The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-19

amount of the one you have in mind?
A. l do not remember now 1t was $1,000
or $3000-something like that.
Mr.. Lardner-What was the largest
draft you received that you remember Of?
A. Well, don't know. 1t may have
$4,000. '-Y'O ''y''' : - = e''
Mr.. McEnerney-Were you in the habit
of acknowledging the receipts of these
drafts to Mr.. Grant?
A. No, not always.
Q. Do you keep a press copies Of all
your letters?
a. l keep press copies of all write.
9. And that you wrote to Mr.. Grant?
A. Well, l think so.
Q. You have all his letters which he
wrote to you?
A. Yes.
Mr.. Mellick-You understand, Mr.. Green.
that the subpoena that was served on you
orders you to bring all those papers here?
Don't you understand it so?
A. suppose that is the nature of the
subpena-yes.
Mr.. McEnerney-I would suggest. Mr..
chairman that you request Mr.. Grant to
bring his bank account.
Mr.. Bacon-Mr. McEnerney, is this a
trial of the libel suit against The Call?
Mr.. McEnerney-Mr. Bacon, am a cit
lzen of the State of California, and these
gentlemen are representatives of the
when they are Investigating these charges
they should adopt appropriate means of
arriving at the truth, and one of them is
70 prlng Mr.. Grants bank account and
his return check.
Mr.; Bacon-Weli, make my objection
70 that statement on exactly the same
that statement, 1 am a citizen of the
state OF California, and interested in this
Legislature.
The chairman-There is no profit in
your discussion, gentlemen. If you will
permit me we will go on with The work
Of the committee. | do not want to be
want to spend time in discussion between
the attorneys. This has got to be per
sonal matter between you two and not a
proper matter before the committee
Mr.. Bacon-There is one more question
would like to ask. AS l understand
your resolution, gentlemen, attorneys
represent?
A Yes, sir; that is right.
Mr.. Bacon-And perhaps to suggest
something that he wishes to bring out
If It is his own witness?
The chairman-YeS.
Mr.. BAcon-That is the spirit of the res
olution, l understand, introduced by Mr..
Mr.. Mellick-That is it.
Mr.. Bacon-I have followed that exact
~. In that line / merely want to ask
Mr.. Green one question now that 1 think
of Mr.. Green Mr.. Leake in his testi-
mony here tonight said in that CONVEX
sation had with you in the Del Paso
saloon here in town you told him that
in San Francisco and there found Mr..
Wright in conversation with Mr.. Grant.
That was, prior TO the time that any
money had been advanced by you to him
And at that meeting at your office Mr..
Wright said something to you about this
$500 TO- buy Pringle off Was that true
a. No, sir; it is not
y. DID you have any such conversation
as that with Mr.. Leake at this place here
in Sacramento. or any other place?
A. To that effect?
Q. Yes
4. Or in those words?
@. Yes, or in those words
A. never told Mr.. Leake that Mr.
Wright came to the office and Mr.. Grant
and were there together, because he
never did.
Q. He never did?
A. That is to the best of my recollec-
Mr.. Grant was in the office and said any
thing about Mr.. Pringle, and L never told
Mr.. Leake SO.
about your relations with Mr. Wright, or
what you were doing for him?
A. No, sir; absolutely not
Mr.. Mellick-Mr Green, how long will
it take for you to get those papers here?
A. do not know. am very busy just
Mr.. Bacon-what papers do YOU want
gentlemen? Do you want papers to show
that he had paid Mr.. Wright some money?
He had admitted that he paid him some
Mr. Mellick-No We have only gone
into one branch of this matter, and we
want all the letters. Take that "sutter
all the letters that passed between Mr..
Grant. and Mr., Green in reference to con-
tributions in THIS campaign-the Senate
rial campaign. Al bank checks or drafts
that are obtainable by Mr.. Grant.
A Well, l have not any bank checks or
drafts raft =. or anything Of Of, that sort.
ers every possible kind of data that
can arise. 1 meant it when drew it, any
way, and he will understand his subpoena.
And the only question in my mind now
is as to what time the adjournment of
this committee, and the examination of
Mr. Green, should be made to. 1 am in
for the committee if we would go on with
Mr.. Green in the morning, and then we
will have to have an adjournment and
have him before us again after he has got
his data. There are lines of this examin-
alton that [ would like to go into-that
would like to complete before we dismiss
him from the stand.
The witness-Gentlemen, before you
leave this branch of the case I want to
say, if have not said it in terms before,
of money to influence his vote in electing
a United States Senator. I never ex-
acted a promise from him that he would
vote for Grant for United States Sena-
tor, and he never did promise me that he
would vote for Mr. Grant for United
consideration-that the contribution I
made in that primary election over there
was in no sense consideration for Mr..
Wright voting for Mr.. Grant
Mr.. Sanford-ln the meantime you were
not handing money out promiScuously to
people that were opposed to Mr.. Grant?
A. 1 can say on that question, if you
wish it, that l mace contributions dur
ing the campaign to gentlemen who were
elected to the. Legislature who never
voted for Mr.. Grant. never promised to
vote for Mr.. Grant and who We're not
aware that made any contributions TO
their campaign.
Mr. Mellick-Will you be prepared to
go on with your testimony in regard to |
pended money in in the morning without
reference to these other letters? Will |
you be prepared to go on with that testi- |
mony in the morning?