The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-18
Hold Woods In Line.


. "AII I expected was that he should
hold Woods in line and prevent the
people by whom he was surrounded,
who were unfriendly to me, from get
ting Woods away from me. He was
authorized to use only persuasive
means. and was not authorized 10 use
any money. ] had nothing improper in
my mind. a7d 1 had 10 reason to sup
pose, that 8lr. Bickford had anything
improper in his mind"
he knew nothing, he said. of the in
debtedness on Woods ranch, which 1t
was proposed should be carried for
him.
Nothing was said to me by any liv-
ing person which would lead me to sus-
pect OF suppose that such a condition
existed" he said
Tt was a surprise to him when the
details Of the transaction for the relief
of Woods mortgage by his son and Mr..
BickfOrd was brought out in the teStl-
mony.
Questioned closely upon Mr.. Bick-
ford's taking $1,000 to Mis5oula to Lift
Woods mortgage, Mr.. Clark repeated
that he had not. at the time, known
anything whatever about it. He had
not known that his son had given the
money to BickfOrd until the matter was
brought out in the testimony here.
Did your son have access to your ac-
counts. so that he could have given
I Mr.. Bickford that amount Of money IN
/ your INTEREST,"" asked Mr., Hoar.
Young Clark Has Money.
THE son is a man Of wealth him
! self" said Mr.. Faulkner.
Let the witness answer" said Sena-
/ tor Chandler.
/ Mr.. Clark said: My son had drawn
/ checks on my account but he did not
/ do 80 in this case; he could easily have
/ drawn this amount Of money on MS
| own account"
/ In reply to a question, he said that
| his son had not, even since the facts of
! this transaction were brought into this
) inquiry. explained to him. He had not
9 paid BickfOrd anything for his services,
/ except his expenses and his regular
salary.
/ Replying to a question by Mr.. Faux
! ner concerning the relation to himself
Of his son, c. W. Clark, Welcome,
! Bickford, A. J. Davidson, a. J. Steele
1 William McDerInOtt and others, Sen
/ atOr Clark said:
They stood to me in the relation of
/ friends promoting my political inter
! ests, and some Of them composed a
committee which had undertaken 70
. disbuIce funds in the campaign, and
who were authorized to look after mat
ters generally
Money Only For Fair Purposes.
Had they any authority to do any
thing in a financial way, more than u
pay incidental expenses
They had not, if [ am to understand
/ your question to be whether they had
authority to pay out money for unlaw-
I full purposes. They had no authority
to pay out money for any other than
fair and legitimate purposes.
The examinatiOn-in-ch1e was con-
1 cluded at 4:30 p. N.
In executive session the committee
decided not to receive Falk'S testimony
/ concerning TVhiteS.de's reported effort
at bribery, as purely collateral testi-
[ mOny, but il is understood notice has
been given Of a motion for reconsidera-
tion.
The committee also discussed tbs
question of the ACCESSIBILITY Of sending
for witnesses for the purpose Of I'M
peaching the testimony Of witnesses al
ready heard, but reached no CONCLUSION
on this point There are about thirty
such witnesses wanted on each side
and the expense Of bringing them VII
be about $4,000 or $4,000.