The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-24
DEFENSE FOR M'CUNE
MAKING STRONG SHOWING
Evidence That an Election Was Absolutely Certain
Without Law Last Saturday.
Prosecutions Star Witness, Fryer Visits the Committee In
Happy Condition.

Did you yourself or Jackson make
the remark in Senator Chambers office
that when Jackson came to McCune he
would come to stay?'
one of us made it, and I believe
dld- WINS admitted then that lack
son did not disclaim his Statement or
dlSafilrm it, or say he was not author
lzed to speak for. him.
1hen Mr.. Evans rose to answer Mr..
van Colts argument as to the Hughes
testimony. he said that he had shown
IildI MT WINS was an agent of A. w
McCune, and hence the evidence was
competent. If the defense had obiec-
tea IN the first place. said Mr.. Evans
to the evidence of Hughes, it is per
fectly evident from the votes of the
committee already taken that the OBJ
Jecron would have been sustained. But
were not to be found playing the baby
act, at least"
We stand upon the broad principles
OF common honesty and justice" re-
torted Judge Dickson
A NOTEWORTHY ADMISSION
'I believe that Mr.. McCune has been
treated unjustly by the introduction of
Hughes evidence, went on MI Evans,
and it ought never to have been ad-
mitted.'
Alr. Stewart moved that the evidence
be stricken out and it carried by vote
of to ?, Mr.. Howell and Senator
Shurtliff being the only ones to oppose
it. Mr.. Howell, explaining his vote
said that he was not a lawyer but as
Hughes testimony had already been
given publicly, Mr. WINS reply ought
also to 60 before the public, and he
favored the opening up of the whole
matter.
ON your last conversation with
Fisher Harris, MIR. WINS" asked Mr.
Thurman, did he not mention the word
carriage in connection with the word
expense ?''
I think not" WINS replied. He did
use il in the conversation EARLIER in the
evening"
Representative Law was called to an
swer one question for the defense.
We are not clear Mr.. Law" said
Judge Thurman, las to who you said
made the appointment with you for the
meeting Saturday morning"
1T was made by R. w. Sloan"
You had made no appointment with
Mr.. McCune?'
Did you see Mr.. NIcCune on Fri
day?"
I did not speak to him after Tues
day until I met him on Saturday morn
ing at the Wasatch drug store"
COOKS CHARGES AGAINST FARR.
Representative D. S. Cook was cLlled
to explain his charges against Aaron
Farr, but after a lengthy wrangle be-
tween the attorneys, Mr.. Cooks tcsti4
mony was ruled out, as against Mr..
McCune. it being stipulated, however,
that before the committee ceased it's
work. Cook and Farr should both be
called and aCl-pd fn oil
charges. Judge Dickson, in objecting
to the admission of Cooks testimony
said that Mr.. Farr was not an agent
of Mr.. McCune: that he had Fever been
so considered by anyone, and that it
would not be justice to use any state
ments he might have made against Mr..
McCune.
Senator Howell favored the admis-
sion of the testimony. He said that it
had never been claimed that the pro-
ceedingS of the committee should be
strictly in accordance with law If it
had been, he would be incompetent to
sit on the committee, for he was not a
lawyer and did not know all the legal
points that would be necessary in such
case.
Attorney Evans asked the admission
of the testimony, on the ground that
Cook had made statements of alleged
suspicious actions on the part of Mr..
McCune, and it was right that the
committee should look into them and
not let the defense close his mouth.
Representative Sorenson thought
that if the statements of every third
party who might allege things against
any candidate were to be investigated,
then the cartoons in the papers would
have to be Investigated.
Representative Stewart thought it a
matter between Mr.. Cook and Mr.. Farr,
and then Representative Cummings
moved that the evidence of Cook be
not admitted as against Mr.. McCune.
This was carried unanimously.
Senator Whitney then said that in his
opinion both gentlemen should be sum-
moned before the committee and eX-
amined together before the committee
ceased its work. This met with much
favor, and viii doubtless be done.
Senator Abel John Evans was the
last witness to be called by the prose- /
cution. His testimony was simply as
to the conversation with Fisher Harris
over the telephone during Representa-
tive Laws speech Saturday morning,
after which he had announced on the
floor that he was authorized to state
that the Law charges were absolute
ly false; that Law had offered to sell
his vote for $1,000, and that Mr.. Nc
Cune had told him to go to hell" He