The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-08

and it becomes serious question in
my mind as to how we are going to pro-
coed to vindicate ourselves or vindicate
anybody.
Il desire that truth shall prevail, that
right shall be might in. this matter. l
have therefore considered these things
as l think impartially and fairly.
have endeavored to put prejudice from
my mind, | have talked with all the
parties that 1 could get at reasonably
in regard to this matter. l have spoken
to w. G. Nebeker, and he says that his
mind is not changed in this mat
ter that the explanations of Mr..
Sloan do not matter to him, and Mr..
| Lapish says no amount of explanation
can change his views. l have talked
with Mr.. Law personally, and he still
insists that he is not so low and hell
hound and craven that he would seek
] to lure an innocent man into cham
| Der in the presence of witnesses With
| the express understanding that those
witnesses should swear his life away in
perjury. He insists that he would not
/ take that money in his hand and seek
to entrap an innocent man in any such
manner IS that.
and l must say, after talking to all
these people, am puzzled on this mat
| ter, and l am only thankful that l am
not called upon to decide who is telling
! the truth and who is NOT in these mat
ters l can readily conceive that no
one except two men, Mr.. McCune and
Mr.. Law, will ever know the truth, God
and the angels alone can bear witness
| to this matter. / cannot say, and l do
not pretend to say, their conscience Will
tell them all the days that they live
whether they spoke the truth or not.
No amount of vindication Will make
any difference.
In the face of these two reports,
think it is a serious matter, and there
should be no towards in our ranks. We
may get up here and call each other
towards, but it is a question who is
the coward. 1t is impossible to take
any stand where we will not be critl-
cised; we cannot please everybody. NO
matter what we do some will be dlssat-
isfed. and we must, therefore, please
ourselves and our conscience in this
matter. That is all that can be expect
ed of us. L think it would be wrong
to send this man to the United States
senate without the unanimous report
of the committee clearing him; 1t leaves
cloud over his name, and [ do not
| feel that | can support such a man,
unless I should change my views later.
Therefore, L name my second choice,
man of whose ability there is no ques-
ton, man of brains and oratory,
| man VINO mas uOIiG lluCA III Tie liOllOA
of the party. vote for the Hon. o. w.
! Powers"
SHORT SPEECHES.
Representative Stewart said: Il vote
this morning for the Hon. Henry p.
Henderson"
Mrs Horne was loudly ap9lauded
when she said: Il desire to vote for a
man whom I believe is innocent of any
charges that have been brought against
him. and believe that Mr.. McCune will
be fully indicated before the public in
this state. / vote for the Hon. A. w.
McCune."
II want to state that the investiga-
tion,'' said Senator Wright, 'as far as
it has gone. has not changed my mind
in regard to the innocence of the man
or the guilt of the man. I believe he is
as innocent today of bribery as he was
six months ago, and in that respect 1
wish to record my vote for a. w. Nc
Cune."
Speaker Roylance said he would fore
go making the speech he intended to,
and without qualification he would vote
again for A. w. McCune.
SENATOR ROBISON'S CONVICTIONS.
/ During the progress of the 18th ballot
Senator Robson said:
Il do not desire to detain the joint as
sembly but a very few moments in ex-
planning my vote. / said sometime since
when | changed my vote from my first
choice to the Hon. A. W. McCune, that [
did not think it proper at that time on