The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14

sci for the contestants. He denied that he had
received or had any promise 70 receive = Soh.
alteration Tor his tss',nnny' ,b ns wns.. WAS
asked whether he did not know that Myers
was bitterly opposed to Clarke candidacy ne
admitted that Myers ca'he i prss.ed thss
witness said tina. Myers had tod
HIN. at the first interview. that he could H.,
vote for clark under any cir"ulnstances re
had r~erortel that. substantially. TO tharli,
Clark, WHO told him 20 s~u Myars agaln, atd
ieIl him that h" Charley wanted - see hln
i"'"Vn"rG this 70 I'm. aud Myers said Il have
been thinking this matter over, and yo.. cann
tell Charlie Clark that II he VIII put sloUoNl
IN Mhir"~ld",s hands for me may vote ioth'"
MIR Fai,kncr-And yet with this personal
knowIcIgr you wpn, before the Grand Jury
and rnala this sta'emsn'. DID you Know theh
tnat Myers bad pren there befone you'
Ntnp4s-l did not.
Mr Faulkner DID you not know that you we're
brought thrre. to contradict the testimony OF
WITH" lid not know that fact.
The chairman gave the witness an 3ppor-
tunity TO explain the contradiction in ms tes.
timony, hut all the ex planation given was tIht
h, dII not cure TO say ANYTHING before tho
Grand Jury more than 10 wa. asked. ..
Mr. Faulkner asked TN, witness ,whether ne
prCtorrcd That ia" Grand Jury should mol. know
all ho knew. and his answer was that ne dli
no, care to say ANYTHING about T. He ala not
MIR Faulkner-W Why have you changed 10 that
Witnoss-.I did no, propose TO ONE here and
perIure m ysalf before this body: and ! simply
made up my mind that II ] was called here l
would tell the truth.
Mr.. fnpiEner,i + it any worse to ps,,u,S .
perurp Yourself be ore the Grand jury
Witness did not suppose that was perIur.
Mr fau kner-You thought you were merely
Witness-I did not consider that | was per.
Iu,ine nyseli in 9nI way whn'syeri ,uo,v ,hs
COMMITTEES took a recess I'll , /. M,
senator Clark and his son. Charles, were In
earnest consultation witt ex-senator taulkner
when the session ~ the com ittee was re-
-umed The son appears 10 be about 20 years
Old. hut he was one OF his 'athers most active
ncr nts IN the Senatorial cnmpaiRn. No has
neither whiskers nor mustache and. unlike hi,
'aihar. wears eyeglasses.
lie was ru' on tho stand by counsel for tho
contestants and was questioned as to the let.
iay aGou, ,hem. Mr.. Clark said he had those
etters since he caimo to, Washington ana that
he handrd them to NJ. Faulkner. H., had
searched Tor them and had not. found them.
tie said he had not destroyed them. as they
we've too yaluahle 10 him I? do so, and he had
no reason TO believe that they were destroyed.
contents II the letters. but the matter was
Tso cnss, 5l I'll, n M shi ( Ia in as NS yS' Ysrk Mr. and S'H 6s
Chnrlrs VI. Jackson o. Suit Lake City. Utah,
wastha next witness. He said that he was u
newspaper man, and had been one for the last
hiterI years. He had a conversation in Sal
LAX" civ with Senator Clark, in which clark
.skrd him 20 yOt" Tor Mr.. McCune.a az Senator
Counsel for contestants outlined what was
les raj to he proved nv tho witness. i was TO
no elect that in the conversation referred 10
Mr. Clark said tha' II was Gus Omary To use
money m elections and instanced Senator
IIanna u Ohio and himself as persons who
had used money in their election. Witness
wa allowed to relate the conversation and
sad:
Senator Clark asked me II ] could con-
scientiously SUI port Mr.. McCune for the Sem
ate, and said thar Mr.. McCune was a man very
LITERAL in his habits: that he was q man who
never forgot his friends who lid him q favor.
He said that was n poor man "a. | already
new, AMI that II / could SEQ M way clear to
vote for MrCune. he McCune would I'M
dOuhtedly DO something handsome by me, or
words 10 that effect. He said that these mat.
ter. always came out right. that II waS Gus.
tomary to use monny In elections. and he cited
Senator Hanna Of ohio and h sown case. and
said that he hat used money in his cleo.
think. who had received money and had been
very indiscrert in showing It around. and said
that II would soon blow over"
The chairman-Was any amount men
toned?
Witness-No. air. no amount mentioned,
The cross-examinrfion dpNo'ored nothing
and as there wpr. no other with sses present
the committee adjourned til Wednesday next