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Show me, aud whom I had not seen before for a long time. I said to him: "Fowler, "Fow-ler, when a man comes out of there and accompanies me, you follow us and watch what we say and do." McCune and I then joined each other and walked across to the south side of Second South and State streets. There lie shook hands with me aud said that he was 20 short, and placed four twenty-dollar greenbacks in my hands. This transaction was seen and watched by Fowler and the chief of police. One tiling- more: I then went to those persons per-sons and turned the money over to them. An authorized statement has been made by Mr. McCune, in which he says the charge is the result of a conspiracy"-to conspiracy"-to injure him. He says Law offered to vote for him for S3, 000, but that he told Law to ''go to h 1." He then claim? Law trumped up the charge to injure him. There is little doubt that Mr. McCune Mc-Cune would have been elected Saturday, Satur-day, but for the charge. So election is looked for now until after the report of the investigation commission. Threats to expell Law have been made by some of the extreme parti" sans of the accused, but no action in the matter will be had before the com- ! mittee reports. McCUNE CHARGED WITH BRIBER!, Representative Law of Cache County Prefers Pre-fers the Charge, Says McCnne Agreed to ray Him 81.500 for His Vote, and l aid 880 Down to Bind tho Bargain The Charge Creates a Great Sensation and a Committee is Chosen to Investigate It. Salt Lake City, Feb. 21. A. W. McCune, leading candidate for United States senator, is charged with bribery to secure his election. His accuser is Representative Law of Cache county. McCune enters a firm denial of the charge, which is met by Law with the assertion that he is prepared to prove the charge. Utah politics have never known such a sensation as the charge has produced and little else is talked of. A commission composed of Senators Sena-tors Shurtliff, .Whitney and Howell and Representatives Sorensen, Stewart, Cummings and Mansfield has been chosen to investigate the charges, They are now sitting as a court of inquiry, in-quiry, but a report is hardly expected before Wednesday. The commission is empowered to summon witnesses and compel litem to testify. At the opening of the joint session Saturday, Representative Law arose to a question of personal privilege. His manner indicated that something unusual un-usual was about to transpire. He spoke with earnestness and seemed to weigh his words as he uttered them. There was marked stillness when in clear, positive tones he charged that Mr. McCune bad given him money for his vote. After a few preliminary remarks, Mr. Law continued: Mr. president and members of this legislature I will now give the proofs for these charges made. Now, sir, I will state that last Tuesday night I held an interview with that gentleman (Mi. McCune) and in the course of our remarks he said that he proposed to be elected that lie had spent too much in this fight to lose. And, sir, on top of that, he said: "Law, if you will vote for ma tomorrow you may name your price." Mr. President, I did not take advantage of that offer because I am not built tbat way. I claim to be an honest man and I cannot be so attracted at-tracted from my line of duty. Had it not been for the knowledge that I might detect the foul schemes of this man and expose them to you and the people I should most assuredly have flung everything back into his teeth. I have taken a stand against that candidate, can-didate, and I then determined to disclose dis-close this kind of business. Now, sir, yesterday afternoon I was telephoned to from the McCune headquarters head-quarters and was asked to come to those headquarters, I made the appointment ap-pointment at 5 o'clock, and the same proposition was made me as ou Tuesday Tues-day night. Now, sir, after I left those headquarters I was detained for two hours, after which I went at once to the chief of police, Mr. Pratt, and I agreed that it was our duty to detect and expose and drag into the iron arms of the law, this culprit this man that was trying to purchase the honor of this great state of Utah. We acted on short notice. We instantly made a plan to reveal to the public this scheme that had been so fully plotted. Now, sir, I am here now to present the facts in this case, I telephoned to the McCune headquarters head-quarters this morning, and after insisting insist-ing ou seeing McCune personally McCune Mc-Cune himself McCune came to the telephone. I then reminded him of the conversation Tuesday and told him (Cod forgive me for telling a lie; but I did it for the honor of Utah) I told him that I had reconsidered his offer and wanted to meet him for further arrangements of the proposition. Mr. McCune and I then met at the Wasatch drug store: and there and then we held a conversation, the substance of which was how much it would take to buy my vote. We agreed upon the price. The exact amount is not necessary neces-sary to be named, but 1 will name it if you want me to do so. (Numerous cries of "Name it, name it!") It was 81, 500. Fifteen hundred dollars, my fellow legislators fifteen hundred dollars dol-lars for me to sacrifice the honor of m3rself, my citizenship, our Utah, our great republic! That was the price agreed upon, and in a few minutes it was agreed that I should be paid 5?100 this morning, aud between 3 and 4 o'clock this afternoon I was to receive the remainder of the sum. Now, sir, I want to tell you just how I proposed to detect the thing and furnish fur-nish indisputable evidence for the scheme, in order that the public may not doubt the foul effort, and in order that we might strike a terrific, a staggering stag-gering blow to this corruption of state! Now. 1 slept in the Jennings block last night, and it was our plan to have Mr. McCune meet me there in my room this morning, while Mr. Pratt should be where he could listen to what should be said by us. But, sir, when I asked Mr. McCune this morning to go into the privacy of my room, he said: "No. let us go iu to some saloon." 1 replied that there was too much at stake for me to go into so public a place, and told him that my room where I slept last night in the Jennings block would be the most secret place. Then Mr. McCune said: "Wait till I get some change," and be bought some cigars at a stand. While he was doing this 1 saw a friend of mine standing on the sidewalk, a man that used to work for |