Show REPORT ON BRIBERY GASE CASE investigating committee ends its labors rire declare li clr tile charges art by law are am not agnec by evidence A minority report ly by sen alters ton shur tUff and rind guilty on oil the law charge salt lake city utah march 7 alia committee appointed by the legislature I 1 to investigate the charges of 0 bi ibea y made by representative law against A IV mccaue made its deport to tile the legislature yesterday at p in there were two reports and today they will ie be acted upon by tile legislature the findings of the majority of 0 the committee senator whitney and representatives cummings and stewart wart were its as follows 1 in the matter of the charge of bribery preferred by representative law against A IV 11 mccaine wo we fand after the most careful consideration that the chat charge go is not sustained by the evio evidence ence 9 2 in the sloan case we flud find that the said R W sloan improperly approached senator W 0 for the purpose of securing kers support for mr mccune but tile the evidence does not establish an attempted bribery or other public offense 3 in the ivind jackson case the evidence is not sufficient to justify the conclusion that any attempt was mado made to secure by improper means mr jackson s vote we believe that sir mr jackson in this matter labored under an honest but mistaken impression 14 4 the evidence in the cook farr matter after is so remote that we deem it irrelevant to any issue under consideration at the lapish charge a supplemental case is one in ili which the evidence bearing upon the the statement made is not sufficient to warrant the findan of an attempted bribery or other public offense ense alin in conclusion we record our emphatic disapproval of the present ineth meth od of conducting senatorial campaigns particularly the practice by senatorial candidates of opening headquarters employing numerous assistants and entertaining by means ol of free dinners free theatres theartres the atres and other gratuitous dis sensations persons whose votes are arc desired by the candidates at whose expense these things are provided it not only tends to evil but it work evil and in the interest of good gover U beut pure elections und and that iii higher ghe r political morality chih all good citizens desire to see attained the practice should be abolished we also condemn the circulation of unfounded rumors designed to injure the prospects of set senatorial candidates senators shurtliff shurtleff lff and howell presented a minority report repart in which they declared that from the testimony introduced trod they are of the opinion that A W mccune did by the use of money attempt to secure the vote of albert N law that R W soan sloan acting for and on behalf of A IV V mccune on or about the 7 ath th day of february 1899 1890 improperly approached IV G hebeker Xe beker a state senator for the purpose ot of securing said sahl Neb ekers support for A IV mccune that D C daubar actina for A IV mccune did attempt to in influence representative lapish s vote by indicating to lapish that it if mcclue was c elected he would assist la lapish in securing a patent for him on an invention made by said lapish representative lloyd lull fisher S harris were exonerated and the minority expressed the opinion that representative jack jac it bon labored under an honest but mistaken belief that mr barris intended I 1 improperly mpr oberly to offer a bribe for bib ote through mr air ivins |