The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-25

enough to elect him? Well. thought
that 29 would elect on the following
day; that was my impression
Your impression was that less than
81 would elect? Yes, sir.
Did you hear anything about Larser7
l did the following morning
But not that night? No, sir.
Now, did you expect Mr.. Law to cali
on you Saturday morning? He prom
ised 10.
At what place? McCune's headquar-
tiers.
We're you there ready to meet him?
was there
Did You hear anything from him at
all while you were there? Not a word
Did you know that he had sent Mr..
McCune u telephone message to. meet
him at the Wasatch drug store? Not
until after l had heard that he S.ade
the charge down here on the floor OF
the house.
You didn't hear it that morning? No.
sir
Now. that morning before the Joint
assembly met. did you hear that Nc
Cune was TO be elected on that day?
Yes, sir; heard he was
Was il discussed between yourself.
Fisher Harris and Mr.. McCune? Well,
it was talked over that morning; / was
SCHA-NNAN - ~@As -LSNe4S , GlNNAApAA Oh
Saturday.
asked you if you and Fisher Harris
and McCune talked il over together I
couldn't say we did.
On Saturday morning. nothing be-
tween halt past ten and the time of ttS
meeting of the joint assembly? 1 have
no recollection of the joint conversa.-
ton in regard 10 that matter at all
y SLIP OF EVANS TONGUE
Didn't you hear Mr.. McCune say that
he thought Mr.. Tanner would vote for
him on that day? Tanner?
Law. 1 meane No; never heard him
say that.
Did you hear it reported there in the
headquarters that Mr.. Tanner was go
ing to vote Law, you mean?
Mr.. Law. No. l did not; was sur
prlsad that Law did not keep his ap-
pointment with me.
You were? Yes.
And you heard no such rumor, then,
in the headquarters? No. sir.
That Law was going to vote for him
on that day: didn't you likewise hear
Mr.. Taylor was going to vote for him?
Yes, heard the probability OF Mr.. Tay-
lor voting for him.
Who told you that?- Soren Y. Chris
tainson.
Do you know who was delegated to
look after Mr.. Taylor? 1 do not.
You don't know? No, sir.
Mr. Thurman object to it and move
to strike out the question. the assump-
ton that somebody was delegated.
Well. who, if any one-we can avoid
that. When word came from the joint
assembly that Mr.. Law was making
charges on the floor of the house against
Mr.. McCune. were you present? l was
there when Mr.. Harris made the state
hot II aflrfr hr.
charges.
Who were present at that time? Mr..
McCune. Mr.. Dunbar, Mr.. Harris and
myself.
Did Harris communicate this to the
parties present first? To the parties
present?
Yes. sir. did he communicate the fact
that charges were being made? 1 can
not tell whom he told it to before he
told me.
asked you if he communicated it
first to this little party you have men
toned here? How could 1 tell. Mr.
Evans; the first heard of it was then.
That was the first you had heard?
Yes. sir.
Was it the first McCune had heard Of
Did it appear to be the first? Yes, it
did.
Was there any discussion there at
that particular time about it2 No, sir
There was no discussion? No.
Did Mr.. McCune say anything? Yes.
Did anybody else say anything? I
asked Mr.. McCune then if he had seen
Law and he said he had.
Now. wait a moment: and that was
the first. then. you knew that Mr. Nc
Cune had seen him that morning,
wasn't it? Yes. sir.
Did he say where he had seen him?
Well. I don't recall that now; 1 have
heard it so often that he may or may
not
Didn't he say he had seen him in the
Wasatch drug store2 I say / don't re-
call whether he said that or not
Didn't you ask him why in hell he
went down 10 that drug store? l did
not.
You didn't say that? No. sir; did r
not. not that I recall
What else did he say? Well. l don't
Mr.. Evans. l will tell you
was considerably worked up.
You were a little excited, were yOu2
Yes: I thought there was an election
md l knew then this would defeat that
hat day.
MCUNE WAS ANGRY.
Was Mac excited little, too? He
ooked pretty angry.
Looked pretty angry? Didn't say
anything.
Looked very much disappointed, too.
Iidn't he? l cannot say that he did.
He expected to be elected that day?l
Yes.
So communicated to you, didn't he
say that he had seen Mr.. Law that
morning? He did after l asked him.
Well. what did ne say about it2 He
aid that fellow had telephoned to him
o come over there and see him.
Over where2 Over on the street; over
N the corner or something
He did say then that the fellow had
eIephoned him to come over there and
lee him on the street, / don't remem-
,er whether he said the street, Wasatch
lrug store or town hall or where
He told you. anyway. he had tele-
,honed him to come there and see him?
Yes sir.
What did he say he had done? He
aid the man had offered to sell him
lis vote for s.. 600 and that he had en-
,hatically declined to be a party to
hat as / understood it, told Law that
,e was sure of his election anyhow.
md didn't need his vote: that he didn't
want TO offend the man; didn't want to
lave any i'll feelings at all.
Didn't he say at that time and place
hat Law said notwithstanding all that
hat he would vote for him anyway on
hat day? 1 don't think so, to me-
Didn't you hear him say it in that
No, 1 did not.
Mr.. Cummings would like to ask
when this conversation took place. at
er the telephone message from this
,uilding to the effect that Mr.. Law was
making statement on the floor of the
louse or was it Immediately after Mr..
IcCune's return from the drug store?
[ was after the telephone message
rom the house here.