The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-03


Perjury Was Repugnant to Him
But Was Doing the Whiteside Act
For Senator Clark.
Washington, Feb. 2.-The defense in
the case of Senator Clark of Montana
before the senate committee on privi-
leges and elections today began the
presentation Of its side Of the contro-
versy The first half of the day was
given TO three witnesses for the me-
mOrialists, after which Thomas Lyons,
county attorney Of Jefferson county,
was put on the stand by Mr.. Faulkner
in Mr.. Clark's behalf. His testimony
was rather startling in several respects.
He brought Representative Campbell,
one OF the attorneys for the prosecution,
into the controversy as an active par
ticipant in the case. saying that Mr..
Campbell had promised him $1,000 to
testify in the case against Mr.. Clark
in this prosecution. He had previously
been a, worker for Mr. Clark and said
that he acted in this matter at the
instance of Mr.. c. W. Clark, playing
the part, as the witness put it, of a
Whiteside on the other side"
Accordingly, he said, he had visited
Mr.. Campbell. After hearing his prop
ositisn to testify that several members
OF the legislature had been to his
knowledge bribed, Mr.. Campbell had
agreed to pay him the sum mentioned
for the evidence, afterward agreeing
to double it. He said that afterward
Mr.. Campbell had told him that he
Uyons) would ruin him (CampbelD if
he revealed these facts before the COM
mittee. but that he had never said TO
Campbell that the story he had told
Campbell he would tell was false.
Prosecution Closing Up.
When the committee met, Mr.. Camp
bell, representing the memoTialists, an
nounced that he had three more wit
nesses to examine, thus deferring the
beginning Of the presentation Of the
defense.
The first witness was Frank z.
Wright. cashier Of a bank at Lewiston,
Mont. Mr.. Wright was questioned con
corning the accounts Of State Rep
sentative T. c. Long and State Senator
Hobson. the latter being president Of
his bask. He said that prior to the
meeting of the legislature Long had
owed the bank $500, and Hobson had
owed it S22, 900. Long had paid his note
in April and Hobson paid his in May
last both with checks. The witness.
Brought with him a transcript of the
accounts Of Hobson and Long, but
failed to bring the deposit slips in
either case.
The account transcripts were placed
in evidence. The one in HObs0n's case
showed that in April last a letter was
received from the Continental National
bank of Chicago, advising the Fergus
county bank Of a credit of So, coo in
Hobson's behalf. HObsOn was then in
London, but the witness did not think
he had gone to London with Senator
Clark. HObS0n had never told him
where he had obtained the $4,000.
On discrimination Wright said
that Hobs0n was considered a wealthy
man-woTth about $780, 900 or $500 000.
He knew that he had sold some mines
in London. but did not know whether
the $4,000 was derived from this
source.
Had Big Roll of Bills.
Halsey NJ. Watson of the Fergus
County Argus testified to a converse
ton with Representative Long after his
return to Lewiston from his attend
ance at the legislature. Long had ex-
hibited a big roll of bills. The repre-
sentative had objected to some crit
ieisms Of his course in voting for Clark
The witness had said to Long:
We'll, Charley, 1 suppose it was sim
ply matter of dollars and cents with
yCu9" to which he said the reply was:
well, I hope you don't consider I
was a cheap guy anyway
w. w. Beasley, Republican member
Of the Montana legislature from Sweet
Grass county, denied that he said dur
ing his campaign that he would never
vote for a Democrat. He had not talk
ed with any one seriously of voting for
Clark until the question came up in
the Republican caucus.
Beasiey said he was induced to vote
for Clark because in 2 statement fur
ni5hed him Clark had given ass UranCe
that he would vote fox The protection
was then excused to go to his hotel to
get ClaTk's pledge and the committee
took a recess until o'clock.
Mr.. Beasley after lunch said that
there had been more talk of bribery
among the DAILY people" than among
any other class. He said he had never
been offered nor had he accepted any
consideration for his vote for Mr. Clark
for the senate.
Defense Begins Testimony.
The prosecution rested here and Mr..
Faulkner called Thomas L. Lyon of
Boulder, Mont, as the first witness for
the defense. He related that last sum-
mer he had met Mark Hewitt one Of
the witnesses for the prosecution, in
Butte when the latter had come to him
and asked him to go into a scheme to
bluff" Clark into giving him a lease on
a mining property. Afterward the wit
ness declared Hewitt said to him that
ne did not believe that Clark was going
TO give him the coveted lease, adding:
Campbell has got a barrel of money
in this proceeding against Clark and if
we cannot get anything out of Clark
there is no reason why we can't make
a killing by going in with the other
side"
Hewitt had continued: st know
enough TO put up a story that VIII
! break the old mans back, and if he
don't give me the lease I'll put the har-
poon into him.
Lyon said he had told Charles Clark
had asked him to pretend to enter into
| the scheme. He had done this and af-
! terward gone to see Congressman
| Campbell who is conducting the case
before the committee for the prosecu-
/ ton, who had told him that he wanted
| his aid very much in prosecuting the
| case When he (Hewitt) had made OBJ
| iections Mr.. Campbell had told. him
| that he did not expect him to join the
| prosecution for nothing and that the
/ prosecution would pay whatever was
! right "