The age-herald., 1900-01-14
ANOTHER DAY OF
 THE CLARK CASE
Son of the Senator on Stand a
 Short While.
COULD NOT FIND LETTERS
H. L. Hewitt and c. L. Jackson Both Give Interesting Evidence of Various Deals With MT. Whiteside, Who
 Had Clark's Confidence

Washington, January Blowing to the fault of witnesses to appear the senate to-
 day adjourned the hearing in the Clark senatorial contest until next Wednesday, The principal witnesses heard today were H. l.. Hewitt and c. L. Jackson. Hewitt said that Clark had told him that he had perfect confidence in Senator Whiteside as a friend, and had said that he had paid his supporters all he owed them"
 He said that Charley Clark had asked him to see Senator Meyers and offer S1OOOO for his vote for MT. Clark, the senator. Myers said that If he was disposed to do so.
 MT. Clark could put 900 in the hands of Mir Whiteside to be paid to him (Meyers) in case he should vote for Mr. Clark. MT. Hewitt said that during the senatorial contest he had demonstrated with the sen- ator concerning Whiteside, as well known | supporter of Daily, but the senator had as- | sured him that Whiteside's fidelity was as- sured because of the fact that he (White- l side) was in trouble with Clark's opponent | over building he was constructing In Butte.
 The witness also said that he had seen the senator at his rooms at the Helena hotel a short time after the Whiteside ex- posture, and had asked him what he pro- posed to do, when the senator replied: There is only one thing to do, and that is to mako the people believe the Daly gang have furnished the money and have put up a conspiracy against us"
 Conversation with Senator Clark
 The witness also detailed a conversation, which he said he had had with Senator Clark upon the eve of the investigation by the supreme court, in which he told the senator that Tom Lyons, one of the sem ator's workers, had threatened to go into court and testify against Clark, because the latter's friends had not kept their promise to him. According to the witness | the senaotr had then replied "I don't owe l these (using an offensive phrase)-any- | thing. 1 have paid them all they asked. | am under no obligations to them, and ex- pect them to do as they agreed to do by | me-"
 On cross-examination MT. Hewitt said he | was a republican and not especially inter- | ested in any of the senatorial candidates i he had ''just drifted into the contest He l pronounced as incorrect the report or the | testimony taken before the Lewis and | Clark county grand jury furnished the l committee by the memoralists, and he ad-
 ded that he had not told all the facts to | the jury. Indeed, he had never told all to | anyone uDlli ne 0dQ gwen llt to | MT. Birney, one of the attorneys for the | memoraists in Washington, few days | since.
 l Senator Faulkner's questions were devot- | ed to showing inconsistency on the part | of the witness in refusing to give the de- l tails to Montana representatives of the | prosecution, whom he knenv to give them to | MT. Birney, whom he did not know Hew- | lit declared that he had "received nothing 1 and no promise of anything from the anti | Clark people for his part in these proceed | ings" Under pressure he said that when l he went before the grand jury he had de- | sired not to reveal all his transactions dur l ing the sitting of the legislature He had
 only replied to questions asked him and he
 did not consider that he had prejudiced himself in withholding some of the facts.
 He had, however, made up his mind to
 tell the whole truth here
 Continuing his testimony, MT. Hewitt | sadd he had received no pay for his serv-
 ices for MT. Clark and no promise of any.
 He had been interested with Senator Clark | his opponents.
 Young Clark Called
 l c. w. Clark was next called He was l questioned concerning letters from Dr. Ec- 1 tor to himself, his father and MT. Bickford, 1 which were referred to in Ector's testimo- my yesterday, and to which the letters from Senator Clark produced yesterday
  last seen them during the Welcome dis | barment trial and was sure that he had put them In his trunk to bring east. He | could not find them, however, and thought they must be in New York He was sure
 he had not destroyed them, and said he | would go to New York and get them.
 The next witness was Charles w. Jack | son, newspaper man residing in Salt | Lake, Utah, and a member of the legisla- | ture of that state He testified that he | had met MT. Clark at the Knuttsford ho-
 tel in Salt Lake City. Utah, during the | senatorial deadlock in that state last Feb l ruary, and that MT. Clark had tried to in- | fiuence him to vote for McCune for United | States senator from Utah, intimating to him that in case he should do so he would | be paid for the act Jackson said he had | declined and that Mr. Clark had then pro-
 ceeded to argue the point, saying that all
 scandals of that character soon died out; {; | that it was the custom of men of wealth l to spend money to secure election to the
 senate MT Jackson said MT. Clark cited | the case of Senator Hanna, of Ohio, as in
 point Continuing, he said that MT Clark
 stated that in his own case he had used l money to secure his own election, which | had then but recently occurred. His elec- 1 tion had caused some talk, and one of the l members had foolishly exhibited some bills l in a careless manner but he had no doubt
 that the talk would soon die out and that
 he would hear little more of it. The wit | ness said that MT. Clark had asked him to | regard the conversation confidential. When MT. Jackson concluded his testimo- | ny 1t was announced that no more wit l nesses would be examined before Wednes- | day next, and after an executive session | the committee adjourned.
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