Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-28
rnn NEWS" INTERVIEW.


Questions by Mr.. stewarti
You remember MIR. McCuno. that
SIR. Carpenter. who was on the witness
stand, stated that when he interviewed
you lust aftcr-tho evening after the
statements were made by Mr.. Law,
you replied to him that, You may say
that I never WINS alone with the man
IN my iife7" Yes.
Now. what explanation have you to
make Of that statement. n any, Wiz.
tuaily what said was true. What |
meant. YOU might say. was alone
with him in the drug store there ana i
was alone with him a minute or two
when went into the room, but ] meant
that the room had plenty Of people IN
and l had no particular chance tgr
private conversation. except the talk
on the acttcc In the durg store, and my
point was In the drug at0rr; what !
meant waa-by not being nlone--was
going into q private room and shutting
ourselves In where nobody else was
In tho room. That II what had refer
cncc TO- directly,
Mr. Evans then submitted the con-
tract between MIR. Mccunc and Mr,
Chamber, and asked that the latter be
put ON the stand. The contract n ~
follows:
MccuNE.cHAMBERs CONTRACT
Memorandum Of agreement between
A. W Mccuns and II. g. CHhmbers,
both Of salt Lake city, Utah. This
iith day OF october. isss, Mccunc
agrees 10 pay 10 Chambers the net
loss. that Il. the current cxpcnnea. less
the current receipts, Of The Herald
company. incurred In publishing, ~
Salt Lake city, Utah. The Daily and
Semi Weekly Herald. for the months ~
October. November. and December,
isss. and January and February. 1893.
ana also the sum Of t1gG. uvcrdraft cx-
iating nj bank on Oct. !. ia2s.
I'm consideration 81 such sums OF
money ~ shall be paid under the pro-
visions OF the foregoing agreement,
Chambers shall have an option On
March I. 1899, OF two modes OF settle
mcnt OF payment. as follows!
"Fifat-chnmbcrH may. " he 20
elect. refund 60 Mccune onc-haif Ot
tho moneys advanced by McCunc ~
aforesaid. and Mcclure hereby agrees
90 relinauinh for good and valuable
considerations hereby Acknowledged
any claim Tor rcimburuementr on the
other half. n Chambers rilcctH this
mode Of settlement.
"Or. Socond-Chnmbcrn shall give to
Mccune onc-hnif Of tho capital stock
u The Herald company afon'Aali. one.
half being eco shares. which shall In
clud. ave shares now In the name OF
Mcclure, In full payment Of connidcrn-
tion for all advances by McCunc M
hcr,inhcforc provided. Chambers herr
by agrees 10 Immediately endorse over
to MVcune tgs shares OF the capital
stock OF The Herald company nf0re-
Haid, 10 be held under the other terms
OF this agreement. Ia case Chambers
shall. ON March 1, 1899. select tho meth
cd ot settlement as hcrcinbcforc pro-
vlded. then all ~ the said onc-half OF
n. at "a
pany, namely, 900 shares. shall bc re-
turned to chambcrH, upon the pay
ment 90 Mcclure OF onc-half uf the
moneys advanced by Mcclure. IN ao.
coriancc with this agreement herein,
before mentioned aud provided,
witness our hands the day and year
FIRST above mentioned.
Executed IN duplicate.
~. q. CHAMBERS.
-. W. M'CuNE"
~ the time you entered into this
contract you expected a. become "a
candidate for senatorial aituntion-pO-
sllion, dld youg Yes sir. l had 1t In
my mind,
Was that the reason why you entered
Into lbls conirnctg No. SIR
CONTROL or HERALD.
What was your purpose of entering
into this contmct3 Ny purpose was
that Chambers had carried H.. he said.
as long ah he could carry it-unlcrH I
came In aud gave him some assistance.
had been his partner In the paper be-
fore. ana We had uunfrclod over the
management of the paper having Me
paniel-and I stated that / wouldn't
put M anything, n remember. a.
long as Mcdaniel was Ia AZ maunger.
aud he said N | would undertake 10
pay on tho paper could change the
management, ana this agreement We
made, as he said he couldn't carry H..
suppose had put up q hundred and
thirty Or forty thousand dollars OF loss.
This gave you absolute control ~ thIh
paper for the months ~ November a1 I
December, 1895, ANA January aud Feh-
ruary, 1899, didn't ~ No. sir. It dii
not.
Didn't you Va understand itg No. sir.
DIDN'T you understand that this gave
you the control. the absolute control 10
the first day ~ March3 No. Hlr.
And didn't you understand thai this
IN an option by which Chambers can
come back on the first day Of March?
Yes, sir, | understand that thoroughly
Don't you understand now Mr. Nc
cune, that you had the absolute con-
troll during that time? I do not. aud.
In addition o. that, | know | haven't
had control ~ IL. Chamber has had
Just rs much business In the paper aud
a great deal more than | have
What object had you In paying tho
expense, the losses ~ this paper As
you stated, Intended 10 be- a senatorial
candidate, ami I didn't want the party
organ u fan down; 1 wanted the Demo
cratic party To have an orsau, and ny
ana carry the election In the STATE OF
ttuh
Whom you had concluded TO become
candidate for the Senate. when you
nsrerd Ia pay ull the losses of the paper
Tor hNe months ana have virtual control
ni " during these iive months, there
u no Significance about Il az all. ac.
cording 10 your idea2 No. not unless
you put jackson construction ON II
ana then you can make Significance out
~ anything ! presume
witness testified that Mr. Chambers,
two Year, ago, desired him 10 enter tho
senatorial race In case neither Thatcher
nor kawlins could be elected.
MR.. CHAMBERS TESTIMONY.
H. G. Chambers was sworn and ex.
anined by Mr., Dickson;
Have you ever received from MIR. Me-
Gun. or anybody else, directly or indl-
rectly, any consideration or promise OF
consideration for your support VI him
az candidate FOR the United states
Senator l have not.
suf mi atst Nis.s. 49, Al.