The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-01-20
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Washington, Jan. 13.-Owing to tn,
failure of witnesses to appear, the sen
ate committee on privileges and cleo.
tons today adjourned the hearing il
the Clark senatorial contest case unit
next Wednesday.
The principal witnesses heard today
were NJ. L. Hewitt and Charles M
Jackson. Q. W. Clark. son Of the lsena-
tor, was also before the committee fol
a few moments 10 testify to the disap-
pearance Of certain letters written to
his father.
Both Hewitt and jackson related con-
VeIs-Itions alleged to have been held
with Mr.. Clark. Mr.. Hewitt said Mr..
Clark had told him he had perfect con-
fiuence in State Senator Whiteside ais
friend, and had said he had paid his
supporters all he owed Them
Mr.. jackson is a member of the legis-
lature of Utah. and he testified that
in trying to influence his (JackSon's)
vote in that body, Clark had told him
he had used money to secure his own
election to the senate, saying this was
a common practice among aspiring men
of means.
When the senate committee be-
gan its session today, the de-
Tense Stated that they had been I'M
able to find the letters written to Sen
ator Clark and Mr.. Bickford by the
dentist, Ector, who yesterday produced
their letters to him. 1t was then de-
cided 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 re-
called to afford Senator Turley an OPP
portunity to question him concerning
his visits to Helena prior to the meet
ing of the legislature last winter. Carr
said the principal object of his visit
was to see about resignation as United
States commissioner.
The first regular witness of the day
was NJ. L. Hewitt, a miner, who was in
Helena during the session of the legis-
lature in 1899. He said that Charley
Clark had asked him to see Senator
for Clark for senator. He had accord
ingly talked with Myers and testified
that that gentleman had told him, at
ter first declining the proposition. to
say to Clark that if he was disposed to
do SO, he could put $4,000 in the hands
Of Whiteside. to be paid to him (Myers)
in case he shouldtvote for Clark.
Watt said that Clark's son stated
that this arrangement was satisfactory
and he afterward told him that the
money for Myers had been given to
Whiteside and that his vote was as
;ured
Mr.. Hewitt said that during the SEN
ltOrial contest he had talked frequent |
y with Senator Clark Once he had |
with the senator concern
ng Whiteside as a well known support /
r of DAILY, but the senator had. he
aid, assured him that Whiteside's
ldelity was assured, because of the
act that he (Whiteside) was in trou-
lie with the Clark opponents over a
uilding he was constructing in Butte
he witness also said that ne had seen
he senator at his rooms in the Helena !
otel short time after the Whiteside
Xposure and asked him what ne pro-
osed to do, when the senator re-
lied:
There is only one thing to do, and
hat rs to make the people believe the
'aIy gang have furnished the money
nd have put up a conspiracy against
s"
I asked him," continued the witness,
if he could make that stick, to which
e replied: There is no trouble about
he deal, because if we put up a good
Reuse the people will believe us, and l
e can again get the members tOgeth-
The witness also detailed a conversa-
on which he said he had had with t
anator Clark on the eve of the invos- t
cation by the supreme court. in which t
= told the senator Tom Lyons, one of t
lie senator's workers, had threaten /
go to court and testify against Clark i
ecause the latter's friends had not t
ept their promises to him. Accord Y
g to the witness, the senator had then a
piled: a
81 don't owe these (using a profane
lrase) anything. I have paid them t
they asked. 1 am under no obIiga- n
IN to them, and / expect them to do f
they agreed to do by me-" e