The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-20
Ten Thousand For a Vote.


Ten Thousand For Vote.
He authorized me to say to him that
he would pay him $4,000 for his vote
for him Clark for the United states
senate. said the witness. adding: Gle
also said TO me that Mr. WELCOME. was
handling his funds and would SUNNY
me with expense money. Mr.. clark
also said the witness went on.
" Since Whiteside has betrayed us
have very little confidence in anyone
and would like to have you handle him
very. carefully"
Continuing, Mr. Cason said he had
seen Mr.. Welcome. who had given him
$50 for expenses. and that afterwards
he had seen Mr.. Marcyes several times.
and after satisfying himself that Mar
eyes would vote for Clark, had so re-
ported to him. He had not. however.
made any suggestion of a money. con
sideTation to Mr.. Marcyes Afterward
Marcyes had voted for Clark. and on
Feb. he had received a letter from
Mr. Clark, enclosing a check for $500
for professional services
This letter was produced and identf-
fed. and Mr.. Cason said that the only
services he had rendered Mr.. clark,
were in connection with the senatorial
race.
ASA w I'LL OOIINW.
He had testified before the grand
jury in the Welcome disbarment case
and after doing SO had felt sorry for
the part he had taken in, that case,
feeling that he did not want to come
to Washington to testify against MIR.
Clark, who had done him favors. His
STATE Of mind had been communicated
10 J. 2. Root, q law partner of Mr.
Welcome, who had sent for him and
asked him IL avoid a subpoena to
Washington. He (gason), had replied
that rs would be glad TO do SO and
that he would give any assurance of
his good faith providing nc use
should be made Of the document ex-
eept to show it to Mr.. Clark.
He then told how Mr. Root had pre-
pared a letter which he (the wltness)
had copied and signed in which he
had said there was no truth in any
thing he had testified to in the Well
come case. This was put in strong
language, and in the letter he was
mzde to dwell upon the disgrace he
had brought upon himself by the part
he had taken in the matter.
To Get Out of Country.
In return for this letter Root had
given him 81 500 with which to get out
Of The country, Mr.. Root promising to
hold the letter as sacred and only to
make it public in case he (CasOn)
should come TO Washington. He had
then gone to Baker City, Ore. CORE
spending from there with Mr. Root
under the name of G. L. TAYLOR He
had. however, not been there long
when ne saw his recantation in the
newspapers Soon afterwards he had
received a summons to come to Wash
I'm
day, only an hour before he went on
the stand
on cross-examination Mr.. Cas0n was
asked to and did identify a letter he
had written to Albert G. Hall of
Washington 2 brother-in-law Of Sen
ator Clark, who had originally intro
duced him to the senator This letter
was dated Feb. 4 last, in which ne had
thanked Mr.. Hall in prOfuse terms for
his introduction to Mr.. Clark and spoke
Of that gentleman in most eniOgistic
terms as ''one Of the brainy men Of
the great northwest who would 10
doubt take high rank in the United
States senate"
Said Charges Were False.
He had also referred to the charges
Of bribery in connection with Mr.
Clark's election and pronounced them
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ground and that no more honorable
contest for the senate was ever waged,
even in New England states, than that
in which Mr.. Clark had made the fight
to a finish If there had been any
crOOkedness it was on the other side.
Replying to questions, he said it was
partly true and false. He had never
seen any bribery. his opinion was that
bribery was committed. Still this was
a friendly letter to Clark's brother
in-law and it would not have been wise
TO make such a charge to him"
Mr. Cas0n identified the Tecanting
letter he had given to AIr. Root. 1t
covered three pages of fo0lscap and
wa1 read by the witness amid roars Of
laughter by all present, including the
witness himself This laughter being
at the abject character OF the language
used.
Knew It Was a Lie.
do you pretend to say that when
you wrote that letter you knew it was
not true?" said Mr.. Faulkner.
why. certainly" responded the wit
ness coOlv.
Then you confess here to having
written and signed three pages Of lies
in that letter." said Mr.. Faulkner.
In his reply the witness gave the
second unique definition of a lie that
the hearing has brought out.
No 1 do not" he replied. Il con-
fess to writing the lette7'. but 1 don't
think any statement is ever lie which
is made with the understanding that
it is false"
At this point the examination
was postponed until tomorrow and the
COMMITTEES adjourned.
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