The record-union., 1899-01-16
SPEAKER WRIGHT IS ANGRY.
DECLARES THE "CALL" LIED
ABOUT HIM.
Hint Of q Libel Suit-What Wright
and Milton Green Said
Last Night.

There were no new developments III
the Senatorial war yesterday, Dut lnere
seemed to be a feeling that something
will happen very soon to break the tie
nm and that it might happen any mo-
ment Many of the legislators feel
the effects of the strain that comes
from the deadlock, and an early break
is predicted. Some declare 1t Will pc
in favor of Burns. others in favor OF
Grant or Barnes, according to their IN
dividual choice
The chief topic of conversation yes
terday was the Calls virulent attack
on Speaker Wright of Alameda because
he voted for Burns on Saturday. IN
a reported interview with Mr.. Wrlgnt
on Saturday he is made to say:
.I am forced to admit the truth or
the statement that 1 received money
from u S. Grant, or, rather, from MIL
ton s. Green, his political manager, win
the understanding that I should sup
port Mr.. Grants Senatorial candidacy
am now supporting D. M. Burns, and
I intend to return the money I re-
ceived from Mr. Grant through Mr..
Green. = = / had a hard fight in
my district, and most of the money I
received from Mr.. Grant, through. Mr.
Green, I put into my campaign"
The Chronicle of yesterday credits
Mr. Wright with the following state
ment:
1.-The only transaction I ever had
with any agent or employe of Mr.
Grant was a personal one and was had
prior TO my nomination. L think 1t
was in August last that I wrote from
H. c.. 20, f,
ton J. Green. with whom had been
associated in the Perkins campaign,
asking a loan of $3.50, with which
desired to accommodate friend with
whom was interested in certain real
estate ventures. He lent me the money
upon demand note. Yesterday di-
rected my clerks in San Francisco to
draw upon my bank for money with
which to liquidate the debt. Mr.. Green
should have received it by this time
Mr. Wright last night made the fol-
lowing statement to representatives of
the press:
'"The interview published in the
Cali this morning is entirely false from
beginning to end, and the statements
there ascribed to me are entirely false
and were manufactured by the Cali
correspondents, and were never ex-
pressed by me to any one. The matter
cannot be settled through the newspa-
pers. Future proceedings are in the
hands of my attorneys. For corrobor-
alton of my statement that these mat
tiers are false, I refer you to Mr.. Grant
and Mr. Green"
Milton Green said: Il deny, abso-
1utely and unqualiiedly, that I ever
paid or offered to pay any money to
Mr.. Wright or to any other legislator
for the purpose of influencing his vote
for Senator, and do not believe Mr.
Wright ever made such a claim.
did loan him some money in the man
ner indicated in the Chronicle It was
paid to a creditor of his, and had moth
ing to do with politics, and was not
used or intended to be used for the pay
ment of election expenses. It was to
be repaid from the proceeds of aand
sale in Oregon, in which he was inter-
ested- No friend of Mr.. Grant has any
reason to think that his campaign has
been conducted otherwise than in an
honorable way
Considerable interest seems TO be
taken in the vote of Assemblyman w.
D. Knights of this city, who has been
acting with the Barnes element The
Republican County Committee and the
Third Ward Republican Club have both
indorsed D. NJ. Burns for Senator and
requested the Sacramento members to
use all honorable means to secure his
election. Mr. Knights, however, says
he will not vote for Burns until he can