Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-26
WHOLE NO. 1862.

line of investigation for the sole purpose
of firing the committee and killing time.
The committee sustained the objection.
saying that Mr.. Leake was not on trial, and
they wished To waste no farther time i'll
that direction.
Mr.. Leake said he remembered having
joined with the clerks in making present
of 4 gold-headed cane to Mr. Mccarthy
Mr.. Hart said nearly all of his specifica-
tionS showed that the discrepancies Of
McCarthys accounts were previous to the
cane presentation. Was the cane presented
10 reward Mr.. Me- 'arthy for dishonesty?
Mr.. I.cake replied that he did not know
OF the charges referred to until afterwards.
when he made the examination. Mr.. Me
Carthy said all the State was entitled to
WAS the certificate and seal The balance
went to the Clerk and his deputies. lie
never took a cent of the pcrquisitcS, nor
was any of il ever offered HIM His cash
book had been kept correctly, checked by
the documents in the Controllers office,
and the officials of that office had certified
10 their correctness.
Grove l.. johnson offered the following
affidavit from Governor Stoncman.
General Hart objected saying it was only
offered for the benefit of the newspapers:
STATE or CALIFORNIA
County of sacramento.
This is to certify that ! was present in the
Clerks office OF the supreme Court when the
affairs oCShat office were under investigation.
and Mr.. Mccarthy stated. in reply 10 Il question
by w, :. Leake. that he had received all fees,
whether claimed aS perqui>iteS or otherwise.
signed GEORGE SroNYNAN.
Governor of California.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 18th
Notary Public.
The objections Of Mr. Hart were SuS-
tanned by the committee, They said that if
the Governor was not able 20 attend some
future meeting they might then admit it.
Joseph {. German. clerk of the Con
troiler Office, next testified. He said al n
former investigation he saw the san Fran
cisco blotter, which had at the bottom of
certain pages the words settled to this
date, or correct To this date, signed J
W. Mccarthy. lie was present nj that in
vestigation most of the time, and that book
was used by those making the invcStica-
ton The Governor, MIR. Dunn. Mr.
Mccarthy, Mr.. Leake, myself and others
Were present, Mccarthy was asked many
direct questions. One WAS, what he did
with the Slt in a ease where Sl5 was col
lectcd. He answered the Governor that
the 81 had been divided with his clerks as
perquiS;teS. Mr. Mccarthy also stated to
the Governor and the Controller that MIR
Lealse had paid in all fees collected.
Mr.. Mccarthy said that Mr.. Leake had
never received any Of }hc perquiStes Of
the Office or words to that effect Witness
said he was aware Of the shortage in Me-
CarhyS accounts. or ut least WAS told that
they We're short, some two weeks prior To
the first investigation.
Cross examination Mr.. Mccarthy said.
in answer to what had become of Si5 paid
in by MCkunc Il George that he had paid
81 to the State and kept the SlI for per
quisiteS
Mr. Hart-Mr Dunn testified that Mr..
McCarty said he retained the Sli because
4ie was in doubt as towhcther or not il was
Il proper collection?
Witness-If he said SO he was mistaken.
Mr.. Hart-Well, he did.
Mr. Johnson-Well he didn't.
Witncss-I have positive recollection
that he did not say anything of the kind.
He did not state with what deputies he
divided with. Witness then stated the po-
Sitions of the different parties who were
present during the interview referred TO-
The Governor and Mr.. Dunn questioned
Mr. Mccarthy closely regarding the books
under examination. Witness said Mr..
Leake had once stated to him that ii Mr..
Mccarthy had stolen the States money he
should be imprisoned.
Adjourned TO meet to-day ut I =. NJ.
THE STATE TREASURY INVESTIGATION.
Yesterday morning the Senate Commit
tee appointed to investigate matters con-
nected with the State Treasury took fur
ther testimony. Deputy Secretary of State
Shattuck testified that he took part in the
count of the money in the Treasury in No
yerIber 1884. There was found to be only
a difference of twenty cents between the
books of the State Treasurer and those of
the Controller. a call was then made for
a count OF the special deposits Arthur
January produced the receipt book of the
special deposits, and acknowledged that the
special deposits were $4,000 short After
the count, it was found that there was
$4,000 on hand in special deposits, when
there should have been S53, 600. BY order
of Court, Senator Fred Cox was made
custodian of the amount of special depos-
its found in the Treasury atler the dctalca-
lion
d. J. Oullahan, present State Treasurer,
testified that there were no special deposits
in the Treasury when he took charge. He
had been able TO find no books in which
the accounts of the special depesits were.
kept, except stub books. begun in 1876 fle~
was requested TO make 4 further search for
the missing books.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE.
The Senate special committee last even
ing resumed the investigation of the alleged
charges against the Secretary of State, SEN
ator Baldwin in the chair, Senators Cox
and Steele present The examination of T.
J.. Thompson, Secretary ol State, was con-
tinued. in reference 10 the amount of ballot
paper sold. Controller Dunn was examined
and testified that he had called Mr. Thomp-
sons attention to the high prices charged
for some of the articles furnished by the
contractor outside of the contract, and Mr.
Thompson had Immediately commenced
an investigation into the matter. He also
made an investigation himself and found
that what he considered eXorbtant prices
had been charged for certain articles He
supposed the articles had been received and
checked off without Mr. Thompson's knowl-
edge lie had seen Mr. Welch Of Cum
ningham, Curtis Il Welch III san Francis
co, and asked him about the prices charged,
and Mr.. Welch had agreed with him that
the prices were exorbitait. Several wit
nesses have been subpenaed and will arrive
from San francisco tomorrow to he exam
lined tomorrow evening at $50 7. NJ, when
the investigation will be continued
RAINFALL vt GEoRGETowS.- Sergeant
Barwick received yesterday perfectly pre-
pared table of the rainfall by months, by
years and by seasons from Georgetown, Ell
Dorado county, furnished by c. NJ. Fitzger-
aid of the California Water and Mining
Company This table shows that George
town has the heaviest rainfall of any point,
reports from which have yet reached the
Sergeant The table covers a period from
November, 1872, to date The year 1854
gave the heaviest rainfall ever recorded at
that point in the twelve years past, the
amount being 9G2 inches, and for the sea-
son of 1851 1856 inches. Georgetown is
situated on the divide between the south
and middle forks of the American river,
about twenty miles by wagon road from
Auburn, on the Central Pacific Railroad.
The elevation is about ,. 750 feet. Mr.. FitZ-
gerald says "that Georgetown evidently
lays in the track of heaviest precipitation,
as but a few localities in the northern see
ton of the State have published heavier
rainfall tables than ours" The next heav-
lest received by the Sergeant was from
Grass Valley, Nevada county, and then
Placerville.
Judge Green of Washington Territory,
who was holding Court at the town of La
conner last week, being desirous of reach
inr Seattle by THURSDAY evening held