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

A(cAitA.ANNN AAcAAA EeA7D -
Of Senator Hanna's election, and I want
to say that every word of JacksOn's
testimony which related to me was alb
sOlute:v false"
At this juncture a member of the
committee asked Mr.. Clark in regard
to the letter to DR.. Martin of the Mon
tana college concerning which Chief
Justice Brantley had testified earlier
in the day.
That Letter to Martin.
Mr.. Clark replied that ne had M
recollection concerning the letter. He
thought he might have written it as
his relation with Dr. Martin was very
intimate as was also his relation witSl
Judge BraRtley, and as he-knew the
relationship to be so between Martin
and BTantley.
He was questioned closely as to his
recollection as to the authorship of a
letter written last October or NOvem-
Der. he replied:
I may have written the letter to Dr.
Martin to see Justice BTantley, but I
certainly did not go L. the extent Of
/ asking him to suggest to Judge Brant-
! ley that the proceedings against Well
come should be stopped. 1 admit that
l was greatly interested in Welcomes
D
/ feTred to saws, that he is both a grand
and good man.
I do not, however, wish to be under
stood, if I did write this letter, as sug-
/ costing any means Of approaching him,
/ which was not perfectly legitimate. AS
/ TO recOllecting whether I wrote the let
/ ter, l repeat that 1 cannot say posi-
/ tively.
/ My correspondence is probably as
/ large as that Of all Iost any other man
/ in the United States. I write from fifty
! to 100 letters a day, and it is not prob
able that I would remember whether
/ L had written this letter on a matter
| which I did not consider very import
/ ant. If l did write. 1 simply did 50 to
/ have DR.. Martin to use his influence
! with Judge Brantley to see that JUS
| tice was done Mr. Welcome"
his Acquaintance With Warren.
| When the committee reassembled in
! the afternoon, Mr.. Faulkner continued
\ his direct examination of Senator Clark
/ he asked Mr.. Clark concerning his ac-
/ quaintance with the Rev. 3. Z. Fl. War
4 rem. the Methodist minister who teSti-
/ fed for the prosecution.
/ Mr.. Clark said Mr. Warren had come
/ to him during the senatorial contest
/ expressing great interest in his YAM
] Dal-7lAs ana lldu AUIN MN lEEIe WAS 4
/ member Of the Legislature, whose Lame
/ he did not mention, whose vote could
be had for Mr.. Clark
I told him. said Mr.. Clark. "that
/ would be nice, and that ! would like
1 to have the vote. Mr. Warren then
said that to get the vote would require
some money. / told him" AIU Cia Fl
went on. that I did not expect to Sc
cure any votes as the result Of d pc
/ cuniary consideration"
After that Mr. Warren had asked him
I for a contribution for his church, and
had asked him to send the check. if he
gave one at all, 70 him personally He
{ had promised TO do this, and had after
ward sent him a check for 800 for the
/ church, making it payable to Mr.. War
/ Ter personally.
He had never had more converse iOns
than this with Mr.. Warren, and ht
pronounced as absolutely false tht
! statement made by Mr.. Warren that
he (Clark) had urged him afterwart
| to get for him the vote Of the member
/ WaTren's statement that his sons 5aC
/ been discharged from employment al
/ Clark's instance. MIR. Clark said he die
not know that Warren had any sons.
Paid Cason's Expenses.
speaking OF MS reldUOnS with IN,
witness CasOn, Mr.. Clark said Casor
had brought a letter Of introduction
from his brother-in-law. CasOn hai
told him that Representative AIarcye.
(Rep) was warm friend of his. anl
that he (CasOn) believed he could u,
of benefit to him in getting Mr.. Mar
eyes vote.
Mr.. Clark said that afterward wheI
he found he could not be elected bl
Democratic votes, he sent for Cas0T
and asked him TO use his influence witt
blarcyes. After seeing MarcyeS. CasoI
told him that he had found that mem
Der very friendly TO him (Ciark) HI
then told Mr.. Cason to go to his sor
or some one else and get money to pay
his expenses to Helena and return.
The next time he met Mr. Marcve.
he told him he was obliged to him
That was the extent of his converse
ton with Mr.. Marcyes.
1T is absolutely false that 7 held uI
my hand, indicating that Marcyes could
have $4,000 for his vote as Cason ties
titled, nor did l. by any movement O,
words Of lips indicate that I expected
him to secure a vote fer me for a cor
rupt consideration, said Mr. Clark.