Note 92 — Chapter V · Graft Prosecution Opens.
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See San Francisco Examiner, October 28, 1906, from which the following is taken: “Of course there was no bribery (said General Ford), nor offer to bribe, nor was there anything done except upon clean and legitimate lines.”
“Q. General, if any bribe, or offer to bribe, had been made by your company to any person connected with the San Francisco municipal administration, or to any political boss having control of the same, or if any member of the Board of Supervisors, or of the municipal government had benefited to the extent of one dollar financially by the agreement to grant to the United Railroads the privilege desired, you, in your official capacity, would undoubtedly be aware of it, would you not? A. I am certain that I would; I am, therefore, equally certain that no such thing was ever done or contemplated.”