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


that any Democrat who has the success
of mis- paper at heart would put UP SOME
money for il. 1 know parties have oo1le
it in the past right here in this toMh'
not only for that paper, but for ouiieI
papers and for other papers much more
than they ever did for The Herald:
You had the right on the 1st OF Marcn
to reimburse him for one-half OF nus =
expenses, did you not? 1 believe oidl
Or pay him hale the $500 a montn-
$3.50? Yes.
1 think that is what it amounted TO.
Yes.
And ne would lose the other $3.50?
Yes.
Whatever the amount was? What
ever the amount was.
But in any event, he would lose one
half, even if you took it back? Yes
sir; that it so.
And he would have no consideration
for that whatever. so far as you know,
except his interest in the party2 Ihat
IS IT. During the campaign there We're
others contributed to the paper as well
as MIR. McCune.
Well, those who contributed-did
those who contributed to the paper take
stock for it? No, sir.
How many shares of stock are there
in this paper-a thousand, is there! l
have forgotten whether it is a thousand
or a hundred thousand.
1t is LOCO isn't it; capitalized at $40
a snare, maling-on a hundred dollars
share, making a hundred thousand
dollars? Yes.
And this conveyed to Mr.. McCune 4S5
shares, with the five shares which ne
already owned, would give him 800
shares, or one-half? Yes.
But in addition TO this $500 I have
mantiona(i II annaafc hara that ne was
already TO pay the sum of 1896 over
draft, existing at the bank on Oct l,
1898; he had TO pay that in addition TO
this $500, didn't he, in order to get
the use OF the paper? I think there
was something said about that; l am
not positive.
This is what it says: "McCune agrees
to pay to Chambers the net loss; that
is, the current expenses less the current
receipts, of The Herald company in
CURED in the publishing in Salt Lake
City of The Daily Herald and The
Semi-weelSly Herald, for the months
of October, November and December,
1898, and January and February, 1889,
and also the sum of 1926 overdraft eX-
listing at the bank on Oct. 1, 1882 Yes.
So that would be in addition to the
losses for the five months? Let me
see the paper. suppose it is so.
that is so. 1t is a carbon copy.
Did you favor Mr.. McCune for United
States senator two years ago? Well,
not as against Noses Thatcher or
Or Rawlins? Or Rawlins.
Did you agree two years ago with
Mr.. McCune that you would support
him if he wanted your support; didn't
you agree with him two years ago that
if he wanted your support you would
furnish it? 1 don't recollect whether
L did or not.
l wish you would remember that. Mr..
Chambers; don't you remember
proffering to Mr. McCune two years
ago that you would give your support
to him for senator if he would become
a candidate? When?
Two years ago, when you were voting
for Thatcher and Rawlins? As against
them?
Yes, sir No; I did not.
Did you agree-did you make any
agreement with him on that subject at
all? I don't recollect that I ever made
such an agreement two years ago.
Didn't you know two years ago that
he was thinking of becoming a candi-
date? For this present election?
No, two years ago? Why, l knew
that he would like to be senator. but
whether he really had any serious in
tentiOn of becoming a candidate I
really didn't know.
But you knew that he did have some
intentions Of becoming one two years
hence, did you? Well. 1 don't know
about that at that time.
Then you think, Mr.. Chambers, that
you had no talk with him whatever
about supporting him if he wanted to
become 9, senator two years ago? 1
don't think / did.
You don't think you did? No.
Redirect examination of r. c.
Chambers, by Mr.. Dickson:
Let me refresh your recollection, did
you have any talk on this question two
years ago, that in the event neither
Mr.. Thatcher or Mr.. RawlinS could be
elected that you would support him if
he became q candidate? l might have
done SO, yes, sir; might have done so.
You are quite a staunch Democrat? 1
could neither say yes or no to that
because I don't really recollect; we
talked about candidacy a good deal,
but 1 would have supported him in
case that neither of the other two
could have been elected.
You would have supported him then
in the event neither of these two could
have been elected? Yes
You are quite staunch Democrat, I
think? Moderately fair Democrat.
ALWAYS A DEMOCRAT.
You never belonged to any other
party since you came to years of dis
cretion? 1 don't think 1 am a Bourbon
Democrat-right or wrong.
But you never have belonged to any
other party, since you came to years
of discretion? 1 have not
You have lost in this enterprise very
much more than Mr.. AIcCune contract
ed for here, financially? Yes, sir,
great deal more.
You are anxious as all other Demo-
Gratis We're to have Democratic
organ? Yes, am.
Let me ask you, Mr.. Chambers. if
long prior to the making of this con-
tract and for the years preceding the
making of this contract Mr.. McCune
had not contributed literally TO the
support Of The Herald? Yes, he had.
Isn't it fact that during the years
preceding the making of this contract
that he had suffered loss Of over $780,
600 in the same enterprise? I don't
recollect the amount, but with the
stock that he subscribed and paid for
and what he paid in as assessments it
might have amounted TO that much.
a very large sum, however? Quite a
sum, yes, sir.
Running high in the thousands. Your
attention was called to the overdraft
of 1896, which Mr.. McCune agreed to
pay under the terms of this contract;
1 viii ask you if you know whether
that was an overdraft incurred for the
payment of the paper-stock that was
then on hand in The Herald Office or
building? I don't recollect Just what
the overdraft was for. but it was to
pay up the deficiency there at the
time.
Re-cross- examination by Mr.. Evans:
A. 7 nd A
from Mr.. Dickson's question, you We're
Milling-that IS. You Were in a recep-