The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-12
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finally. excused at 1855 O'Clock, but was
asked to remain in attendance upon
the committee.
State Senator W. A Clark of Madi-
son county was next called. He stated
ne was a Democrat and that he had
gone to Helena more favOrably inclined
TO Mr.. Clark than toward any other
candidate for the senate, but that he
had changed his opinion after he had
investigated the methods of his name
sake.
Mr.. Clark testified that he had receiv-
ed $4,000 in $1,000 bills from United
States Senator Clark's manager, Mr..
Welcome, on Jan. 4. 1898, and that the
money was given him on the express
condition that he was to vote for Clark
as long as his vote was wanted. He
detailed the preliminary talk with Mr..
Welcome. saying Mr. Welcome said
to aim:
We want you with US. and we want
you hard" adding: We are going TO
set the votes necessary to elect our
man, and if We don't get them one
way, we viii get them another"
Was $4,000 In It.
Il asked Welcome what there was
in it2" the witness continued, and he
replied: There's $4,000 for you, pro-
vided you comply with the conditions
The condition being that l vote for
Clark as long as required"
Mr.. Welcome had told the witness
that he would put the money in Mr.
Whiteside's hands for him, but the lat
ter testified he replied that that was
not satisfactory; that he did not doubt
Mr. Welcomes word, but that he
must zee the mOne-"
Mr.. Welcome then told him that big
bills were scarce, but that the old
man" would arrive from Butte that
night, and he would bring plenty of
cash with him. Accordingly, the money,
500 in $1,000 bills, was given to him
by Welcome that night.
After counting il he had placed it in
an envelope and handed it TO Mr..
Whiteside for safekeeDing. He said
that when Mr.. welcome gave him the
money ne had called him over into a
corner of his room and, holding the bills
up, mad said that he had a fine engTav-
ing he wanted to show him.
The committee adjourned until p. m.
Got Money From Daily.
Attorney Foster, representing United
States senator Clark, cross examined
State Senator Clark at the afternoon
session. The witness states ne had
first met Marcus DAILY about ten days
before the Legislature adjourned in 1893.
He said he had received s.. $50 from Mr.
Daily for representing MIN as his cOun-
sci in one transaction. He also said
that before the meeting of the legisla-
ture in January last he had not had
high opinion of Fred Whiteside, be
lieving his conduct in the state capitol
location matter had not been eXem- |
a no had
to join Mr.. Whiteside and Mr.. Camp |
bell in their scheme to expose the al 1
legged bribery proceedings in connection 4
with a United states senator until Mr.. /
Whiteside's record should be cleared /
up.
He had, however, accepted the ex-
PLANTATION made by Mr.. Campbell and !
had then agreed to meet Mr.. Welcome. |
He declared in response to an inquiry /
that he did not belong to the DAILY fac +
ton, never before nor since the meet
ing Of the legislature"
To Expose Bribery.
The witness said that when Mr. /
Campbell had approached him first he /
had understood the use of money was /
10 be exposed. whether by Senator /
Clark or any one else. It was generally I
however. that Clark was 4
doing so in that connection. He had I
known that Mr. Campbell was a sup
porter Of the Daily faction The plan
for him to take money from Welcome
and mark and identify and then turn
Il over to Whiteside had not been acted !
upon between himself and Whiteside.
He had not had any intention of hold
ng the money himself. Replying to
a question he said he was only a wit
ness in this case.
Witness and detective you mean,
suggested Mr.. Foster, to which the
reply was:
Yes, if you call it detective work to
go into a combination to expose
bribery"
He stated that when the 5000 in
money was taken out of his pocket by
Ir. Welcome the latter laid it down
IN steam radiator in the corner Of
The room.
Looking For Money.
Il was not interested in the picture
on the wall to which Mr.. Welcome di-
'ected my attention" he said. i was
looking after the money"
Speaking of the fact that he had not
Kept some of his promises to Mr.. Well
come, the witness said that he did not
consider it wrong to deceive that kind
II a man."
Whether a Misrepresentation is
he said in the same con-
lection, depends upon to whom you
are making it and the purpose for
which it is made"
On redirect examination Mr. Clark
stated that the $3.50 given him last
Iune by MIR. Daily had been given for
he purchase of a half interest in the
a paper published in his
MIR. Clark's) town.
Fred w. Cowes1, a. railroad conductor
# MissOula. Mont, testified to going to
Helena during the sitting of the legis-
allure at the instance of Mr.. W. II.
who asked him to secure for
'Ir. Clark the support of Speaker Stiff,
If the Montana house of representa-
ives. Hhe witness testified that Mr..
had said that up to that time,
he 14th of January last, they had been
Unable to secure Stiffs support to
Clark and that they were willing to
Jay $4,000 for that support.
Couldn't Trust the Speaker.
The witness had suggested that as
Stiff was committed TO Conrad, the
,ffer of SIS, 900 should be made to him
o simply stay away when the vote was
cached, not casting any vote for
andidate for the senate. Mr. BickfOrd
Lad asked for time to see Clark and
When they had next met had told him
hat $4,000 would be paid if Mr.. Stiff
would refrain from voting and that
0,O00 would be given to him for serv-