The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-12
than the railroad, who would suffer severely by

sin and shame, eyes he did," to do anything
that would cripple it. / am in favor OF corpora
tions being protected as much as the individual.
I I'm not aware that this bill is against the rail-
road company, but l say for myself that !, as
lab0rer is always worthy OF his hire desire TO
say here however, that do-not cat VINO II hts
and CORPORATIONS who cannot pay their honest ,nes
out q business that does not pay the better for
all.
FORCED TO VOTE,
Many of the San Francisco delegates made an
attempt to dodge voting on the bill but call OF
the house was ordered and they were obliged TO
say whether they we're for the company or the
people. The bill which passed the Senate last
week was then passed by the House and goes TO
the Governors desk. The vote was as follows:
Dennis, Dolly Dunn, burner, Eake. Fowler,
Freeman. GOryer, Glynn. Gould, Harloe, Haw-
ley, Hayes Hoey. Hunewell. Jackson, Johuson,
Mathews. Matllock. Metal, Thurman. Murphy.
Phillips. Renfro, Rice, Robertson, Smith OF
Butte, stelz, Sturteyant, Tennis, Weston, Win
Noes-Aiexlnder, Amcs, Barnett, Barnett,
Baugnman, Bryant, Cargill, CLARK, Cram Culver,
Hooking, Jones, Lux, M0rdecai. Shanallan,
Smith, StaOlei, Co0mOs.
THE BRUNER SCANDAL.
The investigation Of the charges OF corruption
| made by the Examiner against ASsemDyman
Bruner no longer monopoliZes The pubic interest
In affairs at the capital. II has given way to the
Senatorial contest and Is no longer an attractive
| subject TO any one but the people Of Sacramento
where Bruner is prominent figure, and to the
paper that is making most OF II as an advertise
Manager Serf of the Western Union Telegraph
Company before tile Investigation Commit
tee who compelled him 10 produce the kilograms
| that passed between Dick Beau, Burners al
legged agent at Sacramento for tie sale OF police
stars. and Louis Jones, his alleged agent IN San
! Francisco.
The FIRST telegram passed on February 4th. 1t
was as follows:
Party SAYS it goes for 5. Bring stuff tomorrow
I
Tile second read:
VIII call S. F. Win wire answer H, tomorrow
The third read:
Yes, it goes but bring dough.
signed: DICK.
W. S. Kendall was called TO prove that some
| time in January MrIBruner sold his salary for
! The whole or part OF the session. MI. Bedsoe
| thought this testimony was Improper and should
| not be admitted and the committee agreed with
| him. Kendall WAS subpenaed AZ the request OF
the Examiner, whose pnrpose was to show that
Be y Go need 81 funds and as "a
money out of the police bill.
| CoMIsKEYs TESTIMONY.
James COmSkey, who keeps saloon at the
! corner OF Mission and Tiiirty-hrst streets. San
! Francisco testified that he had read the charges
| made against BIuner. He rents his saloon from
MIR. Jones, who TWO weeks ago asked him II he
| had any friends WHO wanted TO get on the police
! force. Joues said lie had places on the force TO
! sell for S40o. jones said he was waiting for
| driver who wanted a place on the tOIce. Jones
said he could get the places through friend at
| Sacramento. He did not say whether his friend
was member OF the Legislature or not. COmlS-
| Key had a conversation with The man who was
/ also offered place Oh the force by Jones, but
| they merely 'jOshed" about the matter. Conlls-
| key did not think that Jones could deliver the
goods.
| MYSTERIOUS NOTE.
| AS Cont 8 ey was dismissed the Chairman was
handed note by a stranger. which read as fol-
| lows:
There IL a man named Jasner working in the A T.
office in san Francisco. The Assessor SIebe,
| is the brother-in-aw of Dick Belau.
| There was no signature TO this mysterious
| document, and the messenger who brought IL
| could not b. found when search was made for
| him. Ii was man named Jasper who W rOte TO
| the Examiner mat the Jones, as TIE agent OF MI
| Bruner, were selling places on lie police fore
| The committee Jelegraphed to Jasper 10 ascertain
whether he was the letter-wriIer
| Edward Moran, 4 cardriver, said that Lewis
| Jones offered to sell him place on the San Fran
cisco police force Tor $500. Jones said lie would
| get the PLACE through friend Ia ) ter&lne1t0
| Mo an said he wanted place on the force ou The
could uoi aise tile money. Moran testified that he
spoke 10 Repo TEL Stiilwel about Jones offer, and
gave him Tie address OF. that interesting person.
Moran said that there were other ca drivers who
had been asked by Jones TO buy places
| q Did man named Kelly tell you you would
| lose your place II you came to Sacramento
| 10 lesuy?" asked Mr. Gould, to whom the ques-
| ton WAS suggested by the Examiners attorney.
| mate, and lie thought, told him If lie went
TO Sacramento he would be 20 much money out.
A REPOETEk'S STORY.
J. Fl. Mackey, an Examiner reporter, testified
that lie interviewed carmen Cox ana Moran on
March 9TH Moran at first refused 10 say any
| thing about the police force affair, but subse-
| quenily lie answered the question, "Have you
been approached with something Of the kind?"
Cox told the witness that lie and two other men
| on The road had been approached by Jones.
Mackey also met a driver named o'Meara who
said he had been offered place by Jones for
$500 Mackey had SPOKEN 10 two ,, men EN- named
offered positions on the foIce He gave their
names In the Examiner the next day, and the
next night two men, whom he had never seen
| before came TO the Examiner office and said that
they were Barbee and Franklin and demanded a
retracIion. They were the men who testified
never been interviewed by Mackey.
Car-driyer Moran, who said he had known Bar
Two men VINO came before the committee last
night we're legally entitled to tho names they
| claimed. Mackey was the Examiners last VIII
ness. Others had been subpenaed, but failed 10
| report.
Mr.. Bruner submitted certified copy OF the
| bill for increasing The police force, which was
| signed by the Governor on February 24th, and
Senator Maher OF San Francisco was called as
! Burners first witness. Ii was he who introduced
the bill in the Senate, and lie said that it at
his request that MI. BIZ ner introduced The bill
In Tie Assembly.
MI. Maher testified that he had never been Of
fefed any positions on the police force. and he
did nOt Know that Mr.. Bruner had been offered
e Did Mr.. Bruner, prior to the publication OF
the expose, tell you That he had laid trap for
any one?" asked Mr. Bledsoe.
| " No, sir; lie did rot" was the reply.
" Did Mr.. Bruner ask for place on the force
for any one?p
who wanted place, and Told him he could get
| it without trouble. That was before the ball was
passed. few days later visited San Francisco
ard saw Chief Crowley about Mi. BIunerS de-
sire, aud lie said: You know we promise places
to no one l do not know Tho name OF the per
son Mr.. Bruner wanted appoint
| WANTED A FRIEND APPOINTED.
E. B. Reed OF San francisco, who Mr.. Bruner
said, when he made his explanation before the
Ii ouse, was The man vino asked him for a place
on The force for IL friend, testified that he was a
friend OF Mr.. BTuncr. Mr.. Reed had iIeGd
who wanted 10 get on the force and lie asked Mr..
F. 2. Bull TO speak 10 MI. Bruner about the
matter lie wroie letter TO Mr.. Bruner, intro
dueing 10 him man named &. A. Barnes, who
was lie wouId-be policeman. This letter was
produced. Reed testified that Bruner wrote to
him Ia Iepiy, promising TO do all he could for
Barnes.
Fl. A Melvin, one OF the Examiners missing
witnesses, had made his appearance, aud was
examined. He is The correspondent Of the Oak
land Tribune, and lie testified tbat with Fremont
Older Of the Post, lie interviewed Mr. Bruner
just before the train bearing the accusing Exam
liner reached Sacramento. aud Mr. Bfuner ad-
mllted 10 them that he had recommended man
tor tie police force. MIR. Bruner declared that
there no truth In the eX pose.
Jesse Z. Marks. Of Eddy street. San Fran
cisco. testified That about February 2lst he met
Mr.. Reed, who tol0 him that Mr.. Bruner was 60
ing to get a friend Of his place on the force.
| Marks told Reed tnat lie was well acquainted
| with Bruner. and would say good WORD for
the man who wanted star. On the same day
MIR. Bruner came TO The city and the witness kept
his promise.
THOUGHT THEY WERE BLACKMAILERs.
The next witness for Mr.. Bruner was ex-
Judge j. W. Armstrong of the Sacramento Su-
| perior Court. The ex-Judge aid he had known
| Biuner intimately for three years He cOnversed
| With Mr.. BIuuer concerning the Examiners
charges on Thursday. Bruner said 10 him: The
| Examiners reporters trying TO trap
this police business but they wont 90 IT," That
was before the expose appeared. The witness
had no further conversation with him about tile
matter. The day on which Bruner spoke to him
about The matter, q few hours later, Burners
bro her, Alvin, came 10 him aud said the Ex-
amineI's reporters trying to trap his
brother. IsadOre Alexander, au Examiner re-
porter Alvin said was III IT, out he did not be-
lev Isadore would do Il. II told him." said the
Judge, d" that differed with him about Alexan-
der, and told him TO tell his brother TO keep
| away from reporters"
| what are your polltlcs?"
al am Democrat"
"Are you friendly TO the Examiner"
| 81 am not. IL has made false statements about
me and thought It's representative was trying
| tn mail M -