The San Francisco call., 1899-01-24
GRANT AND HIS MONEY.

U. S. Grant Jr., being sworn, testified
as follows:
The charman-You have been sub
penaed, have you?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Your name is Ulysses s. Grant Jr.?
Q. You reside at San Diego, in this
State?
A. Yes sir.
Q. How long have you resided there?
Q. You are the U. S. Grant Jr. who is a
candidate before this Legislature for their
suffrages as United States Senator?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. want to say to you, in this con-
nection, Mr.. Grant, that you are called
before this committee largely because it
is thought that you might want to make
statement to them concerning some
facts that have been brought before US.
Mr.. Milton J. Green has said that he was
your financial agent for you as a candi-
date for United States Senator. That is
correct, is it?
A. That is right
Q. You have placed certain funds in his
hands to promote your candidacy?
A. have, as he called for them.
@. At the time you placed this money in
his hands to promote your candidacy un-
der what instructions did you place such
funds in his hands?
A. I was directed to Mr.. Green by Sen
ator Perkins, who said that Mr. Green
had had considerable experience in assist
ing in his campaign for Senator, and l
agreed with Mr.. Green that I would fur
nish him with any funds that were neces-
sary for a legitimate prosecution of the
campaign. l limited it, however, to tnat
extent that it must be entirely legitimate,
and 1 know Mr.. Green well enough to
trust him entirely. L trusted him entirely
and believed that he would not use any
means for any other purpose than what
were perfectly legitimate.
@. In the distribution of this money so
placed in his hands by you did you give
him and direct him in its distribution or
did you leave that matter to his Judg-
| ment?
A. Entirely to his Judgment.
@. Do you know as to how or in what
manner those funds were distributed?
A. only know of one case. where a
gentleman told me that he had been
speaking throughout the State Tor the
general State ticket and that he was
travelling at my expense.
O. Who was that?
A Captain Cressy of Los Angeles.
Q. In any other instance he has been
controlled only by his own judgment and
not by a direction of yours?
A. Well, in this matter, | had not any
direction to give him on the subject. l
simply became informed of the matter
by the gentleman speaking to me on the
o. Has Mr.. Green at any time reported
to you the manner in which ne used any
portion of the money that did not meet
with your approval?
A. No; he never has.
O. Or that you consider improper and
contrary to the instructions that you had
given him that it should be only legiti-
mate use of the money?
A. I must say that he has not reported
to me at any time. l expect him to re-
port later.
Q. In the matter of distributing your
money, you did not call on him for re-
ports from time to time?
A. Not at ALL
Mr.. Mellick-Mr. Grant, you drew a
check to Speaker Howard E. Wright for
$3.50, did you not, or at his request?
A. l drew check at the request of Mr.
Green, and whether / drew 1t to Mr.
Green or to Speaker Wright or to his
man Yeazell. that he speaks of, do not
know.
Q. What did Mr.. Green say to you when
you drew the check?
A. I happened to be sitting in his office
when this letter came, and he handed it
over to let me read it, and having read
it threw it back on the table again. and
I made no remark whatever.
Q. This letter from Mr.. Wright?
A. From Mr.. Wright. But think per-
haps it may have been next day that he
check for $3.50, and / did and left it with
him.
@. And was that contribution to Mr.
Wright's campaign fund?
A. Mr.. Wright's letter said that he was
very anxious to pay off friend who had
immediate use for the money; that he did
not owe the money to the man at the
present time, or at least yet, but that he
was very anxious to accommodate him.
He promised to pay 1t back.
Q. AT the time that you drew the check