The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-20

not be done with any meagre sums.
Everything was conducted in such
nigh handed manner that nobody could
expect to receive recognition unless he
bent the knee or crawled il the dust
to those people. If I thought the des-
potsm should continue I should trem-
bic for the future and would not want
my family TO remain there
he had, ne said, personally seen men
in Butte paid money for their votes in
1898"
Did you prosecute them?" asked
Senator Chandler
4 did not" was the deply, 1T was
useless to do so as the Anaconda COM
pany owned the political machinery
To ask to have a man arrested would
have been as useless as TO try TO buck
up against cyclone"
The crOss-examination was then be-
gun. II was conducted by Mr.. Camp
bell, whose first question referred TO
Mr.. Clarks testimony to the effect that
be had seen men paid for their votes
during the election Of 1898. The wit
ness did not he said, know the men
either paying or receiving the money.
He knew they were not on his side.
Wanted Fair Deal.
Taking up TIE political move for the
defeat Of the Daily organization, Mr.,
Clark said he had not in the beginning
any especial candidates. but that their
purpose was 10 get some one who
could give US a fair deal"
Was il not generally understood,
asked Dir. Campbell, that Mr.. DAILY
favored Mr.. Lee Mantle, a silver Re
publican, for senator?"
1t was generally talked Of" was the
reply, but 1 have no personal knoWl-
pnUp of that II a Of
name at the beginning. wanting first Of
all TO defeat fusion and break the
power Of Marcus Daily"
You made a combination did you
not with the gold Republicans to carry
the election in Butte?"
There was a combination made, but
there are no gold Republicans there
that I know of
Then you had changed your opinion
concerning fusion between August and
October?"
i was in favor of any combination
of respectable people that would break
down the infamous organization which
controlled the Butte primaries-your
organization, which had become so no
tOIiOus."
Present to Mr.. Day.
Mr.. Campbell questioned Mr. Clark
closely about the donation of $1,000 to
Mr.. Day, which Mr.. Clark said he had
given four davs after his election to
the senate. The witness said:
Mr.. Day was a member of the leg
islature and represented our forces in
the contest for speaker of the Montana
house Of representatives, he being a
candidate for that office"
Mr.. Day, he added, was the recog-
niZed leader in the house of the Clark
forces.
why did you give him the $4,000"
4 Old it in consideration of my
friendship for Day and for the work
performed by him in trying to organize
the legislature and his work in control
ling our forces. / recognized that he
was worthy Of this consideration.
Furthermore, we expected more or less
litigation, Of which Mr.. Day was to
take charge. This is all I have paid
him and all that he has been paid, so
far as l know"
The Whiteside Exposure.
In reply to Mr.. CampbelTs questions
concerning the testimony given by Sen
atcr Clark in Montana, the senator in
sisted that previous to the Whiteside
exposure he had given no money TO Mr..
Welcome. Pressed to say whether he
had not asked his son whether he had
not given Mr.. Welcome the money
which Whiteside had turned over to the
state. he replied:
Il did not. 1 did not believe a word
Of it. l would not insult him or Mr..
Welcome by asking about it,"
Mr.. Clark said he kept his own pri-
vate books. but that he had destroyed
the checks covering the session of the
legislature.
I generally destroy checks about
every six months, and I think I de-
strOyed these about the time of my re-
turn from Europe in May, 1893"
Mr.. Clark thought. however, that the
records Of the bank would show the
facts
Referring to the $1,000 given David
son, on Nov. %, Mr.. Clark declared that
the money was expended in the state
campaign, and before he had decided
to be a candidate.
My motive was far higher than that
OF promoting my own candidacy" said
Mr.. Clark. The movement was intend
ed to control the state in the interest
Of pure Democracy"
You were bound 70 purify politics
whatever the cost?' suggested Mr.. Bug-
roughs.
I don't look at it in that light at
ALL replied the witness.
Adjourned for the day with Senator
Clark's examination still in progress.