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

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Yes.
He made this statement to you, that
Law was upon the floor charging Nc
| Cune with attempted bribery: and that
is all the information he had at that
time? Yes, sir.
| And sat down and told you all this
which you have related? Yes, sir;9
right at that time. He said practically.
what have stated.
| In that conversation, did he say Law
was dirty dog No. That was when
L came down from Peery's Office about
the time the ballOting began at the as
| Sembly, and Mr.. McCune was very
anxious TO know whether Peery had
/ gone down to vote, and 1 interrupted
| him by asking him about Law; it was
in the northwest corner of the north
room, and he said, "Oh, Law is no good:
| he is a dirty low-lived rascal, but 1 will
! tell you about that afterwards" I said
Peery can't so down safely, but Rich
ards is away.
SAID LAW WAS A RASCAL.
He said Law was a dirty low down
rascal at that time did he? Yes. sir.
! Did you ask him why he made that
statement? 40. sir.
You asked him about law? Yes.
! He made this reply, and you did not
! ask him any reason at all for it; didn't
| he tell you he understood Law would
vote for him? No, sir.
Didn't say anything about that? No,
sir.
Didn't he kind Of whisper under his
breath. Law is a dirty low-down dog;
he's all right? Didn't he say some
thing like that? No.
Didn't he say in the presence Of any,
body but you? We were right in the
| corner of the room.
Did you happen to be alone when this
was communicated; when BIcCune COM
municated this fact to you. that this
fellow was lOw-down rascal? Yes, sir.
McCune was anxious 10 know about
Peery; l asked him about Law.
This was all private? Yes, sir.
Mr.. Stewart-Did that conversation
occur before you received word from
the assembly about the charges? On,
yes.
Mr. Eyans-That was before Mr.. Nc
Cune knew anything about the eharges2
Yes. sir.
Mr.. stewart-That was the time?
Yes. sir. He said, Il viii tell you about
it. ct that time.
That was all he said? Yes. sir. We
went on talking about PeeTy. Then
Harris came in and come up to US and
told US that Law was making th'
charges.
Mr.. Mansheld-When you received the
mesa &c from the house that Law waS
charging Mr. McCune with bribery, was
there anything said in regard to money
or the amount of money that Law
claimed to have received or how he re-
ceived it; did Harris communicate that
to you? No, sir; Harris had gotten
some information in substance. about
the speech that Law was making; ne
just referred 10 it briefly.
Mr. HoWekl-Wasn't it generally IN
derstOOd at the McCune headquarters
on Saturday that Law would vote for
Mr.. McCune on that day? No. I think
not We had heard that Mr.. Law had
said that he intended to vote for Mr..
McCune. if McCune was not elected be-
fore Wednesday.
Wasn't it the rumOr or understand
ing on Saturday that Mr.. Law would
vote for him on that day. 1 did not
hear any intimatiOn about what Mr..
Law would do on Saturday. l had not
heard Law discussed much. 1 had
heard that fer three or four days he
was favorable. I had seen him around
the headquarters. It would not have
surprised me if he had voted on Satur-
day. He had told some Of our friends
that he had about made up his mind
that he would leave Cannon; and he
told Sloan that as soon as he was con-
WINGED that church influence had been
used in Cache county that he would
vote for McCUne.
Did You expect Mr.. Law would vote
for Mr.. McCune on that day? l rather
thought when he telephOned TO Mr.. Ne
Cune that perhaps he had made I'D his
mind: and 1 said. tell him the same
thing as we said to Taylor. 1 rather
thought probably Mr.. Law had decided
to vote for Mr.. McCune-
Until YOU received the word from the
telephone? I naturally thought so I'M
@srN told hOIf Law he
ing a dirty. low-lived rascal.
Then YOU didn't expect his vote? No,
sir; I did not.
Did Mr.. McCune state at any time
that he expected Mr.. Laws vote? do
not know as 1 ever heard him state
that; but some OF then, sloan ana Oth-
ers. had said that he was favorable
Mr.. Thurman-When Mr.. McCune
went to the telephone in response TO
the call and returned into the room and
reported. state whether or not he dld
not then say that Law had called him
uD. and Law had said he was going 10
vote for him. and wanted to meet him?
I do not remember whether he said Law
was going to vote for him or wanted To
talk to him; but anyway it led me TO
believe that Law had probably decided
to vote for him. And l cautioned him
about not letting him vote on rollcall
Mr. F,vans-Dld you write this state
the Deseret News? No, sir.
Did yin see it before it went out? No,
sir.
HARRIS RECALLED.
Fisher Harris. being recalled for fur
Their cross-examination, testified as fol-
lows:
Examined By Mr.. Evans;
Mr.. Harris. when you received word
at the headquarters that the charges
were being made by Mr.. Law on the
floor of the Joint assembly, did you and
David C. Dunbar and Mr.. McCune go
into one of these little private rooms
alone? When 1 received notice over the,
telephone that Mr.. Law had made a
sensational speech on the floor Of the
house. | went back into the large room
of the last suite of the McCune head
quarters. and we, Mr.. Dunbar and Mr.
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