The record-union., 1893-02-09

r1ngton and Johnson left Rea's Office to-
gether, and on their way up the street the
eoltor upbraided him for talking as he
had. johnson said: "Oh, that's all right.
I've known Rea ever since 1 was that
hlgh"-showing with his hand.
on cross-examination by attorney
McPike, harrington said he considered
himself one of the stanchest Democrats
In the State and run purely Democratic
paper. He was opposed to Mr.. Rea po-
htically. They were friends, however,
and Rea had once loaned him So when he
got in wrong at the races. He denied
that Rea was helping to support his
paper.
harrington denied that he ever said to
johnson at the Democratic Wigwam in
San Jose, in the presence ofa Mr.. Schlact,
that "Rea would put $500 into Johnson's
fight" if the latter wanted it. He also
denied that Johnson replied that he
would have nothing to do with Rea.
harrington also denied a conversation
with Johnsonin which he is alleged to
have told the Assemblynan that he
could get all the money he needed ifhe
wanted. Being asked if he did not drop
into the Office OF the Electrical Improve
ment Company and say to Mr.. Edwards,
"How is the Prince of California;" Bar
rington set the audience laughing by
saying that it was a custom among the
boys" in San Jose to call each other by
big names and he no doubt used that ex-
preston on the day he was with John
son. en- route to Rea's office.
quite titled community" suggested
Mr.. McPike.
es and quite respectable one," re-
piled the editor
McPike began to get hot over his ina
bility to confuse harrington, and began
to talk to the gallery as it were. He went
off something like this: "You are
Democrat; Johnson is a Democrat; Rea is
a Republican; you knew that the Demo-
cratic party had declared against the
Railroad Commission, and would direct
its legislators to ousU the commission,
and you took Johnson there to sell his
vote"
NOT BARTERING VOTES.
harrington warmed up, too, and repu-
dated the statement. He was not en-
gagged in the barter of votes, he said, and
would lead no one else into it.
Attorney Shortridge objected to Nc
Pixies line of questioning, saying that if
politics were to be argued he wanted TO
know it.
harrington added that if he was on
trial for any crime he should be so in
formed, and he would secure the services
of an attorney.
Assemblyman Bulla subjected Barring
ton to number of cross-questions, but
developed nothing new. harrington, in
answer to him, said that what he meant
by telling Johnson that Rea might want
some fayors in return for the loan, was
not that johnson should sell his vote.
johnson might have been opposed to
many measures that Rea favored, and if
not under obligations to him would
vote against them all; but if he owed any
favors he might be of some help. That
was common practice among politicians
and friends, he said.
McPike wanted to know if any direct
proposition was made about ''selling ont
for $780," between Johnson and Rea, but
the witness said he heard no direct propo-
sition. Johnson understood readily
when Rea said, You are all out for the
stuff" The editor said he withdrew out
of hearing distance when Rea and John
son began to reach this stage of the con-
versation, because he did not think it was
any of his business, and he did not want to
be mixed up with it. When the witness
first informed Rea that Johnson wanted
500, Rea simply said bring him around
to the office tomorrow. Rea did not say
at that time that he was ''hard up.r
Chairman Mordecai complained to Nc
Pike that the cross-examination was talk
ing up too much time, and the attorney
promised to abridge. He asked Barring
ton if Schlact had ever come to him and
asked if johnson got that money" and
the editor replied that such had not oc-
CURED. He also denied that he growled
to Schlact about Johnson going away
without giving him his money. "What
did say" said harrington, "was that
johnson owed me SS. 1 was not pleased
that ne had gone off without paying me-,
An objection having been raised to the
indefniteness of one of McPikes ques-
tions, the attorney got up and made
speech. He said there was going to be a
conflict of evidence between Rea, John
son and Darlington, and the committee
should give him a chance to ''catch some
body" He was going to show, he said,
that johnson was after money, but he
wanted to borrow it honestly. That he
spurned an offer to sell his vote. That.
not getting the loan from Rea, he finally
got it at a bank, as would be shown.
Darlington answered a few more un-
important questions, and was then ex-
cused.
JOHNSON HUNTING TOR REA.
Archie A. Tisdale is employed by the
Electrical Improvement Company of San
Jose. He knew Assemblyman Johnson.
The latter called at the company's Office
several times and asked for Commits
sioner Rea. This was after election.
Once he called when Rea was in, and the
witness told the latter that man wanted
to see him. Rea looked out, and seeing
who was there said he was busy. john
son waited about half an hour for Rea.
The latter evaded him by slipping out
the back way.
In answer to questions asked by
McPike, Tisdale said he did not know
johnson before he came to the Office look
ing for Mr.. Rea. He found out who he
was by asking one of the attaches of the
company. His attention was attracted to
johnson because he did not look like the
men who usually called to see Mr.. Rea.
He was poorly dressed and had shoes on
that had never been blackened.
Thomas Bethel, Cashier of the Electro
cal Improvement Company, testified that
he. too. had seen johnson at the con,-