Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-24

DESERET EVEN1N
election on Saturday last1 I was sure
N II
Would you mind giving US the infor-
nation, az 10 whom you expected 20
vote for McCune7 No. sir. | VIII give
II with pleasure.
II Is not n matter Of confdencc7 No.
SIR. not that ! know Of. ! did not un-
dcrstand that II was.
Who were they2 ! was Informed mat
Senator Rideout. Mr.. =. W. stewart,
Mr.. Larson and Mr.. Henry Peery would
vote for McCune on Saturday. giving
him % votes.
who Informed you? Mr.. Mccunc and
Mr.. Moses Thatcher Informed me OF
senator Rideout and SIR. stewart;
Judge Thurman Informed me, ~ | re-
member now. 81 Mr.. Larson, and Mr.
Dunbar Informed me u Henry Peery;
at half past . o'clock saturday morn
ing I telephoned my wife that would
be home 10 stay. the campaign would
be over that day.
You were disappointed again?
was.
That report had gone out every day
for two or three weeks pastT No, sir.
That you thought Mccune would be
electcd7 No. sir. ! never heard II.
did hear II once before. but knew II
would not happen. II was street ru-
NOR.
Did you have any talk with Mr., Nc
Cunc about Mr.. Law on Saturday
morning. | was In the rear room Of
the Mccunc headquarters when air.
McCune came In and said that he had
been called up by telephone by Mr..
Law. and that he was going 20 meet
him at the Wasatch drug r,ore. That
was ali.
lie did tell you that he had been t.ic-
phoncd3 He told the crowd.
Al that time you had assurances u
an election by thlrty-two membetaf As
have told you. yes.
Did you think Il was strange that lie
would go out ~ his headquarters. be.
ing assured that he would be elected
by Democratic votes. to see itepub-
lican? believe ! did think Il rather
odd. The impression that CROSSED my
mind nj the time was that II WIS un-
necessary. but perhaps II was courtesy
TO u member 81 the legislature that he
might very well afford to pay.
THEY WE'RE HAPPY.
In what was he engaged at the time
he received that messenger do not
know. I think In talking with the gem
tlomon there who were about him. per-
hnpH.
FolicltatinR each other upon the pros
rcctive election that day. You NOR
NY me now We wcre' you cmbarrass
me
Didn't you have little discussion
there between yourHclvcH--you and
John Evans and Moses Thatchcr-aH 10
whether n WIS propcrf II was not u
discussion. ! think Mr. McCunc asked
the question. and the gentlemen around
gave their opinions I said I saw no
NIHs HU uInftlA % liz
Thatcher said the same thing. I be-
Hove Mr.. Evans said perhaps he better
not ru, ! dn not recall that distinctly,
when he came back from that con-
vcrratlon did he scc your ! think In
an likelihood he did
You remember that he came bnck7
oh, yes, there " no question about
that. lie came back. but whether he
saw inc or not, Just at the moment o.
hia comins back. I am unable 10 say.
Don't YOU remember his coming back
There and tolling you he thought Mr..
Tanner wouin veto for him-Mr. Law,
7 mcan-though he was not needed7
Some remark ~ that Kind was made;
dn not know whether by Mir Mcclure
or not.
Wasn't that the understanding In the
headquarters that morning after he
came back, that he would get another
vat IN addition 10 those names you
hnVr mentioned. and who you expected
70 ulct hlmf remember IN going
from room 10 room. talking with dif-
fcrnt gentlemen. that from some quar-
tiers there came rumor that Their.
would be- another vote yes. hut where
II came from OF what II was, I nm
unable 10 recall.
You heard II was Law. didn't youg
! heard 1, was Law. and heard that
n was Taylor too.
IhQm lhNFa "a llfNlss
Increased felicity existing between the
PARTIES thercT II would have been I'M
posaihl. 10 have Increased our felicity
at that time.
now JACKSON WOULD VOTE.
You saw sir. Wins up there on sun
day morning. what date. do You re.
member No. sir. | do not. AIR.
Chambers can tell the date.
We have the date. Mr.. Harris. how
many conversations did you have with
him that evening? Three. one over
the telephone. the other two In the
rooms.
Were you In conversation with him
nl0ncf We were standing In the front
parlor of the hrarquartcra. Mr. WINS
was sitting across The edge ~ the ta-
bic and had one foot on u chair, pco-
pie were passing back and forth. We
were not talking bnlHterously. II was
an ordinary conversation,
when he returned he told you he had
seen Jackson icf. sir.
Aud h. talked with Chambers, and
that Jackson was little In doubt
about whether he would leave King.
Didn't he tell you that jackson said
he had been voting for King and didn't
want 10 leave him at that time, but
when he did leave. he would 20 over 20
Mccunc and would stay with himi
That Is not the way ! understand the
conversation,
How do you understand ~
That he was ready to leave King NJ
soon hs he had discharged certain OBJ
llgntiuna 10 King, and the question then
arose whether that comprchcnded more
than one or two ballots ON Monday.
You Understood that Jackson was not
ready 10 vote Tor Mccune, he could not
tell exactly when he would vote for
McCune, You wanted his vote Mon
days Yes,
Aud that was what you werc 50 ear
nest about Yes.
THE OIL ROOM.
where was this eonyersatlon7 II was
held somewhere In the quarters; Just
exactly where. | cannot remember now
II may have been In the front room. II
may have been In one OF the others.
What do you call that room where
there Is u partition? That Is the oil
room.
Is that the place where YOU regener.