The record-union., 1899-01-21
ng restitution to Mr.. Grant within {

ing restitution to Mr.. Grant within a
few days.
Mr.. Wright's admission was made to
representative of the Call at the
Golden Eagle Hotel in this city last
evening. It was as follows:
am forced to admit the truth Of
the statement that I received money
from y. s. Grant, or, rather from
Milton s. Green, his political manager,
with the understanding that I should
support Mr.. Grants Senatorial candi-
dacy. am now supporting D. M.
Burns, and I intend to return the
| money I received from Mr.. Grant
through Mr. Green.
"I went to Mr.. Green prior to the
meeting Of my district convention and
told him that needed money to buy off
a man named Pringle, who also wanted
the nomination for Assemblyman in my
district. told Mr.. Green that I was
friendly to Mr.. Grant and felt kindly
toward his Senatorial aspirations. I
told him, that would have to have $2OO
right away to buy off Pringle. He gave
me the money and afterward gave me
$500 more.
was in bad way, financially, and
after the campaign was opened stop
ped in Sacramento on my way to
Grants Pass to close a land deal. While
here / wrote to Mr.. Green from the
Sutter Club, telling him that needed a,
| certain amount of money to meet a
very pressing debt. Mr.. Green paid the
debt for me.
Tn oil T ~.
Green. Circumstances have interviewed
to prevent me voting for Mr.. Grant for
Senator I feel that I owe it to Mr..
Grant and to myself to pay back the
money that was given me prior to my
election, and I intend to do so within
a few days.
''1 never received any money from
w. F. Herrin of the Southern Pacific
Company. l intended to go to him for
money, but Guy Earl advised me not
to do so. 1t is not true that I asked
Herrin for $1,000. and that told him
that 500 Of the amount was for the
purpose of inducing Pringle to with
draw from the contest for the nomina
tion in my district. deny that I asked
for 81 200 and that Herrin gave me
$500.
'I had hard fight in my district,
and most of the money I received from
Mr.. Grant through Mr.. Green I put into
my campaign.
:" I intended to carry out my promise
to vote for Grant, but when the scandal
about Clough and the others became
public, I made up my mind that I
would get out before an exposure came.
I thought could get out and pay back
the money, and thus save myself
"Such is the admission of Howard
E. Wright, Speaker of the Assembly,
the man who played the part of traitor
to the voters Of his district by voting
for D. M. Burns against their expressed
wish. This is the man who, as Speaker
of the Assembly. threatened last night
to make an order expelling the legisla
tive correspondents of this paper from
the floor of the Assembly because they
have been instrumental in exposing the
manner in which two of the Senatorial
candidates have debauched and are
seeking to debauch legislators.
"The attention of the honest and hon.
ora BILE members of the Assembly is call
ed to the facts concerning Speaker
Wright as they are set forth in this
article, and the public is left to judge
as to who should be expelled from the
Assembly chamber-the men who have
exposed him or he who has violated the
trust reposed in him by law and So
ciety"
Fifth-That the said publication was
and is false, malicious, defamatory and
unprivileged, and that by reason of said
false, malicious, defamatory and un-
privileged publication aforesaid, said
plaintiff has been injured and damaged
in the sum .of two hundred and fifty
thousands dollars.
Sixth-That no part Of said damages
have been paid, and the whole thereof
remains due, owing and unpaid from
said defendants to plaintiff.
Wherefore, plaintiff prays judgment
against defendants for the sum of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
for costs of suit.
Dated January 18th, A. D. 1899.
Devlin & Devlin and Holl & Dunn,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.