Show MR LAWS SENSATION Representative Law made such a sensational sational spe cb on the floor o the joint assembly yesterday that a brief review of it thaI not be out of place May God forgive me for teWns the lie said Mr Law with dramatic csn phasis I think tho circumstances justified jus-tified it I did it for the honor of Utah And he proceeded to narrate the clr cumstances of an alleged meeting between be-tween himself and one of the senatorial candidates Now this young man who lies forte for-te honor of Utah according to his own confession related a most remarkable remark-able story Comment on the facts involved in-volved in the case would be obviously improper until the investigating committee mite makes Us report This review Is confined to the speech itself In the first place Law says he was told to name his own price and terms Further along he expresses a sort of wounded indignation at the figure he claims was agreed upn Asked to name the amount he says Fifteen hundred dollars my fellow legislators for a man tc Sacrifice his American crtJaenehlp my honor our state our republic That was the price aereed UDOl rec Come to think of I that Is a small amount for Mr Law to agree to sell all those things for Particularly since he discounted I JM20 for cash in hand After asking GoJ to forgive him for telling a He Mr Law proceeds I did net take advantage of the gentlemans t offer because I am not built that way iJ I claim to b an honest man and cannot can-not h swerved by money from truth and the line of duty We submit I Mr Law Is really that tort of a man the price was entirely to low But having listened t a speech made by Representative OKellyester day 1 considered my duty to disclose i what was offered to mc So besides being built on particular plans and specifications Mr Law hap the gift of second sight it seems He concluded ivjiile listening to OXells speech oil Friday that he Law would receive four twentydollar bills next day which fact he would disclose tq ONeil Mr Law says > ha he left McCunes I headquarters Friday afternoon to fill an appointment which detained hm two and onehalf hour during which t II Ii I time he visited the chief prpolice Evidently Evi-dently this appointment the chief was arranged before het went out soliciting arng llcltins buyers tor his Voteand manhood man-hood etc The plot thickens i Mr Law relates how he and Chief Pratt and Detective Sheets engaged ege rooms in the Jennings block meaning the Jenkins block of variegated reputation repu-tation The very fact that he is on such Intimate terms with Mr L I nans secret service bureau shows that SO was a outrageously low price Then this young lawmaker who says he lies for the honor of the state and claims to be an honest man who I cannot be swerved from truth and the line of duty says that he slept in the i Jenkins block room the night before i to avoid suspicion Now listen to the scheme agreed upon by this lawmaker and these guardians of the peace I was our plan to meet him the intended victim in these rooms and the deal should be made by us while the officers could hear what should be said by us from an adjoining room What n cunning plot Mr Law was there Chief Pratt was there Sleuth Sheets was there All were present but A W McCune He refused to attend at-tend Mr Laws auction of his vote So the lawmaker sallied forth in search of him He found him and told him of I the room where Chief Pratts eye was glued lO n keyhole and Sheets was peeping over the transom I sleep in a room said Mr Law a piece of information that doubtless surprised his auditor I have just left it a few moments ago and probably 1 it has not been disturbed Then he went out but realized that Mr McCune would not follow him There was no way to use the brave police in their peephole room But he saw an old crony whom he likewise took into his confidence I wasnt Pratt and Sheets but it was the best he could doS do-S he says that McCune handed him the price of his ybung nlanhood on the street which price he turned over at once to Chief Pratt who doubtless counted it over carefully to see if Mr Law had retained any of i Mr Law says this performance was witnessed by the chief who was evidently dently determined to be a witness whether the alleged sale took place In that adjoining room or in any other part of the city Yet when Mr Law went immediately to the room he found Chief Pratt All of which is respectfully submitted submit-ted |