The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
HARTMAN DEMANDS
AN INVESTIGATION
Seeks TO Have Charge of Brib-
cry Made Against McRae
=. :: Ventilated
Senators Who Voted Against
IsIais Creek Bill Resent
Suspicious
. .Ispselel Dispa5ioh 70 The celIl

Especial Dispatch to The Cali
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
or COMMERCE. BUILDING, sACRA-
0fENTo, Feb 26--As one OF the sena-
tors who- had voted against the Islais
creek measnre. Gus Hartman today de-
M. nded an investigation Of the charge
.of bribery leveled against George Nc
Rae: the. fuml5er lobbyist, by Senator
/. Wright of san Diego. Hartman's reso-
lz1on. cid not appeal to the senate. and
60 was sent 70 the judiciary committee
for Cid oref orming purposes. But Hart
man refuses to see Il chl0roformed and
declares shat be viii keep demanding
an Investigation Of the charges till the
senate is forced TO act
. Taking the attitude that those sena-
tors who had voted against the Islais
creek measure We're subjected to sus-
piolon by. the charge made by Wright,
Hartman 5ann0unced that he wanted to
see the matter thoroughly ventilated.
Dan Reilly, who also voted against the
.Islass creek bill, seconded Hartman in
his stand
8. 'son. behalf Of Senator Rely and my
self p said Hartman, Il want TO call the
attention. Of the senate to the charge
that there has been bribery in connec-
ton with the fight against the Islais
creek bill. I voted against that bill.
am innocent and ignorant in this mat
ter. and / think it is no more than fair
that Il should be investigated 1 know
nothing Of what has been going on and
II want to find out. I move that a COM
mittee be appointed to ventiIate this
whole thing, so that we may know what
has. been doing in this senate"
The r,1rffrTl lost on viva UoCo
vote. and before Hartman could call for
division the matter was referred to the
judiciary committee. The intention is
70. let the resolution die an easy death.
but that will never suit Hartman IL his
present mood continues.
Bill Removes Objection
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
/. OF. COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
NENTO, Feb. 26.-Sru hoping to Sc
cure federalN aid to the extent of
S40O, BOO 70 be used with like sum to
/ be appropriated by the state for the
T Improvement Of the navigation Of the
Sacramento, the San Joaquin and the
Feather rivers, Assemblyman A H.
Hewitt today introduced two bills in
the lower house which will remove the
objections raised by the federal gov
ernment TO the appropriation of
S400,0 900 already made during this ses-
sion contingent on a like appropriation
~
held that the appropriation was not
satisfactory because the federal gov
eminent was not given control of the
disbursement Of the SS0o,00o.
Court Procedure Bills
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE. BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 26.-Five bills approved
by the bar association of San Francis
co and framed TO simplify the criminal
court procedure were passed in the
senate today. One Of the bills which
provides that a typewriter copy of the
court record may be submitted to the
appellate court instead Of a printed
transcript, viii save cities and counties
thousands Of dollars year. The other
bills provide that a motion in arrest
. Of judgment must be heard before
5udgment is pronounced, specify what
things may be deemed excepted to- and
in other ways simplify the method of
appeal. The bills have been indOrsed
by Justices Shaw and Angellotti of the
supreme court