The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-26
CONVINCING STORY.
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want to quit; didn't like to be defeat
ed.
You didn't like TO be defeated? I had
taken some interest.
And felt 1t was personal matter, as
twel as Mr. McCune's? Simply my in
terest in the matter that way
Did you ever suggest to the manage
ment that the thing was somewhat
protracted, and you didn't feel You
could spare SO much time? 1 think
not.
Didn't make any suggestion of that
Kind? l don't remember; 1 think not
Were you personally acquainted with
Mr.. MeCune: Yes, sir.
When did you first become acqueint-
ed with himF Well, to know him,
have mcS him a number of times in
years gone by, but never knew him
especially until the fall campaign;
met him very often at the headauar-
Iers.
That was 1898? Yes, sir
Did you become very intimate with
him IT that time? Not especially.
No question of personal friendship
between you and Mr.. McCune? No,
sir
You are not supporting him purely
out of friendship? Not particularly
personal friendship
Your motives must be purely pa
trlouc? Yes, sir: if you put it in that
way.
Have you made any trips anywhere
out of the city since this campaign
openCd2 ] think not since it opened.
Did you before it opened? Yes, sir.
Where did you go? l went to Price.
What for? To telephone to Castle
Dale IL regard to petition.
What kind of a petition: With ref
erence to the delegates that constituted
lion Of
~.
GREETED.
What was the nature of the petition?
They asked the delegates who COM
posed that convention-theY had
adopted resolutions over there endorS-
ing William II. King, or something TO
that effect, and 1 had learned that
there was disposition TO release that,
and l went and telephonedIto a party
about il, at Castle Dale, asking him if
he could get the delegates 20 sign a
petition, or rather, a release OF that
resolution.
FROM whom did You learn they had
a disposition TO release il? From Mr..
Wilberg?
Who is he? Ee is quite a prominent
Democrat OF Emery county.
Was he d member of this delegation?
Se was.
Did he tell you they wanted to re-
lease that obligation? Yes, sir.
When did he Tell you that? That
,Tas earlier, before this campaign
started. 1 was there on some legal /
business ana discussing matters with |
Him. learned there was some feeling
81 regard 10 that resolution.
Mir. Thurlnar-%e object to contin- |
u!ug this here.
Mr.. Evans-It IS to snow the interest
ri the witness.
Mr.. D:cssca-So far as I am per-
sonally concerned, I co not care how
iong yo2 D-o.rcct il.
5lr. Ihur:nai.-I don't see what it /
has 10 dc with the case?
Well, you learned from Wilberg that
they We're going 10 release it? Not
that they were going to.
That they wanteG to? That there
was Il disposition TO; yes, sir
Where did you learn that? AT Castle
D2ie.
How long AFTER that was it you went
20 Price an1 telephoned over? 1t was
1855 10 :. month.
N9w. = month prior to that, if you
learned from Wilberg that there was a
disposition u release that, right while
Sou were there didn't you get the re-
.2Gse Of it? You were then working
Tor Mr.. McCune? I WAS not This was
prior 10 the time was doing any thing
Tersation with Mr.. Nilberg.
You had that conversation with him
81 Castle Dale. Can you explain to
thiS committee why il vas necessary 10
10 to Price TO telephone to Castle Dale?
! can explain that by going to Price
1 could do TIC telcphoning myself:
otherwise IL would have to be done
through some ether party.
What pre-ented YOU from writing a y
letter TO him, L you thought he was ]
DESTROYS Of releasing these obligations? :
Nothing. lie was not the only one;
there were tnirty-tWU.
You only telcpboneG to one: YOU
could have written? 1 could, but 1
didn't.
WIZ? Because didn't think of writ ]
ing 4, letter. Is: INC first place. The let
ter would Eav5: gone out on Saturday !
anu would not rave reached Caste {
Dale uEta Tuesday 1t would then ;
take three Gays to get back, and at S
thai time We did not expect we would !
have 20 mitch time on our hands.
Hos Tar j. :: q Price from here? !
-.noUt Il hund:eG miles.
You went :, hundred miles to send u {
telephone message thirty? went TO 5
telephone. I
Where else did you go during this
I don't remember any j
where else. y
You would probably remembec if you I
naG gone / think SO
You talked witt Jackson. the first +
time at the Vienna restaurant? Yes, S
sir. i
And lie made Some objection, did he, I
~ talking 10 these parties? No, sir. !
D.d not make any at all2 No sir q
Di@nt say lie wanted other people
with him wien ne talked? No. sir. :
Didn't say d word about that? No, =
sir. [
Did you, when you talked to him |
there, did you state 10 him the partic- q,
uiar charges or differences that were y
made by Fisher Harris. I simply s&id =
that II was reported that he mad ac- =
eused Fisher Harris of attempting TO |.
bride him.
That is al you stated: That is the D
substance OF it.
DENIED BRIBERY CHARGE. il
You did not state that you understood L
that Mr. Jackson was told by Mr. " =.
rs that Fisher Harris had l am not q
lear on that. I knew it, but whether L
said Mr.. WINS or simply Harris.
4rn rot positive. I think / did not say
wins. AID he said IL was q G. d
Sc; ie never SeSG anything Of the kind -
BE doesn't say il row. does he2 1 q
ion't know anything about that. a
Die you tel Jackson that Harris a.
wanted to see him? II
Mr. Van COtt-DO you concede now ~
nat Mr.. Harris never did try to bride u
Jackson?
Mr.. Evans-I do not make any con- a
;essions at all.
What did Jackson say after that; p.
his remark that you say he made? / II