The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-02

hold myself SO high above anything of
that kind that realize that no greater
stigma could be cast upon me or upon
my honor than to inpute to me that /,
Evans, would be guilty of any such
thing as THAR
WHAT DECENT MEN THINK.
That shows how honest men look at
it, how honest men view this kind OF
conduct; and we have the Hon. Z. II.
Lannan and the Hon. Orlando Powers
coming into the committeeman here
and soliciting the opportunity to hold
up their hands and swear before high
heaven that the imputation that either
OF them had anything to do with it IS
a wrong and an injustice to them, so
great libel upon them, SO grieVouS
that they cannot content themselves
with denial through the public press,
but want to come in here and make
that denial with the sanctity of their
oath. That Shows how Judge Powers
looks at it: that shows How Mr.. Lam
nan looks at it. 1t shows how Mr.. Ev-
ans looks at it. 1t shows that all de-
cent, honorable men look at it~just as
Chief Justice Campbell of Michigan
said, as something scandalous and rep
rehensible.
In addition to all the lack of cor
robOration on any material point in the
testimony of Mr. Law, in addition to
the number of witnesses who have
fairly contradicted him on material
points, we have him admitting here
that he lied; that he would lie to any
of McCune's supporters if thereby he
could defeat McCune; a confessed fall
sitter, a man in addition to all these
other things-and 1 do not want You
to lose sight of that, gentlemen, for 1t
seems to me very important-weeks
and weeks before he knew OF any ap-
proach to any member Of the legisla-
ture, we find him saying to Carl Hard
just think of it; Carl Hard says that
was more than month ago-"When-
ever McCune's election becomes irnmi-
nent, there is a member OF the house
of representatives who will say and
prove that McCune has used improper
Methods
What significance has that, gentle
men, in the light of subsequent events?
This thing had been incubating in the
brain of this man for weeks and weeks
before he knew of anything upon which
TO base any such assertion as that.
CRIME OF BRIBERY.
Will not take your time longer, gen.
tlemen Of the committee, and, in clos
ing, viii say that my friends can say
nothing in denunciation of the crime of
bribery SO strong that we will not en-
dorse it. They cannot speak too elo-
quently nor take too lofty q stand in
favor OF purity and pure methods in
politics that we viii not applaud to
the echo. If any man attempts to
subvert the popular viii by corrupting
the peoples representatives, he is a
public enemy, and is worthy OF nothing
but the deepest and most universal exc
Grafton. Instead of such q, one occu-
plying a seat in the senate of the
United States. he ought to be placed
in the cell of a villain and left there
to e1piate his crimes, as a warning
and punishment for all time to come.
1t is q crime, when proven, which is
aimed at the well-being, at the very
life. of the republic; it is the most dan
gerous and heinous of all offenses that
can be committed against the public
welfare; and the man, l say, who is
guilty of it not only merits the con-
demnation of his enemies, but of his
political friends, and should be regarded
as an outcast ameng all decent men for
ever. But no man, l care not how
high, how rich, how poor, how humble
he is, is to have his character blasted
upon testimony such as you have here.
say it in all candor, have had some
experience in analyzing evidence and
in endeaYoring to draw proper deduc-
tons from conflicting testimony-With
the benefit of the experience that [
have had, whether it be little or much,
say in all candor that to find on this
evidence, that that charge made by
Law is true, is a cruel and a wicked
wrong that 1 do not believe any man
here can bring himself to consent to.
TAKES ISSUE WITH DEFY.
No punishment, says my friend Dey,
can follow the finding of this commit
tee. You are not here to punish him.
You ara here, says Mr.. Dey in his
concluding remarks, to say whether he
senate. / deny it. You are here for
no such purpose. On the floors of the
joint assembly you and your fellow
members Of the senate and house of
representatives will determine that
question by your ballots and will cast
them as your own judgment dictates. 1t
is there that you viii determine and in
that way that you will determine
whether or not he shall be elected TO
the senate OF the United States; You
are here, gentlemen, although from
many of the questions put and much
of the testimony sought to be intro
drced 1 could not but think that that
was the idea that lurked in the minds
Of my friends upon the other side. that
they were here to determine whether
Mr.. McCune should be elected to the
senate or not, and much CT the testi-
mony and many OF the questions were
directed TO another purpose than that.
You are here occupying the seats OF
sworn ministers of justice. To do that
Which is right, honest and fair between
man and man, regardless of cOnSe-
quences, regardless of results, so far
as the senatorial contest is concerned.
You are here charged with the duty,
than which there never was one more
sacred laid upon the shoulders of men.
And as l said before. take for your
guide, divest yourselves of all political
predictions or antipathies, put aside
from your minds all thought of results
outside of your report here. Be guided
by the love of truth and by an acute
sense of justice, that l believe every
one of you Will, and pronounce your
judgment accordingly. Don't say it is
not going to hurt McCune; it is not a
a question whether he will be elected
to the senate Of the United States or
not. l don't care whether he is or not
have taken no part in the political
contest and care not one iota whether
he is elected or defeated, but standing
here as his lawyer, to meet the grave
charges that are made against him,
standing here as his friend / am most
deeply interested in the question
or not any injustice is to be
done him. No punishment attending a
report that you make, even though it
be adversely, Dey, is that true? No
punishment to a man-for this COM
mittee to report that these charges
they have investigated by testimony
and as a result of this investigation We
find that Mr.. McCune is guilty of these
that he has attempted to sub
vert the popular win by corrupting the
of the people, that no
My God, is there man
here who would not sooner lay down
his life tonight than to be convicted by