The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-19

Q. And If you remember any other you
you?
Q. If you remember any other-recan
A. Yes, sir.
Wright's testimony was still coming
from Sacramento at the time Of going
to press.
Milton ]. Green appeared voluntarily
before the committee and asked per-
mission to make a statement.
Mr.. Green-Mr. Chairman and gentle
men: My attention has just been called
to the fact that Mr.. Alden Anderson has
testified tonight, and while / have no
knowledge of the exact nature of his tes-
timony and only street rumor of what
he did testify to-
morrow the testimony of Alden Anderson
will have been written out in full and
transcribed and perhaps you would tes-
Try with much more force If you knew
just what his testimony was.
A. Well. | can testify as to what actu-
ally took place, and if he testified to any
The chairman-I simply wanted to give
you the opportunity of a full denial if
you want to deny it; that is all. You can
use your own Judgment about it.
The .witnessI knew Mr.. Anderson;
made his acquaintance two years ago in
Sacramento, at which time he was
OIL the Assembly ana voted lot
Senator Perkins, and that acquaintance,
thus begun, continued, in fact, down to
the present time. One day l noticed that
Mr.. Anderson was registered at the
Grand Hotel in San Francisco, and l left
card in the box for him and asked him
to come over and call on me. He did So
and ! asked him what sort of fight he
had in his county. Well, he said, he did
not know; that he thought he probably
could win it. but of course those things
were uncertain. | asked him who his op-
ponent was, and my recollection is he
told me 1t was a gentleman by the name
of White. / am not certain about the
name 1 think it was White; and l asked
him what sort of canvass Mr.. White,
was going to make. He said that when
the campaign first opened Mr..
White was aDnarently apathetic, but, so
far as he was able to discover, Mr.. White
had received considerable assistance
financial assistance-from some source,
and he did not know where; but he as
Solano County. I told him that. as he
knew we were interested in the election
of Republican Legislature and l should
be very. glad to contribute to his election;
that, of course, l had no desire to exact
any pledge from him, or ask him to make
any promises of any sort but that, inter
ton of Republican Legislature
would be perfectly willing TO contribute
to his success. And l asked him what he
presumed his campaign expenses would
amount to. He said he thought probably
about $500 1 said then, well. am per.
fectly willing to contribute portion II
not all of those expenses and he said,
No, it was not necessary for me to do any
thing that day. but l will come down
and see you next week, and in any event,
he said, Il will go on and make my cam
paign and after the election is over | will
| keep memorandum of what l have eX-
pended and if you are willing to refund
all any right RITti9n and M T. said Wen, Anderson
if you feel that you need any money to-
day 1 will be glad to let you have IT, and
1 opened my safe and took out $50 ana
glad to let you have 1t, and he said,
No. you let it go, and 1 will be down
Then we talked about the Senatorial
question and he said of course he was
very much interested in Senator Perkins
reelection. l told him was. glad to
know It; that, of course, in my judgment
Senator Perkins reelection depended, to
a large extent, upon the election of
Senator from the south at this time; and
written by Senator Perkins to a gentle
man in relation to Mr.. Grants candidacy.
That was the sum and substance of the
conversation 1 had with Mr.. Anderson
at that time He did not come back. l
think l saw him once or twice afterward
and 1 never referred to the subject, and
never have since asked him the amount
of his campaign expenses or asked him
If he wished me to refund any portion
of it, or all of it. I never, at that time
would make a contribution to his
cause, in consideration OF his voting for
Mr.. Grant, and never minated anything
of the sort. On the contrary, L told him
that l had no desire whatever to hamper
him with pledges or to exact any prom
Use from him, but was perfectly willing,
for the purpose of securing his election
and necessarily so, in view of his state
ment that he had made to me, that his
opponent was receiving material financial
assistance, to contribute to his election.
But wish to deny in as positive and en-
phatic terms as l can, that ever offered
Mr.. Anderson any contribution or any as
sistance as a consideration for his sup
porting Mr.. Grant, and never intimated
anything to that effect. Now, if Mr.. An
derson has testified to anything different
1 desire to deny 1t and to brand 1t as an
infamous falSehood.
| Mr.. Mellick-Do you mean to say that
at least, what you have said was the ex-
yourself and Mr.. Anderson?
A. 1 am satisfied 1t is; yes, sir.
Q. The exact conversation?
A. Oh, no; I would not pretend to give
Q. Why, then, do you say that anything
to the contrary is an Infamous falsehood?
A. Anything to the contrary to the eff
feet that had said to Mr.. Anderson, or
intimated to him, or suggested to him,
that If he would promise to vote for Mr..
Grant I would be willing to assist him.
Q. He did not say so?
A. That portion of it Is absolutely false.
Q. He did not say so?
A. The word was brought to me that
he did, and I fastened here for the pur-
pose of denying 1t.
Q. You were misinformed about that.
A. I don't desire to do Mr.. Anderson or
anybody else an injustice; but l did not
propose to sleep this night with any such
falsehood hanging over me.
Mr. Green was asked If he desired any
further time in which to consider the adj
Visibility of answering the question pro-
pounded to him to-day which he had de-
cIined to answer, namely: ITO give the
numbers of the several Assembly districts
in which contributions We're made by him
TO aid in the election of a Republican Leg
He replied that so far as that matter
was concerned, his refusal to answer the
interrogation was final.
Mr. Green was then directed to appear
at the bar of the House at 10 o'clock to-