The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-20

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and Was Paid to Leave Country.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE senate
committee on privileges and elections to-
day resumed its investigation of the
charges of bribery made against Senator
Clark, Of Montana, in connection with his
election to the United States senate.
william f. Rector was again on the
stand at the beginning of today's ses-
sion. He said that all he did in securing
rooms was reported to the higher authori-
the statement that "in the case of every
port to Mr.. Clark
witness Wakes JOcular.
He had not made such report himself.
being "only private" and not on such
terms of familiarity with the "big guns"
as to justify his approaching them. He
repeated the statement made in his ex-
animation in chief, that apartments in
the Warren hotel had been refused be-
cause there was no underground passage
from that building to the legislative hail.
contending seriously that Mr.. Clark's
managers desired such a passage. Once
when Senator Faulkner tried to check
the witness in his voluntary testimony he
replied:
II want to get out the whole truth:
am not interested in suppressing part
of it, as you are"
Mr.. Faulkner brought out the fact that
previous to coming to Washington Mr..
Rector had been engaged as an expert on
the books Of the Hennessy Mercantile
Company as a stockholder.
IFS Mr.. DAILY connected with that COM
pany?" asked Senator Faulkner.
"I don't know" replied the witness. 'T
was only after the cashier and book
keeper"
Delighted to See the Money.
Rector testified as to Davidsons bring
ing money over from Butte and leaving
it in his charge for Steele, he being then
employed by Davidson.
IT don't remember the times when he
brought It," he said. 1.-THE typewriter
and 1 looked at 1t. We were both awful
glad to see 1t, as the typewriter had not
been paid for four months and had not
a cent"
DO you not know that Davidson had
money in the bank?" Mr.. Faulkner asked
mo, indeed was the reply There
were lots of others that did not know it,"
Davidson had, he said, left the money
with him for Steele In an open envelope,
and he and the typewriter had looked at
1t after Mr. Davidson had left. Money
had been thus brought to the room by
Davidson and left for Steele on three diff
ferent occasions, just before the meeting
of the legislature.
Rector said he did not know what sum
was brought in by Davidson at any time.
81 only know" he said, that we sud-
denly accumulated a drawerful OF mon
ey."
He did not know what was done with
1t. He did knew. however. that Powell
Black had been sent out to get" a MEM
5000, and after returning he had said
that he had a hard trip, but that "it was
all right"
In another instance Black had said he
had ''landed his fish inside of an hour"
Processes to He Afraid of Faulkner.
The witness said that If there were in
consistencies I'm his testimony 1t was be-
cause counsel had frightened him so."
He afterwards said that his remark was
ION the side, and not under OATH"
When Faulkner pressed to know what
part Of the testimony was under oath and
what was not, Rector replied: II am just
watching you to wink the other eye when
you want to suppress anything"
Rebuked for His Tendency to Joke,
This remark brought out reproof by
Senator Chandler and a side remark by
Senator Hoar, that the making of jokes
was the prerogative of the chairman"
The witness said he had not told any,
one that IL he was not paid money by the
Clark people he would testify as he had
done, or that Mr.. Hennessy, of Butte, was
to pay him several hundred dollars.
Chaplain wnrren's Statement.
Mr.. Rector was excused at 11:S5 O'Clock,
and Rev. B. Z. H. Warren, who was
chaplain Of the Montana house of repre-
sentatives in the last legislature. called.
Warren related the details of two con-
versations he had with Senator Clark
while the legislature was in session, and
just previous to the election of Clark He
said he had been supporter of Clark, that
he had read the reports that he was using
corrupt means to secure his election. and
that he had called upon him for the pur.
pose of satisfying himself
Clark Offers Money for Votes.
II asked the senator" said the witness,
what the prospects of election we're. Mr.
Clark replied that they were all right. L
will he elected Clark said He snok .,