The record-union., 1891-03-20
BUT LITTLE REVEALED.
The Assembly's Pandora-Basket Puz-
zle Still UnsoIyed.
But the Committee Is Working visor.
ously at Ex-senator FELTON, Testifies
Riverside in the Swim.

ana Senate, appointed to investigate the
matter OF the suspicious papers found ir
the State Library, resumed its delibera
tons at $50 A. NJ. yesterday, Senator
VOORHEES, in the chair, in conjunction with
Assemblyman Wentworth.
On the long table in front of the COM
mittee was large package nearly square
enclosed in yellow paper, tied, sealed
with wax, and bearing the great seal OF
Attorney General Hart.
w. II. Pratt, Secretary State Board OF
Examiners, was first sworn. He identi-
fled the package as one given to him on
the 18th inst. by Mr.. Higgins. the Private
Secretary of the Governor. He had seen
it given to Mr.. Higgins, who had given
1t to him (Pratt) with orders to
place it in the safe. No one possessed the
combination of the safe but himself, he
having received it from his predecessor.
The package was delivered to General
Hart and a receipt given for it on the
evening of the 18th.
The package being opened, showed
eight large white envelopes all duly
sealed, a package enclosed in the same
yellow paper as the outside package and
sealed, and several sheets of semi-trans-
parent paper similar to that now fashion
able for correspondence. There was also
a gold seal in the form of watch charm.
Before opening the smaller packages
Senator Preston was called and sworn.
Mr.. Wentworth asked: "How did
you come to be in the library on the
morning of the 17th?' II was notified
by Senator MCGOWAN that Mr.. Estee
wished to see me in the private office of
the library. l went there about II o'clock.
Senators Heacock, Voorhies and Dray,
Mr.. Estee, Mr.. Leake and one or two
others whom | did not know were there"
To questions concerning the scraps Of
paper Senator Preston said that he saw
them when he went in scattered upon
the desk and some in the drawer.
.'What was said to you ?''
''That there had been some papers
found in the waste-basket which would
indicate that money was being used in
the Senatorial contest. Do not remem-
Der who said it''
Senator Crandall said: "Was there a
suspicion expressed with regard to Eel
ton that he had used money in the con-
test?"
''I should not state it that way. I should
say that [ received an impression that
money had been improperly used.'
To Mr.. Wentworth's question. what
was said in regard to Estee," Senators
Voorhies and Berry interposed strenuous
objections and insisted that the witness
was there only to identify the packages of
scraps.
Senator Preston then, in answer to a
question, said he was led to think that
money bad been used, because he was
shown paper bands with figures, such as
are used by banks to confine packages of
bank notes, also yellow band like that
used to bind up currency. To question
as to his business the Senator said he was
q banker.
ALL FAVORABLE TO ESTEE.
TO the question, "Were all the persons
there favorable to Estee?" the reply was
that so far as he knew they were. Some
thing was said about sending for FELTON,
or his friends, but nothing was done
about it. Questioned further about what
was said, witness said that Estee re-
marked that somebody always had to
suffer for these surprises and he supposed
it would defeat both of them, meaning
himself and FELTON,. Mr.. Preston said
he urged that Hart be sent for and the
scraps put in his hands pending the
action of the Legislature. The witness
identified the packages, the SEAL and said
he had himself sealed several of them.
The members of the committee having
expressed themselves as satisfied about
the identity of the packages, Senator
Voorhies proceeded to open them and
discharge the contents upon the table.
John Il. Steadman and man named
Kelly were sworn as assistants to place
them together.
The work was somewhat tedious, but
the clerks and the committee were sur
rounded by an eager crowd while the
process went on. An Assembly roll-call
was pieced out in full except a few un-
important marginal scraps. This roll
call showed names Of Assemblymen
marked under the head of ayes in blue
pencil "checks,n under the head of
''noes'' in black pencil checks, others in
crosses and double crosses at the right of
each name under no heading, and still
others without any mark at all.
Those marked "aye" were as follows:
Barnett of San Francisco, Bert, Coffey,
DAILY, Glynn, SteltZ, Tennis, Tully,
Wentworth, Windrow, Jones, Lux, Hoey,
Phillips.
Those marked ''no" We're: Arms, Bar
nett of Sonoma, Dennis, Dunn, Burner.
Lacey, Lynch, Murphy, Sturtevant.
Those marked with an x were: Ames,
Alexander, Barnard. Culver, Bryant,
Carter, Hail, Matlock, Young, johnson,
Lowe, Hersey, Dow.
Those with double x were: Shana-
han and Bruner.
Those not marked at all We're: Bledsoe,
Brown, Brusie, Cargill, Clark, Cram,
Cunningham, Dibble, Marion, Eakle,
Estey, Fowler, Doty, freeman, Gal
Hawley, Baughman, Beecher, Hume
will, jackson, Kellogg, Martin, Mathews,
Mccall. Mordecai, Murnan, Wolfskill
Coombs. Renfro, Rice and Robertson.
There were no letters or initials attached
TO any of the names, and positively moth
ing to indicate what the checks and
were scraw1ed in pencil diagonally across
the page, as if inadvertently.
OTHER PAPERS.
e;o,,oJ Il Inl1na,- ;c oc
follows: SIS Fred. Lux the father of
young Lux. of SacramentoW
A paper only partially restored was
evidently circular in type-writing adj
dressed to the Librarian from a book firm.
Another difficult and incomplete piece
of restoration was sheet OF Mania
paper on which appears a list of Assem-
blvmen's names not apparently con-
nected with those on the roll-call. On
this there are crosses against the names
Of Brown, Fowler, Lowe and Marion.
u sheet of foolscap, nearly restored,
contained much vague figuring. The
figures Is, 10, Is are added to make AZ,
which sum is taken from 55 and the re-
mainder divided by 6, making quotient
of 2.I6I6. Several other equally dim
combinations are made.
Three blank checks on the Fresno Loan
and Savings Bank show pin-holes as if
used as wrappers for currency. On the
'backS OF Two VI tHeSe are tie hS uIeS
s5OO-one also bearing the two sums S40O
and Slo0 added to make $500, and the
words "Fresno Loan and Savings Bank,
Fresno. Cal.n On the third are the fig
ures $1,000.
Several narrow bands of Manila paper,
such as are used to bind up packages of
bank notes, We're also found. On one of
these were the figures 81 900. on others
$500. and ON one the word "Fresno'-not
written. but stamped. They also bore
the figures l6, arranged so as to indicate