The San Francisco call., 1899-01-24

chamber this morning at 10 o'clock
The following testimony was taken:
TESTIMONY OF DAN T. COLE.
Dan T. Cole, being sworn, testified as
follows:
The chairman-State your name to the
committee?
A Dan T. Cole
.. And your occupation?
A. Coiuer of the Mint.
Q. Do you know Judge ClOugh?
A. Yes, sir. [ have known him for
thirty or forty years.
O. Did you write him a letter during
the recent campaign, offering him any as
sistance for his campaign?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you that letter?
A. / have not, sir.
-. Do you know what became of it?
A. l SO not.
Q. Do you remember the contents of
that letter, so that you can state its sub
A Wen, yes. sir; I can state its sub
stance. OF course do not remember the
language.
may state it.
A After his nomination I wrote him
that l was glad that he was a candidate
and hoped he would be elected, and if
he was going to make a campaign and
needed any assistance, that would as
sist him. I told him further that was
a friend of Grants; that l considered him
a very nice man and 4 very good man,
and he would make good Senator. OF
course l told him if he was favorable
TO Grant l would assist him. But l want
TO state right here, and / do not think
Judge Clough stated otherwise, that l
never attempted TO pledge him, or any
thing of that kind; only expressed my
views on the subject.
Q. Did you in that letter name the num-
ber of people who had been assisted or
who would probably vote for Grant If
elected?
A. No, sir. That had been assisted?
Mr. Mellick-No; not who had been as
sisted, but who had said they would vote
a Wen that is right think I said
forty or fifty. l do, not think it was
fifty. l think it was forty or fifty.
The chalrman-YOu told him in the let
ter that Iorty or fifty people had already
been probably pledged to vote for Mr..
A. No; I think not
@. Now state just what you did say.
A, Well, I said I thought there were
forty or fifty that would support. Grant.
Now, that is my remembrance of it.
. Q. What did you say, if anything, as
to the reason why you thought that forty
or fifty would support Grant?
A Well, 1 do not, know as | told him
any reason. l do not think l told him
any reason why. That is my informa
tiOn-my recollection, rather.
Q. Did you tell him in that letter whose
money you were offering to assist him?
a. l did not
Q. Whose money were you Offering him?
A. l do not know.
Q. Why do you not know?
A. l guess 1 could tell you where 1 got
the money.
O. That is what I want to know.
A. 1 got it from Milton Green.
.. Did you have any authority from
Milton Green or from L. S. Grant Jr. to
offer him assistance with Grants money?
Q. Neither directly nor indirectly?
A: No, sir. If you wish me to explain
#, will explain it.
Q. You may explain anything that you
have to explain.
A The money was given me to assist
the campaign of Grant, by him.
a BY Mr.. Green; not by Mr.. Grant.
q. Did you ever have any conversation
with Mr.. Grant about it?
A. None in the world; none in the world.
Mr. Burnett-How much money did Mr..
Grant give you?
A He gave me S500-not Grant Mr.
Grant did not give me any. Mr.. Green.
Q. How did you come by the informa-
tion that there were forty or fifty men
pledged TO Grant?
A Wen, ! did not say that. did not
state that they were pledged for Gram.
But my observation was that he had
forty or fifty men that We're going to vote
q. How did you come by that informa-
ton?
A. General information what 1 heard
what Mr.. Green told me.
9. You got it from Mr.. Green?
A. Yes; some of it, and some of it from
my own observation. L had been around
through the country considerably.
.. Did you offer any assistance to any
other candidates for the Assembly?
A No, sir; not that L know of. Oh,
did 90 this: l paid some money around
in different places-a little-to assist can
dldates. That is, not to them, but to
people that L sent out around-very lit
Q. Where did you put it?
A. put some tn-I sent some parties.
sent a party into Tehama County and
into Nevada County.
Q. Did you send person from San
Francisco up there?
A. From San Francisco, yes But thev
lived there-residents of those counties
=. mat you met from those counties?
A. Yes; that lived there and voted in
those places.
Q. Who was it?
A. One of them was a mani cannot
just remember his name; / know IL as
well as do yours. He works in the Mint
And then | sent a couple of men up tnat
vote for the ticket along the line-the
legislative ticket as well; and in he VAL
ley counties where Frank Ryan was run
ming for Congress. They wanted TO go nm
there and vote, and 1 told them to go up
there.
q, Did you give any money to Mr.. jill
son?
A. Yes. sir.
Q. How much?
A S400.
Q. What were the circumstances attend
ing that?
A. The circumstances were these:f Mr.
Jilson came down to the city-he is an old
friend of mine, by the way l used TO
know him many years ago in Sierra Coun-
and said he was nominated for the As
sembly. Well. | asked him how his fight
was He sad he thought it was all right.
] said, DO you need any money!" He
said: NO, / think not l think / won {
need to make much of a canvass or
fight" Well, / said, How is the general
ticket up there2 How is the head of the
tieket-the Governor Wen, he said.
It's pretty strong Mcguire up there
Well. l said. you better take some mon
OF the ticket and for Judge Van Fleet. who
has a very hard fight, and for the Rail
road Commissioner; also for the State Sen
ator-State Senator from that. district"
OF course, my object was to elect a Re-
rnIlklican .aois a tl1ra 60 1ra could elect