The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-19
Out Of His Own Mouth Has He Uttered
His Condemnation
FREELY CONFESSED TO HIS DISHONOR
Sought to Divert Attention From His Infamy by Tirade
:. Of Personal Abuse Against One Of the Persons
Who Are His ACCuSerS.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. 1S.-There are two po-
litica1 corpses in Sacramento tonight.
One is Speaker Of the Assembly How
ard E. Wright and the other is U. S.
p Grant Jr., candidate for United States
Senator.
Howard z. Wright is not only politi-
cally dead, but he is disgraced and dis
credited, reviled by those who have
trusted in him and execrated by those
whom he betrayed. That he is still
Speaker Of the Assembly is due only to
the fact that the committee having in
charge the investigation Of the charges
against him has not yet had time to
formulate its report to the Assembly.
AS for Mr.. Grant, there is not one
person who followed the testimony
given at the investigation yesterday
and to-day but is ready to declare that
not only has the owner Of the honored
name of Grant allowed that name to be
dragged in the mire of corruption, but
he furnished the money with which his
saIaried agents have sought to corrupt
and have corrupted legislators. Enough
has been learned TO establish the con-
cusion that Mr.. Grants candidacy is
bat a shade better than that of D. NJ
Burns, the servant of the Southern Pa
cifc Company and the father protector
of nine-tenths of the shady politicians
and professional grafters in the State
OF California
All of these things have been assert
ed ia the columns of The Call during
the past few weeks. They have been
proven here by sworn testimony with
in the past few days. And the end is
not yet. The fall of Speaker Wright
promises TO be but a prelude to other
scandals yet to come and there is no
one in Sacramento tonight who is will
ing 10 predict where the end will be.
Money by checks, money in coin and
money in currency was handed out by
Grants agents during the four or five
months prior to the day of election. all
for the purpose of securing the election
of legislators who could be induced to
promise to vote for Grant in case of
their election. From one end of the
State TO the other these agents went
with the money Of their employer and
all who would accept small sums in ex-
change for their honor were purchased
like sheep and put in bonds until the
day when they should be called on to
buy their freedom by assisting in the
election of Grant as United States Sen
ator.
1t was Milton J. Green, Grants po-
ltical manager. who confessed to many
Of the details of this infamous traffic.
: What he told he told unwillingly. under
the fire Of a grilling cross questioning
by the members of the committee. Had
he not refused to answer questions of
a nature pertinent to the inquiry the
whole Infamous tale would have been
told. For this refusal, unless he thinks
. better Of it, he Will probably be COM
mitted TO jail, there to ponder over the
evil fortune that has befallen him lust
at the end of his campaign of crirni-
:nality. 1t is evident that the commit
tee means to get at all of the facts, at
. least in the direction of the conduct of
. Grants campaign, and it's members are
determined to make Mr.. Green the in
strument Of their enlightenment or
force him to suffer the consequences. So
it is that tonight Green sees the Jail
doors gaping wide for him and with
no better prospect Of escape than that
of burglar who, lodging the en-
circling arms of one policeman, falls
into the clutches of another.
Wright was a witness before the
. committee tonight. He succeeded in
: demonstrating two things to the salts
faction of all who heard what he had
to say for himself. One is that he is
guilty Of all and more than has been
charged against him. the other that