The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-25
.PILNG UP EVIDENCE
IN M'CUNE'S CASE
Proof Put In Of McCune'S Sure Election, Without
Law, Last Saturday.
Several New Witnesses Examined Before Commttee-n-
tereStins Testimony introduced Disprovng Charges.

Somewhat more rapid progress wa
made in the investigation of the Law
bribery charges before the investiga
tion committee yesterday. There wa
less pickering and squabbling between
the lawyers, and quite a number of wit
nesses for the defense were examined
One more day ought to see the conclu-
sion of the introduction of testimony, a.
the defense has practically cleared VI
its case save for its most important
witness. Mr.. McCune himself, who vii
be placed upon the stand today.
Yesterdays evidence was cumulative
in nature, and the same ground was
gone over again and again by numerous
witnesses to impeach Mr. Laws state
mentS and those Of Z. O.. WINS and c.
NJ. Jackson. D. c. Dunbar told like
wise of the fact that Mr.. McCune was
sure of election before he went to see
Law, and r. w. Sloan explained the
misconstruction which had been placed
upon his remarks by W. G.. Nebeker,
and denied absolutely and emphatically
that he had ever made improper propo-
sitions to Representative Law or any
one else.
The prosecution had evidently felt
that another lawyer was needed to help
out its case, for c. c. Dey was sitting
beside David Evans yesterday morning
when the committee began work. Mr..
Dey, however, said not a word all day
long, nor did he offer suggestion more
than once or twice, so that Mr.. Evans
is still practically conducting the pros
ecution alone.
r. w Sloan was the first witness on
the stand in the morning. He was
asked TO explain the statement made by
W. @. Nebeller.
y met Mr.. Nebeker at the senate
chamber on the day mentioned" he
said, and we went out in the hall and
there talked politics for some time.
was trying to persuade him that it was
his duty TO vote for Mr.. McCune, tell
ing him that the delay was injuring the
party and was stirring up party strife
and bitterness.
DOESN'T CARE FOR PARTY.
He said that he had joined the Dem
ocratic party because he believed il
would do the most for bimetallism, but
that nothing. had been accomplished by
the party, and he was not particularly
interested in 1t any longer. 1 asked him
how he thought the senatorial question
could be most easily settled, and he re-
Piled that he wasn't giving pointers to
his political opponents. He was about
TO go away, when l said: Will. l want
10 tell you something. if you won't get
mad. I understand that various prop
ositionS have been made TO McCune for
the sale Of votes to him, and your name
has been mentioned in that connection.
AS a friend I thought l ought to come
to you and tell you Of this He turned
rather pale, as though he were angry,
and said, III not talk about it l said
TO him. You're not considering this
personal, are you, VIII? and he replied,
oh. no., and went away
Did you intend 10 make any prOpo-
sails for a bribe TO him?" asked Mr..
Thurman.
Il did not"
Did you say to him. Money is being
used pretty freely in this campaign, /
and I'd like to see my friends get some /
of it'?'
7 never said anything like it."
You have been very friendly with the |
Nebekers, have you not?'
4 have. I was associated with them /
very closely during the Thatcher cam
paign and since
Mr.. Sloan described his conversation |
with Mr.. Law at the restaurant Fri !
day evening, but denied absolutely that I
there was any suggestion OF any money
offer for his vote.
''Of course. l was trying to persuade
Law to vote for McCune, and he ad-
mitted that his political opinions diff
fered very little from those Of Mr.. Nc
Cune. but he said that his motives
would be impugned If he cast his bal
lot for McCune. / said that if he looked
at the. character of the men who We're
behind Mr McCune's campaign and
voting for him in the legislature, he
could see that no one would seriously
impufe ulterior motives to him. When
we parted I made an appointment with
him al McCune headquarters for Satur-
day morning at 10 o'clock l told him TO
think the matter over in the meantime
for we were anxious TO have his Vote
the next day. as we hoped to have an
election. l was not by any means as
sured of an election then We received
that assurance later, when we learned
that a number of other Democrats
were coming to US.
Turning then To the alleged meeting
Of Mr.. Law and Mr.. McCune in a pri-
vate room at McCune headquarters
Tuesday evening before the charges
were made Mr.. Sloan said: Mr.. Nc ,
CuIse invited Mr.. Law into rear room ,
and a second or so later he came out
and asked me TO come in. Mr. Law :
had sat down but Mr. McCune had not,
and they could not have been alone !
for more than a second or two, and
that without the door being closed Mr..
Monson was called in a moment or two
ater and after a half hour or 50 Mr.
NcCune left. That was about II o'clock
and Mr.. Law remained at headquarters
lntil nearly midnight"
SLOAN's INTERESTING STORY. :
Under cross examination Mr.. Sloan
old of the excitement at McCune head y
Iuarters when news came of the Law \
.harges Mr.. McCune Immediately =
denounced them as false" said he He !.
aid that Law had offered TO sell his :,
-ote for $1,000, but he had refused and :
old Law that he was sure of election Z
anyway. Mr.. McCune stated also that q
ie noticed something peculiar in the i
way Law shook hands when they part h
d. as though he had doubled up two a
myers of his hand. =
Changing his talk Mr.. Evans asked: y
Do you think that Senator W. G. .
Sebeker lied in those statements he b
made about you on the stand?"
NO. I don't" was the reply. but l n
10 think he is mistaken in what he "
aid" E
Joseph Monson was called at the
pening of the afternoon session He. q
lso, described the alleged Law-Mc- a
'une private interview in the McCune ii
amp on the Tuesday prior II the MAX +
lg of the charges. He said that he cl
ras sitting on the lounge beside Law G
hen McCune asked Law to go into