The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-25
the day. and an adjournment was taken
until $3.50 this morning.
PROSECUTIONS NEW COUNSEL.
c. C. Dey Associated With Mr. Evans
Morning Session of Committee.

c. C. Dey Associated With Mr.. Evan.
Morning Session of COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Evans-Mr. Chairman and gentle
men of the committee, if there is no OBJ
lection we desire TO have the name Of
c. c. Dey associated with me in thf
prosecution of the matter pending. Thi:
is very late in the proceeding, but un-
der the circumstances that is the best
that could be done.
r. w. Sloan, being sworn as a wit
ness in behalf of the defense, testified
as follows:
Direct examination by Mr.. Thurman:
Mr.. Sloan, you reside in Salt Lake
Yes, sir.
What is your age, Mr.. Sloan? Forty
three last December.
Are you one of the managers of Mr..
McCune's senatorial campaigii? No. sir.
What relation, if any, do you have
to that? 1 have been doing what /
could to assist in the election of Mr..
McCune
Have you devoted your time princip-
ally to that? Mainly.
Are you in the employment of Mr..
McCune or Mr.. Harris? No, sir.
Are you acquainted with Senator w.
G. Nebeker? Yes, sir
Did you have any conversation with
! Mr.. Nebeker-
Mr.. Evans-He fixed the date about
the eth of February.
About the 9TH of February? Did you
I have a conversation with w. G. Nebe-
ker about the 7th of February il this
building in the east end of the hall?
| 1 had a conversation with him, yes, in
/ the east end of the halli 1 don't remem-
( Der the date exactly, but it is in that
neighborhood; it may be little later
than that but it may haye been that
/ date, I am not positive.
Did you have a conversation about
that time or at any time with w. G..
| Nebeker in which you asked him the
question whether he, in substance,
whether he would give his vote to Mr..
McCune for money? l cannot hear you,
the noise is so great; will you kindly
pull the blind down; I can't see;
would like to see your face, the light
strikes my eyes; would you kindly re-
peat it now?
Question read.
1 didn't finish it, in which you asked
him lis it true that you will give your
vote in support of Mr.. McCune for
money? No, sir.
Did you have a conversation with
him in which anything in substance
like that was said by you? Well, will
have to answer no to that question, not
IN substance
Well, you can explain what you said.
Before you make an explanation, did
you also say in that conversation
Mr.. Evans-I object to this as lead
ing.
Mr.. Dickson-Impeachin questions
are always leading.
Argued by counsel.
Mr. Thurman-We want either con-
firmation or a direct specific denial.
NJ L nj
but 1 don't want him to put the words
in his mouth in an impeaching manner.
Argued by counsel.
Without conceding that you are right
as to the rule, I will withdraw the
question and ask Mr.. Sloan to state
what he said, if anything, to Mr.. Neb-
eker on that occasion? Does that in
volve-
SLOAN'S TALK WITH NEBEKER. !
The whole conversation, everything /
that was said? l give it as clearly as I |
can recall it; of course, there are prob !
ably many things that 1 don't remem- |
Der now, but L remember accosting
Mr.. Nebeker somewhere, telling him 4
would like to talk to him and moving /
off to the east end of the hail, but how /
I began the conversation 1 don't know, /
but I remember stating to him-asking ]
him if Mr.. McCune's election was pos
sible. He said it was. l said, Has it /
been possible before this timer" He
said it had been before that time, and
had already answered that it was still
possible. l asked him how he could be
elected. He said he wasn't giving me
that kind of information; something
Of that nature. 1 then began to talk to
him about the ill-advisedness of the
delay, expense occasioned by this
thing, and said it was costing the state
a great deal of money, disrupting the
Democratic party and SeYering friend
ships. / was afraid, that had been of
years endurance and that ought not
to be severed by reason of any political
contest that men could go into; that it
should not become so personal and so
bitter that the thing couldn't be ended
when the fight was through and men
the old relations and I told
him 1 thought it was due the Demo-
cratic party that this fight should be
ended. OF course, 1 was working in the
interest of Mr.. McCune, and l thought
that with that in view. Mr.. Nebeker
-old me he had joined the Democratic
party for a specific purpose, and that,
so far as he was concerned, the party
had abandoned the purpose; he didn't
EEL that he owed 1t any obligations.
Then 1 told him. L says. "Will. 1 I'M
lerstand that you won't vote for Mr..
and yet / believe that you
:ould withdraw some of the opposition,
20 as to make his election possible"
He then talked to me pretty freely
lbout it and said that he had been
lSked by others to vote for Mr.. Nc
Cune, but while this issue-which was
nnamed-remained there, he didn't
eel that he ought to do it, l said to
lin, Now, l want TO tell you some
hing and / want to tell it in conf
Ience, and / don't want you TO get mad :
bout it, but I would expect you to do
he same thing to me under the same {
1 says, Il understand
hat several tenders of votes for con- ]
liberation have been made in behalf of :
Ir. McCune, not in behalf of him, but
n his interest; that is votes that {
would come to him for a considera- {
ion, and your name has been men
toned in such-in that connection" and
Ir. Nebekers face became fixed and {
e says, II will not talk to you any
urther." l think those are the Cords, '
nd he turned and walked and left me-
nd l had asked him before that not I
0 make the matter personal and not to {
ct angry about it, and he went into '
he recess there on the north-the lava :
Ory-and came out, and I says, You
re not making this personal now, are
GU, WHIP" And he says, No; 1 don't
ant to talk any more about it,
What has been your relation with
Ir. Nebeker2 Very friendly all the
me-what had been or have been?
Yes what has been2 lin tO this TINA