The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-03
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tary, without his (Campbelrs) knowl
edge. He had paid the draft and re
proved his secretary.
He had recognized that the men coulC
not be used as witnesses and had clear
ly seen the error of the step. but witt
} the explanation made, he was willing
I to accept all responsibility for the act
Campbell said he had not made the
alterations in the copy Of Hills affidavi1
exhibited here, nor had he asked Hill
to destroy the affidavit. In response
to an inquiry from Senator Pettus
Campbell related the particulars re-
garding his attendance at the meeting
of Senator Clarks friends at the lat
ter's office at the beginning of the cam
paign. He said he was invited by Clark
TO attend the meeting, and had come
in response to this request. He mad,
/ however, gone to sleep during the meet
ing, and knew little Of what took place.
Soon afterwards he had told Mr.. Nc
DernDott that he did not desire to enter
the campaign. Previous to that time
he had been opposed to the DAILY fac
/ ton. His reason for Withdrawing from
the Clark campaign was that he did
not wish to enter a DOODLE campaign,
WHICH i was Inen SATISFIED ludI GdIll-
paign was to be-" he said.
Did you not realize it was to be a
! Doodle campaign when you attended the
meeting?" asked Senator Caffery.
Il did"
why did you not then withdrawn"
Il can hardly say why, but after
4 thinking it over l concluded l did not
want to go into the fight. l notified
! MIR. McDermott three or four weeks
/ after the meeting"
! Senator Caffery then asked Camp
bell why he had undertaken the prose-
cution of the case, to which the witness
replied:
when the campaign was opened, and
after 1 had been nominated for con-
gress, l took no part in the factional
controversy.
ION Dec. 10 Whiteside, who had been
elected to the state senate, came to me
and told me that it was his intention
to expose bribery if any was discover
ed in connection with the senatorial
contest, and as l had been his attorney,
asked my counsel l told him if he
entered upon such an undertaking he
should be careful not TO let the entire
responsibility rest upon his own shouI-
ders,
When the Legislature met I was
summoned to Helena by Whiteside.
went there and remained WITH him I'M
til the exposure, giving HIM from time
to time such advice as l could in MS
proceeding.
Then l went home, intending to have
no more to do with the matter. After
that Clark's friends and the public
press of the state, influenced, as l be
lieve, by money, began an attack upon
me. making the direct charge that 1
had been guilty of putting up the.
money used in that exposure. ] imme-
diately went back to Helena, deter
mined to make the best fight l could
and to stay in it to the finish"
With Campbell still on the stand. the
committee took its usual noon recess.
At the opening of the afternoon SEES
sion, Mr.. Campbell again referred to
his attendance upon the Clark confer
ence, saying that he had given no at
tention to the discussion of money mat
tiers, and knew nothing of the financial
affairs of the committee He had not
given formal notice of the severance of
his relations with the Clark people.
He said the first business he had
ever had for Mr.. DAILY was in Septem-
Der. 1898. He had then been engaged in
one transaction, and last June had
been regularly employed as attorney
by the Washoe Copper Mining com
pany, in which Mr.. DAILY is interested.
Gross examined by Mr.. Faulkner Mr..
Campbell said that he had made one
trip in the campaign entirely in behalf
of the Clark committee, and only one.
He had looked after some matters for
the committee on trips he had made on
other business.
Were you paid by G. w. Clark for
your services on these trips?"
4 was not. Mr.. Clark wrote me,
asking me to keep an account of my
expenses, and saying he would pay me
SIS day for my services. l did not,
however, accept anything, and was not
paid
Up to the date of the convention he
was as friendly to Mr.. Clark as he |
ever had been. Il challenge any man
Mr.. Clark during the campaign" he |
added.
He had been placed in nomination by |
a supporter of Clark. He had, now |
ever. previous to the election, told Mr.. |
NeilI he felt like never again giving |
Clark his support.
MI Faulkner questioned Mr.. Camp |
bell sharply about the letter from Mr.. |
Bickford which had been intercepted |
in his Office.
Are you certain you did not open
the letter."
Il am just as certain as that I am
here"
You did not hesitate TO advise him
to open the letter?''
Il did not"
And if he had not opened the letter
you would have done SOP"
4 presume 1 would, if there had been
no other means of getting at the con-
tents of the letter.
Are you familiar with the penal
statutes on the question of opening
other peoples letters?"
Il don't know that l am"
Mr.. Faulkner read the law making
t nrisdemeanor to open mail belong
ng to others, and Mr.. Campbell added:
Il did not know about the statute at
the time, but if 1 had known about it
should not have hesitated to open
he letter to shield Mr.. Whiteside when
[ knew there was a scheme on foot to
send him to the penitentiary on
charge of which he was not guilty"
Mr.. Campbell was on the stand when
he committee adjourned for the day.
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