The record-union., 1899-01-18

detailed In another column. But the
following story was gathered from
Leake's testimony:
The matter in the letter, he said,
was gathered from Howard e. Wright
himself and from Milton s. Green,
manager Of u. s. Grants campaign for
the Senatorship. Howard Wright ac-
knowledged to having received from
Green 81 ,650 Green did not state the
exact sum, but said 1t was over 81 900.
When Wright was elected from Ala
media Leake believed he would be the
proper man for Speaker, and asked him
to his Office for an interview with him.
self and J. D. Spreckels. The three
men were alone. Leake asked Wright
If he were bound to anybody, and he
replied he was free as the air. The
following day the "Call'' came out in
dorsing Wright for the Speakership.
After his election as Speaker he came
to the Call" headquarters in Sacra-
mento and Leake asked him concern
ing voting for D. M. Burns for Sena-
tor Wright replied that his people
were opposed to Burns and under no
consideration would he vote for him.
But Wright did vote for Burns and
after that had happened, Leake testified
that he met Milton S. Green who said
to him ''Leake, you think Wright is
your friend, but he's the biggest conf
dence operator in the country" This
conversation was in the Ell Paso saloon
in Sacramento. Green said Wright
came to him and told him he needed
SEQ to get Pringle out of the fight for
Assemblyman. Green gave it and nf-
terward gave Wright $500 more. He
| afterward had "a letter from Wright
stating that he was in financial distress
and loaned him more money.
After the publication of the first
charges in the ''Call' Wright threat
ened Leake that unless the paper was
called off, the Calls" representatives
would be ruled off the floor of the
House. There was conversation in a
card room at the Golden Eagle, where
Leake and Wright were alone, when
Wright confessed that he had received
the 81, $50 from Green, but said that as
| circumstances were such that he could
not keep his promise to vote for Grant
he felt that he must pay it back and
should be able to do SO as he would
have $500 from an estate. Leake told
| Wright he had made fool of him
self, writing the "Sutter Club letter
to Green, who held it as an acknowl-
edgment of the receipt of the money.
He asked Wright if he had returned
the money. Wright said no, but he
was going to.
Leake then rehearsed the story Of
Wright's pleadings that the story be
not published; of his threats, which
Leake claimed went so far as threat
pn 10 Ii -
vice not to print the story but to hold
| it as a club over Wright's head to keep
him from driving the Calls" men
away; of Wright's offer to see that
Burns was not elected If the story was
not printed.
During Leake's story he had been
asked if Green mentioned other legis-
lators for whom money had been used.
He said no, but Wright had Much
| against his will Leake answered to the
! question as to who they were that they
were Senator Cutter and Assemblynen
Jilson and Raw.
| Asked if he knew Of any improper
| methods used by or for any other Sem
atorial candidate Leake answered pos
itively, NO"
Then the question was asked: "Do
you know of any improper methods
| used by or for Daniel NJ. Burns?"
NO" said Leake with emphasis. eff
did I'd have printed them long ago."
MILTON S. GREEN TESTIFIES
| Milton s. Green, Mr.. Grants political
manager, was the next witness called.
He was suffering from a cold and his
utterances We're indistinct.
! Green said that he had never told
anybody that he had given money to
| Wright with the understanding that
he should support Grant for Senator
He said he had never in his life asked
Wright to vote for Grant. Wright, the
witness said, was a friend of his, and
| in order to assist in electing a Repub-
lican Legislature he had donated 5000
of money received from Grant for his
| (Wrightsl campaign fund He said that