The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-13
SENATORIAL
HONORS
COME HIGH,
But Testimony Elected by the Com
m4ttes In the Clark Case In
dicatss That
SENATOR CLARK'S MANAGERS
Were Literally Supplied with Album
dance Of the Most Psrsua-
sivs Arguments.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-There were
again sou. or fye witnesses before the
senate committee on privileges and
elections to-day in connection with the
attack on the right of Senator Clark.
of Montana, to his seat in the senate
One of the witnesses, State Senator
Myers, produced letter from c. w.
CLARK. SON Of the senator, telling him
(dyers) he had forwarded $500 as a re-
tainer for him as attorney in connec-
tIOns with the interests OF the clarks.
Probably the most important witness
Of the day was #. H. Carr. member
Of the legislature. who had voted for
Mr.. Clark for the senate. He is one Of
the men in whose name money was
turned over to the state, Mr.. Carr said
that while this money, 5000 in $500
bills, had been shown to him by Mr..
Whlteslde. and he had marked the en-
velope containinE It, Mr.. Whlteslde had
not said anything to him about voting
for Mr.. Clark,
Representative P. G. Sullivan. q
member Of the last Montana legislature,
from Granite county, testified that he
had been approached by Mr.. Blckford
when he went TO Helena previous to the
meeting Of the legislature and asked 70
vote for Mr.. Clark II said" the Wit
ness testified. that I might do 50 if
there was enough In 1t. He asked how
much. 1 said $4,000. He then asked
me II half that amount would not be
enough. replied no, and we sepa-
rated"
Sullivan said that afterwaTd he had
again met BIckford and that the latter
had suggested $4,000. He had told
Bickford then that he would not vote
for Clark under any circumstances, and
had heard no more OF him.
Mr.. Sullivan said his purpose had
been to lead Mr.. Bickford on, and that
he had not expected to vote for Mr..
Clark even II the oder Of f2e00O hGd
been accepted. The witness stated that
he Is now the proprietor Of the Florence
hotel, at Butte. and the cross sxamina.
tion was devoted to showing that this
hotel is owned largely by Marcus DAILY.
Promised 100000.
State Auditor T. W. Polndexter testi-,
fed that A. j. Steele had promised to
give him $4,000 to secure the votes OF
the three members Of the legislature
from Beaver Head county for Mr..
Clark, ne (Poindexter) to have 5000 for
his servicss, but that he had never
reached the members, because he was
opposed TO Mr., Clarl's election and had
only agreed to see them for him to pre-
vent others acting in the capacity OF
go.bstwsen. The committee adjourned
until 2 O'Clock before the witness could
be cross examined.
The cross examination Of Mr.. Poin-
dexter did not develop anything of i'm
portance.
state Senator H. L. Myers was the
next witness. He was one Of the mem
bers who turned $4,000 to the lselsla-
tive investigating committee, stating
that 1t had been put in Mr.. whItesIde's
hands for him on the condition that he
vote for Mr.. Clark for senator. Mr..
Myers detailed not only the particulars
of his taking the money, but also other
circumstances leading up to this epl-
sode.
Mr.. Myers said that Mark Hewitt had
offered him $4,000 to vote for Clark,
saying Charley Clark had authorized
him to make the proposition. The lat
ter had told him, he said, that he could
put up $4,000 with whIteSlde to be paid
to him in cash II he voted for Clark.
withdrawing Mr.. CLARK.
On cross examination, Mr.. Myers said
that 1t was his opinion that the atten-
tlon OF the grand jury which undertook
to investigate the alleged bribery was
given to whitewashinE Mr.. Clark. The
witness declared that he was not preju-
diced in the case. He said he had gone
into the combination only as matter
Of duty to the state.
The last witness Of the day was Hen
ry n. Carr, q member Of the lOgiglature
for Flathead county, Montana. He Is
one OF the members Of the legislature
in whose name money was turned over
to the legislative investigating commit
tee by Mr.. Whitehead, and the only one
OF them who afterward voted for Mr..
Clark for the senate.
Referring to his transaction with Mr..
Whlteslde, the witness said Mr.. White
side had been a warm supporter Of his,
and he had listened respectfully when
Whltenlde had asked him to 90 10 his
room and had complied with his re-
quest when Mr.. Whlteslde had asked
him to mark for Identification an en-.
velope containing 5000 In 1900 bills,
which whlteslde had brought to him at
the Helena hotel, during the session Of
the legislature last winter.
He had no reason for doing this ex-
ccpt his confidence in whltesIde and the
additional fact that he himself was ian
eREreElouS ass" He had, however, put
his Initials on the envelope exhibited
yesterday In the committee as the one
50 marked. He declared that Mr..
whItcslde had never said anything to
him about voting for Clark. and that he
had kent his promise 10 COnrad'B
friends to vote for blmsaS lsaG- aS he