Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-22
CLARK BRIBERY CASE.
More Testimony as TO Offer Of thousands Ct
Dollars for Votes.

Washington. Jan. ADMINISTRATION by
the committee on privileges and elections
into the allegations NJ bribery against
senator Clark was resumed, Saturdl9i .,,.,
was first called. He VS. member NJ
the last Legislature. lie testified that
within 4 week after hi election ne vas
approached with an indirect offer OF
Large sum for his vote for Mr.. CLARK
1t WAS said ~ him that y" could grt
$l5. 900 - $50 coo for his vote ANA perhdp
enough to make rim a inuS !rtun, II H.
Legislature AT the time ui tnt voting lNr
United states senator
When The Legislature conNe ned q M N
had approached him and asked hi NIT II
proposed to make a sucker Of MN -"lI
and not get anything out III the election.
Finally. NJ said, just before the election
he was offered $12 501 for his vote for
Of some distinguished person.
At this point Chairman chandler sad
that John T. Murphy Of Butte "nc = thI
men who. it is claimed, haa approached
Mr.. Nurvuilc. had com" to aSnlnGtlh
by request to testify in the case, ne t"lt
Immediately after subpoena hld pteh
search had been made, FOR him in
vain" said Senator Chandler, and the
assistance of the newspapers Is solicited
To ascertain his whereabouts u.
In response to a statement from MI
Faulkner, MIR. Clark's leading attorney
that he knew nothing Of Murphy. Senator
Chandler replied: a thought he might
accidentally let You know his where
Mr Faulkner-In let you know if he
does.
Mr.. ,'handler-No doubt the, newspaper
men will find him in two Or three days,
ON crosS-eXaminltion Mr.. Normolie
said he was a Democrat lie was en-
ploved and had been since the l-eSlsIa
ttlrt adjourned at the Anaconda GO. lie
hid Voted for Conrad for United states
senator from first to last. He said to the
proposition of Sl2.5o0 for his vote that M ne
would think it over n I. the AN $iV'o 4
very little for a man to sell himself loI.
At the conclusion of Mr.. N9rmoile T.
timnnv Mr. CaSum. one df Fridays VII
npsses was recalled for croSS-eNamllid-
ton bv Mr. Faulkner. ~
He 3Imitted that he had gone to W. A.
Clark's office in November, soon AFTER ~
election. to talk with him about thG eItx-
ZION of a United States senator. He tN-
nlained why he had gone to see VT
Clark. saving that generally the ftepup-
leans were favorable to ClarkS electph
and he thought there was a good 'n"i'1'
+ a thc two interviews h had with MI
citrL In November. he had indicated ms
belief that Mr.. Marcyes, repreSehilastiI;,a y,
alart from Custer county. might ne n
,juced to vote for Clark. but he slld ina
mo- approach to corruption with reference
To- MIR Marcyes was mace At theSe II'l'i
NJ casnn wa- thcn examined M p hl
ini Ter With ". a. clark. hgld in an
latter, room just bcfor" the election Z"
senator liz declared that Mr.. Clark hat
asked him tu s,c EcprcscntauTr Marcy,
Is witnrss could handle him bette" t.hi
M ri G,> m said Clark rad authorizes.
MIN IN ray $1,000 ~ kcpt e1rntttiNc War
rs. the authorization berg given u
lin a whisper and by holding UP ~
/ + ars ana thumts 81 b ith la"iS. Suo
&c, nifty n had l learn' ',I ta N. aG (
IA, o offer Of III pucy t j m
Mr.. Nh; amer adFn init -,r IHa' II, III NJ
/ services. lid that Mr.. clark ola not haF
! the reput. pm in LUTTE IF bong 4 lIbeia
ii respons to IN inqu.ry. Ny MI Mr. Faulk
I uer as /, ho many written stai'mrN II
, he had made ,oncerninG This case. NJ
Cason replied 1t be had made "ne
Mr. Booth, an ~ torney VT Butte. a pa
Democrat, and the one to whicn he ma
in i conversation with Booth he hl
told him some time last summer That h
did not want to testify in The case.
Subsequently he had given Mr.. Booth
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