The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-11-19
ANDY WILSON s
LATEST DOODLE
PLOT EXPOSED
Lawyers Friend Reveals
Plans to Make One
More Haul
NO LooPHoLE LEFT
Legislature Will Not Allow
Money for Defense
of Grafters
EXPECTED TO RESIGN
Resolution for Impeachment
Is Prepared for In
PRODUCTION
EXPECTED TO RESIGN
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 18.-I
Will Railroad Commissioners An
drew Wilson, confessed boodler
and CRATER, have the brazen ef-
frontery to demand hearing be-
fore the legislature on the charges
that he is incompetent and cor
rupt, or will he save himself from
further humiliation and disgrace
by resigning from the Office he
has held for months in defiance
of public opinion?
An answer to these questions
was anxiously awaited by the
states law makers tonight but it did
not come. It as reported early today
that Wilson had forwarded his resigna-
tion to Governor Gillett. but if he did
so the document has not yet reached
the executive office.
There are not few of the legisla-
tors here who believe that Wilson in
last effort to grab something that
did not belong to him planned to put
up a fight. not in the hope of retaining
office, but to place some friend in a
position 10 collect fee from the state
for legal services rendered him.
Wilson is keen after money and it
is whispered around that after careful
study he became convinced that there
was still another chance for him to add
to his horde of I'll gotten gains
He would demand a hearing before
the legislature and at the conclusion,
when the verdict went against him, as
it certainly would, his legal adviser
would be allowed fee for his services.
If Wilson's plans did not go amiss the
attorney would not retain all of the
fee, for Wilson would make a desper-
ate effort to separate him from part of
1t.
BURCHARD MAY APPEAR
That Wilson had some such plan in
view as late as Sunday afternoon is
known. Daniel Webster Burchard, at
one time district attorney of Santa
Clara county, and now a member of
the city and county attorneys staff in
San Francisco. informed a friend sun
day that Wilson had asked him to rep
resent him before the legislature
While Burchard did not say that he had
agreed to take up Wilson's case, he
gave the impression that he would ap-
pear before the legislature in behalf
of the confessed boodler.
The Wilson matter hardly will be
reached before Wednesday, and it is
not unlikely that before then his resig-
nation viii be in the hands of the gov
ernor. To force hearing of the
charges of corruption and incompe-
tency will have but one result-delay
in the work of the legislature
Wilson will have to CO." is the YER
dict of every legislator at the state
capital tonight. There is not one of
them to say kind word for him; in
fact. they believe that expulsion from
Office is too light penalty. But while
none of them feel that he is Justly en-
titled to consideration at the hands of
the legislature it is equally true that
few of them wish to deprive him of
hearing if he wants one.
On one thing they are all agreed,
and that is that not one cent Of the
states money will ever find it's way
into the pockets of the attorney who
defends him If he insists on having a
hearing it will be granted him. but he
must defray all his own expenses
WILL LOSE NO TIME
In order that no time will be lost
in dealing with Wilson about 20 mem
bers of the legislature conferred with
Governor Gillett yesterday and made
the necessary arrangements to speedily
dispose of the case. for no long drawn
out examinat ton will be tolerated. At
the conclusion of the conference Assem-
blyman Grove L. Johnson of Sacra-
mento was instructed to draft con-
current resolution to. be presented this
morning when the legislature con-
venes. The resolution will provide for
the appointment of a committee of six,
three members from each house This
committee will be vested with all neces-
sary powers and may summon wit
nesses, administer oaths and call for
books.
Immediately after the appointment
of the joint committee Wilson will be
notified to appear to answer the
charges made against him in the gov
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