Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-02
A Lengthy, Vigorous and Impassioned
Philippe Against the Accused.
SAYS HE IS UNFIT FOR SENATE.
And That lie Is Gambler Bribcr Faisifer and Guilty
criminai-An Arguments Con-
cluded Today.


conversation NO cxnctly3 II ~ testified
that MIR. McCunea son came In and
said. THE carriage n ready" This
n denied. but he does not put the son
on the stand 10 deny Il. for though he
n not ashamed 60 pcrJurc himself. he
yet acruplcr to have his young son
commit perjury TO shield his crime. A.
time when McCunc had Law under
the Influence 81 iiquor. Mccunc'a son
came In and said. Father. the carriage
II waiting" There IN always some
prominent fact about every case about
which all others revoiyc. and which
serves Ia show that the man spoke the
truth; and this n the incident. In
the conversation with Sloan. II Mr.
Law contradicted? Yes: by sioan.
Well. would you expect sloan 10 admit
~ n he did. there would be nothing
% discuss. care not what contradic.
lions may exist M To the details OF
conversations. No one can recall these
exactly.
But there was an appolntemcnt with
Sloan. was there notf II ~ said the
subject was the existence Of letters
proving Church influence. Hut was
that tho only subject When II comes
10 the particular conversation. they
deny IT, but they might have had Il.
II there any contradiction Of the fact
that Mccune had a convcrnatlon with
Law over the fdiuphbncf u II dcnlcl
that Mocuuc wanted the vote of Lawi
Why was Mccune seeking Republican
vo'es7 oh. thlA man was half Demo-
crnt and half Republican. In the rca-
son given. We IND something said
over the telephone. which cxplodes the
whole theory. Law was being watched.
was under suspicion. 10 Sit. Mcoune
says. Did he say. when he talked 10
Thatcher and Evans. this man has had
suspicious conversation with mcf No.
Nlaaas al. IL. A.N IL.
simply told them that Law wanted TO
see him. iiy his own testimony. In
the conversation over the telephone.
Mccunc breaks into the conversation
% Law and says n there II anything
You do not want 10 be heard. do not
say u over the public telephone. Here.
gentlemen. we see the fangH OF the
cprruptioniHt-Mcc undertaking. by
his own words. To suppress what Law
might MY over the telephone. What
would any Jury say Of this converse
ton? without any suggestion 90
these gentlemen OF this suspicious con-
VrrHatlon. he repaired To the wAaatch
druF store. There most remarkable
thing occurred. Mccunc noticed. as he
went In, n man with new oyeralln on.
Why did he notice that mnnl Was
the Intended crime he was about 90
commit haunting him them Did he
think he was being watchcdf These
tainty TO something that was lurking
In his mind. Law suggested that they
80 tu his ROOM McCune suggested
saloon This man who IL standing
here Tor the position of United States
Hentnt0r-whnt was the thing that first
entered bis mind7 Let W 40 into the
back room u some saloon. he said
They were there NJ the qulctost bust
ness hour of the day, and this was the
shrcwdest thing McCunc did 10 meet
him there and then next 20 the passing
OF the money In the handwriting. And
had not this been true, " Law had
not mentioned II. who would have dis
covered ~ Not even the N-raya
could have found II out
They ant there speaking In low tones.
and Law offered his vote for 5000.
What ala Mccuno do7 Did he npurn
the oncrf Mo- he simply said; II
wont do anything ~ the kind. I have
enough votes to elect me already"
Why gentlemen. Is not this language
flTnlnonnty Docs II not smack NJ 'he
dickering7 Does +" not corroborate
Law, who said Mcclure declared II was
too muchT Mccune was annoyed ana
pctulnnt. az WHAT II was too much.
shrcwdcr bargain, he In a man of bust
ness II am not as rich an people
say I am" n what Law anyH he said.
All that Nccune relates could have
been said IN thirty seconds by the
watch. We have the testimony Of Law,
~ the officers and OF Horn, that they
were there ten minutes. Let US see
OH let NJ see the sentiments Of this
high-minded gentleman. this immncu-
late citizen who II seeking 10 be Senator
for Utah. His language Indicates that
he had thoughts of bribery. that his
mind runs IN tho groove Of fraud and
debauch, or he would have said Sir.
4 "a
lnto the United States Senate. | VIII
be content 90 lose my fortune, 10 work
with my hands for a livelihood. but
never will I seek TO buy my way into
ONCE"
say a man who VIII make a remark
of thpt kind he did make ! say his mind
Is not free from fraud and corruption
and he ought 10 be dragged into the
public Hight ~ day and exposed What
next did hei lie stepped 10 the counter
10 get something for his throat. cool
and collected even yet believe he
went there slmply 90 count over his bills.
lie stepped out and again saw this
man with the oyernllH aeuin--remarlS-
able fact. Law Joined him and they
walked together across the street. lie
walked with this man. who had made
this base offer; he II az once found with
him, found In his company. walking
with him and alone across the public
street. lie says Law said TO him; Me
Cune. l think I will vote for You any.
how" Why did not MeCune give him
the same answer that he gave him In
the drug store1 lie walked along with
him and talked about his vote-told
Law how 20 vote 20 change his vote
upon roll call. Gentlemen, Il Is not true.
uod Almighty has burned II into the
conscience Of that man that he has
perJured himself.
He IL not only briber. but a falflfier.
Sheets and others saw him walk across
the road with his hand In his coat
pocket, There he shook hands and
passed the money. II was the ahrewdest
and most cunning device MIR. Mccune
could have eonJured up. II someone