The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-19

called in and you said. 1--WE ought to
have anybody that is worthy?
A. on, that was long before the cam
pa1gn that the course of the procedure
was determined on.
@. What did you do then, all this other
time? You Were giving advice early
IN the season. What have you been do
ing since?
4. Giving advice since.
9. The same old advice right over and
over, | suppose?
4. Oh, no; 1 modified it occasionally.
Q. Never had a specific plan. though?
A. For an individual-no, sir
A. No, sir; do not think so. Do you
consider 1t mans duty to write to a
candidate for the United States Senate
and say that he wants to support him,
and who afterward takes assistance from
him to be elected to the Senate or AS
Sembly-do you consider that man dis
honest. or the transaction dishonest?
@. did not quite get the question.
A. DO you consider a candidate for the
the United. States Senate, stating that
he favors his candidacy for the United
States Senate and who afterward accepts
assistance one way or the ot--er-do you
that?
Q. What do you think about it?
A. Oh, do not think that is dishonest.
Q. We will say what we think about it
A. just wanted your personal view
@. Now, then, what would you think
about it if that man should not vote for
that candidate. after you had contributed
to his campaign, and he does not vote for
your candidate. after your having con-
tributed that, what would you think OF
that then?
A. If there has been some kind of a re-
arrangement?
@. When he has written to the Senator
fal candidate, asked for money and has
got the money and in that same letter
having said he was for him for United
States Senator-and. has got the mon
ey then after having got the money in
the campaign, he goes up to the Legisla--
ture and votes against that Senatorial
candidate-what should you think of him?
A. Well, unless something happened to
change his view I would think he was
liar
Q. Would you think he was dishonest?
A. In a sense, yes. Something might
happen that would change a mans views;
l can imagine that
@. Now, then. having got that money,
he is dishonest if he does not vote for
that candidate?
when he made the statement in the let
ter. He lied when he made the state
Q. Have you seen any letters from any
candidates?
Q. In which they said they were for
U. S. Grant Jr. for the United States
Senate?
Q. And then have got money?
A. No, sir.
@. Have you ever seen any letters OF
that kind?
A. From whom?
Q. From anybody.
A. Yes.
@. Who were they?
A 1t wasn't in this campaign. 1t was
in the Perkins campaign.
@. I am speaking of U. S. Grant Jr.
A. I was speaking of the Perkins cam
paign.
Q. We are not investigating that-but in
this campaign?
A. No. sir; 1 have not.
@. Did you see any letters from any
body saying that certain legislative
candidate was for Mr.. Grant for United
States Senator?
A. No. sir. I was out of the State for
sixty days you know, during the time the
campaign was really on and during the
election. Probably that accounts for my
ignorance.
The chairman-NTr Brown, you have
been personally very much interested in
the candidacy of Mr.. Grant, have you
not?
A. Yes. because I thought he was an