The San Francisco call., 1899-01-23

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. 22.-The people of Siski-
you County will have to- blush again
for their representative in the lower
house Of the Legislature. The Call is
in possession of facts to prove that C.
B. Jilson received the benefit Of $400
from one of the promoters of .. S.
Grants campaign for the Senatorship.
The proof that Jilson received the
benefit of the money and that 1t was
money paid in the interest Of Grant
will be presented to the committee Of
investigation.
Jilson started out to vote for Grant,
ana did cast his vote for the San Diego
statesman on the first ballot-the bal
lot taken in separate session. It was on
the programme that Jilson should make
a speech in the jcint convention. sec
onding the nomination of U. S. Grant,
but within twenty-four hours after he
voted for Grant and promised to make
the speech indorsing Grant, he changed
his mind and voted for Burns.
The preparation of that speech lends
touch of humor to the situation. The
Siskiyou statesman prepared it with
infinite care and patience. The ora
ton. for such it was called, was elo-
quent and inspiring. 1t was a classic
for fireside reading in Siskiyou. It was
pure and lofty in tone, suitable in all
respects to the home circles. 1t was a
thing of beauty and would have been a
joy forever had not the author decided
to destroy it after he changed his mind
and resolved to cast his vote for Burns.
The Call is in possession of the es-
sential features of the remarkable eff
fort. In his prepared but undelivered
speech the Siskiyou Assemblyman said:
"Mr. President: 1 rise to second the
nomination of u. S. Grant Jr. for the
high position of United States Senator
in Congress. Among all the worthy
candidates whose names have been pre-
sented to your consideration there is
not one who stands as high as Grant.
He bears an illustrious name and in
many of his traits of character. as we'll
as in his physical features. he bears a
striking resemblance to his noble
father.
Speaking for Siskiyou County, can
say that the people of that region
heartily indorse the candidate whose
cause I have the honor and privilege
to advocate before this joint assembly
of the Legislature of California The
magic name of Grant will give to Cali
fornia a position and prestige in the
Senate of the United States which no
other name could secure. The gentle
man whose claims l present is a resi-
dent of the southland, but his fame
extends to all regions of the State.
From the eternal SHOWS of Shastas
crest to the waves that kiss the beach
of Coronado the people sound the
praises of Grant"
There was more of the same kind Of
eloquence in Jilson's flight of oratory.
This evening Mr.. Jilson was asked to
allow The Call to publish the text of
the remarkable grafton. At first he
modestly denied that he had prepared
a speech, seconding the nomination of
Grant, but subsequently added: IF 1
had prepared speech you could not
get copy of 1t now"
When assured that The Call had in
formation that 1t was one of the ablest
nominating speeches of the session, the
author observed that he intended the
people should Judge what he could do
in that line.
Further inquiries regarding this re-
markabIe production bring TO light the
interesting fact that Jilson dictated the
speech to a stenographer and that after
the first dictation he had the speech
typewriter and revised. He went over
the revised speech, correcting one
Greek quotation and polishing some of
the sentences which seemed to be a
little too crude for this Legislature.
Perhaps the revised copy was submit
ted TO Jim Brown. 1t is not improbable
that Grant himself, who is a college
man and scholar whose intellectual
attainments are vouched FOR by Sena-
tor Perkins. added few graceful and
classic touches to the effort.
No difference what was done in the
way of finishing touches the speech and
the shorthand notes were destroyed In
order that no record should be left of
Jilson's intention to eulogize Grant the
Assent blyman tore from the stenog-
rapher's notebook the shorthand notes
The typewriter copy was then de-
stroyed, and Jilson now believes that