The record-union., 1899-01-20

shall not relieve him Of any security
on his bond from any liability.
INVESTIGATION PROCEEDINGS.
L. II. Brown, Reporter Levings and
Chairman Cosper Testify.
The usual large crowd was in at
tendance when the Wright Investiga-
ton Committee met at 2:3O o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
L. H. BROWN TESTTFIES.
Ex-Secretary of State L. H. Brown
was the first witness called, and in the
course of his testimony said that he
was acquainted with both Daniel M
Burns and U. S. Grant. He emphati-
cally declared that he had never at
tempted to intinidate any Legislator
to vote for any Senatorial candidate
He had, he said, discussed the question
with Assemblymen Raw, Raub and Nc
Donald of Alameda. 1t was, however
simply cursory conversation in which
he Brown) had expressed the opinion
that it looked like a deadlock, but that
he believed Burns would either win
out, or by throwing his strength to
some one candidate would be able to
name the Senator.
Mr.. Brown said he had advised Raul
at one time that Grant looked like q
strong man, and admitted that he
might have said that as he considered
Burns a winner it might be a good
thing to get in out of the wet.
| The ex-Secretary of State declared
that he had never mentioned patronage
and had neither authority nor influence
sufficient to make good such promise
| had he given it. At one time, he said
| he had given Mr.. Raub a letter of in
PRODUCTION to Milton S. Green, but he
did not remember its exact text. II
was to the effect that Raub was AS
semblyman from Yuba and Suttel
Counties, and that he was a good, hon.
est man.
| Brown testified further that he had
one day on the street spoken in jok-
| ing way to Senator Morehouse about
the Senatorial question, and thought he
might have expressed the opinion that
Burns was a winner.
BURKE OFFERS SUGGESTIONS.
| Hugh M. Burke, a reporter of the
! Call" was sworn, and said he knew
the various candidates for Senatorial
honors. He said he "believed he knew
of inducements having been Offered
| Legislators to vote for Senatorial candi-
| dates. Witness said that during an
| interview with Speaker Wright one
night. the latter had said that unless
the vituperations of the Calf against
| members Of the Assembly ceased he
| would be compelled to rule the attaches
of that journal off the floor, and added
| that the indignation was becoming SC
strong amongst members of the Legis-
| Iature that he would be compelled to
take that step.
Witness said he had told Mr.. Leake OF
Wright's statement, and the latter had
gone over to the Golden Eagle and
held private interview with Wright in
a card room. Later, acting under in
structions, he had interviewed Green
as to whether he had loaned money to
Wright. He asked Green whether the
amount of $3.50 given Wright to vote
for Grant had been returned.
Green, the witness said, stated that
the money was never paid for any such
purpose, nor was it any such amount.
He had made a personal loan Of 500
to Wright, but the latter had always
been for Grant The next evening,
witness said. he asked Wright if he had
returned the 81 $50 he received from
Green, and was answered that no such
sum had been loaned him, but that he
had borrowed $3.50 from Green. This
had not yet been repaid, but he in
blended to wire his clerk to do so.
Wright, the witness testified, said he
had not bought Pringle off, but had
contributed afterward to help pay the
latter's expenses.
Witness could not state that either
Wright or Green had said whose money
| it was that went to liquidate the note
of $50 held by Mr. Gazelle. In the
line of suggestions he advised the COM
mittee to get Dan Coles letter to As
semblyman Clough, to ask Lamberson
of visalia about a letter and to ask
Owen Wade if any one had offered to
pay his expenses. He thought that the
| impression set af1oat that Burns rep
resented the organization of the Re-
publican party was an improper in
ducement to obtain Senatorial votes. He
had an impression that the Lamberson
letter related to $500 of Grants
money sent into that district, but knew
nothing authentic about the matter.
L. L. Levings, reporter of the Call,
being sworn, said that of his personal
knowledge he knew of no improper
methods used to influence legislators
votes in favor of any Senatorial candi-
dates, but that he had been led to be-
,ier1,f h hoQY1 the
case He had been Informed by Simp-
son, city editor of the Chronicle" that
a railroad pass had been given to As
semblyman A. H. Merrill for man
and his wife to New York. He be-
neved the pass was given in the inter-
ests of D. NJ. Burns by Mr.. Herrin,
chief counsel of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company. The pass was over
the Southern Pacific and Piedmont
route, via New Orleans.
| Simpson, the witness said, had given
| him to understand that he heard that
Mr. Herrin was giving out passes to
Legislators in favor of Dan Burns.
Some mana friend of Mr.. Merrills-
applied to him for assistance, and the
latter accompanied him to D. M. Burns
| office, where the latter gave him a
note to Herrin that procured the trans
portatiOn.
| Witness said that information had
been given him that Assemblyman
Cosper had gone to Green or some OF
his authorized agents, and told them
that the Burns people had offered him
| Sc, 900 to vote for Burns, and that as
Grant was his preference, if he did
So thought that he should be reim-
bursed to that extent.
ox-ipoc cold he had canf two re-