Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-01
JOHN P CBHOON'S DEFENSE.
Says ate never Abused umriai Position
by aus corrupt or uItaun,st
prbrurns Whntrvfr
SALT LAyE Cry,
March 8JtH. laJI.

The present .elgr.mcn auI count
attorney 0fSalt Lake @ .mIr 0rn .lf
Quoting nn investigation n.tI H
general character o. wuiaH lU. rlUH
have become familiar Though On
fop1Hs of t.u pets 6uu 100 which, d.
tbc testimony u.a.me 70 the HIu,.s.
o. rerHl,sl, au4 uy Che Iuluuatnu
contained n the questions u. uI
.zamiucH, cbargoa have uurn unIe
implied railsnHug nu tHr p.lI..I au
tending Co Im e.uu tlr honesty .' u
former su,cClmon, mysrl. m.nr .I
uumlur
ha the thu C0u.uc, .. question $500
my c.uIIct boo o. public oNI. .H ..n.
iHrrtwlgo elected uy nr Un. .
tlis county, Itis ua' iwuu. 300.
] aHUulI saIfts o. ..H wood. .. Nh.
tluirci 20 all OF thor. whom ... 3D..
80 rgrf..u.
thlais 90, m... Appropriate .|""
o., Coo ug. iu.l although D.. ..s boon
announced boy ..Iu.Luuu .. #. I..
yHUgHtur .Ha' IH IuJHWt.N.. ..I
tl4 fellow rHs...f"ImJr, .... .uI|s
I.f ru....u a.a U.. u. fuu IHUIr
900 iuviIali1u NOT .u.uuuly U0 ..
fErruI mu ur Hum /. ulYurN.
tlr county court i1r mW.s.H .. .u.
UIIinl or H.uUHUlu, UYg uHH AMY .E
.H.na1u ur Haluuuul U..H HH...
from us privately Ur Otherwise 1852 ..N
81 lle IuvustlgHi1F.
$50 Zoe l- I may gather .uI I.H
ueHsplftr reports OF lHy proceedings
1slIus. mv, tuu general gIHl.n .l. .I..
uiUvI ln tue iusiuuYIHu .' '.. IuE".
tsaiuw aud their wituusF.H, D.. 'uH. p
usul my position aH sriyltu.. '. make
dishonest profits lUr myH.I boo FlU.u.
ways al thu ~ uUuso Di t.u county
The charge be- iulsg. I aaWI. % U.sfihIu
violation 10 tue statutes H IU.H fuu
the county without my procurement
Ur solicitation, lufguuFru HmalI Hm uui-
OF lumupr ffDm ilmu 'u Umu from tIo
nfm VI CahJuu Bros, Of which wUH
% member / have 90 sHy 90 inrHr
purchases (llI 1i which w.Tf fol-, email
nm0uuts, CHIEFLY iu supply rYa1 super.
ViFura Ia tho rrpair Yi humrl Hnlg.Hf
utu.E
First. that 1 never directly 0fIu.
directly suggtftuI 1r luuuurU auy OF
them, tho supervisors being lvIt ifuH In
every case 90 select the lumber yard
most conveniently located !1r shelf
WORK.
SECOND, that tho county got uu
value Tor Uyefy cont 10 IaIu, UaI tunt /
Aii this lumber WIS Obluiuul BY as
ihc regular market rates.
The orders Ui inU county court f1f
D. u. N.H# H...H .H
BfJs.i because thulr yard, by fUafUu %
~ location lu tue country, was the
most convenient Cor some ut ,ue super.
visofs, aud the latter sU nominated. /
used mo- Influence whatever boo the
matter Orders tor various other
supervisors were drawn on various
other iumrUt yards la the same way.
The Salt Lake Pressed Brick Co., u
corporation iu which an stock.
holder furnished a small proportion OF
bnok for tho Joint city aud county
building. When the subject uf furnish.
iuE the brick f-r this building was met !
bfuachUd, ! announced openly Go thr |
Joint building committee, uI which |
waa a member, that I wa stock. /
holder In the Pfrssed BuuE Co., anu |
Tor that reason / would have nothing |
u DO with the awarding OF any bflua |
contracts. The subject VI hFIgg supply |
was referred o. Cty Councilman |
Whnllaud, who took sJIs charge /
OF O..
The contract for certain OF dino brick |
wac made with the brick mauunD- |
tufrTs' association, anu the u.Igk lu /
question were supplied 90 10 tytur
salt Lake company, because no other |
would undertake o. supply /
them. 1 used no influence whatever
ll lhis matter aud wac iu uu way lU.
Ornamental IA securing the ur,a rlu.
tract Tor the Salt Lake Pressed urpE
90. Win these two exceptions / have
uDt committed even technical breach
pi the statutes prohibiting tho mum.
boIs OF the county court from being
inlurcsiud IA county contracts Qf iu-
deed these two cases arc turlulcaI
hrcaChrHl lu both ut these ua8pp. /
repeat, / USED no be- iiueuup, directly OF
Indirectly, 10 bring 10 about, that the
county should buy the lumuur Ii the
I"1UUu Bros, OF the brick OF the Sau
lake Pressed Brick Go. 10 was the
voluntary, uuIutlurucul action 81 lhp
county court the supervisors anu the
glut building committee. And
challenge any ono 90 rBfuu that tho
lumber ur tho brick were NOT 8f Gaze Il
proper specified quantity or quality,
It tuai tho county wa. 0yuIuuargea IF
l any Wny dviauIvI tu. tUu uHIuut lot
.ar DOLLAR ln either uf these cH.rs. Tho
|iateurul reported 90 have been ualu
Iy ono ui tur WllUeHruB Ia Chile uyuu-
cation that / was interested iu tUr
N'agaaam Rock N0.uf ia ,huII alnI.
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