Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13
offered Myers $4,000 to Vote for
Clark
WIEN WHIfESIDE MADE CHARGES
What the Senator is Alleged to
Have Said.
WAS NOT PROMISED PAY

When the Senate committee on privileges
and elections began its session today in the
case of Senator Clark of Montana the de-
fense stated that they had been unable to
find the letters written to Senator Clark
and Mr.. Bickford by the dentist Ector 1t
was then decided to have C. W. Clark son
OF the senator make a statement as to the
disposition of the documents, but Mr. Clark
being absent, Mr.. Carr was recalled to af-
ford Senator Turley an opportunity TO
question him concerning his visits to Hell
ena prior to the meeting OF the legislature
last winter. Carr said the principal object
of his visit was to about his resignation
as United States commissioner.
offered Myers $4,000 for His Vote.
The first regular witness Of the day was
NJ. L. Hewett, miner, who was in Helena
during the session of the Legislators in ~.
He said that Charley Clark had asked him
to see Senator Myers and offer him $4,000
for his vote for Mr. Clark as senator He
had accordingly talked with Mr.. Myers.
and testified that the gentleman had told
MIN, after first declining the proposition. to
say TO Clark that if he was disposed to do
so he could put $1,000 in the hands of Mr.
Whiteside to be paid him (Myers) in case
he should vote for Mr.. Clark. Hewett said
that the senator's son stated that this ar
rangement was satisfactory and afterward
told him that the money for Myers had
been given to Whiteside and that his vote
was assured
Mr.. Hewett said that during the senator
ial contest he had talked frequently with
Senator Clark Once he had demonstrated
with the senator concerning Whitesde as
a well-known supporter of DAILY. but the
senator had, he said, assured him that
Whitesdes fidelity was assured because of
the fact that he OShitesde) was in trouble
with the Clark opponents over a building
he was constructing in Butte.
To Blame the ..DaIy Gang"
The witness also said that he had seen
the senator at his rooms at the Helena
Hotel short time after the Whiteside ex-
posure. and had asked him what he pro-
posed to do, when the senator had replied:
There is only one thing to do, and that
is to make the people believe that the
DAILY gang have furnished the money and
have put up conspiracy against us.
Il asked him. continued the witness,
IF he could make that stick, to which he
replied. There is no trouble about that,
because If we put up a good excuse the
people will believe US and We can again get
the members together
The witness also detailed a conversation
which. he said, he had had with Senator
Clark upon the eve of the investigation by
the state supreme court, in which he told
the senator that Tom Lyons, one OF the
senator's workers had threatened to go
into court and testify against Clark be-
cause the latter's friends had not kept their
promises to him.
According to the witness the senator had
then replied: 81 don't owe these Cusing an
offensive phrase) anything. L have paid
them all they asked. L am under no obliga-
ton to them, and l expect them TO do as
they agreed to do by me-" Mr.. Heweut
said, however, that Mr.. Clark added that
he would have his son see Lyons. He said
that Mr.. Clark had often spoken to him Of
his son, and Of Messrs. Welcome. Bick-
ford, Steele and others as his friends in the
senatorial fight Welcome and Charley
ri arfa 4 Fba
pecial representatives.
Not Interested in Any Candidate.
On cross-examination, Mr.. Hewett said
he was a republican and not specially in
terested in any of the senatorial candi-
dates. He had Just drifted into" the con-
test He pronounced as incorrect the re-
port of the testimony taken before the
Lewis and Clark county grand jury fur
nished the committee by the merlorialists.
and he added that he had not told all the
facts to the jury. Indeed, he had never
told all to any one until he had given the
details to Mr.. Binney, one of the attorneys
for the memorialists in Washington, a few
days since.
Not Promised Anything.
Senator Faulkners questions were de-
voted to showing Inconsistency the part
of the witness in refusing to give the de-
tails to Montana representatives of the
prosecution. whom he knew, and then CIV
ing them to Mr.. Binney, whom he did not
know.
He asked Hewett whether Mr.. Binney had
not promised to see that he was taken
care Of" but the witness replied emphati-
cally in the negative, adding that he mad
received nothing and no promise of any
thing from the anti-Clark people for his
part in this proceeding"
Under pressure he said that when he
went before the grand jury he had desired
not to reveal all his transactions during
the sitting of the Legislature. He had re-
piled only to questions asked him, and he
did not consider that he had perjured him
self in withholding some of the facts. He
had, however, made up his mind to tell the
whole truth here.
Concluding his testimony, Mr. Hewett
said he had received no pay for his serv-
ices from Mr.. Clark and no promise of any
He had been interested with the senator in
a mining company and preferred him 10
his opponents.