The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-25
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MI. Harris said: Mr.. WINS, didn't
say So and so, and he recited this thing
pense, emphasizing it very emphatic.
might hav to get a hack or a carriage
and didn't l say, Never mind the eX-
didnt you say it was late ana yoJ
ally in that way, and WINS said, Yes
that is the way IL was"
Mr.. Sloan, do you know Representa-
tive Law? Yes. sir
Did you during last week entertain
MN or take dinner with him at the
Vienna cafe, Tuesday evening?
Mr.. Evans-Do you put that question
by way of Impeachment?
Mr.. Thurman-Do L put it by way OF
Impeachment?
Mr.. EYans-Yca
Mr.. Thurman put it 10 get infor-
nation on the subject 1 am asking for;
1t viii certainly have the effect of i'm
parchment if he contradicts what Mr..
Law said.
Mr.. Evans-Mr. Law did not say Mr..
Sloan took him to dinner that evening
at the Vienna cafe.
Mr.. Dickson-Well. Friday evening?
Mr.. Thurman had in mind Friday
evening
Mr. Evans-That is how 1 was misled
by your question.
That is the evening I had in mind. is
the one he and Mr.. Sloan were alone
you understand the question? Yes, sir;
he had dinner with me.
Had dinner with you? Yes, sir
About what time in the evening was
1t? Well we got there about half past
8; / got the time pretty well pretty
clearly fixed in my mind, because of
some incidents that happened there at
the time.
State if in that conversation, whe-
ther or not you were trying TO influence
him to vote for Mr.. Cune- I did try
to influence him to vote for Mr.. Nc
une.
State whether or not anything was
said about a money consideration for
his vote for Mr.. McCune- Nothing
whatever said, nor suggested.
You may state to the committee what
the conversation was between you and
Mr.. Law. You mean this now at the
Vienna cafe?
This Friday night. Well, there was
very little conversation; one thing, 1
was reading the paper most of the time
at the table; l just remember one Incl
dent there which related to a converse
ton preceding this had in the head
quarters before we went there.
Just state what that conversation
was. At the time preceding that?
THE TELEGRAM INCIDENT.
Yes. When he came in, he came at
my request TO Ite IOE lilt
purpose of preparing a telegram to send
TO a party in Logan as to the confirma-
ton he wanted of somebody / had said;
when he came there, it was Tuesday, II
was unnecessary to send the telegram
then; L began to discuss it with him;
he had voted for Mr.. Nebeker that day;
l began TO discuss with him the polit-
zeal conditions, how far he was a rock
ribbed Republican or how weak he
was, and he finally came to a. point
where he said there was a difference
between him and the general run of
Democrats, it was very slight, it re-
lated only TO the application of the
tariff; he said he believed in a tariff
for revenue only, the only difference
between him and the Chicago platform
was in the fact that he did not believe
the tariff should be levied equally
il should be levied uneQuaily, for the
purpose of protecting specific indus
tries. Well, that being the case, I be-
gan to talk upon it and labor with him
and told him he had voted for one Dem
ocrat; l couldn't see any reason Why
hes hould not vote for another; Mr..
McCune. eXplained-nly relations to
Mr.. McCune: how long / had known
him, how highly I esteemed him. how
valuable to the state l thought his cleo
ton would be. MIR. Law listened very
attentiVely and finally said to me, he
Cune. my motives might be impugned.
don't you think so?" l said l wouldn't
have you, Mr.. Law, do anything TO vio-
late your convictions, nor that you
would think discreditable to your self
in any way, ana ! don't think in view
of the rumOrs that are afioat-Simply
about in the air affecting the election
OF 3. senator-iiow that your motives
might be impugned-I said l should not
wonder if that would. and l don't know
whether ii would be wise for you to
vote for Mr.. McCune or not When 1
went TO the dinner table. the only re-
mark made there referring in any way
whatever to this senatorial contest, 1
brought up myself by calling his atten-
ton 10 this question he had put 10 me
as 10 whether his motives would or
would not be impugned. l says. 4
want TO take that back; | want to re-
call the statement made to you. don't
think your motives could be impugned
if .Ou voted for Nh McCune.' He /
asked me why. and ] said: IF you look /
at the character Of the men behind Nh I
McCune in this contest, | don't think /,
either you or | would need be ashamed ]
of being the associate OF them; / says. I
You can take any ten men You want /
10 out of NJ McCune's camp and those /
standing lowest in character, if there /
are such, and take out Of the oDDon- (
ents Of Mr. MCCune any ten men you /
want TO take, however high they may /
stand. and put them side by side and /
the intelligence, standing and charac- /
ter before the people, the lowest OF Mr. /
men will rank with the best |
Of those opposing him" And that Is /
all that happened there at the dinner /
table: of course there was d good deal
more conversation than that, but at the
table we didn't talk politics at all, nor
the senatOrship, out side OF the one
question; / told him before ~ve fwent
there we wouldn't and shouldn't talk
Of the senatorial contest
APPOINTMENT WITH LAW.
Did you on that evening make an ap-
poit tment for Mr.. McCune with Mr.
A3y,? No, sir.
For the next morning? No. sir; I
made an appointment for myself the
n,s morning.
FOR Saturday morning? For satur-
Where was that meeting to be held?
1t was that he was to come to the
headquarters.
What was the object of making that
appointment with him? He told me be-
fore we went to the dinner table or
rather he told me he would think the
matter over; 1 was very anxious to
have him vote for Mr. McCune on Sat
urday because we hoped for an cleo
ton, and he told me he would think the
matter over and 1 advised him not to
be in a hurry about 1t; it was Sc
riOus matter To him; he was Young
man starting out in ife; and political
if he had political ambitions.
would cost him dearly possibly, and
not even the election of Mr.. cCune
Dr anybody else should be potent
enough to make him commit an error;
he sid he would think il over and let Z