The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-20
THE SCOPE OF THE INQUIRY BR0ADENS OUT

the honor Of his acquaintance yet.
%. Mr.. Burke do you know of any
IN cans whatsoever that have been used
by. any candidate for the United States
:Fenatorship, in person or by agent, 10
tnfuence the vote OF any legislator Tor
limited States Senator?
. A. i believe that l Go.
. .; You may state what that IS.
f. A. Well, l should state that l mad
conversation with Milton Green in which
he said he loaned Howard E. Wright 500;
g. Q. You may give the time and place or
that conversation, together with the
Games Of the persons present.
A. Now. II you Will permit me to make
a suggestion perhaps had better state
the sequence Of interviews with Howard
J. Wright that led up TO the conversation
with Milton !. Green, but if you prefer it
= =. Very well. 60 ahead with those state
meEts. You know the facts and l do not.
f.. - Well, on Friday evening-Friday
evening Of last week. was detailed by
Mr.. Leake, the manager of The Call, to
interview Speaker Wright with reference
to q statement that four members of the
oacy OF Burns for the Senatorship. l held
That interview with Mr.. Wright and at
rs: CONCLUSION was about to leave, and
re salu 10 me. w ait minute, Hugh;
Want to see you," and he stepped back
FROM the counter of the Golden Eagle
. mart the lunch counter and told me
mat ne would be compelled, as the Speak
@Sr o. the Assembly. unless the utilization
.py ne Call ceased. 10 take steps 10 eX-
isI me representatives OF the paper from
Ire Assembly. ! listened to his converse
Co2 with more than an ordinary degree
= s. interest because I wanted him to state
1alLy everything on that point, and he
EHL aneaq and talked at some length
EslsIeln the impression was conveyed
LnaL ne would take this step with great
G You may state what he said so that
SDF committee can determine whether that
= proper impression or not.
a VIII use his language as far as
-. Q. That is better.
- lie said: The indignation IS becom-
- ,s,Jrong among the members of the
u. :t3FseLloly mat l Will be forced TO take
&c. relate what I said?
q les. the whole conversation
e.: a told him then that what he termed
= t..-.taloh was only the preliminary OF
S,.'He very interesting matter that we
Ef.Eosed 70 publish in the future; that I
-. not authorized TO speak for The Call,
- Ia ne haQ better have talk with Mr..
Lax. az. on taat point. He said, Where is
gam w ny l said. he is across the
~ gu ne SAID. say 10 him that l would
4 Sc 10 see him and l Will remain here LOT
~ Z +-:3uF; Now. Mr.. Cosper. at that time
WAS IN possession of the information
mat Nj Leake obtained from some
source the night before, and was nat
UEa%y anxious TO bring Mr. Ieake and
AT. w right together and bring out the
news 80 l went across the way and told
Ny. Leake that Howard Wright was over
t.if lntCA anu wanted 10 see MIN, tldL
:sles4!d ne would wait for an hour. So
:.NlTt Leake said: He won't have 10 wait
6 Eftinute; [ will 60 right over with you"
= went over in the barrOOm and he was
not .there. / looked in the billiard hall
alGd:t saw him talking with Judge Charles
. r. Lowe of San Francisco. and 1 went
.ur.to Howard and said, Sam is out here
- me. par now you get together. They
drank glass of wine together, l believe.
.agld went on into a little cardroOm in
me rear END OF the billiard rOOm-the door
% Was E7ar- and after that conversation
k;a@ke came back TO The Call headQUar-
Iers and we published in The Call on Sat
Ctday morning what might be called the
&qFlce 70 Wright 10 90 ahead and DO his
duty and eXpel the representatives Of the
paper upon the floor. Now on the fol-
lowing day, Saturday, Mr.. Leake in the
meantime having related the conversation
that he had with Mr.. Wright on Friday
evening. directed me to see both Mr..
. Questions Of each.
20. State those questions that you were
directed 10 ask. in the course Of your
a. I was to ask Mr.. Green if Wright had
returned the money-the $50 or the 1850.
was directed to ask Mr.. Wright II he
HAD returned Il 10 Mr.. Green. I had in
tended TO see Mr.. Wright first, but that
was. not convenient. He was absent from
the hotel. and therefore 1 went to Mr.
Green. I went 10 Mr.. Grants rooms and
sa.-ted Mr.. Grant pleasantly. I had had
hrlt very slight acquaintance with Mr..
Green and only slightly with Mr.. Grant
but | said 1 desired 70 see Mr.. Green.
well he said, he Will be at leisure in
o. minute 90 and Mr.. Green emerged from
one OF the side rooms, and I said 10 him,
Mr.. Green, came over from The Call to
asa You question or two and he in
Ni@etl me into an adjoining room
<. Were YOU there alone with him?
A. Alone with him. SO far as l know.
t!d not see any one else in the room. |
Wei. had to open the conversation, as l !
proposed the interview. and I said: Mr. /
Green. We have had from time TO time /
g good many interviews with Speaker /
Wright before the Legislature met and |
since. Now I said. the information I /
81 aEr is whether Mr.. Wright has returned /
1r.you the 1859 which he obtained with |
1.te understanding that he was going TO |
'sapp0rt Mr.. Grant for the Senatorship.' |
Nh Green replied: He received no money !
.f&E. that purpose and he said in the
:Eaile breath. He always was for Grant"
SWELL said 1. Mr.. Green. did he return
I he money He said, The sum was not
$50 He said: Mr.. Wright borrowed
+:fF~u me-obtained a loan from me OF
s -. He made the application from the
SITTER Club at Sacramento. and l accom-
r@s'dated him Is friend. l rather
pr6Ssed the inquiry If there was not an
understanding or promise, remote or
direct or indirect, that he was IA
*nraGle 10 Mr.. Grant or was eX-
rTcted 10 be. He said. He was
B.. WAYS for Grant: he was for Grant
.cl5,. further question If he had returned
tie money the $50. He said he had not.
.:'kt here is Mr.. LeakeE said Green. Il
.T'1nt TO see him" He IS over at The
Cav office" Mr. Green's anxiety to see
.A+r. Leake terminated the interview
rat her abruptly. and so we walked across
III. street together.
-. o: To The CAN office?
: 4 To The Call office-from the Golden
Eagle Hotel across K street. and on the
way over Green said to me-he said:
:sNhight IS the worst confidence operator
tHat.I ever saw" He made that remark
aE0ut as We entered the door. Then l
left MI Green and Mr.. Leake sitting on
!. 'S.typeWriting desk talking, and l went
5i+Ei;1ss the way TO find Mr.. Wright l
= saw him In the corridor of the hotel.
q. Q OF the Golden Eagle Hotel?
A OF the Golden Eagle Hotel. The cor
-rft?Jr' adjoining the parlOr, talking with
..(S0vernor Gage and Major Mclaughlin,
.and.I interrupted the conversation to tho
tiXtaiit. Of saying: Howard, | would Ike
to see YOU a minute when you are at lei
sure and then went into the parlor to
walt for him. l presume I waited five
or. ten minutes-I did not keep any ac-
count of the time-and then Mr.. Wright
36ified me. I said to him: Il am IA
. TiilLar with the extended conversation
tlfar YOU had with Mr.. Leake last even
ing: referring to the conversation Of Fri
. dsSh evening and what desire to know
is have you returned the money-sl650?"
. He said II never received any such sum
p from Mr.. Green Said 1. Howard, what