The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
Votes to ExpGl !.
the Crooked
Quartet.
WRIGHT PLEADS
Dramatic Scene
in the Upper
House.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27.-With the
brand of bribery upon them, E. j. EN-
mons. Frank French. Eli Wright and
! Harry Bunkers were expelled from the .
Senate shortly after noon to-day. One
/ by one the disgraced senators were
driven from among the men that have
been their colleagues. Mercy was
shown to none of them. Wright made
a desperate fight and pitiful appeal for
favor, bue it availed him not. Before
God he swore hrs innocence and
damned his accusers. Al the press he
aimed his impotent shafts and sought
TO place the mark of perjury on the
men whose oathSs have proved him
guilty. 1t was the last dramatic scene.
of the many that have marked the
progress of the scandal
/ When he went down to defeat and it
was plain that all hope had gone Mrs.
Emmons. the faithful wife of the
boodler that lies stricken in Went
worth-Igo Hospital, rose from her seat
and with tear-b blinded eyes groped hen
way 10 the corridor. The devotionp of
this good woman struck deeper than
all the argument of Wright or the.
pleading of Attorney Gator, his eOun-
sci. As. she left the room, women
i
/ and the Senators about 10 pronounce
| judgment upon her husband bowed
! their heads as though in the presence
of the dead. The strain was intense
and Senators and spectators. awed by
the terrible significance of it all,
hushed their voices while the clerk
calling the names as measured as the
tolling Of bell, ushered the accused
into new world Of endeavor, honest'
or dishonest as they will it shall b.
BUNKERS ABSENT.
Bunkers was absent and escaped the
/ trying ordeal 1t was announced that.
he was in JAIL that he had been sur
rendered into custody to give validity
/ to the appeal for a writ of habeas
corpus sworn out in his behalf
| French, sullen and prepared for what
he knew to be inevitable, was at his
desk. When the roll was called and
expulsion was the verdict against him
he rose ard, sweeping his eyes over
1 the Senate, said: Thank you, gentle
men," and numbered out of the cham
ber, his career as a legislator forever
ended After the vote against Wright
had been pronounced he still remained
/ at his desk. his face white as chalk
Finally, when few of his friends
! Joined him and expressed their SYM
pathy, he tried to force a smile and.
gathering up his effects, departed to
4 TSluEn no more. lnere vas no senator
| present to raise his voice on behalf Of
the accused. They were alone in the
last hours Of their woe.
When the matter of consideration OF
the report of the investigating COM
mittee was called this morning the
clerk read it's findings. Senator Short
ridge then asked what the effect of the
/ adoption of the report would be; If in
itself it would have the effect of ex-
| pelling the accused from the floor
1T would not" said Speaker Ander-
son.
i have prepared against this uues-
tion," said Senator Lukens. ''and ask
that after the vote upon the report Of
the committee Is taken a resolution I
have prepared be acted upon" The
following resolution was then placed
In the hands OF the clerk:
Whereas the special COMMITTEES Of
Investigation appointepd January 30.
1905. to investigate all charges and
statements contained in the affldavit
of william corbIn fled on that day
with the secretary OF the Senate. here
tofore and on the 10th day OF Febru-
ary, 1905. submitted Its final report
wherein among other things it found
and reported as follows:
EsIMONS TAKES COIN.
"Fourth-That on the 24th day OF
January. 1905, In the city OF Sacra-
ment0, Senator E. J. EmmOnS, q menu
Der Of this Senate, did receive and ac-
cept from one Joseph 8. Jordan the
! sum OF $3.50 IN United States currency
upon an understanding that the off,
cial action of said Emmons as such
Senator would be influenced thereby In
the manner following, viz: That said
Emmons as such Senator would favor
and protect the interests of the Phoe-
nix Savings. Building and Loan Asso-
citation and The Renters Building and
Loan Association, two corporations
whose business methods were then
about to be investigated by the Com
mittee on Commissions and Retrench-
ment.
sFifth-That on the 24th day of jan
uary 1905. in the city Of Sacramento,
Senator Harry Bunkers. a member Of
this Senate. did receive and accept
from one Joseph S. Jordan the sum
of $3.50 i'm United States currency upon
an understanding that the official ac-
ton of said Bunkers as such Senator
would be influenced thereby in the
manner following. viz: That said
Bunkers as such Senator would favor
and protect the interests of the PhOe-
nix Savings. Building and Loan AssO-
citation and The Renters Building and
Loan Association. two corporations
whose business methods were then
about to be investigated by the Com
mittee on Commissions and Retrench-
ment.
~Sixth-That on the 25th day of jan
rarv 1qo5 in the cfty OF Sacramento.