Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-23

didn't you ask him that Why, | don't
know why didn't ask him. judge.
Question by Evans.
You were not dickcring there Win
him for the purpose Of ascertaining
how much money you could get or
whether you Intended 20 BE- bribed or
not7 30 air.
Mr.. Dlokson-You thought WINS was
an honest. upright honor Vie mani
Yes sir.
You sim think ~? Yes. sir.
Regarding him ns an honest. upright,
honorable man. then you knew you
didn't believe that he would bring you
n urunuaition that was corrupt, Know
lnrly2 Not knowingly. no.
And yet you any you understood that
he was at that time-ihat he was nu-
thorized 10 pay you money for your
HUGHES TEsTIFIEs.
Jno. W. Hughes was sworn. lives In
this city. m assistant 81 Mr.. WINS. on
the Herald. had talked with Wins on
this matter about three weeks ago, Mt
Wins came into the office. he had been
out that evening. and be came into the
office about midnight and he sat down.;
be- says to me. u could have had q
thousand dollars OF McCune'a money or
maybe more tonight" and I said. Is
that ao2" and he said. Yes" I says,
"Dld YOU take it7" lie said. No" I
says. what aid he want you to do for
him. lie said that he had been up to
Sir. Mccuncr headquarters. and had
seen Fisher Harris, ana Fisher Harris
had asked him 10 ~ and sec Jackson
and try 10 obtain HIS vote for Nit. Mc.
Cune. that h. had gone and found
jackson. after considerable Ecurrying
around. and had talked with Jackson,
aud Jackson unve him 10 understand
that h. might NJ some time vote for
Mr.. McCune. aud WINS said that he
went back 10 Fisher Harris and told
him whn' jackson had said a. him. lie
then said that Fisher Harris said to
him 90 20 and get the jackson vote to.
niTht 90 any expense. and asked Wins
then what expense would there be- In
obtaining the Jackson vote. what did
h. mean. and Wins said; well. could
only couatruo 70 that hc meant that
jackson would take money Tor his vote.
nnd 10 uut u In that way" ! said.
would jackson be- hard 10 Ind or out
/ ~ town ur anything ~ that Kind that
expense would be- Incurred In getting
him In any way or wnH there any other
way that expense might be- Incurred
[ WINS said mo-. ! have Just seen Jack
son q little while before, aud he was NJ
the cullen hotel. and there couldn't
aud said further. well. what arr you
| going IN do about itf' said to wins
but wins says u can't do anything
about ". I couldn't take Mr. MrCunc'-
money without delivering him value ~
doing the service that he wanted. that
was suggested by Harris. and wouldn't
do that and not be-nnd not Keep faith
with Harris. " took his money. and
/ I couldn't do the other. aud I am not
going tn have anything 10 DO with it"
That was the substance ~ the CONVEX
/ Hntlun.
THAT $1,000.
Croas.cNnminrd By Mr Dickson.
wins ala not. did be-, say that iihhgr
Harris had promised TO give MIN q
thousand dollAfHf No, lac said hr
could have 70 thousand.
uid hc say that Harris had told him
that he would give him thousand
dulinrrf No, he did not
n hr got incksnn'n voter No.
| DID he ray that Harris had said that
h. would give hrn anything az niiG lie
did not.
Did you AK hlm7 don't remember
whether | did or not.
You were anxious 20 Ind out whether
this thing suggested bribery or not.
| weren't y1uT Yes.
Right at that timo9 Yes.
And 20 particular were you 10 fnd
out whethc therc was suggestion oi
bribery In II or not. that you were dis
7 NNN INK ANN NlNN NANAAMNNNNn NiNMffN
the words cost ami "eNIenfef' No.
We didnt discuss the nice distinction
at all.
Aud yet when wins told you that he
could have got thousand dollars Of
McCune'a money II he hnd-could se'
cure InckHon's vote. you ala not nni
him whether Harris or anybody cls'
had promised him u thousand doilatl
or ten dollars or ten cents or a dime
dld youf did not. | wasn't hunting
NJ evidence.
You were trying Ia satisfy yourself
you and lyinH-you have Hnid he Htatet
Nj ilughoa-ynu were then and Their
trying To satisfy yourselves whether
this message meant bribery Yes
was trying to satisfy myself
And iyirn vas also, apparently
wasn't hol lie was satisfied, appar
entity.
And you wcrc trying to satisfy your
uclff Yes, rlr.
And yet sou never asked him how
what assurance he had, what rcas1i
be- had to believe that he could have
got "a thousand dollars or anythin,
elaof lie made hln statement,
VIII you answer that question:
Question rrnd.
on. yes, I did,
You ana ask himf Yes.
what dld BE- sayg lie repeated thi
/ INNAlNN NNAAN MNlfNf
You repeat that part again. Whet,
he said that Fisher Harris had toll,
him a. get the Jackson vote that nigh
ut any expense.
Aud that wnr tho only reason, as yol
understood from Nit. iVinH--thnt wa
the only reason that WINS had Tor say
ing that he could have got a thouaan,
dollars of McCune'H money II was.
NIGHT M IMAGINATION.
II WAS mere matter ~ imagination
on Mr WINS part Ho Ear M anything
that he said would disclose that b
could have got u th1uFhnd dollars o
anything elscf The whole thing ma
| have been Imagination.
20 lar as anything he told you, II wa
bare Imagination un his pnrtG lie toll
me the conversation.
Wait moment so FAR NJ nnythln
h. said 60 you IN concerned, u was pur
Imagination un his part that he coul
have got siCo07 l don't know.
So FAR MS anything he said 10 you?
| don't know.
DID he say anything 10 you Their
other than you have stated about tina
thousand dullarH9 I don't rrmembe
anything else az this time.
Have you hcun opposed 90 Mr, Me
! Cune'H candidacy I have not.
Have you been faNurinr-s ! wa
faNuring 10 ~ a. that time, and sine
then / have been about neutral,