The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28

been made up by your contribution to
the losses? Yes. sir
That has come before you became a
candidate. or thought of becoming a
candidate. for the United States sem
ate? Yes, sir.
That wasn't done for the purpose of
corrupting Mr.. Chambers as a senator?
| No. sir
Mr.. Evans-was it done for the pur-
pose of securing the support of Heber
j. Grant? No, sir
You did secure his support after you
dld that, didn't you? He supported me
/ before that.
| defense rests.)
REBUTTAL TESTIMONY.
Mr.. Evans-Mr. Chairman and Cen
tlemen of the Committee: Before call
ing Tor any rebuttal, which l think will
! be somewhat brief, l Will state that a
little matter has come to my attention.
a matter which has been mentioned, as
| understand IL. to some one or two
! members of this committee, that re-
| IateS to some statement which Repre-
] sentative LaDish desires to make be-
| bore this committee. He is now wait
ing in the senate chamber, and. as 1
! understand the ruling upon this cues
ton. we would not be permitted to in
! trodGce any such thing as that as
| against McCune, but l desire, if the
committee desire il, that he may be
| brought in.
The Chairman-Do you say he desires
to come before the committee
Mr.. Evans-He says he will come be-
fore the committee if they desire it. He
/ told me that he did not want to be put
] in the position of requesting it.
| J. :. Lapish, being sworn rs a wit
ness in behalf of the complainant, tes-
titled as follows:
| Examined by Mr.. Evans:
You are a member OF the house Of
| REPRESENTATIVES. Yes sir.
! Elected from Utah county, 1 believe?
Yes, sir.
Are you acquainted with D. c. Dun
bar? l have met him time or two.
When did you become acquainted
with him? Well. I first met Mr.. Dun
bar during our first state cam9aign-
Know y. w. AicCune? 1 have met
him.
And you know him By reputation. Of
course, being a prominent candidate be-
fore the joint assembly, Yes, sir.
Now, Mr.. Lapish, wish you would
go on and tell this committee, in your
own way, from the beginning 10 the
end. anything which you know that you
understood was intended TO affect your
vote for Mr.. McCune?
MIR. Van Cott-We object to that, if
the committee please, because it is not
specified; We have not been warned of
it.
Mr.. Stewart certainly think that
we should hear from Mr.. LaDish, but
the question as to whether it affects
this Law case or not is another mat
ter. Mr.. Lapish desires to be heard, as
I understand it. but not upon TIE
charges that have been preferred by
Mr.. Law. l think we have a right 10
lear Mr.. Lapish, but 1 hardly think so
at this time. L would, therefore, move
that the objection be sustained.
The Chairman-F'or the time being?
Mr.. Stewart-For the time being.
Mr.. Lapish-If I might say one wore,
about my presence here, but not in
relation TO anything I was going TO
testify in regard to; l would like TO be
permitted
The Chairman-Yes
Mr.. Lapish-I would just state that 1
stated to Mr.. Stewart here, that if the
report that was brought in by this
committee was such that I could not
vote for it, and then consistently re-
fuse to vote to eXpel Mr.. Law from
the assembly, that proposed to fight
the report in the assembly, and 1 didn't
wish it said to me by any member on
the floor there: Didn't you give this
information TO the committee" or
why didn't you give them an oDpor-
tunity to hear this under OATH and
for that reason / stated to him that L
was willing that if the committee de-
sired it to state what l knew in re-
gard to this senatorial contest, and the
Sergeant-at-armS came up and brought
me down now to state that, and he said
that the committee wanted to near me;
that is why 1 come to be here.
The Chairman-Mr. Lapish, you will
be excused.
Mr.. Whitney-Mr. Lapish, do you
mean that you have already made up
your mind you will fight the commit
tees report, no matter what it is?
Mr.. LapiSh-If the committees report
is such that 1 could not vote to adoDt
it, and then refuse to vote to expel Mr..
Law.
Mr.. Whitney-Do you know what the
committees report will be?
Mr.. LaDish-No; I do not.
MR.. LANNAN SWORN.
P. H. Lannan, being sworn, testified
as follows:
Mr.. Evansville called you?
The Witness-I don't hardly know l
have talked about being called: l have
talked to the attorneys on both sides;
there have been charges made in the
papers here, but 1 thought it was do
ing an injustice-about conspiracy, etc,
and had been subpoenaed.
Mr.. Van Cott-We object if there is
nobody that has called Mr.. Lannan
here; We object to the testimony as i'm
material and irrelevant.
Mr.. EvanS-I will take all the respon-
sibility and call him my witness.
There have been some limitations 1
think in the public press. that you were
connected with this conspiracy: I wish
you would tell the committee the extent
TO which you have been connected with
this foul cOnSpiracV2
Mr.. Van COtt-Then we object to it on
the ground that it is not rebuttal of
anything that has been introduced in
the case as to Mr.. Lannan.
Mr.. Whitney-We have heard no
charges against Mr.. Lannan.
Mr.. Evans-YOu sent a cOmmunica-
ton here in which you stated among
other things, that you wanted to come
here to tell the committee how little
you did know about the matter?
The Witness-That is the truth; 1
want to show I haven't evaded service
and L would be very glad to give you
any information in my power and I
thank you for having given me even
that chance; only came here because
1 was satisfied it was doing injustice
to other people.
Mr.. HOwells-Have you been sub
poenaed? Yes, sir; there was a sub
poena brought to me and L have been
here very often, a number of times
speaking TO the different attorneys, to
?