The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-07

Was a Conspiracy.
He had not voted for M Clark on
the first three or four ballots because
OF the Whiteside exposure, bus had
been assured by Clark in a converse
ton that the exposure wan the result
Of a ccnST Tracy, and that the money
vas not his. He had intended when
electe1 to vote for him. and then after
making further Investigators decided
TO give MIN his vote-as he had orig
naliy intended
on discrimination. Mr.. Cullen said
his family had spent the winter ia Cal
lfoTnia on account Of his health. but
them 10 live on. He denied having
/ told Mr, Nhited.de's brother that he
had seen Clark and fixed the thing.
and thet Whiteside was a fool if he
did not get Sl50O0 for his vote.
Harry RiRgwalt Of Great Falls de-
tailed a conversation he said he had
had with Mr.. Whiteside previous TO the
meeting of the legislature. he was at
that tins deputy county treasurer. Mr..
/ Whiteslde had come to him. asking
nm 20 enter into q scheme TO prevent
Mr.. ClaTk's election to the senate.
He knew 1 had been a friend of Mr.
DAILY, said the witness. He said to
me; You are just the man I want, as
yeu are an Cld-timd and know a lot OF
people L want YOU TO 80 to Helena
with US.' AIT. WhitCslde added, and as
slsL US in fight on ". A. Clark TO
+ prevent his going 70 the senate
/ asked him what he meant by US and
/ he replied that he meant Mr.. Daily ard
his friends. He added that / might
as well get into the band wagon and
take ride-that if I would do what
, he wanted me to do, see the legisla-
tors etc. 1 could make pile of money,
more Of 1t in two or three months than
1 could make in my then position in as
many years.
Bomb Would Explode.
'T declined, and WhlLeside then told
me to keS,o quiet and I would hear.
/ bomb explode s0On-that he was going
TO spring a sensation to prevent Clark's
election. and that there was $50 600 in
it,"
Mr. Ringwalt also said Mr. Whiteslde
had told him as early as 1897 that b.
was going to get even with the HeleEd
people and Mr.. Clark for their part in
the state capital fight
On rOSs-aXaminatiOn, Mr.. RiDgwalt
said that he had never told this story
before because he did not want to get
mixed ~ in the matter.
No little interest was manifested in
the committee room when Benjamin
Ealk was introduced as a, witness This
was due to the fact that his name had
been brought into the investigation in
various connections and especially in
connection with the letter from Bick-
ford to Root which was intercepted in
Mr. CampbelFs Office. and which was
read in the committee room at the be-
ginning of tOday's proceedings.
Mr.. Fax did not proceed far before
the noon adjournment. He had only
sta'Gd that he was deputy clerk Of
Flathead county in 1898. and had han
died the election returns involving the
election in which Mr.. Whiteside was
, candidate for the state senate.
Attorney Foster for the defense
sought to bring out the fact that
Whitos.de had offered S1.0oO for access
70 the returns before they were counted.
The question was objected to as col
lateral The committee found it Eeces-
sary to consider this D0int in execu-
tive session. promising to give a de-
cisiOn at the TeaSt1cmtling after recess
at p. m.
Question is Excluded.
At the beginning of the afternoon
session. Senator Chandler announced
that for the present the committee
would exclude the question put to the
witness. MT. F2lk as to whether Mr..
Whiteside tried to bribe him to exhibit
the FlatheGd county returns as il was
only a correlatiVe natter
Mr.. Foster stated that in the interest
of Mr.. Clark he would announce the de-
sire of the defense to prove as they
cbuld by both Falk and his wife. that
Whiteside had offered a bride of $1,000
to be allowed TO tam0eT with the re-
turns. The question was excluded under
the former ruling
Mr.. Falk was not questioned as to
the interrupted letter. being excused
the interrupted letter. being excGsed af-
ter brief exam na-iCn. He said b had re-
manned with Reprezentative Carr when
the latter was sick because Carr had
said that he was afraid Of violence from
Fred Whiteside. He admitted on cross
examination that he had received a let
ter from Senator Clark previous to the
sitting Of tle lerfsIa ture Wnirh he had
shown 10 Mr.. Whiteside This letter
was an inquiry as to the senatorial SEN
timent in Flathead county, but the
witness said he had destroyed It. not
considering it of value. he said White
side had said at the time that he would
as soon vote for Clark as any one.
Afraid of Being Poisoned.
On examination by different members
Of the committee, Fdlk said Carr was
afraid he would be poisoned, threats
having been made by Whitez-de against
him.
H. W. Mclaughlin. representative
in the legislature from Miss0Ula, was
put on to explain his sale of land TIM
Der and saw mill site. the latter in the
town OF MissOula, to Senator Clark He
said there was from 10000 TO 5000 geo
feet of lumber and that he had sold it
for $246SA nOtv outstanding that he had
considered it worth from $4,000 to s40,-
eco. he had accepted less than the pro
perty was worth because Of the fact
that Mt Daily practically had a mon
OpOly of the lumber bus ness in the
state cutting him off from making a
sale.
Part of the consideration was that he
was to remain az manager for the
Western Lumber company at rate of
$500 per month. He had negotiated the
sale through Mr.. Bickf0rd, but not a
word was said about the senatorial con- /
test He had, however. been approached
by the DAILY people and asked to vote
for Conrad He mad declined because
he considered Clark the best man. He
had received no improper proposals TO /
vote for Clark and no remuneration F!
for voting for him.
On cross examination, Mr. McLaugh- }
lin said he had paid $500 for the pro-
peTty sold He had, he said. about 1880 I
when elected to the legislature but he |
owed about S9,0C0. The 81 soc had been /
kept in his house and not in a bank !
He denied that ne told Mr.. TOOle that /
he would vote for AT Clark because /
the vote meant bread and butter for 1
his family. I
81 did not say that to Mr. Toole and |