The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18
A.-"Well, 1t was a contribu-
ton to the fund; don't expect
to be repaid at ALL"

Mr.. Mellick--' That was to help his nom
! nation; not his election?"
Ayes; it was TO secure his nomina-
tion."
that was given you by Mr. Grant to
further Mr.. Grants Senatorial aspira-
A-"wel. 1 cannot say that way.
Mr.. Grant sent me money There
! is no particular money that l was to pay
| out for that or no particular money that
| was ;, to pay out for buying mining
Dwell, was It for any other purpose
that he gave you the money separate
during the legislative campaign?
A.-'No. My recollection IS that those
were the only two purposes
Dwell, then, this money, this
5000, was not for the Tuolumne min
ing stock, was itp
>A-Well, it was not expended for
that purpose, no, sir.
$50 it must have been to further
his Senatorial aspirationsp
Ayes, sir.
Q-Now, then, in what way could
it further his Senatorial aspiration
A-Well, here was q gentleman
who had been a membe of the Legis-
lature; he was candidate for renom-
ination, end had understood from
him that if he was elected he expect
ed to be Speaker. He stated to a
number Of people that if elected to
the Assembly he expected to support
Mr.. Gr.nt. And, while this money
was net advanced as consideration
for his voting for Grant, and there
was no promise exacted that he
would, yet it helped Mr.. Grants Sen
atorial aspirations by securing the
nomination of a gentleman who had
prviously, and some time previously,
announced that if elected, he would
vote for Mr.. Grant.
,.Q.-"Did Mr.. Wright make requests at
diiterent times for this ssOo?"
| Q.-"For none of it?"
| A-'No, sir. He never asked me for a
.Q-"Were you present at time when
Mr.. Wright was in there talking to Mr..
Grant era and you came In when he wanted
| A.-"No, sir"
.Q.."Were you not present when he got
$10O for some such purpose?"
No No; sir. My recollection is, wheth-
| er he told me or somebody else told me,
that a portion of this money had been
used for the purpose of liquidating Mr..
Pringle's election expenses
Q:-"Was not there a time when Mr.
! Wright and Mr.. Grant were together in
! the room when you came in, and then,
after ar yoo ! came in, he got some money
At don't remember it at all; I don't
Al don't remember. I know that
understood from Mr.. Wright or from
some one connected with his canvass over
! there that Mr.. Pringle had withdrawn
| just day or two prior to the primaries
and that Mr.. Wright, at the suggestion
of some of his friends, had offered to re-
fund Mr.. Pringle the amount of his cam
| paign expenses"
Q.-"How came you to give the $500?
Was it on the order of Mr. Wright, or did
he come to you for 1t p
Any recollection is that it was Mr.
| Wright
The chairman-"At one time or several
| times?"
A.-"well. I think 1T was on two differ
Q.-"And how was 1t delivered to him?
In cash or by check? Or otherwise?"
At must have been cash; that is my
recollection
Q.-.And not by check?"
Al cannot remember that"
Q.-"How do you remember the amount?
Have you a memorandum of it?'
A.-"No, SIR"
Q.-''You expended money in the in
| terest of Mr.. Grants candidacy without
keeping any account of II at alp
A.-"No: l kept no account of it."
Q.-"Have you kept book account of
the amount of money expended in the in
terest of Mr.. Grants candidacy"
o.-"You have not?"
A.-"No. I haven't kept any book &C
o.E'By What method do you keep an
account of the money. you have expended
in A MI SFantf f thInRRmff never kept any
book account, / know. | used to receive
money from Mr.. Grant by checks, and
think / kept a memorandum of the
Q.-"Do you have one banking institu-
ton with which you do business with ref
erence to this housekeeping 1t on de-
A.E"No, sir"
Q.-."You do not keep 1T on deposit7"
have received from Mr.: Grant in the in
terest of his candidacy"
Al don't remember"
Q.-"Have you any memorandum, check
book, receipt book or other account or
memorandum by which you can deter
mine how. much you have received from
him for that purpose?
Al think L could yes, SIR
Q.-"How long would it take you to Sc
cure such evidence?"
A.-'Well, 1 should have to go to San
Mr. La Baree-'Mr. Green, how did it
happen that Mr.: Wright came to your
OlllCe anu SOl ILLS SJuU Dlu lie come
there voluntarily, or did you send for
him ?'
A-"No; he came voluntarily"
OF thought you said he never asked
you.
A-"WelI, he never asked me, but 1
had been talking with some gentlemen
who were interested in his canvass about
it. He never asked me for any money
And l had said to them, speaking about
Mr.. Wright, that l was willing to make
a contribution to that cause over there;
and L presume some of those gentlemen
must have told him; that, of course, |
knew the friendly relations existing be-
tween Mr. Wright and myself"
The chairman-Then, when he came
who first spoke about the money to be
used in his candidacy-you or her?
A-"Oh, l could not pretend to say"
Q-"Do you not remember at all how
the matter arose, that you came to give
the money!"
A.-"Well. my recollection is that was
talking to some friends of his about his
candidacy, expressing my friendship for
him and that | felt interested in his cam
didacy, and ] was told after that he was
on his way to see Colonel Burns to get
some money to help him in his candi-
dacy'
Q.-"You heard that?''
Ayes, sir; and that he had said that
he disliked very much to go to Colonel
Burns to get any assistance because Mr.
Grant was his personal preference"
Q.-"Who told you that?"