The San Francisco call., 1899-09-16

his cross-examtnation Of Ex-senator
Burke and he pursued the lead till near
adjournment, when he picked UP some
thing from Ex-Groceryman McGovern
that greatly resenbIed hot potato. At
any rate. the attorney for the once
Buckleyite- e-turned-reformer dropped it
in a manner 10 strengthen that belief.
a glad smile stole over the features Of
MCGOWAN, while Sammy fairly writhed
in his chair
McGovern had been put on the stand
as a witness for Dunn and in response
TO questions by MCGOWAN, he testified
that Braunhart had often brought up
the subject of Dunn's reputation.
1T is possible" said McGovern,
that I might have said Dunn was
making q fool Of himself in the Legisla-
ture, but I never did say to Senator
Braunhart that his reputation for hon
esty was bad"
On cross examination McGovern said
he had not told Braunhart in what way
Dunn had acted foolishly. He said he
did not remember that he had ever told
Braunhart that Dunn had ever taken
money for his vote as Senator.
Did you have a private opinion, q"
asked McEnerney, that Dunn had TAX
en- money as Senator2"
Well, did on one OCCASION was the
answer, when Senator Braunhart fur
nished me the information"
Did you get that information from
anybody else?"
NO. sir; did not"
In answer to further cross-eIan1fna-
ton McGOvern said that on one occa-
sion after the late primary, Dunn had
called him to account for having COM
pared his Senatorial record with that
Of Braunhart-
There was man there who was
talking about Braunhart." said McGov-
ern. L listened TO him for while
and asked him what he had against
Braunhart. He says: We don't want
a Jew running in an Irish district I
says, Well, what else? Is that alp
and he says. Amt that enough?' And
l said That is not sufficient to satisfy
me that you are right Doesn't Sena-
tor Braunhart's record compare favor
ably with that Of Dunn or any other
Of his predecessors
McEnerney then proceeded to ques-
ton McGovern as TO various cases IN
which it had been charged Dunn was
concerned. The witness answered that
he knew Of the alleged NJ 3. Curtis
jury bribery case and the Jack Wise
green goods case only from the news
papers and did not believe that Dunn
was guilty in either case. At the times
when those matters were before the
public, McGovern admitted that he was
busy recognizing the Democratic
party with Braunhart.
In conversations with Braunhart. F."
said McGovern, he often brought up
the subject of Dunn's record. conpar-
ing 1t with his
mo, I didn't" said Braunhart. in an
aside that could be heard a block away:
he always compared il with mine
Witness also remem bered that
Braunhart told him that Dunn had at
tempted to borrow money from several
different parties for whom he had Sc
cured employment
In any Of these conversations about
Dunn, suggested by Braunhart," said
Attorney MCGOWAN on redirect exam
ination, did Braunhart ever tell you
that Dunn's name was on the Exam
iner's roll of honor?"
mo, sir
Didn't he tell you Dunn's name was
on the roll Of honor published in 1885
in the Examiner
mo, sir"
THAT only proves" said McEnerney,
that the Examiner gets wiser as it
grows older.
yes" retorted MCGOWAN. and that
times change"
on recross-examination McEnerney
called for the production OF the affidavit
made by McGovern on September 12
1t was produced and the trend Of the
attorneys question was TO show that
the Whardnger was In a fuzzled condi-