The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-26
campaign being run on the square?
so understood it
MR.. M'CUNE CALLED.

, amined by Mr.. Thurman:
You are A. W. McCune? Yes. sir.
: You are the person who is ACCUSED by
: the specification here of bribing and
attempting to bride members of the
legislature? / presume so.
Where do you reside. Mr.. McCune?
think the number is 20 South Temple;
the Carlo house.
What is your age? Forty-nine. last
July.
Who. if anybody. represents you in
your senatorial campaign? Mr.. Har-
RS
He is yorr manager? Yea sir.
When did you open headquarters?
The day after Christmas.
Are you acquainted generally with
the members of the legislature? Yes,
sir; most of them One or two. 1 think
am not acquainted with.
Were you acquainted with most Of
them before the contest opened? No:
a great many of them l was not ac-
quainted with.
1 will ask you when you became ac-
quainted with Mr.. Law? L really can't
tell the date. Somewhere about the
fore part of the contest he came into
headquarters and 1 was introduced to
him.
Do you remember who introduced
you? 1 think it was Mr.. Lett. I would
not have remembered that if I had not
HedrU II mere
After that first introduction to him,
were you on intimate terms with him
on speaking terms? Oh. yes. He came
up very often; probably during the
campaign L have seen him there five
or six times; something like that
Did you ever. prior to Tuesday even
ing in the last week, did you ever have
a conversation with him? Not particu-
larly; have in a general way; tried to
make myself pleasant to all of them.
You remember having some CONVEX
sation with him. meeting him Tuesday
of last week? Yes.
Where did you first meet him? In
/ Hogle's barroom.
What took place there? I came
! through from Second South street the
/ back way. and came into the back
J room, back of the bar. and saw he was
there, and joking and drinking. 1 was
going to dinner and l found him stand
/ ing at the bar along with Pat Moran
| and l don't know who all; the room
was pretty well filed. and they were
| discussing something and made some
remark about the silver question, or
something of that kind: I couldn't tell
exactly. He was hammering his fist
on the bar, emphasizing what he was
saying, and I asked him to take drink
with me. and l think he took a drink
I am not certain I was allowed to pay
dinner, saying too much drink on an
empty stomach is not good, or some
thing of the kind.
LAW WAS PARTLY INTOXICATED.
State whether he seemed to be IN
der the influence of liquor? Yes; he
was under the influence of liquor to d
certain extent. but not what I would !
call really drunk.
Did you go then to the cafe? Yes, sir /
Anybody accompany you? Yes. sir. |
Who? Mr.. Moran. 1 invited him to /
dinner also, and 1 thought he was go
ing with US, but he did not; he went |
as far as the door and then left us
Who was in there -aat you knew-in /
the restaurant? I did not notice; there |
were a good many people sitting at the 4
different tables. Mr.. Law and l took
a small table on the south side, and l 1
had just finished giving the order when
Sloan came in. and we We're sitting at
a small table and I said. Let US move
TO that table, And so we shifted to
the round table, and had not been
there long before more dropped in, and
it was very short time until the table
was filled up.
/ will ask you to state generally. and
also in some detail, what the topic Of
conversation was at that table? The
topic of conversation was in regard to !
the silver question, and l think 1 made
some remark, or some of the boys did,
and I know Mr.. Law seemed a little
bit flushed with liquor, and was en-
phasizlng somewhat, and l said stop /
political talk and let us eat and have I
good time or something to that ef-
feet. That seemed To stop il for awhile,
but ii would break out again. first with
one and then anOther-sOrt of a general
Any talk about church influence?
Yes discussed Frank (far1~7Sor1fe
1 know that even after I made this re-
mark, l myself got into a discussion.
Something was said about CannOn's
speech. l said. you know SO and so"
and he said, when you state l know ]
so and 50. you put me in a false light"
or something of that kind; it was in
regard, think, to q statement of Can
non in his speech al the Theatre vir-
tually nominating his father in that :
SPEECH.
Did you have any private conversa-
ZION with Law at all in that CONVERSE
ton? No, sir.
About what time did you leave? I
couldn't say: l should say it was some
where close to ten O'Clock
Who left with you? That I couldn't |
say. know there was quite number. |
Did Mr.. Law? Yes. and Mr.. Sloan
and M. Bywater. and Tanner from :
Beaver left at the Wasatch corner. and
We were taking ana saying We would ,
send to CannOn's headquarters Bywater :
and Tanner. and we would take Law
from them. and separated at the Wa /
satch corner and went up to my head >
quarters.
When you got there. what did you do?
Wei, If ] remember right. we sat down :
and there was quite a number there. It
seems to me there was one or two PEG .
pie that wanted to see me privately.
and when 1 got through l said, Now. 4.
Mr. Law, we can talk with YOU. 7
MONSON WAS THERE.
Was Mr.. Monson at headquarters :
when you got there? Yes. 1 think he
was. p
What room did you go into with Mr.. =
law first? We went into the room :
Hose 20 the north room, one of the mid h
lie rocns. y
Did you remain there? As / recall il
lie was sitting or the lounge there. and :,
invited him INFO the other room y
What did YOU say 70 him? Oh, said Ii
Now, Mr.. Law. I Will ask-we Will il
ak TO you" He SAT in a corner of n
he room on the lounge and got up and Il
anne with me TO the room. a
What did you mean by that: what il
lad you done that led you 10 say, we
vil talk with you We had discussed Y
It the table some letter that had been Il
written 10 some bishop at Cache val q
ey, and they had some friend, a mu- t,
ual friend. who could corroborate ana h
tate that ne had seen this letter. and p
lad read ii, and he said II they could V
'rove than to him that he would Quit v
frank Cannon. l don't know whether h
10 said he NOuld vote for ! I.