The San Francisco call., 1897-01-29


Smith appears on the journal of Monday
January f. Itappears to me that the chief
clerk has tried to shield his numerous ap-
pointments behind somebody else"
Judge Waymire poked his stick between
the bars of the cage. II understood you
tc say while ago." he asked, that you
did give a recommendation for the ap-
pointment of this pager
Mr.. Belshaw attempted TO explain by
saying that the recommendation was
given after he was already on the tenn
porary roll as it appeared on the journal.
The stick went between the bars again.
'If his name was on the roll, persisted
the chairman, "why should he need a
recommendation?
Il don't know" replied Mr.. Belshaw.
In reply to Chynoweth the witness de-
clared that fifteen or twenty employees
would be very liberal number for tenn
porary organization.
Brusie asked the witness whether he
would not provide for more employees
than the law allowed, and the witness re-
piled that the law allowed but three, but
that he would provide for more.
Leon E. Jones of San Francisco seemed
to be the most influential Assemblyman
on the floor. The attaches appointed on
his recommendation were A. S. Vischer,
Devine, Friedlander, Voorsanger and
Blakeston. He said that he had asked
Clerk Duckworth to place Mr.. Vischer's
name on the roll. Alter that the others
came to him and he told them they were
at liberty to use his name and influence to
get on the roll if they could. He could
not say whether or not Devine was pres
ent during the temporary organization,
but he knew that Friedlander and Vischer
were. He did not know whether Vischer
did any work or not. He did not know
Blakeston and Voorsanger. Duckworth
was an entire stranger 10 Assem- blyman
Jones, and in fact Jones went to Sacra-
mento with another candidate for chief
clerk. 1t was after the Republican eau
Gus had selected Duckwort as chief CLERK
that Jones had asked him to appoint Mr..
Vischer.
Assemblyman Shanahan, whiskerless
Populist from the manzanita groves and
grlzzly-be pastures of Shasta, went be-
fore the committee and swore that there
were no such thing as temporary organi-
zation. He thought that these officers
were sufficient to do the temporary busi-
ness.
Clerk GrIdley corrected his testimony of
the day before. He said: ''I was asked
by whose direction put those Two names
on the slip. My reply was: BY the direc-
tion of the Speaker l understand that
some one in the House asked to have
those names inserted and the Speaker re-
uuested rue to do so. The names were NJ.
A. Kearney and Miss NJ. Bertola." The
correction was made in the same manner
as all other corrections are made by the
Speaker.
DR.. Keables, in seconding the motion to
receive the temporary roll in evidence
said that they wanted to know all about
this affair and that the temporary roll
should be made public and all the facts
connected Herewith. Hewanted nothing
concealed, but wanted the whole truth, no
matter upon whose shoulders the blame
might rest. Mr.. Duckworth would be
given every opportunity of making free
and fair explanation.
This is not a Duckworth investiga-
tion," added DR.. KeabIes. THE reputa-
tiolI of every member of the Assembly is
involved in this"
Emmons followed and declared that the
committee was not bound by any consid-
erations of privileged or secret communi-
cations. 'Those. are the very things that
will show US where the blame lies. II is
what Is hidden that we want to reach. l
don't understand that Mr.. Duckworth is
on trial here, but if he wants to throw any
light on this affair he will be afforded
every opportunity of doing so.
AFTER adjournment last evening"" con-
tinued Emmons, 81 received informa-
tion that a certain gentleman said that he
was charged up with two appointments on
that roll, and another member said,
Good for him; if necessary 1 will be
charged up with two to help him OUT
feared that he might find some COM
placent mem bers who will allow their
names to be placed on that roll for the
purpose of helping Mr.. Duckworth."
He thereupon moved that the roll be
read and made public, and the motion
unanimously prevailed. The roll was read
as follows:
Statutory oficers-S. J. Duckwerth, R.
9. Wickham, Andrew Branch, A. L. Fish
er, H. a. Kidder, Mrs. Eva Mckay, G. w.
Ashley, T. J. Smith, C. Mclean, John
Varcoe, T. E. Atkinson. Miss Carrie
Brown, H. Mark, Gus Kelly, W. c. Dor
sey, Edgar Stack.
The following is list of attaches on the
temporary roll suggested by the members
whose names precede them:
By GateIy-C W. Kyle, J. L. Martin,
Edward Allen; by Kelly-H. A. Jackson,
/. Irb, G. Towle; by Price-W. s. Staley,
W. Hopkins, W. Bullock; by Guy-C. AL
berti; by Dennery-A. Gunzendorfer, w.
Levison, Ed Sheridan; by Caminetti-Ben
Martin; by Pohiman-G. E. Dixon, H. D.
Pohlman; by Jones-A. S. Vischer, J. P.
Devine, A. A. Friedlander, r. Blakeston !;
by Wright. NJ. Oliver; by DoIan-M. J.
Flynn, D. Gibson, f. Smith, 81. Hall; by
Lacy-M. A. Kearny, H. Friedman, W. J.
Harrington; by Leavitt-Frank Barnett;
by Kenyon-W. S. Kingsbury; by Linden
berger-M. EstudiIlo; by Henry-James
Dewitt, NJ. Aronson, L. Wintringer, Cal
Ewing; by Strain-R. Nixon Jr.; by
Chynoweth-F. c. Smythe; by Breiling-
J. 3. Owen, S. H. Wilson; by Valentine
r. NJ. Richardson, Mrs. William Samp-
son; by Harris-C. H. Rodriguez, w. H.
Rice, Miss NJ. Bertola; by Bettman-J.
Brooks, J. c. Collins, Ed Sweeney; by
Dibble-Ed J. Smith. Donald Bruce; by
A. w. North-George North; by Parkin-
son-W. P. Mclean, George w. Lewis, J.
Hooking. J. Toad, L. D. Sloss. Joseph
Kidney, John Wilkins, J. Kofod, Jay
Cumming, James Kane. S. Adams, J..
Massie, w. Bowles, William Lynch, R..
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