Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-08
SOMETHING WOULD DROP.
DAILY Said Il Would Drive Clark antfrends
Out Of Pcltcs,
And Send Some OF Them 20 the PEN
iientiary Testimony Before
senate Committee.

Washington, Feb. S.--W NJ. Blckford.
the Butte lawyer, was again on the wit
ness stand In the Clark hearing today.
Cross-eXamination brought out the fact
that BickfOrd had made a visit TO
Stephensyille, TO see Representative
Wood before the meeting Of the legis-
lature also that while Bedford was IN
the habit of stopping at the Helena no.
,el when he went 10 Helena, he stayed
at the Grand Central during the session
of the legislature and that Representa-
tiyes Wood, Black and Carr also spent
the winter at the Grand Central Mr..
Bickford said that he had paid the ex-
penscs Of some Of the witnesses Ia the
Welcome disbarmenl proceeding. His
best recollection was that he had Sc
cured the money from Jesse Is. Root,
partner Of Welcome and an attorney
for Mr.. Clark. Mir. ROUt had ais5 sup
piled the money for the payment Of
lawyers fees In the proceedings against
Whileside at Kalispeh. lie had not
asked Mr.. Root where he had got the
money nor did he know where ne had
obtained 70.
Frank Z. Corbett Of Butte, principal
western counsel for MIR. Clark, testified
to conversation with Marcus Daly In
the Netherlands Hotel In New York on
December 25th or 2Sth. 1895, Just prior
ia the meeting OF the Montana legis-
lature. He prefaeed the report OF the
conversation by saying that he aud Mr..
DAILY were good friends notwthstand-
ing his relationship to Mr.. Clark, and
that they had been acquainted for thir-
teen years. He said that upon meeting
Mr. DAILY at the hotel he (CorbetD had
asked him II he tDaly) intended going
TO Montana TO participate In the Mon
tana senatorial contest Mr.. DAILY. re-
Piled Mr. COrbett said that he was not
going. He added that he had gone out
Of politics, and that he did not care to
have anything more 10 do with political
affairs there. but his friends there were
stll interested and were keeping up the
controversy Mr.. DAILY then said, ac-
oording TO the statement OF the Wit
ness: II want to say 20 you now that
II Clark shows his head IN the senatorial
race, II he Is even nominated for the
Senate. you fellows viii hear something
drop that viii drive CLARK and his
friends out Of politics and send some OF
them 20 the penitentiary.'
The next witness was Former Gov
ernor $. r. Hauser who said in the be-
ginning that he thought he could take
"the credit or discredit OF inducing Mr..
Clark TO assist US In the campaign and
aitCrwsrd to become a candidate FOR the
Senate"
He had succeeded IN getting MI.
Clark's attention al visit which he
had made TO Mr. Clark IA New York.
He said that his reason FOR doing this
h flFffarIf ltsN IA
would try 20 run things: that H. was
the understanding that Mr. Clark was
thinking Of leaving Montana and that
he had told him that he ought 10 re-
main connected With the State where
be had made his money.
II also told him. said the governor.
that we wanted him TO help stand the
boss Irishman on"
Assist how" a member OF the COM
mttee asked
"By the use OF his brains, his money.
and his following was the reply.
The result Of this interview was that
Mr.. clark subsequently visited the
State Previous 60 coming Mr.. Hauser
said ne had seen some Of his Ropuhll-
can friends and had told them that n
I'VE could get CLARK 20 loosen up we
could stand DAILY on.
Senator Hoar asked Mr.. Hauser what
he meant by getting Clark 20 loosen
up" and the latter replied that Mr..
Clark ives a very close business man,
disposed always 10 count the Cost IN any
enterprise he might go into. He then
related that when Mr.. Clark came 10
Butte he sat up until o'clock one night
with him. laying before him the reasons