The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-20

T because counsel had frightened him
So He afterwards said that this re-
mark was on the side and not under
oath"
Inclined to Joke.
/ When FaulkEar pressed to know
Z what part Of the testimony was under
oath and what was not. Rector re-
l piled: I am just watching you to
wink the other eye when you want to
suppress anything"
This remark brought out a reproof
/ by Senator Chandler ard a side re-
mark BY Senator Hoar, that the max
ING CT jokes Was the pTerogatiye OF the
] chairman"
The witness said he had not told
anyone If he was not paid money by
the Clark people he would testify as
ne had done. or that Mr.. Hennessy Of
Butte was to pay him several hun
dred dollars.
Mr. Rector was excused at 11.s5
o'clock and the Rev. B. E. H. Warren.
who was chaplain Of the Montana
house Of Representatives in the last
session was called
Mr.. Warren related the details Of two
conversations he had with Senator
F, Clark While the legislature " as in ses-
son and Just previous TO the election
Of Mr.. Clark. He said he had been a
sup9plrter of Mr.. Clark; that he had
read the reports that ne was using
corrupt means to secure his election.
ana that he had called upon him for the
purpose of satisfying himself.
Clark Was Confident.
I asked the senator" said the wit
hess. what the prospects Of election
were. Mr.. Clark replied that they were
all right. / viii be elected Clark said.
lie spoke assuredly, but said he did not
want the election until he could get a
majority Of the Democrats. He could.
he said, with the assistance of the Re
DUblicans. be elected at anv time, but
he did not want the election that way.
Clark added that the members were
COM ne TO him at the rate Of one or
two a day.
Il then asked If he expected exc BE
publican vote He replied that he did,
ana 7 asked him if he was sure of all
OF them, 10 which he replied that there
might be one or Two defectiOns, ad-
ding That is all arranged for I then
told MIN that 7 heard a Democratic
member Owing the name of a member
Of the house, cay ne would support you
for 4 consideration.
How much does he want?" Clark
asked.
About $4,000. 1 think replied.
Clark studied 2 moment and said: I
can't DO anything like that myself. but
l viii have it fixed He did not. how
ever, say who would fix il"
Candidate Was Uneasy.
Warren said he had seen Clark the
next morning in the lobby Of the ho-
tel, and Clark had asked him where
his man was. de had replied that
he had not seen the member, when
Clark said: Tell him ! want his-vote
today.
Continuing, he said Clark expressed
himself as being weary OF the proceed
inee and said It must come to a con
cIusIon- Explaining himsel further,
Warren said he had not seen the MEM
Der in accordance with this request.
but that before he went to see Clark
he had heard the member say j0kingly
that he would vote for that gentleman
for 10,000.
On discrimination, Warren said
he had resigned his ministry in the
Methodist church after giving his tes-
timOny before the Montana supreme
court because CT the numerous scan
dalOUs reports that were put in circu-
lation about MIN. He said, in reply to
questions that previous to going TO
Helena he had had difficulty at Sweet
Grass
- q sighting = kSeCAS1'
"A man called me a bad name" he
said. and 7 knocked him down and
gave him a thrashing."
Relating the circumstances connected
with his retirement from the Helena
church ministry, he said shat many Of
his church members were supporters Of
Clark and had been much incensed at
his course. They had also failed to pay
his salary.
rs it not a-fact," asked Mr.. Faux
ner, that you We're charged by mem
oeTs of your congregation with embez-
Element and fornicati0n?"
Warren replied in the negative, say
ing there had been no official charges.
He proceeded, however, to say that the
stories circulated after he had given
his testimony charged him with drum
kenness, embezzlement and immoral
ity.
Does Not Fear Investigation.
In reply to further questions, he said
he had not resigned 10 avoid an tnves-
tigatiOn I was not afraid Of an in
vestigatiOn." he said, but I felt indig-
nant Indeed. I expect TO have an in
vestigatiOn yet-a very warm one"
You nave not assaulted any one as
you did at Sweet Grsss
No. sir but ! am liable TO do so be-
fO~ this thing is over.
Faulkner also brought out the fact
that during mis- conversation with
Clark Warren had told him that his
church was in a had way; that the
latter had promised a contribution for
1t as soon IS the senatorial contest was
ended and that Clark had sent him
check for $780, which he had aDprO-
priated 10 the payment of his own sal
airy. because the church was behind
with him.
He added. however. that ne had re-
ferred this transaction to the presiding
elder. The witness was then released
and a recess taken.
Went Over to Clark.
Edward H. Cooney, member of the
Montana legislature from Cascade
county, said the entire Cascade dele
cation had been elected with the under
standing that they should support Mr..
Conrad. Toward the close of the ball
loting two of its members Messrs. Gil
lette and Flynn, changed from Conrad
to Clark.
He said that Z. c. Butler. who had at
one time been connected with a news
paper in which Marcus DAILY was inter-
ested. proposed that he vote for Mr..
Clark, saying that II he would do 50
Mr.. Clark would rehabilitate the Butte
Miner, giving him and Mr.. Butler prac-
teal charge Of It at $500 a year each
for five years. Later Mr. Butler had
urged him to go with him to Charley
Clark and fix the matter up.
He had not accepted. because he had
voted for Conrad 10 a finish. He also
said that another member Of tbs legis-
lature had afterwards changed his
vote from Conrad to Clark and told
him that he understood the Clark peo-
pie were putting money in the han6s
Of third parties to be paid for votes;