The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-26
Law is A DIRTY SCRUB
That Is How Candidate Mcclure
Describes Him.
$4,000 WAS HIS PRICE
No Sensational Developments in the In
vestigation of the Charges of
Bribery in the Utah
Legislature.

Salt Lake, Feb. 25.-Tne legislative
merous witnesses to-day, among whom
were S. x. Christensen. Moses Thatch-
err, Senator Chambers and A. W. Nc
Cune. Christensen testified that he
had been working in the interest of Nc
Cune; that he had received for services
about $40 per week and did not expect
anything further. He said his duty
was principally to see that all the Nc
Cune members were present at the joint
assembly and to look WISE
Thatcher's testimony related chiefly
to a meeting at his residence between
Rideout, Stewart and McCune. He
thought the talk was generally about
the deadlock, and that it ought to be
broken
Senator Chambers testified to a con-
versation with Jackson, in which the
latter said he would vote for McCune
after he had cancelled his obligations
to other candidates, provided he could
become convinced that McCunes cam
paign was honest.
McCune was then put on the witness
stand. He said he had no particular
acquaintance with Representative Law
until Tuesday of last week. Later he
met Law in a restaurant, invited Law
into a back room and had a conversa-
tion about a letter written to a bishop
in Cache county. The men had said
that this letter would prove that Law
was elected through church influence,
and IL they could prove this to him,
he would leave Cannon and vote for
McCune. Shortly after this he left and
saw Law no more until the next Friday,
49,
over the telephone. He went to- the
telephone and Law asked if he could
see him. w
McCune said he asked Law if he could
come over to headquarters, and Law
said: mo, l am watched: they are
suspicious of me. Can't you meet me
at the Wasatch drug store? l think I
can vote for you, according to my con-
versation with your men, but / want
you personally"
Moses Thatcher, VINO was at head
quarters, said to me, inasmuch as Law
had voted for democrat he might vote
for me and 1 had better see him. I went
to the drug store and found Law.
stepped up and said: How do you do,
Mr.. Lawn and asked what he wanted.
He said he would rather go to some pri-
vate place and asked, Cant you go to
my room? I said, No; was too busy
He said, I think / can vote for you to-
day. He hesitated and stammered and
said he was ready to vote on the terms
named by my men, but he said, 1 don't
think it's enough. I asked him what
he meant and he answered that he was
a poor man and he said, L will vote
for you If you will give me $4,000
simply said to him I won't do anything
of the kind: I have enough democratic
votes to win, anyway
when l left the store Law was a
short distance away talking to the man
that has testified here as Bob Fryer.
1 started across the street and Law
overlook me and said: L think I can
vote for you anyhow I told him if he
did so to vote after the roll call. l went
to headquarters and saw a number of
people there. l saw Mr.. Dunbar He
asked, is Law going to vote for you?'
I said, No; he's a dirty scrub or some
thing of that kind
The committee adjourned to Monday
morning, when McCune will be cross
examined.