The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-14

DO you not know that you are tell
ing lie?''
Objected to and sustained.
You wrote your house you had paid
the architect $3.50 on account of the
commission of per cent Is that true?''
IF I wrote it, it was"
1.-The only man in January, 1894, de-
manding any rake off was j. r. Nor
ris?,'
Yes
Nobody else was clamoring for any
thing?"
No"
Your firm complained that 80 per
cent was rather steep?'
81 don't remember; but something
was said about it,.
Did you not tell them that you had
fixed things, and that 80 yer cent was
not too steep?"
II don't remember
did you tell them that you fully
appreciated the greedy propenstties of
our friends?' ?"
Yes
who did you mean by our
friends?''
well, let me explain
Answer, sirp'
Joseph r. Morris
~
And the county committee.
''You made no suggestion of rake
off when you came. You made up your
schedules ON an honest basis at first.
until Morris seduced you from the path
of rectitude?'
Yes
you had authority from the house
to figure on per cent?"
Yes
yet you made no such suggestion
on your own part!'
NO
1.-THE suggestion came entirely from
Morris?"
Yes"
You wrote that one member of the
committee was strictly honest; whom
did you mean, Cahoon?"
yes, Cahoon.'
What about Bamberger?"
II didn't know him then well
enough"
You wrote your firm you could
reach Cahoon Indirectly"
Yes
yet you were not making any Of
fers of per centage to anybody"
No"
who suggested to you the manner
in which you could reach Cahoon?"
'tMr Morris"
HE was the Mephistoples constantly
| at you ear?"
eff you like to put it that way"
you wrote your firm that you
could not help admiring the others in
trying to provide for Cahoon?"
NO"
There was something in It that ap-
pealed to your sense of honestly"
Yes
"Have you any sense of honesty?"
81 guess so.''
yet you admire the dishonest act of
our friends in trying to help Ca
hoon?"
YES"
You wrote If we are a lot of rascals
we admire an honest MANI"
''That was Morris own expression
1 quoted it,
you told your house that there
would soon be a capitol built here?"
Yes"
you told them the So per cent com
mission included a. sure thing for the
city's contract also?"
YES"
did you put in your contract with
Morris?''
Yes, he was to secure the city and
the board of education
"Yet you, according to your letters.
were working the city council?"
Il was not working on any plans"
Il am NOT asking about any plans;
you understand what mean by work
ing'-'pulling their legs we Will call
| it,
mo"
you had a pretty easy time in
getting these contracts?''
No, not particularly"
We'll if Morris did the work for you
Wn1II6 IL
20 per cent?"
81 don't know
did you not go and see every man
whom you thought would help you in
getting the contract?"
mo-
CHEESEMAN'S DESK.
Did you promise Mr.. Cheesman a
mo, not for any such purpose as
you mean
Did you promise Mr.. Lippman a
chair?'
well not in the way you mean, but
1 don't wish to dispute with him about
that"
Morris, for the 20 per cent, was to
get you the contracts from the board
of education and the city?'
Eyes"
mat was put IN writing ON April
Eyes"
'And all the money you paid him
was on that acount?"
eyes"
did you get any reply to the letter
you wrote your firm on January %,
1S94?"
YES"
'fWhere is it?"
'It was burnt
ooh. it went up in that general holo-
caust?''
The letter of Jan. %. 1894. reading as
follows, was then put in evidence:
Your favor of 18th instant duly re-
ceived and contents noted. Your kind
objection and suggestion that the per-
centage stated would be altogether too
steep, especially when applied to COM
mon articles of furniture such as
chairs, ETC., anticipated and have al
ready guarded against wherever expe-
dent and added to them only such a
percentage as to avoid all possible OBJ
jections from whatever source Of
course I fully admit the greedy pro-
pensities of our friends but since the
objects of a rake off are nearing the
end, perhaps, as is generally the case,
they make hay while the sun shines.
l shall carefully and judiciously ar
range for any and all apparent addi-
ton and division and be strictly gov
erned by your orders in general
NOT IN IT.
by reliable informa ton received.
one of the commissioners (Cahoon) is
strictly honest, not in it,, as it were,
and yet open to be benefited indirectly
For instance, he and his brother-in-law.
Fl. Haines, have built and own a small