The San Francisco call., 1897-03-06

objected to the question on the ground
that the answer would be hearsav, thus
admitting that the Examiner had hbeIed
the Legislature upon mere rumor and
| hearsay.
"Did you yourself have any hand in the
preparation of this article or any part of
| it?" asked Valentine.
Clunie objected again, but Lawrence i'm
| patiently replied that he had had no hand
in the preparation OF the article. He
! added that he had not assisted in the
preparation of any portion of the article.
| Then Valentine turned loose the ava
lanche that buried the Examiner.
"Did you know of the offer or the pay
ment of any money to any member OF the
Assembly in relation to bill 273?"
No" now replied the manager editor
of the Examiner, thus confessing that his
| paper had deliberately and maliciously
| faxed libel.
murmur of surprise arose from the
audience at the shameless avowal and at
the stupidity of the Examiners counsel
in having failed to object 10 question of
such tremendous i'm portance to the issue
involved.
Valentine followed up the question with
another OF equal importance.
"AH the information on which this
article was published is hearsay, and only
hearsay ?" he asked.
eyes," replied Lawrence.
.'Did you see the messages that were
said to have passed between Mr.. Hayward
| and Senator Voorheis?'
No, sir"
"Did you know the contents of those
messages"
Here knight recovered from the stupor
| in which he had been thrown by the
knockout blow delivered on the Examiner
| by the manager of that paper, and OBJ
| jected.
| Valentine asked if the Examiner people
were so anxious to prove the truth OF the
| libelous statement that corruption ex-
listed beyond the shadow Of doubt why
did they attem pit to throw the committee
off on the kilograms and yet refuse to
give the committee the information in
| their possession.
"All we want OF the Examiner people is
| to tell US this testimony which estab-
| lisned in their minds beyond the shadow
| of doubt that this bribery existed. We
are inviting the Examiner 20 assist us in
this instead of throwing obstacles in our
way"
"Did you authorize the publication of
| that article i'll the Examiner p asked Hill.
| Here Clunie awoke from his ten seconds
| trance and objected and the committee
dropped Lawrence. They had squeezed
| ont of him a confession that the libel was
| fake, built upon the airy foundation of
| rumor and they smiled at the expression
of CONSERVATION depicted upon the coun-
tenances of Clunie and Knight
Frank Jaynes. general manager of the
| Western Union telegraph Company, took
| the stand and produced dispatch from
Alvinza Hayward to Senator VOORHEES,, re-
| cues ting him to vote for Wolfes Senate
| bill, empowering corporation sole
right to dispose of real estate in the same
| manner as private citizens are allowed to
| do. The telegram was not read, but was
| exhibited to the committee. who decided
that it had no bearing on the matter of
Assembly bill 273. This is bill in which
it was stated on the floor of the Assembly
by Judge Dibble that Archbishop Riordan
was interested.
The witness had his clerks in Oakland,
San Francisco and Alameda searching for
other kilograms between the two parties
and he expected that the search would be
| finished by next Monday.
Frank Moffitt, e1-newspaper publisher
! and politician, was called 10 the stand and
said that he knew nothing about any
| bribery.
Franklin Hichborn. one Of the Examin-
+, er's staff of correspondents, testified that
his work was in the Assembly chamber.
"Do you know of any money being paid
to anv mem ber of the Assem- bly, to in
fiuence his vote on Assembly bill No.
273?"
mo, SIR"
He did not send to the Examiner anv
| information on which the article was
based and he did not write it or any part
of it. He did not know anything about
the matter.
I Judge Frick came in at this moment
and produced the following copies of teIe-
grams which passed between him and G.
| w. Baker:
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb.sI7, 1897.
| George ". Baker, Mills Building, San Fran
CISCO CAL: Are you interested in Assembly bill
No. 273? If so answer care Hart North, nam
! ing time when l can talk to you.
A. L. FRIcK.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Feb. IL, 1897.
| A. L. Frick care Hart North Sac, an,ento, Cal
| have an interest in that bill Am sick to-
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