The morning call., 1891-07-25
TIE FAYLOR CASE.

No matter what may be the result of the
trial which is now pending before Judge
Wallace, il is surely one step toward re-
form of abuses which must sooner or later
take place. How long the public will per-
nit downright robbery, which we all know
has been going on, IS question for the
future to solve. That il will, however, come
10 an end we are convinced. for an intelli-
gent people Will not forever tolerate a sys-
TEN OF robbery by members of the LegiSla-
ture, which is supplemented in This city even
to the prostitution Of cur jury system. THE
CALL, however, deierS its comments until
the end Of the present suit is reached.
further than giving an outline of the testi-
mony which has been 1ifered is concerned.
Faylor's evidence, which is presented as
that Of an aecomplice, is sufficiently cor
roboratid to be admissible. lie testified:
Senator Williams told Burns that the san Fran
cisco delegation. with ;he exception OF Biltt and
Mabohey, had entered into a combination 10 90
business. That business was 10 make as much
money as they could DUNG the session from the
various corporations aud others interested in
Ieeislat! ou--- Burns told me That he had agreed
10 do the business OF The combine. Nelen also
told NE that he combine had been formed. and
Finance Commitlee, consisting of Mailer, BrOd-
erick and iiiiams, app ointed ... Burns told me
that they had agreed 10 vote against he Electric
Bill for $3.50 apiece. " ecll said HAT lie had
been locking for Chute 10 get his money / did
not see him after he had been p0id.... " lliams
Told nae that lie had received $1,000 from the rail
road company, $1,000 from The insurance COM
panies, $3.50 from Glrnn County, $500 from ths
Pool BIZ, $500 from The Riverside County Bill.
$3.50 OF $3.50 from The pilots. E. There were
twenty-iour men In the combine.
II this testimony was false it is the most
I-,l.r-
Taylor gives names, dates, places and
amounts. According to ali the rules of evil
dence his assertions are entitled to belief
If they ale true, majority of the membe
of the State Senate have been guilty of
felonles for which the code prom ounces the
penalty OF Imprisonment insthe penitentiary
for period not exceeding fourteen years.
After the present case ends, it will devolve
on the Attorney-General to consider whether
Its Developments impose any duty on him.
The facts seem Clear enough to the public.
These Senators, finding themselves in a posi-
ton TO biackmail certain interests, employed
an agent 10 inquire of the representatives of
those interests what they would pay for
being nnmolested. a sum was agreed upon.
al least in some instances, and it appears to
have been paid, though as usual the money
"a" not Always ioaSh LIZ parry WIN Hau cor
ruptly earned it. Some OF it chung to the
hands through which it passed, and as gener-
ally happens, there was a quarrel over the
distribution of the spoil. Five thousand
dollars each besides the reward for the vote
for United States Senator seems to have
been actually pOcketed by members of the
combine; other members, less experienced
probably, had to content themselves with
less.
Whether anything is to come of it all re-
mains to be seen. The public are not conf
dent that justice will be done. They mis-
trust the whole machinery by which the law
is administered, and rather expect that, alter
the customary outburst Of indignation, the
scandal will blow over.