Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-21

ftght TO 90 to his headlua tors.
40 Inherent or vusted right but there
vas nothing Improper IN your going 70
his headquarters. was thcreT Nothing
particularly Improper about Il.
Did u ever occur to you that u was
! Improper FOR you to be In those head
quarters2 Yes. sir; II did.
When first7 when be made that
proposition.
Before that. however. did u ever oc-
cur to you that u was Improper Tor you
to be thereG Well. my conscience smote
me for that several Tunes.
Why didn't you keep uwayf because
they wouldn't let man stay away.
You went up there 81 your own ac-
cord again and again, didn't your Yes.
He didn't drag you up thcre7 lie
came pretty near II.
You went up there again and again %
your own accord. didn't you. without
asy inviiatl0n7 I never went there
but once ~ my own accord.
Well. YOU went oncc2 Yes cir.
Ana your conscience smuie you. but
NJ to this time neither Mr. Mccune nor
anybody acting IN his behalf had at
tempted 20 approach you Improperly IN
any manner; why ala your conscience
smile your Because have no business
going around mans headquarters "
I have no sympathy with him.
Did your conscience smltc you be-
cause you felt that you were hanging
around those headquarters In the hope
and expectation that some money might
b. given your No. air IL did not
What was there that caused your
conscience 90 smitc you when you went
M there. N. up 10 that time. there had
been no Improper advances made %
you nt aiif because. aH I stated,
didn't consider that I had any real
right 10 70 NJ there In View ~ the
fact that I had no sympathy with the
man or his aspirations.
AZ all events you walked Into this
room with SIR. McCunc. aH you have
said without any thought that thore
was anything Improper ln u at all. you
went IN there and difCuaaui public
Questions ~ the day. the silver qucH-
tion. the Grant letters. ana those
things. nothing had taken place That
Was improper until at. Mc'une made
this proposal 10 your Ne. Hlr.
Then what did YOU mean when You
fnid on Saturday that you would have
nung 70 In his teeth then and there, eN-
copt that you then felt ana now iet
that YOU had lain yourself open TO the
propusltionf
Wen. l said. didn't i-dldn't I eS-
plain that | laid myself upcn to the
proposition by the mere fact that COM
sorted with thcm personally.
You thought that " you accepted an
Invitation from Mr. Mccune that even
VI II was entirely proper 10 gp into that
room that u gave him a lieens" TO IN.
suit you and 90 assault your honor ala
yuuf Not entirely.
Did YOU think Il ana nt allg Tho inyi-
tntinn was an right.
Now, Mr. Law. there was nothing
Improper IN that 40 you view ~. you
went IN there. you were talking about
these public questions that were en'
A.. H.. N.NNa.N aN AHH
air.
And Nh AZ once he said be- proposed
to be- elected. u have spent To- much
money In this thing o. lose u now Tor
any paitry consideration Law, u you
Will vote FOR me tomorrow you can
name your own price b. said nnd you
thought by accepting HE Hospitality.
going into that room with him, that u
gave him the license a. insult you or
else otherwise YOU would have dung
that IN his teeth at the timef II didn't
give him license a. insult me.
Didn't you think that the very fact
was abusing his hospitality when he
invited YOU IN there and then insuitcd
you In that way Why certainly.
Didn't you thlng that the very fact
that he had Invited yuu ln there and
then made this proposition 60 you made
u duuhly your duty and your privilege
"a dcnouuco himT 40. air. no roGHon
why because he wasn't gentleman
that ! should not be-
And that IL the only explanation that
you can give N this passage In your
speech. that you desire 60 make or can
make ~ that rpccchf Yes. Dir.
The only reason you can liye 20 these
gentlemen why you ala not then and
there drnounce this man? Yes, sir.
How lunF ala you remain talking
with him after be- made this PROPOSE
ton 10 youf had barely g0t through
speaking with him. speaking 60 him,
Answering that proposition when his
Hpn came In ana told him that the car
riagc was waiting or something OF that
kind. nnd he rusc 10 10.
About what time ~ night was that.
Mr.. Law II must have been about II
o'clock.
About II o'clock. You had gone To
the restaurant about ~ II may have
been little after :. think I stated.
DID you say his son came In lrHtf
Yes. sir
Did hla son come In there before
Munann did9 Yes, sir.
Didn't Monuon come In nrst7 No,
air.
Str. McCunr went away. loft the room
ana the headquarters 20 far an you
know Yes, Hlr.
And you hung around those head
quarters from that time until midnight.
didn't youG sir Monsoon
Answer my question.
tntll whrn'
.untll mldnirhtg No. sir; somewhere
about that time.
Witness first told OF the McCunc
proposition 10 Mr.. Howell. ON Thurs
dnyi went home that night. but did
not tell u tu hlH wife. Went again 90
Mcrunr headquarters the next night
20 see Bob sloan. about q o'clock. re-
manned IL Few minutes. went To see
about i"lvruphlng Tor proof Of church
influence. Tor his own satisfaction
merely had fully made up hlH mind
then not a. vote for Mccuuc, ana not
go 10 Mcclure headquarters Thuradny
went Friday went 10 dinner with
sloan. know he was one ~ MccunoH
Managers. was In Vienna cafe an hour.
talked with sloan about this matter
whenever they sot chance. sloan
suggested be- had better take what was
offered. ANA hr told me practically the
snme as McCunc did. do not remember
hlH exact words. he said " | tururl
hfnund and voted FOR Mr. McCunc that
Alt. Mctuue would not only d. willing
Co repay me Tor tho kindness now, but
that hc would remain my friend.
Yes, what plHrf That was about the
substance NJ the conversation.
DID b" Otter you anythingf lie told
mo that N Z wanted TO talk business
with AZ. Mcrunc. 10 20 ana see him.
hid he unor you anythlnsf Sir.
slnnnl
Ycs9 Wen, he rcpeatcd-he said that
De- Waf authorized 90 repeat the state
fucut made tu mo by Mr, Mcruno on