The San Francisco call., 1898-12-21
His DupIicity Is Fully
 Exposed.
WOULD TRADE HIS HONOR
OFFERED TO RESIGN IF ELECTED
 SENATOR.
While Refusing Interviews to San Francisco Newspaper Men He
 Makes a Denial in 2" Los Angeles.

\ U. s. Grant Jr., the young stranger lfrom San Diego who thinks he can se- cure the Senatorial plum with the aid /of his fathers name and a judicious use of the money furnished him by his Eastern political friends, has joined the ranks of those who lie for political purposes.
 Some days ago The Call gave pub Iicity to the statement that Mir. Grant some time ago approached a promi- nent Republican with the proposition that if the gentleman would lend aid to Grants Senatorial candidacy he (GranD would, in the event of his election, serve a, year or so and then resign in favor of the man who aided him. Mir. Grant was challenged to de ny the statement, and the promise was made that if he so far disregarded the truth as to make such a denial the name of the gentleman to whom he made the proposition would be given.
 MT. Grant has been in the city several days and has been asked by many newspaper representatives to express himself as to the truth or falsity of the statement made in The Call. This he has declined to do, taking refuge be-
  would at some future time make reply to all that had been said about him.
 To those who are more intimately ac- Quainted with the breadth of mind and moral courage of young MT. Grant 1t will not be d surprise to know that hts silence is probably due to the fact that the gentleman to whom he made the proposition referred to is a resident of this city. Reference would not be +l,T For l,. Go., that MT. Grant has caused to be pub lished in the Los Angeles Record an interview in which he denies having made the proposition attributed to him. While denying himself the pleasure of making a denial to San Francisco newspaper men, he has sought to in fiuence sentiment in the southern part of the State by giving utterance to deliberate falSehood for the benefit of the readers of a Los Angeles paper. So much for Mr. Grants courage and veracity. Now for the facts in the case.
 The proposition attributed to Mir. Grant was made to John D. Spreckels. Concerning it MT. Spreckels has this to say:
 MT Grant visited me at my office, 327 Market street, about a month ago. He introduced the subject of the elec- tion of a United States Senator. He
 
 the only reason he wished to be elected Senator was for the honor it would give him. He asked me to support his can didacy and said that if 1 would do so he would, if elected, serve only a year or two and would then resign in my fa- vor. I told him that l was not seeking the position, did not want it and would not take it were it offered me with a certificate of election. That ended the matter, and MT. Grant departed"
 Here we have MT. Grants confession of his own unWOrth. He has no desire to serve the people of the State in whose borders he Is practically a stran- ger. His only object in asking to be sent to the upper house of the Ameri- scan Congress is that he may thereby claim the right to be called Senator Grant. A worthy ambition, surely, and ione quite in keeping with the man who Twill resort to falSehOOd to cover re- 3prehensible act. To achieve this noble ambition this worthy son of his father was willing to barter his honor, the confidence of the people and the friend ship of those deluded individuals who are still unaware of the fact that hon ;esty and integrity are not always transmitted from father to son.
 Some idea of the caliber of the man who comes from San Diego with bid for legislative votes because the acci- 5dent of birth happened to give him the name of Grant may be given by the re- lation of an incident that occurred in the corridor of a San Diego hotel dur ing the progress of the recent cam paign.
 Grant was discussing the political sit suation with a group of politicians when lone of them asked the aspirant for Sen jatorial honors if he expected members of the Legislature to vote for him just because his name is Grant.
 That should have great weight with them" replied the budding statesman, ga very great weight, l should say, especially in Washington"
 That is where you are wrong" said his questioner because you are spreading that idea and others are tak- ing it up. There is an old gentleman in Sierra County whose name is George Washington. He is a linaal descend- ant. I believe, of the Father of His Country. Mir. Washington has heard of your claim and has come out as a Senatorial candidate. He is gaining Q though he was going to be big factor an the Senatorial fight"
 'Is this a fact?" inquired Grant ex- citedly.
 Upon being assured that the facts were as represented he burst out with :.
 You must excuse me, gentlemen. I must run upstairs and tell Milton Green about this. If George Wash ington is candidate MT. Green should know 1t right away. I pay him s25O a month to look after my political inter ests and he will know how to deal With this natter
 Just what MT. Green told Mr Grant in the secrecy of their chamber will never be known, but speculation con corning it did not lessen the hilaritv of the group in the hotel corridor.
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