The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-02

urday morning; fatal to the character
and reputation Of Mr.. Law it truly
was. And a week-the Saturday a week
before he made these charges he said
to Major Stanton that, according 10
Laws testimony here was before he
had any definite information about any
corruption ct all and before he had been
informed by Nebeker. a week before
before he had been informed by Cook
and Farr on the floor of the house, be
fore he had heard of the Jackson cpl
sode, because that was the day that
he made his charges on the floor of the
house-a week before he had any of
this information, and before ne claims
to have been corruptiy approached
himself, he said 10 Major Stanton.
Stanton being a friend of Cannon-the
Honorable Frank Cannon, ] mean-de-
string his election, Mr.. Law said:
"McCune will never be elected to the
senate of the United States, for J have
a scheme that will put a stumbling
block in his way before he shall De
elected" 1 ask you, gentlemen, ire
spective of your liking or disliking for
Mr.. McCune. irrespective of the ques-
ton of whether you favor or oppose his
election to the United States senate,
to keep in mind matters of this kind
for, l say. they do assuredly tend to
stamp the story of this man Law as
suspicious.
LAWS REAL MOTIVE SOUGHT.
Something beside prophetic soul in
spired Mr.. Law to give expression 10
what he did to Mr.. Carl Hard and to
Major Stanton. What the mans mo-
tive was that would prompt him to do
this thing, 1 do not undertake to say.
ated Garfield; did it from no motive on
earth, except the love OF fame. Mr..
Law thought that if he could defeat
the election of McCune, possibly, and
he would get up and make this sensa-
tional speech, which he made on that
Saturday, that Mr. Law wsuld become
immortal; he would at once leap into
fame; that may have been his motive.
1 rather think, however, If [ might give
expression to my own views about 1t,
that there were behind Law men who
have not come from under cover. He
was a tool played upon by other peo-
pie. And how much he got or what re-
ward he is TO have 1 don't know and |
could not undertake TO say from this
evidence, but that there was a vile, dia-
bOlical, damnable conspiracy entered
into that Friday night, you know. every
one of you know it. without listening TO
a syllable Of testimony upon our part.
Conduct-conspiracy entered into for
what purpose, l ask you2 To bring
about the Accomplishment of a crime,
wasn't it? And they were seeking the
bringing about of the accomplishment
Of d crime. weren't they? 1t was not
necessary to do this in order to prevent
a crime. McCune wasn't pursuing him.
As | said before, all he had to DO was
to walk down here and cast his ballot,
unspotted and urtainted. They knew
that. They were afraid to let that Sat
urday ballot be taken for fear all their
opposition would be brought to naught.
Now, coming to the Tuesday. the ia
tai Tuesday evening when they were
over to the Vienna cafe, of course Mr..
McCune and Mr.. Law were alone there
for a few minutes while their order was
given for their dinner, and d moment
after other gentlemen came in and
joined them, one after another, until
there was a party of nine of ten there.
Mr.. Law does not pretend that any
thing improper was said while he was
alone with MCCune in the restaurant,
not word, no suggestion that could be
tortured into an improper suggestion.
But he says after they got through
their dinner and they walked down.
four or five of them together, went up
to McCune's headquarters, Dunbar and
Sloan, l thinl-no, Dunbar and Sloan
and McCune and Law walked up to
McCune's headquarters, and there were
a great many people in there. and ac-
coTding to Law, soon after they got in,
within few minutes, having taken a
seat for a moment or two. McCune
said, Mr.. Law, come in here; 1 want
to see you" or come into this private
room-I don't know and I don't care
TfsI, he
McCune and McCune shut the door.
and that he and McCune were alone in
that room for about twenty-five min
uteS: that is Mr. Laws testimony. And
he said they first talked about the sill
Yer question. and that Mr.. McCune did
not say anything on the silver queS-
ton worth remembering. 1 mention
that to recall your memory TO tYhat he
did say about it. Then they talked
about the He5er Grant letters. And
after about twenty minutes talk on
these matters, which were entirely in
nOcent. without more ado, without any
thing leading up to it. Mr.. McCune said.
Il have got to be elected: this thing
has cost me too much money to lose.
And if you Will vote for me tomorrow.
YOU can fix your own price" Isn't that
his story? Isn't that Laws story? Was
there any conversat ton leading 10 to
it, any feeler thrown out by McCune.
any gradual approach. any feeling of
his ground, to see whether it would be
safe to tread further? No. their dis
cussiOn had been on lines that were en-
tirely proper, national issues and local
issues in politics. and without anything.
without any intimatiOn from Law that
he was not as pure as my friends now
paint him. no. that he was not as pure
and spotless as an angel, Mr.. McCune
blurted out of him, II have got to be
elected; this thing has cost me too
much, and if you will vote for me to-
morrow you can fix your own price"
NOT IN BOUNDS OF REASON.
Is it a reasonable story? Is it, gen.
tlemen, probable story? If Mr. Nc
Cune took him in there for the purpose
of bribing him or trying to bribe him.
is it probable that McCune would sit
there while ne had him alone for
twenty minutes, talking about the sill
yer question, and about church influ-
ence and things of that kind? Why,
no. If he took him in there with the
purpose of bribing him, or trying to
bride him, your common sense and
mine tells me that he would begin talk
ing about that business first, in order
that he might get through with it be-
fore he was interrupted; and your COM
mon sense and mine tells me that he
never would have been approached in
that way. There would have been
some little feeler thrown out. Even if
McCune or any other man had the dis
position to commit a crime like this,
there would be some feeler thrown out,
to see whether or not it would be safe
to tread further in that direction. But
we have Laws story for it, as 1 have
given it. McCune says it is false
Sloan says it is false. and Joseph Mon
son says it is false. We have Law on
the one hand here. and we have three
men who say he lied. McCune said he
went in there and never sat down. He
stated he invited this man Law to take
a seat, and Immediately stepped back
to the door. never having closed it at