The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03
Examiner Men Want Time
to Prepare to Meet
Their Lies.
Their Promise of Preparing to
Sub;tantiate the Bribery
Story Is a Bluff.
So the Investigating Committee Grants
Continuance Until Thurs.
day Afternoon.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 2.-When
the Assembly committee met this after
noon it found that the Examiner was not
yet ready to substantiate the charge of
bribery made by it against mem bers of the
Assembly who had voted to pass Cami-
netti's bill (No. 273) Garrett McEnerney
appeared as its counsel and asked for a
continuance until next Thursday.
"Blinker" Murphy stated the alleged
reasons why the continuance was desired
by the managing editor of the paper. 1t
was in the nature of bluff, for that is the
only way in which a fake can be sup
ported, and Mr.. Murphy played the bluff
with s,eadiness of nerve and gravity of
countenance that would do credit to a star
actor. Murphy said that the manager of
the paper had wired him last night TO the
effect that he could not attend before
Thursday, because he was at present en-
gagged in gathering further evidence"
1t appeared, although Murphy did not
say so, that the libel was printed before
the evidence necessary to substantiate it
had been gathered-a familiar habit of
papers of the class of the Examiner, which
print everything before examining any
thing. 1t is necessary, of course, that
''Mr. Green" shoul have some evidence
in the shape Of hole to crawl out OF. and
if he cannot find it In San Francisco, he
will be obliged to have it forged in some
literary blacksmith. shop somewhere else.
1t was stated by Murphy that Mr.. Lev
ings, one of the Examiners legislative
staff, had shaken the rich loan of Sacra-
mento off his feet, and had gone to San
Francisco to consult Long Green as to
what is best to be done in the present
emergency.
Mr.. McEnerney remarked that he un-
derstood that the managing editor was
the head and front of the whole affair, ald
that he had not had an opportunity of ad-
vlslng with his client, the defendant. Mr..
McEnerney stated that there would be no
fur her applications for continuance On
the part of the defense.
The committee accordingly adjourned
until P. NJ. ON Thursday.
Among the Assemblymen who voted to
concur in the Senate amendment to the
title of Camlnetti's No. 273 is Price of So
norla. Price explained to CALL reporter
to-day that his vote did not imply that he
was in favor of the passage of the bill. 1t
had already been passed and be merely
voted to amend the title. On the final
passage he did not vote at all, although
pres eat, that it appears strangely
enough that he did not take aay interest
in the bill either in favor of or against it,
The following is the rollcaH on final
PASSAGE:
Ayes-Aldrldge ge, Allen, Arnerich. Aus
tin, Boone, Breiiing, Bridgford, Burnham,
Caminetri, Canavan, ChynoweIh, Gutter,
Damon. Dibbe. Dolan, Dryden Elliott, EN-
mons, Ennis, Goodhue, Henry, Hudson,
Houghton. Jones. Kea bles, Kenyon, Lacy,
Landsborough, Leavitt, Lindenberger,
Malcolm, MeIick, Mulcrevy. Mcclellan,
McLaurin, North OF Alameda, North of
Yolo, Ponlmann, Robinson, Rubell, SAM
ford, Sims, Shanahan, Seward, Stansell,
Toiand, Treacy. Valentine, Vosburp,
Wright and Speaker Coombs. Total-5l.
Noes-None