The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-24


bought. He had also heard that q
that time Marcus Days private ca
= was there to take Judge Hunts child
Y rem away
n Public gossip was, he said, constant
assoclatlng Justice Hunts name wit
= that OF Marcus DAILY and there wa
much talk that he was to be corrupted
e ne could not, however, give the nam
Y OF any one person from whom he ha
t heard the intimation.
Or. Treacey said that, while Repub
$ mean in politics. he had favored Nj
= clark election to the senate. Recess
At the afternoon session DR.. TTeac,
2 said that he had met Mr.. Corbett Sat
: urday night after his arrival in Wash
lngton. but that he had not talked will
: MIN concerning his testimony befOr
! this committee. After his arrival her
ne had engaged an attorney becaus'
wanted TO see where 1 was at AT
Ter seeing the headlines in the Chicago
papers he had thought it possible tina
ne might be looked ,;pOn as a criminal
Upon his arrival III Washington he haC
also seen Mr.. Welcome Charley Clarl
and Faulkner. but that he had moi
Ialked with them at any length CON
corning this case
Senator Clark was then recalled. He
said he had gone to Helena from Butte
on Jan. I, 1899 just after the meeting
OF the legislature, but that he had car
rIed with him no more money than he
usually carried. Senator Clark de-
tailed the transaction with Representa-
tive Mclaughlin, whereby he became
owner of certain timber land owned by
Mclaughlin.
He said the Anaconda company had
practically secured a monopoly of the
timber of the state. He had then asked
MI BlckfOrd, who had lived at Mis-
! Soula. to look out for any opportunity
| to buy timber The latter had reported
Mr.. McLaughlins ownership of timber
| land, together with other valuable
| property, and he had authorized Mr..
| Bickford to make the purchase.
The property had been secured at a
! reduction of a third from McLaughlin's
first figures which reduction McLaugh-
lin had made after he Clark had had
an interview with him, in December,
1898. At this interview he had agreed
with Mclaughlin to organize the West
ern Lumber company and to make Nc
| Laughlln manager at a salary of 5000
a month. Replying to question from
Mr. Faulkner, Senator Clark said:
There was never a word said dur
ing my personal interview with Mr..
Mclaughlin. either by him. Mr.. Bick-
ford or myself, concerning the sena-
tOTial contest"
Mr.. Clark here submitted statement
showing expenditures on political aC-
count made by him from Aug. 1. 1898,
to Sept. l, 1899. So far as the eXpendi-
lures referred to the senatorial and
preceding the legislative campaign they
were as follows:
Aug. -. 1888, c. w. Clark, $4,000;
Oct. II, c. w. Clark, $4,000; Oct. 20,
Walter Cooper, 5000; Nov ., L. o.
Leonard, $3.50; Nov. :. G. II. Padley,
I I r6 O
Miles, 800; Thomas Kilgallon. 5000;
Nov. 10, C. H. Padley. 5000; Nov II.
John Leary. $50; Nov. %. c. w Clark,
$40 600; A. j. Davidson, $1,000 jan 6,
1899 c. H. Padley, $3.50; Feb. 4, Il. T. |
Cason. $500; Feb. 6. George Alderman, !
$3.50; Feb, Is. c. w. Clark, S2O,592; Feb !
IA. ]. B. Welcome, SIS, 900; Feb, q, J. B, |
$3.50; Welcome, for John Simpson, $500; |
April 10, c. w. Clark, $3.50.
Other items were given covering the |
expenses of the campaign last spring.
The senator said. in addition to these
sums he had made Messrs. Welcome. |
and E. c. Day each a pres
ent of $4,000 but he did not consider
these donations in the nature of po-
liticaI expenditures All these men had !
given a great deal of time to promoting
his interests. and he had been very glad
to make the presents. None of them
had expected pay and no money had
been given them on their personal ac-
count until after the senatorial cleo
ton.
Mr.. Clark said that ALI the large sums
paid to c. W. Clark, WELCOME and
Davidson had been paid to carry out
he agreement which he had entered
nto to pay the expenses of the pro-
posed campaign to rescue the state
rom Daily. He had questioned no ac-
from them, having the utmost
in them. He did not know
What they had done with the money
Speaking of the reasons which caused
lin to go into the campaign, Mr.. Clark
aid his friends had represented that
f there was no change they were liable
o move out of the state.
1T was estimated" he said that it
would take $35, 900 to control the COM
aittee and that $4,000 would be neces-
airy to control the legislature. There .
vas no limit and 1 agreed to pay what :
yer might be necessary. I knew it
,ould take a great deal of money to
AIRY the state where so much money
ad been spent in previous elections"
Mr.. Clark said, in response to Sena- (
Or Turley, that it was true that in the (
rst state election he, Governor Broad :
-ater, Governor Hauser and Mr.. DAILY
ad each contributed $4,000 to the
campaign fund.
Asked about the cost of the contest (
yer the location of the capital, Mr.. 1
lark said probably his old friends of 4
he opposition could tell more about it
IAN he could. He had contributed
100000 and he thought the people of
ELENA had raised over $780, 600 to hold
he capital. 1t was common report that =
lie opposition the Anaconda COMPANY =
ad spent S1,000000 to locate the capital Q
t Anaconda. 1t had not occurred to +
i'm that the large sums he had con-
ibuted would be used illegally. i
Il am sure, he said, that in the SEN =
-oorial contest no money was spent to h
fuence votes illegitimately. If you =
we'd in Montana you would not marvel {
the heavy outlay. The election was
r the purpose of Overthrowing the one Il
an power of Mr.. DAILY, and this could
IT be done with any meagre sums.
was conducted in such a i.
gh handed manner that nobody could i
-pect to receive recognition unless he =
mt the knee or craWled in the dust q
those people. If 1 thought the des- II
tism should continue I should trem- "
e for the future and would not want I,
Y family to remain there" Il
He had, he said, personally seen men u
Butte paid money for their votes in n
}S" fl
Did you prosecute them?" asked
nator Chandler. CO
I did not" was the deply, TT was a
eless to do so as the Anaconda COM 81
ny owned the political machinery. e.
ask to have a man arrested would W
We been as useless as to try to buck hi
against cyclone. NJ
The cross was then be- w
n. 1t was conducted by Mr.. Camp st
II, whose first question referred to
:. Clark's testimony to the effect that OF
had seen men maid for their yotas "
ring the election of 1898. The wit
SIS did not he said. know the men w
her paying or receiving the money. tn
knew they We're not on his side lie
Taking up the political move for the