The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-24

-ah have beer missing for a week
Ton far-. have arrived and We're to-
Vs.. .-ss.rraE to- the senate committee
,rrr.-r1 and elections in cOnnec-
.,- villa the investigation of the
.----re of bribery made against Mr.. |
.-.-s f- h.- s-uat0riaI contest
The DAYS session was opened by the
--5rs of e. dispatch from Columbus.
o. saving that the absent witness
Tr--rrrl had been i'm that city last
E H. reply 60 inquiries, Faulkner
.rr Hartman both said they knew
--.r.rc as % the Whereabouts Of Muir 1
rl. presentation Of the Ector letters
rss not accomplished without a tilt
between the two eX-senatOTs. Edmundsl /
chi Faulkner. who are engaged as
l.-rs-I ODD the two sides of the con-
.t-.r4r-r. Faulkner stated that two Of
,-4 letters had failed to arrive in the
r..sags first received from Butte, but
-qr he had wired Root to make a
,sr-h for them. and if the could be
found To- forward them.
FdmuIs wanted to know who Root
WIS and said So far as appeared here.
the postmaster OF the street inspector
NV letters Had Mr.. Faulkner opened
the letters
Mr. Faulkner replied that he had not
opened them but that all the letters
r..ru- ou the investigation were there.
Charles ~. Clark substantiated MI.
TsukugrS statement saying that all
tna Ect0r letters received were here
presented. The letters were then read.
Te++are Ava Rad
There were five or six Of them ad-
dressed TO Mr. BickfOrd and four to
Cark All were identified by Mr.. Ec-i
tar who was again placed on the
stand There were only two letters
alt-I prior to the November election
O. Iss. These were dated at Stephens
vile ana related to the contest. In
these ha stated that the opposition to
IT. Woods. the candidate for the house
that 3. was supporting, were working
"GE- llry" and that the Clark mem
'E-=l some encouragement" To
make a thorough canvass of the 1000
voters OF the country requires the
stuff he said. and added that he
wanted ar least $500.
The next Two letters Of date. respect
Iey Nov. 10 and p, just after the
legislative election. referred to the ef-
forts .- Woods and the opposition to get
him. He ralG of Woods debts and said
La had agreed 10 be bound by what
ever d- nd Ln the premises. The latter
letters were from Dec. Z, 1898, to Oct
q. 1889. ANA related almost entirely to
Lr Eeturs efforts to collect What he
l--l. was due 90 him for his efforts
90 Senator C.3Tks behalf
Wanted His Dues.
In December he wrote Mr.. Clark.
9sag ae did not know TO whom he
.s apply I7r his dues. "Of course,
-s.a am after what there is in
% t.r u-.'
ODD March / he wrote Mr.. Bickford.
gang IW about the 10 per CenJum
Us E-"rtsl receipts from Clark
...- 1e DEgrarl considered he was to-
ir.
E VAS also .u March that he wrote
second letter I'd Mr.. Clark In this
..-. o.. raEaUal az length his efforts
b. ..t.Ss BEHALF expressing his con-
.-.0. loyalty t0 Clark and his deter
L..-. opposition 10 Dalyism.
d. 81. strike while the iron is hot"
.-'-- you can stampede the Irish
--. DE- also said in this letter that
~. .- DAY men had promised 1000
.- during the senatorial contest
information as TO CIark's move.
~ ... ..at he had refused to en-
'-.8.a r.. offer
O.. following June he wrote to
-.a.... Spying that he had come
"a that il was useless TO
,I- upon receiving ANYTHING
tr."rd- He had, he said,
unity 10 make a stake.
. f propose to let that op-
- y. "E as he had the opDOr-
. ... had presented itself in
Pleaded Poverty and Debt.
....r Hf the series was dated
d.. anu was addressed to MI
- letter he asked if he
anything. In the letters
-- verify and debt as the con-
-.-. ..r the pressure he was
- upon Mr. Clark.
r- nation Ectov said that
.l an original Clark
PHI. would probably have
-- corrupt means were
side. He had thought /
Woods might be con-
nE possession Of the
g. Told Bickf0rd that the
pay off the mortgage, 7
.t have strings on him,
Hmm solid"
Woods that ne could get
It of Clark To pay his
. declined 10 enter into
t never had any au-
of his vote. In one
had referred to some
..u-'
-- an Incubus.
won ~afar7" asked :
Daily" came the reply, /
...r le had expressed the
was important that
Woods first. but he
."se DO this WAS simply
.. .H time
question as to whether
Missed anything for
H-,on- ECtor said that
H- the Miss1ula land
.aa him 500. taking an
..umittee.
... .E letters YOU speak Of
am offer Of 5000 from
' AR. Clark" said Mr.
.-.. ..-Feet examination.
.... ..apanded the WITH u.
Refused $4,000.
-.. ..a.r j. r. Mckay. Repubu-
user county, Mont. said he
> ..- four Republicans of the
CHI. .-l naI refused u vote for
T.. .- SAID the announcement OF
g.. az the Republicans to
r.. votes % Clark was not
rr. --.r last Republican caucus
g.r... election Of United States
L.. --elt was very little said at
~--S' and after the ten men