Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-21

Been In there quite awhile.
How long was II. about Wen. max
ing an estimate that had been IN
there for twenty-five minutes altOgeth-
er. I should Judge that We had talked
for twenty minutes nt least.
About matters that were entirely In
nocent and prOper3 Yes. sir.
What was the frat thing that he said
that struck you rs improper-h0w were
You apprulchcdf That he was In this
night 10 win. and that he had been
and that he had put up too much
money In the faht 10 lose 1t now for
any ruiiry consideration.
Done Nhat7 That he had lost too
much money In the fight to lose the
nght FOR any paltry consideration.
90 on. 30 ou. That Is what he said
first
what else ala he sayg oh. we'll. that
l. what b. said on that subject In sub.
stance.
What else did he say that was I'm.
prurct' iie said. Law. N you VII
vote for me tomorrow. you can nnmo
your own consideration and terms"
That was Improper.
! should fay 30. You, of codrec.
jumped up aud went out 81 the room
Immediately didn't your didn't break
my neck o. net out.
pid you stag there talking Win him
after that Yes sir.
You didnt become angry 40. SIR
tot fartieuAfiy angry.
Well. ut an angry Althouah-ycs.
al I dom Ike a man to taxs me fpr
a damned n acaLt
Did you keep your seat. or spring to
your feet. when he made that improper
rfupof'iion Ia your No. sir. ! am not
GemDrsua.ive sort N an indl u lral.
You are very cool and collected. !
take ~. are you nutf Ordinarily
You maintained your seat. what re-.
ply dii yuu makef ! don't rc N '1iber
Just exactly. ! don't remember the tx.
act words. told him IN aubstancs nat
Wtfat o man u that Kind ami I
couiln dH %.
Cont sou remember what you said
whom thf man aall Co you, ~ sou
VIII vote Cor mo tomorrow, SOU can
maze yuuf own priCuf' Don't yuI fc-
member what reply you nader said
M substance that I wasn't n man of
that kind and wouldn't do Il. ana
couldn't do ~. that wouldn't vote
for man n { couldn't support a man
ON prlncuilr. wouldn't support him Tot
any consideration.
Didn't you say 60 him. MIR. Mccunc.
I Will not listen 10 any talk o. this
kind. and l viii dcnnunce you On the
fnora 81 the House In the morning.
No. sir. because I knew very well l
wouldn't do any such thing.
You know you wouldn't DO ~ You
knew you wouldn't do ~. you said on
Saturday because you felt conscious %
the fact that you had laid yourself
open to the proposition. didn't your
Ynn. Hir. and ua "a the additional rcns
son that no one would believe me.
Those who knew you wouldn't have
believed you. that ~ what you had ln
mind7 There might have been lots ~
people that would have believed. but
wouldn't have dared 10 say -.
What you had In mind was that PEG.
pio who know you would not have be-.
ilsVed ynuT People that knew the
would have believed me.
You were acquainted with all the
members ~ the legislature. were you
not Yes. rir.
And YOU fcit conscious ~ the fact
| that n would not do Tor you to de.
ununco Mr. Mccuno on the floors ~ tho
assembly the next day. because you
knew people would not believe your |
/ couldn't prove what would toll them.
You meant what you said when you
snid you know you wouldn't be be.
lieyedf ny the majority.
You thought 81 that nt the time, dii
your No. vlr; didn't think ~ ~ you
asked me
II Il didn't occur to you at the time
why didn't you jump NJ at once AMI
dsnouncr the man who was attempting
NNN hNNNNN NJ NMMNNNM W NANN MAN
| Who would I have denounced him to-
Himself. 10 his face. What good DO
you suppose that would have doncf
liut 10 an events. whether u would
do any good or not. when this man at
tempted 60 corrupt you, 60 debauch
you. II never occurred 10 You To rcbukc
him. or g. denuunce him there or else
where. did ~ II dli
Did II occur 10 you thore7 Yes, sir.
Tut you didn't do ~ No. nir, I r..
hukcd him Just that Ear that I gave
him 10 understand that wasn't a man
OF that Kind ana wouldn't do H.
Yes. by saying, u cannot do II. and
won't do u. am not built that wayf'
Yes sir
That il tho rcbukc and the donuncia-
tion aud the extent ~ the donuncintion,
wasn't ~ Wee. Hir. what | have said.
That was tho substance 81 a.. I may
have used more words az the time.
Tell NJ IN what way up 10 the time
Alr McCunc said this tn you. you can
have your own price u you viii vote Tor
me-" you have laid yourself opcn 60 IN.
rrccnti.-- ~ u proposition ~ that kind
What do you mean by oprn3
My presence with him alone
Conrtitutrd the fact that I was open.
u that what yuu meant IN your
speech of saturday Ana IN his pfi-
Nnto snnrtum. That 10 what I meant,
Counsel hero read from Laws speech
~ saturday
"Nuw. Hlr Will state that last Tues.
DAY night held an Interview with that
gentleman, and In the course Of our re-.
marks h. told me that he proposed TO
be- elected. that he had spent too much
money on this thing e. lose " now FOR
any pnltry consideration. And. Mr.
President. h. said a. me, Law. " you
will vote Tor mo tomorrow, you can
name your own price Mt, lrrH-
idrnt. I ma not take advantage ~ the
prnilcmon'H nner, because ! am not
built that way I claim that | cannot
be- uwoNed hy the power ~ money
from the straight line % duty, zap
pInusc1 And. Hir. had IL not been Tor
the knowledge that I had. and that
hold az the present time. that I laid
myself uprn g. "a proposition ~ this
klud. l should most AsHurrdly have
nuug 10 IN hiH teeth" How had you
laid yourself uucn to be- lnHultcd In this
way, that restrained you from denounc-
inT the man Whn made this assault
upon your honor because common
hospitality aud common drcency would
not allow a man 10 curse him IN MS
own house.
That's IL. that 10 what you meant In
your speech ~ saturday. when YOU
said IL 10 were not Tor tho knowledge
that you then had, and that you now
have aud hold that you had laid my
self open 10 this proposition. | would
have hung u iH his teeth then ana
there" That n what ! meant. that
went there, and that I cQ'torted with
that Individual, certainly
Certainly, You thought when he IN
Nitcd you 20 come In there that there
was nothing improper about IT, didn't