The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-14
CHARLEY CLARK PUT UP MONEY
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last and on Monday had expressed il TO
Helena.
Mr.. Edmunds commented on the fact
that the book had been sent back on
the very day that Mr.. Nell said he
could intercept the book and bring it
back but that he would not agree that
the entire book should undergo inspec-
ton. The witness was cr0ss-examined
by Mr.. Campbell.
Worked Hard For Clark.
Did you do any work for Mr.. Clark
during the last senatorial campaign in
Montana?
Il did all I could in my newspaper
and otherwise in a legitimate way"
did you spend any money in either
the legislative campaign or the senate
rial contest before the legislature
yes. but it was my own
Did you spend any except your
OWN"
Il did not"
Did you leave some money in Fer
gus county,
I did leave some money for Dave
Hilger and Mr.. Williams, but it was
given me by A J. Davidson and was
little more than a messenger in the
transaction.
Changing the form of the question.
how much money did you handle in the
senatorial contest that was not your
OWN"
Il did not handle any money during
the senatorial fight except such as one
would naturally spend-npt to exceed in
the aggregate $1,000
Did you spend no money except in
Fergus county,
Il cannot say precisely Ns to that
Those were exciting times. I was in
the thick Of the fray and pretty busy. -
Transcript Was Colored.
Speaking of Attorney General No
lan'S transcript Of his testimony be-
fore the Lewis and Clark county grand
jury, Mr.. Neil declared that it was
colored throughout. He gave an in
stance in which he was quoted as say
ing that he did not know that any
money was CorTuptly spent.
4 believe the word 'cOrruptly' was
Intentionally left out"
HAS Mr.. Clark a mortgage for S25, 900
on the Helena Independent" asked Mr..
Faulkner.
He has a mortgage for S24,SO0 and I
pay him his interest regularly" re-
sponded Mr.. Neill NELL was then eX-
cuSed
Charles Ralph Jacobs, a carpenter
from Butte. testified to a conversation
which he said he had with G. c. CasOn,
a witness for the prosecution. He had,
he said, gone to Cason's Office when the
latter asked him if he wanted 10 make
some easy money"
Il replied" said the witness, that
there was no one more inclined to make
easy money than myself He then 10
me that all l had to do was to go TO the
DAILY people, tell them a story and get
my money. He said. They gave me
$500 for my testimony and you might
as well get some of it He then said
he would go to the other side and see
what he could do"
Didn't Want Clark Ozone Up"
The witness also said that Cason had
referred him to Mr.. Campbell Re fur
Their said that he had come voluntarily
to expose CasOn having seen his testi-
mOny before this committee iB the Mon
/ tana papers. He had not wanted 10 Szt
Mr.. Clark done up the latter being
friend OF his.
Jacobs said that he had written Ca
I son While he was in Baker City. Ore.
] telling him if he came to washington
! to testify against Clark he Jacobs
/ would expose him, notwithstanding ht
/ had originally promised CaSOn that he
would say nothing of their converse
/ ton. In that conversation there had
been no reference to the character OF
/ the testimony he was to give in order
/ to get money.
/ William McDermott. former United
/ States marshal Of Montana. and &
member of the Clark Independent com
mittee during the campaign Of 1899
/ testified that this committee was organ
! lied because the regular Democratic
/ committee was in the hands Of the Dial!
men. He volunteered the statemen
that he had been a bitter opponent O
/ Mr.. DAILY" but had instructed his work
I erS at the primaries to use none bu
honest means and devote themselves t.
; preventing fraud. Mr.. McDermOtt wa.
/ on the stand when recess was taken.
Knew of No Corruption.
At the afternoon session, Mr.. McDeT
mott said that just prior to the meet
J ing of the legislature, State Senate
} Clark Of Madison county had told hin
/ in Mr.. BickfOrds office that he mean
! to vote for Mr.. Clark for the United
/ States senate and that he believed 9th
ers of the Madison county delegation
, would do the same. Mr.. McDermOt
said he had been present at frequen
! consultations Of Mr.. Clark's friends
but had never heard the corrupt use o
money in Mr.. Clark's interest mention
ed and knew of no corrupt use Of none.
in Mr.. Clark's interest.
/ The witness said he had spent $500
or $4,000 in Mr.. Clark's interest in tn
4 legislative campaign and that c. W
J Clark, the senator's son, had given hin
this money.
After the state election he had ex
I pended $1,000 or $500, which Ia,
come from c. W. Clark and Mr.. Well
come. This. he said. he had paid E
I H. -,-f--
him for it, to seventy-five or 100 per
sons, more or less. He had kept a cor
rect account of all his expenditures
but had not been able to find his books
All told, he was very sure that he ha
not handled to exceed $4,000 during tn
| campaign including both legisIatiV
/ campaign and the senatorial contest
When he wanted money he would go L
the bank and get it; the understandin
was that Charlie Clark was to kee
money there to meet these demands.
Anything to Beat DAILY.
Asked the purpose of the cOmmitte
of which he was d member Mr. MCDeT
mott said it was that of 'preventin
DAILY from controlling the state If tn
Dalyites were for fusion we W0T
against it; if they were against fusio
we were for it; anything to beat DAILY.
Giving a list of men 10 whom he Ia
paid money in Helena. Mr.. MCDeTmOt
mentioned a man named Johnson. WI
was, ne said, an expert on keeping
check on such matters. we had hiT
quite busy for a time watching 70
speaking to Mr.. CampbelD and Nj
Whiteside. He got only $500 or $50
but that service was worth more"
All told he thought there were 800 o
400 men in Helena working for NJ
Clark during the senatorial cOntes
Their principal business was to pro
tect members Of the legislature froT
intimation by the DAILY people. All G
them We're not, however, under pay.
Who were these terrible intimida
tors that you have tOld as abOut2" ask