The record-union., 1891-03-18

word checks do not mean drafts, certif1-
Gates of deposit or their equivalent As At
torney-General of the State have q right to
control all of the criminal proceedings and
propose to be Attorney-General while l am
here.
1 have already stated that these papers
came into nv possession by being delivered
to me by a committee of citizens. The word
"c1tlzens" 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.. Heacocl1
offered the following preamble and reso-
luton in regard to the natter:
WHEREAS, Certain documentary evidence
has been placed in the hands of the Attorney
General by members of the Senate and AS
sembly, and as it is in fagmentary form and
has a bearing upon matters now before the
Legislature, therefore be 1t
ReSOtUed, That the Acknowledgement 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 S2l 900 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 IL
brary for the purpose of consulting in re-
gard to that bill, although he denies that
slA on t1yn ia tI,ai, 1ol,
tionS.
Last evening Asselnblyman Marion
wrote out the following statement of his
interview with Judge Dibble in the State
Library:
| Some time about o:l5 A. NJ yesterday ar
rived at the Capitol. / met Mr.. Dihbie in the
corridor. He asked me to step into the library
with him. The object was to have aconsulta-
ton 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 both have favored and worked for
no excessive appropriations for public build
1ngs or State charges, feeling that we could not
afford to exceed the general limit of 80 cents
On the 500 yaluation-In 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, Keeling tnat ii was an ui-
necessary expenditure at this time. on other
matters similar we were agreed. l understood
that the Senate appropriation bill exceeded
the Assembly estimate over $500, 600 and it
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 it intinated on the
haf fIa nj rtG II
intended tacking an amendment onto this bill
which was entirely against nay 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 amy amendment to the bin tend
ing in that direction.
after this we entered into discussion with
reference 10 the formation of Riverside Coun-
ty. have been pronounced advocate of
anti-div1slon 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, have used all honorable means to
have San Bernardino County kept solid I
said TO Judge Dibble that / understood he
favored the division, and that did hope he
could see his way clear to let this matter DROP
After some further conversation, in which
urged my position in this regard as strongly
as possible, the conference closed. 1t was then
about eight minutes to 10 o'clock A. IL
want to say that during this whole confer
ence there was no proposition of q monetary
character broached by either of us, nor even a
remark as to the all-absorbing topic of the
election of a United States Senator. The whole
time occupied by us was simplya consultation
of ideas as to what would be best for US to do
in the way of legislation before the Legislature
adjourned.
l desire to say emphatically, and without
equivocation, 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 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 o a. NJ. going directly
| to the Assembly Chamber and leaving him in
the library. lwish to again emphasize the fact
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 were
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-
BILE 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
to their notice. CAPTAIN f. n. MARION
MIR. FELTON, DEMANDS AN INvEsTIGA-
fTIoN.
Soon after the alleged discovery in the
waste-basket was made it was known all
over the Capitol building and all sorts of
rumors We're put afioat. Among them
was one duplicating Mr.. FELTON, in the
purchase ofvotes. AS soon as the story
reached that gentleman he wrote note
to Attorney-General Hart, stating that if
the papers and scraps in his possession in
any manner implicated him, or anyone
connected with him, he demanded an
immediate investigation.
Mr.. FELTON, was seen later by a reporter
of the RECoRD-UN MON 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
facts>in relation to the alleged "boodle''
transactions.
LETTER FROM THE ATToRNEY-GENERAL,
The following letter at midnight was
forwarded TO each of the following gen
tlemen: c. n. FELTON,, NJ. M. Estee, M H.
De Young:
SACRAMENTO, March II, 1891.
Gentlemen: am in receipt of your conlnu-
nlcation OF this date, aad contents are noted.
In reply viii say that committee of cti-
zens today, at twenty, minutes before IL
O'Clock noon, delivered TO me certain papers.
some OF which were in a fragmentary condi-
ton.
read a portion of the papers while placing
them in envelopes preparatory to being sealed,
in the presence of said committee.
/ consider 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 Acknowledgement of this State / have
not sufhcient evidence in my poSs ession so far
as 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.