Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-03
WILL REPORT ON MONDAY
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now 90 the committee. my colleagues.
! am not addressing myself 10 editors
In their nnnctumH, nor TO attorneyH
pleading tho causes ~ their respective
clients, I am speaking 10 dislntoruatad
men. who hsv. been chosen for their
known honesty ~ life and purpose e.
investigate the charges that have been
made In this case ana reporting their
hndinaH therein.
n was hon0red with place among
you. and nave supposed that I was
worthy ~ II. OF I never should have
accepted u. I did - with the greatest
reluctance, because ! do not deny that
I am friend ~ Mf Mccune have
not denied pr do ! deny. that have
voted for hind continuously In tho joint
assembly. lie was not my inst choice.
iur had Mr =. q. Richards entered the
senatorial fnre I should have stood hy
him Just M Htehdfasiiy ~ I have BY
MI Mccunr. Perhaps In that event
suspicion would have fallen upon me
that church Influence had been
unoi. lccauso Mr. Richards hap.
n.nr 70 h' tho ron ~ "a
Mormon" Apostle. and I happen a. be
n Mormon" bishop. closely associated
with SIR, itichards's father In the his.
tprinuH office. but because I rhnnrrd
o. Mr McCunc-and I ala not do this
until the day before tho legislature
met. Tor not until Then did learn den.
hitrly that Mr. richards had decided
not a. rnn-it seems have fallen under
suspicion ~ being influenced hy tho
money ! received from Mr Mcruue-thr
paltry sum ~ $50. Tor which I gave tho
quld pro qup IA months work.
wish a. say 10 Nj, Evans that what
be has mlatakon Tor bias IN my conduct
herr. has simply been that natural g.,
H,ntiu0nt which ! fnlt ~ being made
almost n co-defendant IN this ease nnd
because ~ the lmputailons and lnainu-
uiiOnH that were continually hcapeI
upon me. Think 81 the ahaurdlty III ID.
gentlemen, Mr. Law, MI. EynnH'a
client. felt inHuliod, aud repealed with
Indignation the idea that h. could be-
purchased fnr nftrrn hundred dollars.
that he WIS rated ~ fifteen hundred
dollar man. Don't you think 4
had the right 90 frnl some
little warmth. some littls rysent-
nenL NJ betting considered "a two hun.
dred and nfiy dollar mani ~ the idea
that would soll my vote. my citizen,
Hhir, FOR two hundred and MY d0uafa
nnd throw In q biography tal,notf
ilHughteri Why gentlemen. / have
~ TINES orsWn iva huudfei ard Nfty
dollars q month from tho History
company when regularly employed hy
'mm : uid hot. ronhlirr ;n's an 80
'fhinut tficn frr % Biography I ~
not toufl itr that l was bong tri'nd
~ Iuiuiy inrLencud.
~ have tor "a bishop N tho Nor.
mon chufch fr iwenfs yuafs hnv,
IN ihnt -, Getty Hut IN Judgment aud
tiiri lni t.tda NJ cases. have vat N /
IN my iritndH IN julg mort. ard /
Vet huf once, tnHt
'lh r'rn % her, WIS de isi"n /
nf mine reversed by tho appellate mi. ]
hunnl, tho lligh Council of tho stake, |
ana that was when I allowed myself /
TO feet that person was guilty and
did not base my decision wholly uunn
m evidence, n taught me- "a lesson
that ! shall never FORGET, TINT no mat
tgr what ny feelings may be. / must
always decide according 10 Inc pvl.
drnce that " brought before mo.
Now, gentlemen, u you think can.
not uct iUpnrtinlly IN this case hrcnuse
I have boon tho friend of Alr McCunc.
ana hroluHn De employed mo Co write
hlH biography Fhnll roiirr with pleas.
ure ana shan wish you God speed In
your lnhorH"
The committee expressed by unnnl-
nous vote their cunndOncp I'M ar.
whitney ana ho dld not resign.