The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-07

senG another. He was cautioned, how
ever, against writing to Judge Clough,
so General Barnes. whose apartments
We're handy, was singled out as a shining
mark for the ready letter carrier. Milt
Green and Jim Brown probably wrote the
letter, but made no apologies for haste
and bad pen. Perhaps General Barnes
was addressed because the eloquence of
the orator was once invoked to send the
San Diego statesman to the Republican
National Convention as a delegate at
large, and therefore the general was en-
t tled to receive the announcement that
the statesman from the south was flying
a!signal Of distress This time the gen.
eral did not go to the rescue, but simply
exclaimed. with the warmth with which
the occasion justified, ITO - with Dan
Cole"
Under ire circumstances, the writing OF
the Letter 10 Barnes was grievous mis-
take upon the part of Grants managers.
1t removed the last veStige of doubt that
Col" had written a letter to Judge Clough,
-Hherein-ah offer was made to pay the
judges campaign expenses up to the sum
of $500 if he (CIough) would sign pledge
to vote for Grant.
The effort of A1lt Green to convince the
people of California that Cole wrote the
letter on his responsibility is appreciated
for what 1t Is worth, but it is not worth
much. nan Cole is NC spending his own
money in this fashion.
e. The resort to letter writing in dealing
with Judge Clough can be easily ex-
planned by known conditions Quincy, in
Plumas County, where the Judge lives,
is quite a distance from San Francisco,
and therefore could not be easily reached
by the Grant managers in person. There
fore an old friend was singled out to COM
municate with the Assemblyman from
Plumas. When Dan Coles full and Tree
confession is placed before the public this
surmise will be established as a fact
o. Bribery, like murder, will out. Men who
barter in votes surely come to grief in
the long run and to ease a troubled con-
science tell the truth. If the facts
are not brought out in a legislative inves-
tigation they may be brought forth in
Congressional inquiry. In the face of
facts known to leading men of California
ii is doubtful If Grant could hold seat
in the United States Senate. Caldwell of
Kansas was forced to resign in order to
avoid expulsion, and the evidence against
his agents was no worse than could be
produced against the Grant managers.
The Legislature now in session may de-
cline to investigate the scandal connected
with the campaign to secure votes for
Grant, but as sure as fate the next Legis-
lature will take up the subject and get
the bottom facts
The followers of Burns and the agents
of Grant feel bitterly toward each other,
and the feeling of bitterness increases as
the contest progresses. Each side says
hard things of the other. In the Burns
camp there is talk of sending some one
to the penitentiary The terrible secret
of Senatorial infamy held in reserve by
Burns may be sprung when the joint con-
vention proceeds to ballot for Senator.
The statement from Governor Gage that
he would regard a vote cast for Grant as
a personal affront has made the Grant
men more determined than ever. yet there
is gloom in their camp resulting from
The Calls exposure of the letter written
to Judge Clough. The Governors declar-
alton, according to the Judgment of we'll
informed members of the Legislature, will
work more injury than benefit to Burns
campaign for the Senatorship.