The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-25

He has been working in his interest
He has: yes.
Is there any other matter which you
want to state in connection with that.
No, sir; none whatever.
Mr.. Dickson-You understood that
Mr.. Christensen was an earnest sup
porter of Mr.. McCune? Yes, sir.
Yet he came and warned you, I'M
derstand you to say in answer to Mr..
Van Colt that you understood him at
| the restaurant to be warning you not
10 go TO the headquarters? l will an
swer that question in my own way; 1t
is a. matter of indifference to me; if you
want the details of that I viii relate
them.
Ny question is have you not said here
that you understood Mr. Christensen &c
be conveying to you a warning not to
/ go there to the headquarters where
there We're people who might put you
/ in a hole? Yes; 1 will answer in the
affirmative.
Mr.. Evans-He had been friendly to
you? He had and is yet.
Do you want to make any eXplana-
/ tiOn2 None whatever, except that we
( were all there, Mr.. McCune, Mr.. Sloan,
John Evans, at one table; Mr.. Sam
/ King and myself and some others at the
other. Mr.. Christensen was in there al
! the time and after the meal was over he
/ place which I have related.
Didn't you state that Mr.. Sloan was
not present? He was in the room, but
not in the presence of Mr.. Christensen
and myself.
Mr. Sorensen-What did you under
stand by that phrase, Put you in a
hole to mean? Put me in an eTnbar-
raising position.
Had you done or said anything by
which, 1 had not, he mentioned the
name of another gentleman for whom L
had the highest respect, and he said he
could be there on that evening, and l
declined to go because he would not be
there.
Who was that? Aquila Nebeker.
Did you ask how it could be managed
to put you in a hole? l did not.
Didn't know what he meant? I did
not.
Did not you know what he had ref
'erence to? No. sir.
Didn't make any inquiry? did not
DIDN'T KNOW HARRIS PURPOSE.
Didn't you understand that Mr.. Har-
ris, in seeking an appointment with
YOU that day desired to have an APP
pointment with you in the presence of
Senators Rideout and Aquila Nebeker,
and confront you with a rumor that
you were charging him with having at
tempted TO bride you? | do not; no. Mr..
Harris approached me during the joint
sessiOn-ny- seat is next the railing
and asked me if l would come up at
certain hour. 1 told him 1 would, but
the session continued SO long that we
did not get through in time to keep the
appointment; then we went to the vi
emma cafe. and then it was that Chris
Jensen related the circumstances that 1
have detailed.
Mr.. Dickson-Now, after Mr.. Harris
had met you here and you failed to
keep the appointment because the ses-
son of the house was protracfed De-
You'd that hour, you made an appoint
ment to meet him at O'Clock at the
Kenyon hotel? Yes.
You made that appointment at the
solicitation of Christensen, didn't you?
1 said l would be there at O'Clock.
And yet when you met him in the
evening ne was warning you not to go
there? No. sir; | consulted with my
friend Nebekee and decided that as he
was one, of the parties TO be there and
was going to Logan, L declined to be
there.
You made an appointment to meet at
. o'clock in the lobby. and you say that
notwithstanding that. you understood
MIR Christensen to be conveying
warning TO you not to go there for fear
not in the evening: it was in the after
noon. told Ne5eker and ha said he
would have to go away, and [ said l
would not be there unless he was pres
ent
Did you tell him Christensen had
warned you not to be there? l did not
Or that you understood he was warn
ing you? / did not
Mr.. Evans-WaS it not your purpose
70,
view besites the supporters Of Mr.. Nc
Cune? l wanted Mr.. NeDeAer to be
present.
You did not like to be alone with
those who opposed you? Yes, sir.
Mr.. Thurman-Rideout was friend
of yours and voting the same way you
were? l don't remember whether he
was that day. He was a friend of mine.
You were both voting against Mr..
McCune;- that is, for some one else?
Yes, sir
But you declined to so and see Mr.
Harris in the presence of Nir. Rideout?
1 did not; did not see Mr.. Rideout.
don't want question like that put to
me. saw Nebeler and, after consulta-
ton with him, ] decided not to attend
the interview.
You misunderstood me. Mr.. Jackson.
You understood that you were called
TO meet Mr. Harris, Mr.. Rideout and
Mr.. Aquila Nebeker? Yes, sir
Later on you found that MI Nebeker
could not be present? Yes, sir.
And you did not care TO meet Mr..
Rideout and Mr. Harris alone? Well, L
won't answer your question either yes
or no, because 1 did not know who
would be there besides them.
You hadn't heard of anybody else be-
ing there? No.
MONSON BACK AGAIN.
Mr.. Monson recalled.
(Referring TO meeting Mr.. Law)
Wher> was that, Mr.. Morson? 1 first
met Mr.. Law at the house of repre-
sentatives and walked down street with
him and we then took supper together,
staid there and talked the situation
over.
Where did you take dinner? At the
Vienna cafe.
Was your conversation respecting
the senatorial question and voting for
candidates? Yes, sir; to some extent
il was.
Just state what that conversation
was? We talked of the length of time
il seemed to take to elect a senator. 1
said / would like very much if he could
see his way clear to support Mr.. Nc
Cune. He said he felt friendly toward
Mr. McCune and seemed to impress me
with the idea that he was under some
Obligations to Mr.. Cannon, but stated
that if an election WAS nor had before a