The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29

-. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. 2s.-The spectacle Of
. Howard Wright presiding over the de-
iberations Of the Assembly to-day has
caused his few remaining friends TO
deplore his utter lack of shame. Be
fore the charges against him were in
vestigated he had the thin excuse of
saying that the accusation against his
= integrity were newspaper assertions.
Even then, had he possessed a single
Jot Of moral sensibility, he would have
refused TO take his place as presiding
officer while the accusations were con-
fronting him. To the amazement of
his few apologists he took his place at
the Speakers desk to-day after COM
mittee of the House had rendered a
report which, in effect, recommends
his expulsion.
: The transgressor in money transac-
tions who seeks TO lead an honest life
makes restitution of money dishonesty
obtained as a preliminary step to prove
the sincerity of his repentance. Wright
appears to be destitute of shame and
sorrow. There is less sympathy for
him to-day than there was yesterday.
His brazen effrontery in going TO the
Speakers desk was an insult to the
Assembly, and many Of the members
a.re'in'a frame of mind to resent it. He
might as well have said TO every mem
Der OF the Assembly, I did take
, Grants money and you would nave
done the same thing if the opportunity
TO take it had been presented 10 you as
IL was TO me"
The Senatorial situation will remain
unchanged until next Tuesday and
perhaps longer. There are no indica-
ttons tonight that the ballot in joint
assembly next Monday VIII differ from
the ballot cast to-day. The Grant men
have again resolved to stand together
as long as Grant is in the field as
candidate for the Senatorship. Grant
himself is stubborn and reSolute. He
might yield TO persuasion, but not TO
force.
There is considerable comment to-
night regarding the kilograms sent by
Mrs. Grant to the loyal supporters OF
her son. The impression obtains here
that the suggestion 10 send the tele-
grams emanated from the Grant camp
in this city. It is surmised that the
dispatches were brought forth at this
time to counteract any demoralizing
effect on the Grant forces which the
report of the committee might threaten.
This is the first Introduction OF the
ladies TO the Senatorial contest in Cali
fOruia. a--s
some time ago The Call came into
possession of information that Mrs. I
Grant had written 10 Mrs. Stanford, |
urging the latter to use her influence
to promote the election of Z. S. Grant
Jr. to the Senate. Reference was made
in the letter TO the warm friendship
which had existed between General
Grant and Leland Stanford. 1t is said
that Mrs. Stanford was deeply touched
by the letter and was on the point Of
advocating the election OF Grant, but
was so earnestly advised by her law
yers to refrain from interference in the
struggle that she did not respond to
Mrs. Grants wishes. The information
was not published then because The
Call did not desire to bring the ladies
into the contest. Mrs. Grants message
TO members Of the Legislature support
ing her son indicates that the influence
OF ladies is TO be invoked.
William J. DuttOu, a Well-known in
surance man of San Francisco and
member of the executive committee of
the Republican State Central Commit
tee, was here this afternoon He gave
his signature 10 that celebrated docu-
ment urging Major Frank Mclaughlin
To bring about harmony in the Repub-
:lican party by persuading members of
. the Legislature to break the deadlock
and elect a Republican Senator. Mr..
rDuttOn says he signed the paper, but
he was not inclined TO state its con-
tents for publication in The Call. He
was not willing to say by whom the
paper was presented to him, but did
v6lunteer the information that the doc
:unent was brought to his attention by
another insurance man, and that it was
not addressed to Dan Burns. There
is a very strong suspicion in this quar-
Ter that the document was designed
TO hasten a caucus of Republican Sen
atOrs and Assemblymen, consumma-