The San Francisco call., 1899-01-28

cuniary consideration for his vote in any
manner whatever. And, in fact. such a
thing never was spoken of or hfnted at
between us.
Mr. Burnett-Why did you suggest,
then, that perhaps if he would put up
five or six thousand dollars he might be
able to see it Green's way?
A. Well, l had heard a good many ru-
mors, as you always Will about Legls-
lature. The general opinion of the peo-
pie seems to be that when the Legislature
meets Colonel Mazuma also appears, and
that is a standing joke;
Q. And the hunters for Colonel Mazu-
ma?
A: Yes. And that is a standing joke
among the people to talk that way
slightngly about the members of the
Legislature and about their being for
sale. just as it~is almost invariably with
all people occupying public positions.
Mr.. Melick-Did you not say to
Mr.. Green in that conversation that
Colonel Burns had offered some
money!
A. Yes, I told him that-that
thought that offers were being made.
@. To Mr.. CosperP
A. No, not to Mr.. Cosper.
q. But that Colonel Burns was
making offersp
A. Yes; I heard so.
@. And you told Green that Colonel
Burns WIS making offers, and per-
haps he had better make an offerP
A. Well, yes, told him I thought
if he wanted to win, that if the other
side was going to make money offers,
he had better get in and conduct it
on money basis also.
@. And then what did Green sayP
A. Oh, he said "I don't believe
that there are any offers being
made" He said, "I don't believe it.
I don't believe there is cent offered
by anybody. So far as I am con-
cerned, I won't give cent to any
body for their vote"
Q. Did Colonel Burns or any of his
agents or friends make any proposition
to you in regard to Mr.. Cosper's vote?
A. Never spoke to me about it at all
Q. Then from whom did you hear that he
was offering money?
A. oh, L just heard that in a joshing
way in barrooms and saloons.
Q. Do you remember anybody who said
A No, no.
@. Did you have a conversation. with
said, later?
A. No; l did not see Mr.. Cosper after
that. | went home. Well, I think L had
seen Mr. Cosper the evening before that
and I went home, 1 think, the evening
after that, and L did not see Mr.. Cosper
again.
Q. Now you had been sent money during
the campaign by Mr. Green, had you not?
A No, sir.
@. Or by somebody in San Francisco?
A. No. sir.
Q. Somebody in the State?
A. No. sir; not by anybody.
q. For distributing, for campaign pur-
poses?
A. No. sir.
there in your county $400 to distribute?
A. No, sir.
Q. For the legislative ticket?
a. No, sir.
Q. Any other amount?
A. No, sir; not a cent.
@. Now, Mr.. Green in his deposition this
afternoon declined to answer how much
money or what amount Of money he had
sent you. Is he mistaken in that he sent
you any at all?
A. Wen, sir. 1 will tell you how much
money | got from Mr.. Green and when |
got it, l did not get any money from Mr..
Green during the campaign.
q. When was it?
A. After the campaign was over, | told
Mr.. Green that, in advancing the interests
of the three legislative candiGateS-one IN
the Sixty-fourth, one in the Sixty fifth
Senatorial District had expended out of
my own money $134. and l asked him If
he wanted to reimburse It to me- and \ he n
said. Yes. | do" And he gave me $135
and 1 did not have any dollar in my
pocket to give him back any, and he said
well, we will take drink on that, sub
sequently." That is all OF my financial
transactions That is all the money
9. | suppose, in reference to yourself,
you will state what position you occupied
at that time?
A. / was chairman of the Republican
County Central Committee in Tulare
County, which position l still occupy.
@. Had that money been accounted for
in your campaign fund by your auditing
committee?
A, Well, I do not know as-no; it had
not. The auditing committee did not
know anything about that money. The
auditing committee did not have anything
to do with the legislative ticket, because
our auditing committee was an auditing
committee for the county and took charge
of the State ticket and of the county Of
fees. The county was divided into legis-
lative districts, Mr.. Cosper's district only
taking off a small portion of our county
Tulare County-that is, the Sixty-fourth
District, comprising a small portion OF
Tulare County and all of Kings County
Consequently our disbursing committee
or auditing and disbursing committee
could not have charge of those offices OF
of those candidates, and did not attempt
to.
@. Those Assembly districts had their
own auditing committees, had they not?
A. No, sir; had no auditing committees
that | know of. The fact of the matter
is, this money that L spent was my own
Individual money, spent by my own indi-
vidual self, without consulting anybody
about it. And if any trouble ensues about
that why, they can come on me for it.
O. How much of this money did you
expend in Mr.. Cosper's district?
A Oh, l don't know. L could not tell
you that. The county was divided by the
Assembly districts, and the Senatorial
District included both counties and Inyo
County, and that money was spent indis-
criminately in the three districts.
@. When you got this money from Gran!
or from Green did you say anything to
him about these legislators being friendly
to Grant?
A. No; 1 don't know whether I did OF
not. l can't recall. / probably told him
that 1 thought Mr.. Cosper was friendly OF
disposed to be friendly with Grant; prob
ably did. l don't recollect that l did
Q. Well, was that part of the condition
on which you got the money?
A. Oh, no: not al all. Not at all.
Mr.. Burnett-How did you come to ap-
ply to Mr.. Green for the money, more
than any other man?
A. Well, | knew that he was spending
money for Mr.. Grant, or thought he was
and l just asked him if he wanted to re-
imburse me. l did not ask him to do it.
L Just asked him if he wanted to do it.
Mr.. Melick-Who else was dispensing
money down there, or disbursing that
money down there in your district Tor
Grant?