The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28

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senator. that you made this contract
with Mr.. McCune? I do not know
whether it was after my election or
before.
You just now stated that you told Mr..
McCune that Mr. Richards was YOUR
choice. and in the face of that CONVEX
1 Sat;on you say you entered into this
contract? Yes, sir.
! Well, then it must have been after
you were elected? Not necessarily: 7
was rated as Richards man from the
time was nominated.
Were you discussing the question OF
the senatorship? 1 think we talked
of it.
How did you come to talk of that?
Mr.. McCune expressed regret that had
agreed to support Richards, because
he said that when he heard 1 was norni-
mated, he counted me as one of his sup
| porterS. from our past friendship, and
he regretted that had pledged myself
to Mr.. Richards; but l told him ! had
done SO and it couldn't be helped
! Had you pledged yourself to him per-
Sonally? Had Richards solicited your
support? Yes. he and his friends had.
And you stated to McCune that you
had pledged yourself to Richards and
he regretted that you had done so?
Yes, sir
Because he would like to have your
support; and didn't you say to him that
/ if Mr. Richards did not enter the race
/ that you would consider him as second
choice? 1 do not remember saying
I that to MIR. McCune; l said il TO some
of his friends: that Mr.. McCune was
! my second choice; yes. 1 do not think
I said it to Mr.. McCune-
! Would you not naturally have said
| it to him? 1 would have have as lief
| have said ii.
| Don't you think you did say some
I thing of the kind to him; that if Rich
ards did not enter the race, you might
consider him, or words to that effect:
didn't you tell him something of that
kind? 1 couldn't state positively. I
may have done so. 1 know said it to
some of his friends.
And in the face of that you entered
| into this contract with him by which
you would write his biography? Yes,
sir.
Did you fix price? No. sir.
No definite price, No, l didn't with
either of those gentlemen: they made
no proposition to me; nor I to them.
McCune made 1t to you? Mr. Nc
Cune made II TO me.
What proposition did he make? A
proposition to write his biography.
MCUNE FIXED THE PRICE.
Who fixed the price? Mr.. McCune; I
suppose he did.
Did Judge King fix price for him
self? Judge King has never furnish
ed me with his biography, nor asked me
to write it.
Did Senator Rawlins? Yes. sir.
Did Mr.. Allen fix his price? He did
not employ me.
He wrote his own, but can he have it
published without any consideration at
all? Yes. sir.
You would not charge him for his
~ l, . -. Ii
sir; l would not. The understanding
is that those who have their portraits
in the history are entitled to biograph-
les
Each Of these gentlemen were to have
their portraits in the history? How
much ed the- cost?
Objected to by Mr.. Van Colt
l know nothing about that.
Something you have nothing to do
with2 That is. you do not get any OF
the consideration, or have anything to
do with it.
That is a part of the mechanical
work? That is the business part Of il,
that l had nothing TO do with
Well, you We're sent in the price fixed
for the work that you did? Yes.
Did anybody else pay you as much
money as Mr.. McCune? Not that I
recOllect.
And the contract is still left open, is
it. and not clOsed2 l considered il
closed; I did not ask Mr. McCune for
any more than he gave me
You heard his statement hero that he
considered it still open; that ne nigh.
pay you nore2 That is his affair
Didn't he suggest that to you; it is
still open. still unfinished until he is
elected; did you and he discuss tn.
matter? No, sir; 1 did not.
You intend TO hold it open until the
iaerfGI ~ - bII -
open until I get time to finish it.
Some weeks yeT, / suppose? 1 pre-
sumo II viii be il this thing keeps on.
The book would not be published for
some time yet. even if you finished his
biography? 1t ought to have been pub
lishea long time ago, but L haven't
had time to complete it.
Did Mr.. c. c. Richards have his bfog-
raphy written also? I did not solicit
his. I haven't written his yet.
Did ne offer it? No, sir.
Mr.. Van CCtt-What did Senator
Cannon pay you? One hundred dollars.
Fixed his own price? Yes, sir. All
the others did.
Mr.. Cummings-Is the biography
apart from the steel engraving or por-
trait? Yes, sir. 1t is a private ar
Management between me and these gem
tlemen who did not have time TO pre-
pare their own biographies. II is their
proposition 10 employ me, and they
fixed the price.
Mr.. Evans-SimpIy for your work as
I understand it. in writing their biog-
raphies; has nothing to do with the
price Of the book at all or your con-
tract in writing the bOok2 No. sir.
1 suppose you have an independent
contract? 1 opened with a contract.
but the history company had not bsen
able to fulfil their contract with me-
owing to the financial sJraightness of
the times.
You have been voting for Mr.. McCune
all the way through this session, have
you not? Yes. sir
And are still voting for him during
this investigation Yes, sir.
While sitting on the committee? Yes,
sir
And that is the case with Mr.. Cum
mings and Mr.. Mansfield. is it not2 1
believe they are voting for him now.
That is what l mean, and every day
during this investigation still casting
their ballots for him. Yes, sir.
Van Cott-FOr whom Is Senator
Shurtliff voting? I believe continuous
ly for Cannon.
And Mr.. Sorenson? For Sutherland
part of the time and all the time for
a Republican.
Senator Howells, has he voted all the
time for some Republican? Yes. sir.
And Representative Stewart, for
whom is he voting? I believe he has
voted mostly for William H. King; per-
haps still. if I remember right
Mr. Evans-Haye any charges been
made against either one of these gen.
tlemen whom Mr.. Van Cott has named,
charges of bribery or attempted brib-
ery2 Not to me.
wen. have they been filed before the
cOuu1irteR2 Not that / know or