The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-09
4 SCORING FOR DAGGETT.
Charged With ConSpiring and
Scheming With Sam
Rainey.
Pepper MAKES REVELATIONS.
He Criticizes Statements Made by
the Superintendent of
the Mint.

Superintendent of the Mint Daggett has
aroused averitable tempest in the ranks OF
the Democracy. The gentlemen who are to
lose patronage claim that all Mr.. Daggett' S
appointments were made with the idea of
getting the complimentary vote OF the
Democratic minority for the United States
Senatorship. They also declare that the
head of the Mint has Sam Rainey for his
right hand man, and that his following in
the Legislature consisted entirely of those
whose friends or relatives held places in
the Mint. This following, it was also
pointed out, voted for the infamous As
sembly bill 702, known as the streetcar
bill, and almost without exception voted
against the bill allowing the San Joaquin
Valley Railroad terminal facilities.
''Mr. Daggett's statements are of more
than ordinary interest" said Max Pepper
last night. HE says that his manage
ment of the patronage of the Mint was
the greatest factor in nominating and
electing Governor Budd. If he has, as he
claims, the power to make Governors l
must admit that he was most sef-sacri-
tieing to take only thirteen of the thirty
possible Democratic votes when he wanted
complimentary recognition as possibility
for United States Senator"
Mr.. Pepper then told of Mr.. Daggett's
| services from. 1857 and of his preventing
attempted Republican gerrymandering in
1881 by skillfuI control of the Democratic
minority. The tale of how, when a few
years later, the Senate stood 20 to 20 on
the question of reducing freights and fares
was also related
EtDaOOotf was them T,ieJfen &c
nor" said Mr.. Pepper. HE had been
elected on a platform to reduce freight
charges. The deciding vote lay with him
and he cast it for the railroad as against
the platform of the Democratic party and
the interests of the State.
''It was for that and nothing else that
Mr. Daggett and the recreant Senators
were read out of the party. Later an at
tempt was made to bring the disrupted
factions together, and to help effect this
Mr.. Daggett was made a vice-chairman of
the State Central Committee.
Mr.. Pepper says Mr.. Daggett opposed
him because he was friendly with William
D. English. Daggett had announced that
he was tired of having such men as Eng
fish, White and Barney Murphy at the
head of the party.
Mr.. Pepper explained that the patron
age of the Mint, had it been distributed in
the interests of the Democracy, should
have been distributed equally among the
Democratic members of the Legislature of
1898, who had, in spite of temptation, ad-
hered to the party platform. Instead of
that only some of the Senators were recog-
nized.
These men were holdovers, - said Mr..
Pepper. "They had voice in naming
United States Senator, and to each of those
who were given places for friends, Mr..
Daggett intimated that their vote might
be useful if he were to be a candidate for
that senatorship.
''He claims he acted wholly in the in
terests of the Democracy in his appoint
ments. That is so, undoubtedly, if Mr..
Daggett constitutes the whole Democra tic
party"
Mr.. Pepper, in commenting upon the
fact that Mr.. Daggett claimed to have
practically nominated and elected Budd,
called attention to the fact that when the
places were given out Budd had not been
dreamed of as a possibility. He also
pointed out that Senator Arms, who had
resigned his place as warrant clerk at the
Mint to go to the Legislature, had upon the
adjournment of that body renewed his old
duties Senator Arms voted for Mr.. Dag
gett and for the streetcar bill and against