The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-10
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.
BALLoTMG WILL COMMENCE
TO-DAY.

General A. L. Hart Exp1odes AM
other Of the Calls" Sem
sational Articles.
To-day the Senate and Assembly,
separately, will take their first ballot
Tor United States Senator and the first
choice of members will be shown. In
case that no one candidate receives a
majority in both Houses, the Senate
and Assembly will meet in Senatorial
convention at noon Wednesday and rake
a joint ballot. In case there is no cleo
ton, the Senatorial convention will al
journ until noon next day, when 1t
will again ballot, and so on until a
Senator is chosen, the law requiring
that a ballot shall be taken at noon OF
each day until an election is had.
Few people believe that any candidate
Will receive majority in the Senate
and Assembly to-day and the general
belief is that it will take a number of
ballots to decide who will be the choice
of the Legislature. There is, however,
feeling among a number of people
that there is a surprise in store for
some of the candidates and it is assert
ed that at least two of them are feeling
very confident Of the votes of members
who have no intention of supporting
them.
The friends of Burns, Grant Bulla,
Barnes and Knight are all claiming
that they will win in the end, but with
the exception of the first-named do not
point to any gains. Burns friends
claim that several members who were
silent until Saturday, have announced
their intention to vote for him. The
arrival of M. NJ. Estee and his earnest
encouragement and they declare that
he is a sure winner On the other
hand the camps of his rivals do not
appear to be greatly disturbed over
anything that has yet developed
Irving NJ. Scott is still mentioned as
possible compromise.
A BOOMERANG.
The leading feature of the contest is
the persistent assaults made upon d.
M. Burns. The Cali of yesterday
contained a sensational article to the
effect that ex-Attorney General A. L..
Hart had been induced by the Southern
Pacific Company and others to keep
away from Sacramento during the SEN
atorial fight; that this step had been
made in Burns affairs pursuant to an
agreement by which, it was alleged, a
swindle had been perpetrated on At
torney Hart
The article stated at considerable
length that Colonel Burns, the Law
Department of the Southern Pacific.
and others had successfully carried out
q conspiracy by which it was proposed
to swindle General Hart out of certain
alleged claims against Colonel Burns
among other things that the Southern
Pacific had selected Division Super;n-
tendent ]. B. Wright of Sacramento
to act as arbitrator in the differences
between Messrs. Hart and Burns, and
insinuating that the matter would of
course be decided (per program) against
Hart
Carrying out the idea further, the ar
ticle suggested that Attorney Hart was
remaining away from Sacramento ard
refusing to interfere in the Senatorial
fight because of the agreement, finally
concluding with the statement that
Colonel Burns and the Law Department
of the Southern Pacific had palmed off
a bogus gold brick on the attorney
A Record Union reporter saw Cen
eral Hart concerning the article last
night, in Sacramento.
Il desire to say at the outset" said
General Hart, that 1 am not hiding
from anybody, and in justice to all con-
cerned l will say that I am not sup
porting Colonel Burns for the United
States Senate, neither am I taking any
part in the fight"
1oN dDouI the Cali 6rt1cle. was
asked.
Well" said he, 81 do not intend to
discuss our business affairs in detail.
We have reached means of an AMIGA bile
settlement of the differences between
us, and am satisfied with the arrange
ments that have been made"
Did you give out the information on
which the Cali article was based ?''
was asked.
NO" returned Attorney Hart. "and
! do not know where the paper obtain
ed its information concerning our agree
ment. Some Of its statements approach
the truth so nearly that am persuad-
ed that portions of the article are based
on the statements of some person who
has a vague idea of our agreement and
the circumstances that led up to it.
1.-The statement that ! ever received
from the Law Department of the South
ern Pacific Company a request that
the suit against Burns be not pressed,
as there was every reason to believe
that a compromise might be made is
wholly untrue. / have never had from
the Law Department, or from any
member Of it, any communication con-