Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-24

40 you ROW own or uld you ever
own any OF the stocks or bonds of the
Evening Capital News. newspaper
published in Boise?
Al don't now or never did.
Q.-Were you ever financially inter-
ested in that paper at all?
A. Not II cent.
Q.-Ever loan them your credit?
A.-No.
Q.-Pay interest on any Of their OBJ
legations?
A.-No.
Q.-Buy any of their bonds or
stocks?
A.-No.
Q.-Where were you during the
month of February 1912. Mr.. Cruzen?
A.-Well, | went away the last Of No
vember and was gone all winter to the
first of March; got home the evening
of the first of March
On the statement Of facts intro
duced here, 1t says In February, 1912,
Defendant cruzen stated and declared
that he owned the control of said paper
and particularly that he had control Of
the political policies thereof: that he
made this statement to persons inter-
ested in the commission form of gov
eminent campaign In Boise and he out
lined the policy that the Capital News
would pursue in that election and that
the paper pursued that policy; you say
during this month of February, YOU
were not In Boise?
A,-No, I never ,talked--never heard
from Sheridan or Broxon about any
thing about this; l wasn't here; never
even talked about it; never took any
hand in It; didn't know about 1t; did
read the paper and bought their paper
for the result
Q.-Where at?
A.-6iot the result in Seattle.
Q,-You were not IN Boise at that
time?
A.--Not in Boise at all Took no
hand In it; didn't know anything about
it; only was anxious to know what the
result was; | bought some papers and
saw there was a big fight on; so | had
nothing to do with that.
May Have Made Any Old Statement.
Gin paragraph six OF this state
ment, | Will read it to you During
the local option campaign in Ada coun-
~ in June, 1872, Defendant Cruzen
called on the committee in charge of
the wet side and told them he was in
control Of the Capital News" Do YOU
remember making the statement to the
committee that you were in control Of
the Capital News at that time?
A.-No, l don't remember anything
about it-about making any such state
ment as that; | was very active trying
to get Sheridan to be on our side.
Q,-Did you or not ever make that
statement?
Al might have made any old state
ment
Q.-It is possible YOU did make that2
Al might have made it,
O. You have no recollection of it?
A.-No recollection of it; | know
what took place; what we did in that
fight
Q.-That the committee adopted the
platform and policy suggested by you,
and Defendant Cruzen had articles
written and prepared upon the issue in
that campaign which articles were
signed by parties procured by the com
mittee and were afterwards published
in said paper; | wish you would state
Your connection with that wet cam
paign?
A.-Tell Won what we did along about
the time--I would hear 50 much of
this; we thought when / returned
home, along in--been home. . months.
this question began to come up; some
said Sheridan would be wet and some
said Sheridan would be dry; | didn't
know: ] couldn't find ont from him for
long while; talked with him about
Il; ! talked with him; | thought ii was
the best for the community
Justice Stewart-You didn't apply
the right test
Witness-How was that?
Witness-I don't know what that
means vet.
Go on and state-state what you
did
Ar ! knew sheridan he would
beso finally. we got pretty well ready
in the tight thought Sheridan would
be with us | talked TO him one day,
he said Ne He didn't believe he
would be on that side: he said he be-
lieNed he wouldn't go into 1t, in four
or five days, We We're pretty badly
scared thought he was going t. be on
the other side. | remember | talked to
Pete Davis about lite I said, Pete, we
haze Ent ~ d. niir best or Sheridan Is
not going % he with us" So he talked
to him, he slid he did. and | did; fin
ally, he felt he would go into It, IL we
would hay out certain plans; he didn't
want II go into il toe deep because he
said he would lose business, and so all
| Know about writing those names is
that ! about found out the plans Sheri-
dam thought he would support and
so on Decoration day in my office-I
can't remember who the fellows We're
that We're UP there, several Of the COM
mittee fellows. II was suggested that
they ought to have put me ON the COM
mittee-to put me at the head of the
committee; / said | had better stay
outside; work around outside. Frank
johnson was there; he was the one
that wrote out these things. l have
them here.
@ + that the platform adopted?
Al don't know what else 1t can be;