The San Francisco call., 1899-01-24

nothing? What promise of patr95nage OK
what IS there for him to do thaE
Mr.. Mellick-I hardly think that is "
fa1r question.
The witness-I tell you that there is no
promise of that sort
Mr.. Mellick-No matter what ne mas
difference to us.
The chairman-Yol would consider that
It would be perfectly legitimate that
Mr.. Green should be properly recompensed
Tor his services?
Mr.. Sanford-Certainly.
Inc chairman-Well then, that does not
all.
Mr.: Mellick-I want to ask Mr.. Grant
cbeSged cbHeTsloR' u4b M Grant y0u have 2een IN
the interests of legislative candidates.
/ What have you got to say to that?
a. nave to say that that is utterly
ialse, and that Governor Gage knows that
II is false; that he knows that 1 have al
ways ways talked in his favor. He has said as
O., Is it not possible that some of the
WORKERS have done things that you did
not know anything about?
a wen, the question has been mooted
so much that I have heard more or less
! talk about it, and 1 have yet to find one
man who will admit such thing as that.
lieVe it?
| A. do not believe it at all.
| Inc chairman-There is one line of In
curry that do not think I went into, and
| do not remember that any of the mem
bers of the committee Mr. Grant. have
you or any of your friends at your sug-
| gestion, with your knowledge or your
| consent, promised any patronage or any
money or threatened to withhold any
patronage, with the purpose. to influence
lature for United States Senator-any
candidate, yourself or any other?
A. No. They have not
Mr.. Sanford-At the time that you drew
/ the check of $3.50 for Mr. Wright if you had
! thought that Mr.. Wright would not have
been favorable to you, would you have
A. If Mr. Green had advised me to do so
[ would have done it.
g. Are you in the habit of lOaning
money promiscuously?
A. No. I have not been very success
full as a money lender.
didate for the Legislature you would
have loaned the $3.50 to him?
A. would if Mr.. Green had suggested
The chairman-Mr. Grant, in that con-
nection did you understand this $3.50 rep
resented by the check to Mr. Wright,
through Mr.. Green or otherwise, was it
your opinion that that money was purely
a loan?
Q. Was it made for the purpose Of plac-
/ ing upon Mr. Wright moral obligation
to vote for you for the United States
A. 1 do not think I thought about i.
particularly. 1 expected there might be
such a construction put upon it.
Q. Did you go any further than to that
A. That is all. I never had promise
from any member Of the Assembly or Of
Mr.. Mellick-Have you anything to vol
unteer?
A. No.
ther? If hot Mr. Grant will be excused.
JILsoN TELLS HIS STORY.
fed as follows:
money having been expended on behalf of
u. S. Grant Jr. in your district to aid in
your election.
A. l do not
Q. Do you desire to make statement
to this committee concerning the evidence
that has been connected with your name
that was given here?
A. / do.
@. You may make any such statement
A. was in San Francisco during the
campaign and met Mr.. Cole, as I think I
always do when 1 go to San Francisco.
the nomination for Assemblyman from
your district" I said Eyes 1t was ten
dered to me unanimously" He said: 5"Are
you going to canvass the district?" I
said: mo. Not anything to speak of,
anyway" He said: DO you think that
you will be elected?" I said: without
a doubt" He then asked me in regard to
the head of the ticket | told him l
thought Maguire-I was fearful that Ma
guire would carry the county. He then
asked me what 1 thought of Mr.. Laird's
fight in the Senatorial district. told him
that 1 thought he had quite a hard fight.
And he said to me: You don't want any
money. yourself?" I said: 81 do not"
He said: Don't you think you had better
take some for the general ticket, narttou-
larly for the head of the ticket, for Van
Fleet, for the Railroad Commissioner and
Mr. Laird?" 1 said: IF you think it ad-
visable for me to place some money
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