’S REPORT STUNS ACCUSED MEN e Fope to Rally Friends and Defeat Final Humiliation. Continued from Page 1, Columm 1. mittee to follow this course for the sake of developing every feature of the subject matter. “From the evidence before us, after careful deliberation, we respectfully submit the following findings: First—That the appointment of the Senate Committee on ‘Commissions and Retrenchment and the placing of Senators Emmons, French, Bunkers ard Wright thereon came about in the due and ordinary course of Senate organization and without ulterior mo- tive, particularly as to Hon. Alden An- derson, Lieutenant Governmor, who made such appointments in entire good faith and uninfluenced by any other motive than a most equitable and economic apportionment of committee work, and that the San Francisco Ex- no part in the ‘creation or d committee or the ap- d Senators thereon. t if he would st the Continental Bullding committee, as to ned and furnishing 4 investigation 24th day -of January, to, Senator E. J. nate, did receive Joseph S. Jordan th 4 ana fifty dollars i fluenced thereby in Viz: That sald Em- , would favor and pro- Phoenix Savin of January, Senator Harry aia re— Building a SILENCE PREVAILS. report was read amid the pro- When the clerk had reading many of the Senators looked at one another as houth Mmoot as to what to do, then one by a score arose and walked into the corrid nator Bel- st broke the silence. ove,” he said, “‘that of this report be postponed until next Thursday morning and that it be made a special There yet remains some testimony to be printed £h order. e this before them before dis- cussion on the report comes up.” There no dissenting voice and it was so KEnow the Valué of Pyramid Pile Cure. | “Gratitude alone prompts me to tes- tify to the efficacy of Pyramid Pile Cure. Last March I bought a dollar package at the drug store, which cured me of bleeding piles, and I was a suf- ferer from them for eight years; but I | had not been troubled with them since, | until last September, when I gave birth to a baby girl and after that I had a very severe case of protruding piles, which a traiped nu said was worst case she ever saw and my doc- 1 d me to get Pyramid Pile Cure ag: which I did and was completely cured in three days. I have not had piles of ary kind since and it is all ing to this wonderful remedy. My nurse took a box, which I was glad to be able to give her, for I know she will be able to help lots of suffering people whom I could pever see or now . “I recommend ‘Pyramids’ wherever I know of any one suffering as I did. e great pleasure to be able to m entirely cured, which my doc- tor says is true. I say God bless Pyra- mid Pile Cure.” Frgm a former great sufferer, Mrs. F. Ancott, 1206 Unity street, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa. This remedy, which is sold by drug- gists generally, in 50-cent and $1 pack- ages, is in a suppository form, is ap- plied directly to the parts affected and performs its work quietly and pain- lessly. Its value is evidenced by the testimony given above and we urge all gufferers to buy a- package now and it a trial to-night: Accept mo su tutes and remember that there is no remedy “just as good.” A little book on the Cause and Cure of Piles is published by she Pyramid Drug Com- pany, Marshall, Mich., and will be sent free to any address. give pon an understanding | of said Emmons as | Butiding | considera- | Jerhaps it is the desire of all that | the | in the Senate. house to expel the S RECEIVES enators. SENATORS Bunkers, French, Wright and Emmons sold their SENATE WILL | honor for $350 each. Such is the verdict of the special committee | | appointed by the Senate to investigafe the charges of bribery brought against these four Senators by William Corbin. | the committee were made public yesterday in a report made to the members of the Senate in which it is declared that the four Senators have brought disgrace upon the Legislature of the State of | California and should be punished by expulsion from their seats It will require a two-thirds vote of the upper Action on the report was deferred until Thursday, but it is believed that the committee’s recom- mendation will be carried out, notwithstanding that the accused men will make a hard fight to prevent the disgrace. | SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.—District) Attorney Seymour argued before Supe- | rior Judge Hart this morning in reply to ex-Senator Morehouse’s pomnts in favor of the demurrer to the indict ment returned against the four bood ling Senators — Emmons, French, Wright and Bunkers. “The defense has laid much stress upon the importance of this case,” said | Seymour. “The prosecution is neither | overwhelmed nor carried away Wwith the importance of it. There have been before this court causes of more grave import, though probably not attractin e public attention as this one. Opposing counsel may know at th outset that the prosecution will pro ceed with the utpost fairness and with the same desire to meet only the demands of justice that would prevail in any other case it had to deal with.” The District Attorney then took up the contention of the defense that as bribery was a statutory offense in Cal ifornia, decisions of other States where | the common law covered it could nnxi be considered. “If bribery under’the SRRSO e L SRS D SR | some of the testimony was to the ef-; fect that he had protested to Jordan| | that the roll he.received was $50 short, | Senator Belshaw said: “Jordan testified that he gave Bun- kers $350. We believe that he did; that the roll was not short.” “Well, the end has come,” said one | | of the San Francisco delegation. “We | stood by the accused in favor of giv- ing them the right to be sworn, but can go no further. We have fol- d them to the end of the wharf, we will not jump overboard for We have ourselves to look out but it is that the now condemned bribers are being deserted by their last defenders, When it comes to the vote they will have but very few friends in court Their expulsion will come next Thursday, and disgraced forever, they | wi turn from the Capitol to other| paths of endeavor, hons or dishonest, as they choose, if, indeed, the doors of the penitentiary do not close upon | them. ACCUSED DESERTED. There was a scurrying this after- noon on the part of the disgraced Sen ators to rake up sufficient force t | prevent them from being expelled whe the vote on the committee revort i called mext Thursday, but they were! not successful. From now on till the final day they will use every influence they possess to gain votes, only ten! besides their own being necessary to save them. It requires a two-thirds vote to expel a member of the Senate. A careful canvass was made this afternoon by legislators that know | pretty well the temper ‘of the lower | house, and they say the boodlers will be able to secure only five votes out-| side of their own if, indeed, these five | do not lose their nerve at the last mo- | ment and decide not to run the risk of | going to their political graves with the | accused. There is no question, how- ever, but that the vote will be pre- ceded by a warm debate, but many members of the upper house have been | known to talk- one way and vote | another when they saw the odds were | against them. It is the general opin- | fon that this system will prevail when | Thursday comes and that some of ithose that enter most actively into the | | debate on behalf of the boodlers will | give way when they see the avalanche | | approaching and vote with the major ity to expel the men that have dishon ored themselves and cast a reflection upon the entire Senate. | e S STATE EXPENSES HEAVY. Ways and Means Committee Makes | | Report on Appropriation Bills. | | SACRAMENTO. Feb. 20.—After| |several weeks' work the Ways and Means Committee presented the gen- eral appropriation bill to the Assem- bly just before adjournment late this | afternoon. The measure was ordered | printed in the journal at the request | of Chairman Stanton of the commit- tee and was made a special order for ynext Thursday night. The total | amount of the bill is, in round num- bers, $7,500,000, exceeding the Con- ! troller’s estimate by nearly $500,000. | Particularly noticeable in the bill] is the large appropriation that has/ heen made for the maintenance of | San Quentin penitentfary. The | amount set aside for running expenses | for this_institution is $396,352, as against $60,000 given for support two vears ago, and $207,920, as against| $120,000 for salaries two years ago.; The reason given for the increase is| that instead of allowing the Prison Board to handle the funds accruing from the sale of jute bags the sums will be turned over to the State treas- ury. The University of California is giv- en $200,000, its full share, which is in excess of the constitutional tax levy of 2 cents. An entirely new item appropriates $12,000 for the support and salaries of officials and employes of the proposed State Hospital for Insane Convicts. The item of the State’s portion of the salaries of Superior Court Judges | was set at $350,000. an increase of $20,500 over the budget of two years ago. The allowance for division head- | tion contends, bribery under the stat- DISTRICT ATTORNEY SEYMOUR ATTACKS DEFENSE OF BOODLERS Official Cites Authorities Sustaining the Validity of Indictments Against Senators. Specizal Dispatch to The ‘Call. common law is different from bribery under the statute, then the contention of the defense is sound,” the District Attorney said, “but if, as the prosecu- ute is the same as bribery under the common law, then the stand of the de- fense is not good.” After speaking in support of his po- sition on this point, Seymour said: “Bribery under the common law and under the statutes being one and the same thing, then the decisions of those States where the common law prevalls shall be taken as lights to guide your honor. “Any man who accepts any fee to influence his vote, whether there is anything before the House or not, Is guilty of bribery. If I am the owner of a street railway in Sacramento and give some member of a board $5000 to influence his vote on any matter that may come up, that is bribery. “The next proposition of the defense is that the Legislature has no power ! to investigate the affairs of private corporations. It is a matter of com- mon knowledge that the Legislative — branch of our Government is fre- quently called upon to exercise powers of a quasi-judicial nature. The Senate is exercising such powers in investi- gating these defendants, “We claim that a Legislature may Investigate any corporation or indi- vidual for the purpose of obtaining information upon which to base legis- lation.” Seymour also cited the celebrated Keeler bribery case in New York, in which the Supreme Court of that State held that the Legislature had power to hold investigations into the affairs of private corporations and individ- uals. Morehouse devoted two hours to an- swering the District Atterney. He sald the cases cited by that official did not apply to this State. Judge Hart said at the conclusion of the argument that he wanted two | or three days in which to consider the case. Asked by Morehouse to fix a definite date upon which it would render a decision, the court announced that it would decide the matter next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. quarters was entirely eliminated and several thousands were omitted from the brigade headquarters appropria- Armory rents and other ex- ses of the Nationat Guard were cut $102,000 to 000. Traveling expenses of the officers of the guard suffgred the loss of a quarter of the sum” asked for, while the Ways and Means Committee believed that $15,- 000 was enough to set aside for gen- eral encampments instead of the $20,- 000 asked for. - TRADING STAMP BILL. { Assembly Passes Measure Declaring | Against Counon System. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.—The As. sembly this morning passed Keane's Senate bill, identical with that of Coghlan in the lower house, prohibit- ing the use of trading stamps. Cogh- lan in explaining the measure to the Assembl : “Commercialism is at once the blessing and bane of the age. We have mighty ships bringina | to our shores the wealth of the Orient | and railroads carrying across the de: rts the goods of the East, and pros- perity is with us. But out of this great prosperity we see springing up a class of men who do not work, but pre\! upon the credulity of the public. It is at them this bill is aimed. From the retail tradesmen of San Francisco alone $480.000 is taken every year by this illegitimate scheme.” Treadwell said the bill should have | been referred to the Judiciary Com- mittee for final inspection, as in other ! States legislation against trading | stamps had proven abortive because the bilis drafted were not constitu- tional. Coghlan said the authors of the one before the Assembly were satisfied that it would stick in all ‘ courts. | | gt TAXATION AND REVENUE. Important Bill Is Introduced by | Speaker Prescott. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.—Speaker Prescott introduced in the Assembly to-day a concurrent resolution pro. | viding for the appointment of a com- mittee consisting of two members of each house to make an investigation into revenue and taxation matters during the next two years and recom- mend to the next Legislature such | constitutional amendments and legis- | lative acts it deems necessary for the reform and generali improvement of the tax system. The resolution gives the committee power to employ clerks, appoint stenographers, subpena witnesses and do all things that the Legislature would have power to do in holding an investigation. The reso. Iution was adopted in the Assembly. | A bill was introduced by Prescott empowering the Governor to appoint an expert on finance and taxation to sit with the committee named in the resolution and any commission on rev- enue and taxation that may be createa by the Legislature. S L AR EMMONS PROSTRATED. Appendicitis Adds to Woes of the Ac- cused Senator. ' SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.—Senator Emmons is confined to his room, a very sick’ man. He took to his bed vesterday afternoon and Dr. Hanna | diagnosed his case as acute appendi- | citis. This morning Emmons insisted | on going to the Senate. He was im- | mediately taken sick there anmd was | assisted back to his room. The doctor | says his case is serious, but that he; hopes to pull him through without an operation. 3 Emmons has had appendicitis be- fore, but has always refused to be op- erated upon. ——— BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. Judiciary Committee Reports Against Bill Dealing With Good Book. | SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.—The As- sembly Judiciary Committee to-day reported adversely upon McCartney's amendment to an educational section of the Political Code providing that jan estate valued | $200. = nothing in the section amended shall“ be deemed to prohibit the use of the | Bible in public schools. The main reason given by the committee for the adverse report is that the amendment. even granting that the Bible shall be used in the public schools, is not di- rect enough, and leaves a ground for ; endless discussion betwen those who want the Scriptures a part of the cufriculum and those who do not, Eci'her providing for nor against their H se. | ———— | YOUTH’S BAD CONDUCT | LOSES HIM A FORTI,'.\'E; Monterey Capitalist Leaves Son But Small Part of a Big Estate, SALINAS, Feb. 20.—The will of the late Josenh P. Gregg, capitalist, was filed to-day. a Monterey | 1t divides at $150,000 among the three daughters of the deceased. A son, Joseph Gregg, who is now serv- ing a sentence for burglary, is left The will expressly states that the disinheritance of the son was in- tentional as his conduct had caused | the decedent deep mortification and | anxiety. The findings of | |- CREDENCE AGAIN TAKE UP RE-CESSION e Yosemite Park Measure a Special Order for Thursday. S oo Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.—The Yo- semite re-cession measure and the woman’s suffrage amendment that were made the special order for this morn- ing were continued until next Thurs- day to be taken up immediately after the disposition of the report against Senators Emmons, Bunkers, French and Wright. £ Two bills were Introduced in ‘the Senate this morning by Anderson to enlarge the scope of the work of the University of California. One pro- vides for the appropriation of $25,000 for the purchase of a farm for the study of horticulture, the other for the appropriation of $20,000 for the con- struction of a pathological laboratory for the study of plant diseases and culture conditions. Ralston introduced a bill at the re- quest of citizens of Menlo Park that is certain to create a fight on the floor. It provides that no railroad, electric or steam, shall be constructed within 500 feet of an existing road, except for the purpose of crossing. It looked like a railroad “bug” in the bill until Ralston explained that the sole pur- pose of the bill was to keep roads far enough apart in rural districts to make their-crossing by vehicles safe. It was announced this morning by | Senator Markey that the bills providing | for the appropriation of funds for the construction of a police boat and a fire- beat for San Francisco Bay would be allowed to die in committee. “There is not enough money in the treasury in view of more urgent 4- ands.” he | said, “to permit of the passage of these bills. Hence there is nothing to do but to let them die.” This afternoon Senator Leavitt in- troduced two bills providing for the establishment of police courts in Oak- land. The first provides for’ the es- tablishment of the courts and the sec- ond for the apnointment of prosecut- ing attorneys theretor. Senator Belshaw introduced a biN providing for the establishment of special tribunals to be composed of public officials to settle contests in pri- mary elections. Markey introduced a bill to amend the Political Code in relation to rev- eénue and taxation. It allows cogpora- tlons or individuals who have paid ex- eessive taxes to recover the same by | suit against the State Treasurer. Assemblyman Cromwell’s bill mak- ing it a misdemeanor top violate or refuse or neglect to conform to the or- ders of the State Board of Health re- specting the quarantine, disinfection or isolation of persons, animals, things or places was killed in the Senate this afternoon. Shortridge, Itish and Leay- | itt opposed the bill on the ground thlt it would enable the Board of Health to pass oppressive measures and then put them in force. McGowan's bill providing for the in-! crease of the salaries of Judges of the Superior Court to $5000 a year passed the Senate to-day. el ASYLUM ATTACHES ENTER PLEAS NOT GUILTY OF Attendants Accused of Killing Insane Patient Are Arraigned Before Judge Gesford. NAPA, Feb. 20.—Attendants T. D. Shanahan and Oscar Retzman of the Napa State Hospital, charged with the killing of Patient Joseph R. Louis or December 25, 1904, were arraigned this morning before Judge Gesford. They each entered a plea of ‘“not guilty.” Their trial on the charge of murder will begin March 22. DRINKS WHISKY FROM TEA CCP Buffalo Bill, According to a Witness, Suffers From Liquor and Not Poison INDULGES AT BANQUET! Testimony Offered in the Divoree Case to Show Good | Character of His Wife —— e CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 20.—The trial of the Cody divorce case was re- sumed In the District Court to-day. Dr. C. L. Gillam of Cody, Wyo., first gave testimony for the plaintiff, Col- onel William F. Cody. He accompanied Colonel and Mrs. Cody and a large party on a hunting trip in Big Horn County in 1899. On that trip, he testi- fied, he heard Mrs. Cody say that her husband had wanted her to accompany him to Europe, but that she “would not go anywhere with the old repro- bate.” Charles F. Iddings, a merchant of North Platte, Neb., was called for the defense. e sald Mrs. Cody was al- ways very kind and considerate with her husband and their guests. In re- ply to a question, Iddings said, “I con- sider Mrs. Cody a better business manager than her husband.” Arthur McNamara, president of the First National Bank of North Platte, Neb., corroborated Iddings with refer- ence to the character of Mrs. Cody. Regarding the celebrated banquet in North Platte in the fall of 1903 in honor of Buffalo Bill's return to his home, Banker McNamara testified that it was whisky and not poison tHat made Colonel Cody sick on that occa- sion. He said that Buffalo Bill was so under the influence of liquor that he was unable to make the speech he expected to deliver. McNamara added that Cody asked for a cup of coffee during the banquet, and that the chef, thinking the guest of honor needed a “bracer,” gave him some whisky in a teacup. F. E. Bullard, an employe of the Union Pacific at North Platte, corrob- orated Iddings and McNamara with reference to the good character of Mrs. Cody and stated that Mrs. Cody ap- peared to be solicitous for her hus- band’s safety and welfare when he was drinking. This witness testified that Mrs. Cody educated and took care of the children, and that Cody would not have anything to do with them. —_————— FEDERAL OFFICER WILL CLOSE DERBY SALOONS Prevalence of Crime in Nevada Town Prompts Government to Adopt Stringent Measures. RENO. Feb. United States Government, Robert Grimmon, United States Marshal, left tc-day for the lower end of Washoe | County for the purpose of closing up all the salons along the line of Gov- ernment work now in progress there. | The order came as a result of the many crimes that have been commit- ted at and near Derby. In the past vear at least two dozen murders have been committed in or near that town. —_— STEAMSHIP TACOMA iy AMONG THE MISSING Fears Are Felt for Safety of North- western Commercial Com- pany’s Vessel. SEATTLE, Feb. 20.—The where- abouts of the Northwestern Commer- cial steamship Tacoma Is now a mys- tery. It was reported Thursday that the vessel had been captured by the Japanese, but according a tele- gram received to-day by the owners the ship has as yet not reached Moji. It is possible sHe is coaling at the port of Mori. Shipping men advance the theory that the Tacma may be caught ‘n the Arctic ice floes. —_——————— INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 20.—The property loss by the fire in the center of the wholesale district was to-day placed at $1,100,000; Insurance, $826,- 000. 20—By order of the | CITRUS FAIR AT CLOVERDALE {Exhibit of Produets of Sonoma County Proves At- tractive to Many Visitors T0 BE OPENED TO-DA |Pretty Town Is Crowded With Strangers Anxious | to Take Part in Festivities Special Dispatch to The Call. CLOVERDALE, Feb. 20.—Clover- dale’s thirteenth annual citrus fair | will be formally opened to-morrow night. The town is thronged with | strangers. While the exhibits are not entirely installed, it is already evident that the fair will surpass any fair ever held here. John A. Barham of Santa Rosa will ‘welcome visitors to Cloverdale. Wash- ington's birthday will be signalized by a celebration and a reunion of Sonoma County residents. Thursday will be Lake County day and Friday San Francisce day. Saturday will be Men- docino day. All the space in the pa- villon has been taken. Competition for prizes will be keen. The pavilion decoration scheme is particularly ef- fective, the colors being orange. yel- low and green. The Santa Rosa band™ will give daily concerts during the week. Director General Wilson is in charge. Among the exhibitors are Mrs. George B. Baer, Fred W. Brush, W. T. Brush, Miss Paulina Brush, Mrs. O. H. Brush, E. A. Cooley, Ernest Simpson, Mrs. William Caldwell, Miss | Ethel Caldwell, Mrs. F. P. Connor, Henry J. Crocker, the Italian-Swiss colony, Miss Elizabeth Menihan, Miss Seline Menihan, Markel Baer, Harold Smith, E. G. Furber, Mrs. Jane Whit- taker, G. H. Hagmeyer, Mrs. A. M. Coomes, Horace McKoon, Mrs. John Field, George B. Baer, A. C. Leger, Mrs. J. A. Kleiser. James Gardner. J. A. Ward of Hermitage, the Women's Christian_Temperance Union, Madam Preston, H. H. Hubbard, Mrs. W. Ap- pleton, Mrs. Fedora Pool. Mrs. I E. Shaw, Alice Hall, the Cloverdale Orange Company and Miss Annie Smith. —_——————— | STRIPS HIMSELF AND RUNS ABOUT NEVADA DESERT | Sick Man Suddenly Loses Mind and | Jumps From the Tonopah Stage. RENO, Feb. 20.—Edward White, a resident of Reno, left here last Satur- day for the southern country. He was il at the time and while riding on a | stage between Tonopah and Goldfield | became demented, tore off his clothes | and, jumping from the stage, ran | across the desert. For several hours ! he wandered aimlessly about, but was | firally captured and taken to Gold- { field. | —_——— | ONLY PERISHABLE GOODS WILL BE FORWARDED | Express Company Follows Example of | Ratiroad in Handling Freight for Goldfield. | RENO, Feb. 20.—Wells-Fargo & | Cc’s Express to-day flatly refused ! to receive a shipment consisting of machinery and other appliances nec- essary to establish a laundry at Gold- field. As a result the owners will be compelled to ship the material in by teams. The Southern Pacific having refused to forward any but perishable goods. — e ———— Two Murderers Electrocuted. OSSINING. N. Y.. Feb. 20.—Frank Rimieri, who murdered Jaco Pinto, a Brooklyn junk dealer. and Adolph Koenig, who sfrangled Mrs. Mary Kauffman to death at her home in New York, were put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing prison to- day. —e—— ——— 1f ignorance is biiss, the fellow who knows it all must be a fool. ADVERTISEMENTS. . H A Suit as Pictured to Your Order $20 We would like to interest you in the suits we ultimate result You will find. tern in the assor wear is on ours. free is your privilege. He has We buy suit like this. from jobbers. save vou one profit. While we mention make them at all prices, ranging from $10 to $35. Suits satisfactorily made to order for out-of-town cus- tomers by our self-measuring system—write for blank and samples. for $20, because we know the manent patronage. among the new spring goods. 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