The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-22

whatever amount you require in order to
make your canvass. There are in the neigh
borhood of fifty candidates for the Assem-
bly, on the Republican ticket who are
pledged (as l remember iO-who are
pledged to Grant, and he will probably be
elected"
@. This is still the contents of the let
ter?
A Yes. I am stating nothing else. And
that is the substance of the letter as
remember 1t.
Q. BY whom was the letter signed?
A. Dan T. Cole.
Q. From whence was it mailed?
A. From San Francisco.
Q. Does NJ. Cole live in San Francisco?
A. Yes, sir; he did at that time-well, L
do not know that he lived in San Fran
cisco, but, as you are all aware, he Is
the coiner of the Mint. l think he lives
in Oakland, but l have always addressed
this more, Mr.. Chairman, in order that
you shall understand the matter-that
Mr.. Cole and myself have been acquainted
for some, thirty-four years. The letter
was carelessly worded and l hadn't the
slightest idea in the world that Dan t.
Cole. proposed to bride me to vote for
L. s. Grant, not the slightest in the
world. We would talk together as q
father and son would talk together, or
as brothers would talk together, and l
never thought of such a proposition as
Dan T. Cole proposing to bride me.
.. Why do you suggest that proposition
if you did not think that he would bride
you?
A. Because I want you to understand
the situation; because l want you to be
the judge of it.
@. Has it been suggested to you that
the letter contained a bride or an offer
A. DO think it?
Q: Has it been suggested to you that
A. Oh, yes.
Q. And Is that the reason that you now
A. Yes; that is the reason why 1 sug
gest it to you, that you may know the
relations between US. do not want to do
an injury to Dan Il. Cole, and as you
gentlemen all know, l am not voting for
4. S. Grant.
Q. Did you respond to that letter?
A. did, sir.
Q. BY communication?
A. I did.
9. You have not that letter, suppose?
A. have not
O. You do not know whether it is in ex-
A. Mr.. Cole states to me that it is not.
1 wish it were
0. Do you remember the contents of
your reply?
O. You may state them.
A. That is, the substantial parts of that
3. The substance. We cannot expect
you to remember the words.
A. I cannot remember the words. And
Stated to Mr. Cole that / did not think
there was any necessity for me to make a
canvass for that district, inasmuch as
those people have known me for a period
of nineteen years on the bench; that If
they did not want me TO occupy that posi-
ton I did not want 1t. The indications
from his letter were that If | would sup
mort Mr.. Grant for United States Sena-
tor 1 could have all the money I required
In order to make my canvass. And in my
reply / said that / did not propose to
pledge my vote for canvass m money; that
yass by a trip or a personal journey |
would make It on my own account. l
stated furthermore that If fifty men were
pledged to vote for u. s. Grant l hoped
the last one of them would be defeated,
for no man that would do thing of that
kind was fit to be in the Legislature. Any
@. Did You take the money that was
offered?
A. 1 did not sir No specific sum was
offered, and / took none. / gave $40 in
that canvass. but / gave 1t to the, Cen
trail Committee of the county, which has
always been my practice. and no more,
and so stated in my affidavit when l was
elected to the Legislature.
O. Do you know whether Mr.. Grant, Mr..