The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23

Did you have any conversation with
Fisher Harris respecting the question
of securing the vote of G. NJ. Jackson
for A1cCune? Yes, sir.
When did that conversation occur?
The conversation occurred on Sunday
evening.
At what placer At the Kenyon ho-
tel; McCune's headquarters.
When was that? l think, to the best
Of my recollection, it was late in jan
uary, but 1 can state an incident that
will fix the date, if it is of IMPORT
ance.
Was it in January. you think? I
think it was in January; it may have
been the first Sunday in February.
AT McCune's headquarters? Yes.
In which room. do you remember?
Well if 1 remember right, as you start
to so in, there is a larger room and
then a smaller opening right there, and
We came into the large room, Mr.. Har-
riS with me. and to the door of the hall,
and perhaps to the head of the stairs,
as l was going out. The conversation
was going on all the time while pass
ing out, until 1 left.
Were you supporting McCune at that
time? Yes; I had ben friendly to
McCune; never opposed him; 1 can't
say that L supported anybody. 1 had
nothing against him. No reason to.
When you saw Fisher Harris. was
anyone with you? No. sir.
You and he were alone? No: there
were other people there; 1 think in the
last conversation We had-we had two
or threat the last conversation,
there were, perhaps, two or three other
people there in the room; 1 couldn't
say who.
Give US the first conversation you
had with Fisher Harris on that sub
ject? To make the story short, it will
be better to start back, and state what
precedes this conversation, to show
what the conversation arose upon.
l want to find out what the CONVERSE
ton was with Fisher Harris? The first
conversation with Fisher Harris was
probably about o'clock that Sunday
evening, and l told him that had not
been able to find Mr.. Jackson.
How did you come to tell that?
Van Cott-Is this now $3.50 Sunday
evening? Yes.
Mr.. Evans-Would it be more conve-
nient to you to start at the first and tell
the whole story?
JACKSON'S VOTE.
Yes. That is what 1 wanted to do:
that is the only way. The matter began
on Saturday evening preceding this
Sunday. L met r. c. Chambers on the
street, think Second South. and. nat
urally, mentioned the senatorial con-
test. And in the course of it he said:
How is jackson going to come out Ill
timately?" L told him / didn't know:
that he was supporting a candidate; that
If his candidate was beaten, of course
he couldn't continue to support him
That's all I knew. L said l believed that
Jackson would talk to him about II.
He said: We'll. l would like to talk
il over with him. 1 told him [ would
speak TO jackson. L didn't care any
thing about it; it just came UP in that
way. Before we parted. fold MIR
Chambers L thought Jackson would
come up Sunday. He said he would be
away Sunday, and would like to have
him come up any time that evening:
and l said 1 would speak to Jackson
saw Jackson and told him what Mr.
Chambers had said. and asked if he
wanted to go up and talk it over. Yes
he sad ne would. L went out Sunday
evening to look for Jackson where [
usually met him, made a little tour
around, but could not hear a word OF
him. l then telephoned to the Ontario
Office for Mr.. Chambers but he was not
there. About 8 O'clock I found Mr.
Chambers and saw Jackson Immediate
ly after that They met at Chambers
office and had a talk. l do not think
I participated in it to any great ex-
tent.
Was that talk repeated to Fisher
Harris?
Mr.. Evans-Mr Dickson. do you
claim that is proper evidence?
Mr.. Dickson-No; but we do not OBJ
ject. It's not proper, though.
Mr.. EVANSTON claim 1t would be
proper for you, but not for me to in
troduce?
Mr.. Dickson-That is my contention.
That may often be the case
Well. repeat that conversation there
with Fisher Harris, when you called on
him afterwards and told him of the
conversation between Chambers and
Jackson.
WITNESS GOT LOST.
I was going along with my testimony,