Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-19

cinnati by viii Ward. A young man
named Davis wrote the lines opposite the
signatures. This work was done in the Of
fee Of Murray. who is patent solicitor for
the Ballot box Company"
Chairman-"Are those rames written
here intended to be fac SMILES of the gen.
tlemen's autographs"
Wltness-"They were written according
to pieces of paper l had secured Witness
gave humorous account of his attempt to
be appointed Smoke inspector" He had
seen Governor Foraker, and the latter told
him he could get him the place if it was
not pledged. The Governor said he wanted
the witness 10 Go q little hustling Cor
favor, for him.
Witness asked what he could do, and
Foraker said there was little document in
BUtierworth's Office and he wanted wit
ness to get it and let him see it. Witness
could not imagine what the document was
and asked. The Governor replied: DO
you see what Butterworth is doing for the
he noticed Butterworth was acting pecu-
liarly, aud seemed to be posing for the
| Cincinnati Enquirer. The Governor said
Butterworth was making all kinds of
stabbing talk, and said if Butterworth
wanted him down as disreputable he would
show him to be disreputable. Foraker
said: you know it is common talk that
| Butterworth is in every money scheme"
| Witness had agreed with the Governor and
said if the ''stsbbing' business was going
to go he guessed they could "stab" too.
The witness then gave long description
of his attempts TO see the Governor in rela-
ton to his appointment, and created q
burst of laughter by chance allusion to
| ,1a,, IL. - I. -
name?n
Wood admitted getting up the paper
and said the Governor did not ask any
questions. Witness had said 1t was the
| best he could do, and it would do to bluff
these fellows.
The Governor promised not to have the
paper published. About ten days before
publication he met the Governor coming
out of the Commercial Gazette Office, and
Foraker said he had been talking TO Hal.
stead, and that the latter was going to show
up these fellows.
Witness had said the paper was moi
gotten up for such a purpose, and said to
the Governor: do not show that man
these papers," Foraker replied, Not fol
the world"
After the publication of the papers Muir.
ray told the witness that he would make
an affidavit that they were forgeries if wit
ness did not get them back.
Wood told the Governor this, and the
Governor replied he had not intended il
should be published, but that man got il
from his Secretary when he 0he Governor,
was away.
The Governor added: "Old man, we
have got ourselves into a bad hole.
don't know whether l am to be elected OF
not. We will have to retract that. l don't
know what to do at present, but rest as
sured it will be retracted."
Witness said you better be lively OF
| Murray will make the affidavit" The
Governor asked Wood to come 10 Wash
ington to hunt up the Gan contract.
| William L. Walters of Utica, Michigan,
was sworn. He said he met Wood in
Washington in September and at his re-
quest had procured for him copy of the
ballot box bill introduced in the House
by Campbell of Ohio. Wood was very
anxious TO find page who had an auto
graph album to sell but he could not find
one, but witness finally managed to secure
for Wood autographs of several Congress
men and Senators, including those of But
terworth Mckinley and John Sherman.
| Wood had told witness he wanted the
autographs to compare with the names OF
the contractors, as Wood termed it, in big
| land deal