The record-union., 1891-03-18

word ''checks" 1 do not mean drafts. certif1-
Gates of deposit or their equivalent AS At
torney-General of the State, 4 have q right to
control all OF the criminal proceedings, and
propose to be Attorney-Genera while 1 am
here
1 have already stated that these papers
came into my possession by being delivered
to Inc by a committee of citizens. The word
.'citiZens'' is broad enough to include Sem
ators and Assemblymen.
Let me say to you reporters that you do not
be too sure as to who is involved In the mat
ter.
ACTION by THE SENATE.
Shortly before the adjournment of the
Senate yesterday afternoon, Mr., Heacock
offered the following preamble and reso-
luton in regard to the matter:
WHEREAS, Certain documentary evidence
mas Deen placed in the hands of the Attorney
General by members of the Senate and AS
sembly, and as it is in fTagmentary form and
has bearing, upon matters now before the
Legislature, therefore he IT
Resofued, That the Attorney-General be re-
quested to arrange the same in readable form
for presentation to the Senate.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
Although the alleged facts of the dis
closure were by some persons promptly
connected with the Senatorial contest.
others called attention TO the significance
of the figures said to have been found,
showing a 81 800 transaction of some
sort. 1t will be remembered that S2l 600
is the sum that had been alleged to have
been sent to this city to be used in behalf
of the Riverside County bill; and Judge
Dibble is credited with the statement
that he and Mr.. Marion went into the Ii
brary for the purpose of consulting in re-
gard to that BILL although he denies that
money cat any figure III their delibera-
tionS.
AssEMBLYMAN MARIoN'S STATEMENT.
Last evening Assernblyman Marion
wrote out the following statement of his
interview with Judge Dibble in the State
Library:
Some time about 9:15 a. NJ. yesterday ar
rived at the Capitol. l met Mr.. Dibble in the
| corridor. He asked me to stop into the library
with him. The object was to have az conSulta-
tion with reference to legislation which should
necessarily be passed upon previous to the
coming adjournment.
In the first place, the appropriation bill now
before the senate was talked over. Mr. Dibble
and myself Goth have favored and worked for
no excessive appropriations for public build
ings or State charges, feeling that we could not
afford to exceed the general limit of 80 cents
on The 500 YaiuatiOn-ln proof of which
was energetic and Instrumental yesterday in
getting the appropriation OF $4,000 for the
AgneW insane Asylum de.eated On the floor
OF the Assembly, feeling tnat il was an ull-
| necessary expenditure ut this time. On other
| matters similar we were agreed. 1 understood
that the Senate appropriation bill exceeded
the Assembly estimate over $500, 900, and il
was this fact which probably brought Mr.
Dibble and myself Into this conference We
! talked this subject over at length, and we
agreed upon Il line of policy which we would
| follow out to keep this bill somewhere near
what the Committee on Ways and Means of
the Assembly had decided upon.
Next came the county government bill for
discussion. had heard 1t intinated on the
flooTthat the friends of uniform license had
ntenced tacking an amendment onto this bill
which was entirely against my IDEAS and what
l thought would be beneficial as q general stat
Ute. This feature of the bill was discussed at
length, with the final conclusion that we would
try to defeat any amendment to the bill tend
ing in that direction.
after this we entered into discussion with
reference TO the formation of Riverside Coun-
| ty. have been pronounced advocate of
anti-division of any county in Southern Cali
| fornia during the entire session, and think
can say without egotism that was very large
! ly the means of keeping Los Angeles County
| intact during the proposed Pomona County
| fight. In this, as in the Pomona County
scheme, l have used all honorable means to
| have san Bernardino County kept solid 7
said to Judge Dibble that l understood he
| favored the division, and that did hope he
could see his way clear to let this matter drop.
urged my position in this regard as strongly
as possible, the conference closed. It was then
about eight minutes to 10 o'clock A. NJ
want to say that during this whole confer
| character broached by either of us, nor even q
! remark to the all-absorbing topic of the
election of a United States Senator. The whole
| time occupied by us was simply consultation
of ideas as to what would be best for us to do
in the way of legislation before the Legislature
| adjourned.
desire to say emphatically, and without
| equiyocation, that there was no financial
| propositions discussed by us, nor was there
any money of any kind passed between us,
and have no knowledge of any roll-call of the
| Assembly being discussed or checked over at
this meeting. think that Judge Dibble did
have some names on a few slips of paper of
| members of the Assembly who had expressed
| themselves as favoring county division. What
disposition he made of them L am not pre-
pared to state, as our conference was broken
| up before we had finished by the nearness of
the hour of the meeting of the Assembly.
AS have stated before, left the Judge at
about eight minutes to 10 a. NJ, going directly
| to the Assembly Chamber and leaving him in
the library. Iwish to again emphasize the fact
| that during thewhole conference there was no
mention made of the Senatorial situation be-
| tween us, nor was any funds of any kind
! passed between us, nor have any knowledge
of or how any such evidences of that sort We're
claimed to have been found in the library
| sometime after our leaving. ] do not wish to
| make any recriminations upon any one, but
| feel deeply the disgraceful situation that the
current rumors have placed both Judge Dib-
| bic and myself in before the people of the
State, and only ask that their verdict will be
| withheld until they can be more fully in
! formed of the whole matter which has come
". y.
MIR. FELTON, DEMANDS AN INvEsTIGA-
| TIoN.
Soon after the alleged discovery in the
waste-basket was made it was known all
over the Capitol building and all sorts of
| rumorS were put afioat. Among them
was one duplicating Mr.. FELTON, in the
| purchase ofvotes. AS soon as the story
reached that gentleman he wrote g note
! to Attorney General Hart, stating that If
| an in cin II,
any manner implicated him, or anyone
connected with him, he demanded an
| immediate investigation.
Mr.. FELTON, was seen later by reporter
of the RECoRD-UNIoN and said that while
he would not spend a single dollar in the
purchase Of votes he would expend thou
| sands, if necessary, to get at the bottom
factsin relation to the alleged doodle"
| transactions.
LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The following letter at midnight was
! forwarded TO each of the following gen
| tlemen: c. n. FELTON,, NJ. NJ. Estee, NJ. II.
De Young:
SACRAMENTO, March II, 1891.
Gentlemen: am in receipt of your commu-
nication OF this Gate, and contents are noted.
! In reply will say that a committee of citi-
zens to-day, at twenty. minutes before IL
| O'Clock noon, delivered TO me certain papers,
some of which were in fragmentary condi-
| ton.
1 read a portion of the papers while placing
/ them in envelopes preparatory to being sealed,
/ in the presence of said committee.
| 1consider il due TO you, and the other candi-
dates before the Legislature, to say that so far
| as read | saw nothing that indicated that
| you, or any candidate, had personally done
/ any improper act or thing in connection with
| the Senatorial contest.
! As Attorney-General of this State l have
not sufficient evidence in my poss ession, so far
rs examined, to warrant me in fling any in
formation or making charges against any
person upon this subject at this time.
| Yours respectfully,
w. H. III. HART, Attorney-General