The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-18

| detail over to others having particular
| matters in hand. He had, he knew, spok-
en- to Mr. Blckford on the subject and he
| thought it probable that he had turned
| the letter over to him. MIR. Bickford,' -
Mr.. Clark said in reply to question
from Senator Hoar, was the only one
L knew well in Mr.. Woods locality and
would naturally turn the matter over
to him. He had no authority to act for
me except in a legitimate way. All ex-
pected was that he should hold Woods in
line and prevent the people by whom he
was surrounded, who were unfrierdly to
me, from getting Moods away from me
He was authorized to use only persuasive
means and was not authorized to use any
money. 1 had nothing improper in my
mind and I had no reason to suppose that
Mr.. Bickford had anything improper in
his mind
He knew nothing, he said, of the in
| debtedness on Woods ranch, which it
was supposed should be carried for him
Nothing was said to me by any living
person which would lead me to suspect
or suppose that such a condition exist
ed" he said.
1t was a surprise to him when the de-
tails of the transaction for the relief Of
Woods mortgage by his son and Mr..
Bickford was brought out in the testi-
mony. Questioned closely on Mr.. Bick-
ford's taking 5000 to Missoula to lift
Woods mortgage, Mr.. Clark repeated
that he had not at the time known any
thing about It, He had not known that
his son had given the money to Bick-
ford until the matter was brought out
in the testimony here
did your son have access to your &C
counts so that he could have given Mr..
Bickford that amount Of money! in your
INTEREST,"" asked Mr.. Hoar
1.-THE son is a man of wealth himself"
said Mr.. Faulkner.
Let the witness answer" said Senator
Chandler.
Mr. Clark said: "My son had drawn
checks on my account, but he did not so
in this case; he. could have drawn this
amount of money on his own account
In reply to a question, he said his son
had not, even since the facts of this
transaction were brought out in this in
quiry, explained to him. He had not paid
Bicl1ford anything for his services ex-
cept his expenses and his regular sal
ary
Replying to a question by Mr.. Faux
ner concerning the relation to himself OF
his son, c. w. Clark, Welcome, Bick-
ford, A ]. Davidson, A ]. Steele, Will
liam McDermott, and others, Senator
Clark said: "They stood to me in the
relation of friends promoting my politi-
cal interests, and some Of them composed
a committee which had undertaken to
disburse funds in the campaign and who
were authorized to look after matters
generally"
Had they any authority to do any,
thing in a financial way more chan to pay
incidental expenses"
''They had not, if 1 am to understand
your question to be whether they had
authority to pay out money for unlawful
purposes. They had no authority to pay
out money for any other thapM fair and
legitimate purposes"
The examination-in-chi was concluded
at AGO p. m.
In the executive session the committee
decided not to receive Falk's testimony
concerning Whiteside's reported effort at
bribery as purely collateral testimony, but
it is understood that notice has been CIV
en- of a motion for reconsideration, The
committee also discussed the question of
the advisability of sending for witnesses
for the purposes of impeaching the testi-
mOny OF witnesses already heard, but
reached no conclusion on this point.
There were about thirty such witnesses
wanted on each side and the expense of
bringing them would be about $4,000 or
500 coo