The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

| night Murphy was asked by Senator
Morehouse: "Do you know of your own
knowledge OF any communication relative
to this matter from the city of Sacramento
| by any person connected with the Ex-
aminer, either on Saturday of last week
or for a week or ten days preceding that
| time"
His reply was: "I do not think 1 can
answer that question unless Mr.. Hearst
consents to my doing so"
Senator Morehouse stated to the COM
mittee that he did not think this was q
proper ground for declining to answer, as
the matter in question was not priv
| ileged communication.
Chairman Dickinson directed the wit
ness to answer the question.
81 do not desire to be in contempt to
the committee, replied the witness, ''but
l shall have to decline to answer the ques-
ton under the circumstance"
His further examination was abandoned
at this point, and it is understood that in
the resolution that will be introduced in
the Senate OF Monday, three persons OF
the Examiner staff will be called to the
bar of the Senate to purge themselves of
or be punished for contempt. These will
be Andy Lawrence, ]. ]. Levings and Al
Murphy.
So palpable has now become the fake
character of the story published in the
Examiner of last Saturday that there is
talk about combination between all the
maligned members of both branches of
the Legislature for the purpose of bring
ing libel suits against that journal, each
legislator to sue for $4,000.
Much mystery and capital has been
made by the taking newspaper out of the
kilograms which it stated had passed be-
tween Senator VOORHEES, and certain prom
inent people. 1t has tried to make it
appear that the Senator from Amador had
received kilograms from Charles F.
Crocker. Alvinza Hayward and W. F.
Herrin in reference to the use of illegal
means to bring about the passage of As
sembly bill No. 273. Senator VOORHEES,
makes no secret about having received
telegram from each of the individuals
named and of their contents, and is ready
to submit them to the com mittee when
ever its members call for them. The one
from Hayward asked VOORHEES, support
for Senator Wolfe's bill relative to extend
lLS tAo IiS hto VI COi pOiooAOh oOACs O lhOuo-
ure in which Archbishop Riordan Is
greatly interest ed.
That from Mr.. Herrin was in reference to
the claim of the Southern Pacific Com
pany against the State for money due it,
according to a recent decision of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, while
the dispatch from Colonel Crocker re-
quested Senator VOORHEES, to support the
University tax bill, the final passage of
which was q cause of rejoicing throughout
the State.
It was on chimeras like this that the
Examiner based its positive assertion that
without a shadow of doubt" mem bers of
the Legislature had been bribed. To-day
it again snarled and snapped at every one
who it found would not stand aside and
permit it to go unwhipped of justice. But
its maunderings are now only laughed at.
Its fangs have been drawn and its venom
is innocuous.
Its attacks are now courted as the highest
commentator. Its reputation as a faker
is now as fixed and Interchangeable as the
star Sirius in tho firm amsnt. II it has
friends to reward it must condemn them
in its choicest billingsgate, and if it has
enemies TO punish it need only laud them
to the skies.
At the executive Session of the Assem-.
bly, bribery investigation to-day it was de-
cided to defer action in the matter of con-
tempt on the part of Andy M. Lawrence
and L. L. Levings so as to give the Senate
ap opportunity to deal with the recalci-
trant witnesses.
Should that body not decide to imprison
the witnesses for their contempt if they
continue obdurate the Assembly will press
the matter to such a conclusion, as that
body is determined to make the Examiner
prove its positive charges or admit that
the whole fabric of its article was, as
Attorney knight virtually admitted last
night, composed tat an idle moment in
idle rumor and street talk" when the
writer was "filled with good gin cock
tails"
Attorneys Knight. Clunie and McEner-
ney this evening served the following
paper upon Chairman Dickinson of the
Senate investigating committee:
In response to the understanding between