The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18

did. AS a TACT, did II belong to
that fund?
AIR. Grant, of course,
sent me money from time to
time, and of course | presume
will have to account for it in
some way or other-yes, sir.
Q.-And this money that Mr..
Grant sent you from time to
time, did it have for its pur-
poses anything other than the
advancement of his candidacy
as a candidate for United
States Senator?
Ayes, sir; he sent me
money TO buy some stock In a
mine in Tuo1unne County.
Q.-But this money that was
expended in Berkeley in the
candidacy of the Honorable
Speaker of the Assembly was
not connected at all with the
purchase of mining stock in
Tuo1umne County, was it?
A.-No, no.
Q.-"Now, have you any means, Mr.
Green, whereby you could determine the
went into the Berkeley campaign"
A.-"No, 1 cannot. My recollection was
that most of It was given to Mr. Wright
to deliver to. the gentlemen who were in
terested in the fight in Berkeley, and still
l lam am not positive about that. That is my
Q.-"Did Mr. Wright report to you the
money!"
A.-"No. sir, I don't think he did"
Q.-"Did you understand at the time
that this money was expended for the
purposes for which it was to be used?"
A-"Well. think this: l think that
| had said to some people who were inter-
ested In his campaign, who told me that
Mr.. Wright was a candidate had said
that was "a ;, friend Of M Wright,s, and
to vote for Senator, and did not desire
any promise or pledge from him-I think
L said that was willing to assist him by
ton was made Of the money of course
don't know"
out Mr. Grants money for Mr.. Wright's
election?"
.A.-".To secure the election OF Repub-
Q-"As manager for Mr. Grant you
were paying out money to elect a Repub-
lican ,Legislature?"
Mr. Meliick-"But this was before the
nomination was made, Mr.. Green?"
Ayes"
Q-"The nomination did not have any
thing to do in an overwhelming Repub-
| lican district with the election of a Re-
publican legislature. did it?"
cult to tell whether that district would
| be-whether there would be fusion In
that district or not. Besides that. of
course. it was all in the line Of the gen
n
Legislature and assisting in the election
Ono, it was not in the election. You
say it was before the primaries? You
heId?"
Ayes, sir"
ested in getting friend of yours nomi-
nated?"
A.-''well, in that particular case it was
gentleman that I was satisfied was
friend of Mr.. Grants. 1 never had asked
him; l never had extracted a promise
from him or a pledge of any sort. But
he had expressed himself on numerous
occasions as being friendly to Mr.. Grant"
Mr.. Sanford-"You would not
have advanced the money had
you not thought he was friendly
to Mr.. Grant, would you?
Ayes, sir; | think | would"
Mr.. Mellick-"Did you advance
any for his opponent-a Re-
publican ?"
A.-No, sir"
gle well?"
Al was introduced to him-weIl, I
1at fu-i0o I tn
troduced to him."
Q.-"Do you know what his preferences
were for United States SENATOR"
A.-"No; | never inquired"
The chairman-"Had you any con-
versation with Mr.. Wright prior to the
payment of that money as to how he felt
A.-"Oh Mr.. Wright had spoken to me
on several occasions. He knew l was in
terested in Mr.. Grant and he had spoken
on several occasions-I would meet him
at the hotel and sometimes on the boat.
and the subject was brought up and he
spoke about Mr.. Grant--what a fine gen.
tleman he was and / used this term:
That he was a charming gentleman and
1t would be a very proud thing for him
TO do-to vote for him If he went to the
Mr.. Lardner-"Did 1 understand that
you let him have $500 Independent of the
A.-"s75O was the loan; yes.s
Q.-"s750 was thes loan 5000 independent
of that: $3.50 in all. Mr.. Green"
A.-"That is my recollection; yes"
Q.-"The $3.50 was paid to Mr.. Yeazell
and $500 was the contribution you spoke
off,
Ayes. Yeazell. I suppose that is the
name. 1t was a very peculiar name /
never had seen it before in print"
Q.-"Was that loan of $3.50 made after
Mr.; Wright's election to the Assembly or
before?"
A.-"Well that was before"
Mr.. Sanford-"1t was after the nominal
tion?'
A.-"That is my impression, that it was
after the nomination"
Mr.. Mellick =" This whole
$165Owas MIGRANTS money!"
A.-"YeS, sir; | think 1t was.
The $3.50 was. | think Mr..
Grant was in the city at the
time received the letter."
Mr.. Lardner-"Who drew the
check2 How was the money
paid?"
Al think that Mr.. Grant
drew the check; that is my
recollection"
O. hThat Is tho 5000