The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-01

warrant and in violation of law, whenever
and for whatever, and in such amounts as
served their plundering purposes. Their heir
own report states that from $1,000 to $150O
was turned over by themselves
to themselves for salaries and
wages and pretended compensation I Tat
Printing Company. Mr.. A. B, Kline
raked in from $500 to 800 as compensation
for work that should have cost the can
didates not more than 5000 if, indeed, 1t
should have been ordered or was worth
anything to them. Mr.. Gillespie raked off
$3.50 as two months compensation for SER
month, and he was at the same time in
the open and avowed employ of the State
Executive Committee as its secretary
committee, were employed by the COM
mittee al wages higher than wages nth
erto paid by the Peoples party. and Mr..
holding the bag and permitting his con-
freres unrestricted access thereto"
The report then calls attention to the
fact that such unauthorized disbursing OF
the candidates money is punishable by
fine not exceeding $1,000, and by imprls-
onment not exceeding i've years, or py
Code of California a trustee must not
deal with trust property for his own
profit or for any other purpose not con-
nected with the trust, and such trustee
must not use his position to attain any
advantage from his beneficiary, and such
acts are frauds against the beneficiary or
According to the records and facts
known to ALL Mr.. Kline appeared first
as a member and chairman of the aud
tee under the law for the candidates.; sec
ond, as owner of the Voice of Labor; and
third, as owner or part owner OF the
that, as a trustee, Mr.. Kinne, by con-
tracing with himself at one time as own
er of the Voice of Labor, ana at
Printing plant, by charging prices great
ly in excess of prices usually charged for
like work, by printing and pupdlsh III
matter which, owing to the limited cir
culation of the Voice of Labor. could be
of little or no use in promoting the cleo
ton of the candidates of the Peo-
p5es Pa55Yt BY chieg in his line Of
business which, by any disinterested par
ty of sound mind, would have been en-
extent and amount-by these means Gld
use and deal with the trust property Tor
his own profit; did take part IN trans
actions concerning the trust G"l bnr an IN
RESI-: did use the influence which his po-
sition gave him to obtain. adVantaFe
of his beneficiaries Mr.: hlnne Is tne re
the trust which he had undertaken.
1.-THE law also holds some, II not all the
other members of the auditing commit
tee for the fraud because they consent
ed to the wrongful acts Oh their co-'ruS-
tee. e..1orr,ora an+ered
into the invention of what was known as
the caucus committee, which met every
evening during the sitting of the conven-
lion It's duties were 10 si ha n tre naeet
ing of the convention. IL a!Loruen an au-
ditional opportunity for work-on the anX-
ieties and pockets OF candlGattS wueei
Through this committee guarantee OF
nomination could be given TO candidates
for proper consideration. 49,. o,,.,o,,
Thus these busy bees In the poiltlcal
hive of the Peoples party went IN and
out and out and in from one committee 10
another, arranging the acton OF the con on
campaign and turning the tides OF money
into their own little buckets.
1.-The campaign ended, TINS same pano
of conspirators undertook to cover up It's
past doings and prepare for future polltl-
cal work by an organization OF the Coun-
ty Committee, with themselves IN the
controlling Offices Thereon.
"As members of the candidate and pur-
ity committees, these men raked in the
money, and as members of the auditing
purity committee they stood by 1t until
the last dollar was gone.
.sThat an attempt was made by the con-
spirators to secure exclusive control of
the twenty-five or twenty-three hundred
dollars and to set aside and contrary TO
law to usurp the experimenting and di-
recting functions of the executive cam
paign committee is evidenced by a vague
motion introduced ny dllleSplS &c
tober IA, as follows: The purity of cleo
ton committee be empowered to arrange
for halls and other expenses during the
campaign AS the law. expressly. defines
the duties of the auditing committee on
one hand and the executive campaign
committee on, the other, and their proper
relations, such a resolution, however dis
tinctly it might have been expressed,
could afford no proper pretext whatever
for the almost complete usurpation OF
powers that followed.
Mr. Kline nominated a comparatively
unknown member Of the party, supposedly
eontrollable by the gang, as chairman.
pie as financial secretary. Mr. Wasch,
q faithful adherent of this com
bine to the last. nominated Mr. Pye
as recording secrse ct ar IL Messrs Gillespie
spectively the Craftsmanship and secre-
taryship of the to-be-elected executive
manned, it was probably thought would
form a solid bulwark against ali possible
investigation of political acts which We're
known to be both criminal and fraudu-
lent"
Barney Ward Arraigned.