The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-07

bill rendered by the company for
SS99sS, the witness said that the 81
knocked off was for freight rebate.
Mr.. Smith then produced the voucher
for this account 1t called for $41S.0S
but the witness could not explain the
difference, saying that he would have
to look it up. He was then requested
TO explain numerous checks, many of
which he said were drawn on his per-
sOnal account none of which though
he added, had figured in the report of
expenses submitted TO the commission.
Check No. IS he said was for $21I so for
the board of deaf mutes- That voucher
Mr.. Smith said, had never been ap-
proved by the governor or anybody
else, except Mr.. Nelson The witness
explained that the sum mentioned was
only part of the $500 allowed for the
payment of the board of the deaf
mute class
The question of his personal main
tenance while in ST. Louis was then
taken up. and he replied that when
the matter was first preached he made
an estimate that he could obtain
board and room for $35 month, but
the members OF the commission told
him it would be impossible during the
existence of the fair They then raised
his estimate to $50 and when he
! that figure was too low Mr. Smith
directed his attention to the minutes
of the commission in which the allow
ance was fixed at $50 a month, and
then TO several of the vouchers in
which the charges varied from $40 to
$50. In reply Professor Cummings said
that Whatever he did was done with
the approval of the commission
Session in the Evening.
At the evening session, which began
at 1855 o'clock. Professor Cummings
resumed his testimony He said that
he could prove by the members of the
board of education that salary of $50
a month was TO have been paid him
and also his expenses. The statement
in the minutes of the commission, to
the effect that his expenses were to be
I restricted to $50 month was, he de-
clared, an interlineatiOn. The min
utes, it appeared, are not signed.
Referring to the matter of the sec
Ond payment of his salary for one
particular month, the witness said
that the request had been made for
him to sign the voucher by Secretary
John O. Cannon, and unWittingly
superintendent A G. Nelson approved
the second voucher. The witness said
he had hard work to convince Mr.
Cannon that he had already received
his salary for the month in question
He finally did sign it but made Il nOta-
ton on the bottom stating that he had
received his salary and that the $3.50
mentioned was to cover expenses de-
tailed in another voucher Professor
Cummings closed his testimony for the
present by stating that he sold all the
furniture, etc, after the fair closed
and covered the money received into
the treasury of the commission.
Before Professor Cummings could
leave the stand, however, Mr. Stookey
Intercepted him about the awards
won by the Utah educational depart
ment. The witness said that he had
| received a postal card notification of
! the award, but the medals have not
| reached Utah yet.
LoVesy Tells of Honey Deal.
Z. L. LOvesy next testified. and said
that as regards voucher No 20 he had
signed in the first place for $2141S.
L told lIr- Whitaker that there was
only due Inc $105 but he insisted that
l should take the whole amount and
out of the difference pay for necessary
supplies needed to make the wax
statue 1 agreed to this but the next
! day he called at my house and said
| that he mad made a mistake and
wanted me to return the S144.1S L
! thought 1t strange at the time but L
went with him to the bank drew the
| money and gave him the amount in
| cash"
Mr.. Whitaker was called and when
asked if he had any reply to make
Z
He has made a mistake. / do not
recall receiving S144.1S from him. L
did receive $50 or so and / used the
money to pay expenses in connection
with my department. ] have searched
eVeryW here for receipts or vouchers.
but have failed to find any except "A
few. and they don't aggregate the
mOunt mentioned"
Mr.. Smith next took the witness
back over the testimony he gave two
weeks ago. and Mr.. Whitaker. after
stating that he had never kept any
books and in a large number Of in
stances had received no receipts for
money expended, depending entirely
on his triplicate vouchers and his
monthly report for safeguarding his
own interests, said he now regretted
that he had not kept a set of books
from the start.
The committee will resume the hear
ing at 10 o'clock this morning.