The record-union., 1891-03-20

| JILL diiu n1I. V1dTlOu WAS OppOS6Q 10 II
and we were arguing the matter over.
wanted to ask him number of question.
| about it.o
Wasn't that the cause Of putting dowr
some Of those names ?'' asked the Attor.
ney-General.
Yes, think it was. I was probably
scribbling off the names of those for anC
against it.''
'sWas there any talk of money in rela.
ton to the Riverside County bill? ?"
mo, SIR"
In answer to questions by General Salo.
man, Mr.. Dibble denied again all knowl-
edge of the roll-call. He said he did moi
have roll-calI with him at the time
The marks on the roll-caIl exhibited
We're not like the ones he usually made
Did you lock the door when YOU wen
into that room?" asked Senator Voor
HES.
II think that after we closed the door
Mr.. Marion turned the key" replied the
witness. "After we had been in there
some minutes the telephone rang and we
unlocked the door to let Mr.. Leake in
ed again."
After being shown the envelope or
which was written Dennis" and several
other scraps of paper of no Importance
all OF which, however, he denied al
knowledge of-Mr. Dibble was excused
| DENIAL FROM RIVERSIDE.
The next witness was S. C. Evans ot
Riverside, and Chairman of the commit
tee which was sent to this city in behalf
OF the Riverside County bill. Mr.. Hart
explained that Mr.. Evans desired to
make a statement and would probably be
a very material witness.
| Mr.. Evans said that owing to the fact
that the newspapers had thrown out in
situations that ''boodle'' was used to help
along the Riverside County bill, he felt
called upon in behalf of the people he
represented to come before the commit
tee and say something. He denied posi-
lively that there was any doodle, about
1t. Not cent had been paid or promised
| by him or any one else that he knew of to
the Legislature to pass the bill. The only
money expended was for defraying the
expenses of the committee during its
stay in the capital. He said he would
certainly have known if anything wrong
nad Deen done, and, as matter of fact,
he said $1,000 was all the money that had
| been raised to defray the expenses of the
| committee.
Upon being shown the bank-note wrap
| pers, MIR. Evans denied that he had ever
handled or seen them before. He had ham
died no large sums of money, either in
| gold or greenbacks, since he had been in
| Sacramento
Mr.. Hart asked the witness if it were
| true, as reported, that he had received at
the Golden Eagle Hotel box-about the
size of shoe box-which was full OF
| greenbacks.
Mr.. Evans replied in the negative. He
explained, however, that his son had
sent home for pair of shoes, and they
had been received in box such as that
described by Mr.. Hart. The box might
nave had green lining in it, but he did not
know positively.
| Frank 4 Miller, also of Riverside and
also member Of the committee of which
MI. evans was Chairman, corroborated
the latter'S testimony. In answer to
questions by Mr.. Hart, he denied that he
had sent out circulars to the members of
the Legislature, inviting them to call at
his rooms at the Golden Eagle Hotel. He
also denied that he knew anything about
the shoe-box episode. He supposed that
some enemies of the bill had given the
story to the reporters.
MR.. LEAKE AGAIN.
w. S. Leake was then recalled and
questioned closely regarding the money
wrappers. He examined them all closely
and stated emphatically that he had never
| seen them before. He did not recognize
the handwriting on the wrappers and, in
fact, did not know anything about them,
he said, except that they were found with
the other scraps. Continuing, Mr.. Leak @
said no money was ever handled in the
( library, and the employees were paid by
shown the roll-call, Mr.. Leake said he
could not swear positively that he had
seen 1t before, but when he went into the
private room to answer the telephone he
saw Mr.. Dibble with roll-call.
Mr.. Hart wanted to know if Mr.. Leake
would swear positively that he had seen
the waste basket and knew it was empty
hafnra MaSSrS nd
pied the room.
In reply the witness said he was very
particular to examine the rooms every
morning, and he thought that if there
| had been any papers there he would have
| seen them. Still he would not be positive
that there were not few papers in the
be positive, though, that there were none
ON the table nor on the floor.
AT this Juncture Senator Voorhies
handed the witness a circular addressed
to the State Librarian, and with post
mark showing that it had been received
on Tuesday. The circular had, like the
other exhibits, been torn up and pasted
together again.
Mr.. Leake said he could not understand
how this could have gotten among the
other papers. Another paper belonging
to the library was also shown, but the
witness could not account for it either.
LIBRARIAN PERKINS.
State Librarian Perkins was the next
witness. He did not recognize the hand
writing on the wrappers, and did not
know anything about the circular. He
had only been in the office about thirty
seconds that morning, and did not know
anything about the scraps.
Senators Heacock and MCGOWAN re-
lated the circumstances of finding the
scraps OF paper in the library. Neither
OF them knew anything more than has
already been published, viz: that the
scraps were handed Immediately to the
Acknowledgement
Mr.. Heacock said he believed upon
making the discovery that there had been
crooked work regarding the Senatorship.
Some discussion arose as to whether or
not Mr.. FELTON, should be sent for. 1t
was argued on one side that, mas
much as Mr.. Estee had been asked
some very pointed questions, and
had denied all knowledge of Doodle.
there would be no harm in
asking Mr. FELTON, similar questions:
on the other hand, several of the commit
teemen thought it would only be waste
of time.
The Attorney General said the COM
mittee could not go too deeply into the
matter He would be in favor of aues-
uon1ng not only Mr.. FELTON,, but every
Senator and Assemblyman as well. if
they knew anything about Doodle.
You can ask me now," promptly said
Senator Crandall
After some further talk recess was
taken until evening.
Evening Session.
The committee met again in the even
ing and resumed the inquiry. The first
witness was 5. G. Evans, who was recalled
at the request of Attorney General Hart.
He was asked if he met Judge Rowell
and c. A. Perkins, of San Bernardipo.
on Tuesday, in the. Assembly chamber
and if Mr.. Rowell spoke of a coming in