The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-20

salary, because the church was behind with
him. He added. however that he had re-
elders. The witness was then released and
a recess taken.
A LEGISLATORS STORY.
Edward II. Cooney, member of the
Montana Legislature from Cascade coun-
~, said the entire Cascade delegation had
been elected with the understanding that
they should support Mr.. Conrad. Near the
close of the balloting two membership.
Gillette and Mr.. FIynn-changed from
Conrad TO Clark. He said that Z. II. Butler.
who had at one time been connected with
a newspaper in which Marcus DAILY was
interested. proposed that he vote for Mr..
Clark, saying that if he would do so Mr..
Clark would rehabilitate the Butte Miner,
giving him and Mr.. Butler practical charge
OF 1t at $500 a year each for five years.
Later Mr.. Butler had urged him to go
with him to Charley Clark and fix the
matter up. He had not accepted, but had
voted for Conrad to the finish. He also
said that another member of the legis-
lature who had afterwards changed his
vote from Conrad to Clark had told him
that he understood that the Clark people
were putting money in the hands of third
PARTIES to be paid for votes, that such
methods would not get him, but that If he
should find a letter in room with a large
sum of money in it it would be hard to
get away from.
st. T. Cason, an attorney of Butte. told
an interesting story, not only of his par
ticipation in the election of Mr.. Clark,
but his wanderings since He first told
how he had been asked to go to Helena
to use his influence with Representative
Marcyes. Marcyes had not been ap-
preached, he was told, that having been
left to him (Casson), he could handle
him better. He authorized me to say 10
him that he would pay him $4,000 for his
vote for him CLARK for the United States
Senate" said the witness, adding: He also
said TO me that Mr. Welcome was hand
ling his funds and would supply me with
expense money! Mr.. Clark also said, the
witness went on: "Since Whiteside has be-
trayed us / have very little confidence in
any one and would like to have you handle
him very carefully.
Continuing Mr.. Casson 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 sat
| for Clark had so reported. He had not,
however, made any suggestion of money
| consideration to Mr.. Marcyes. Afterward
| Marcyes had voted for Clark and on Feb
| he had received a letter from Mr.. Clark
| inclosing a check for $500 for professional
services" This letter was produced and
| identified, and Mr.. Cason said that the
| only services he had rendered Mr.. Clark
were in accordance with the senatorial
race. He had testified before grand jury
| in the Welcome disbarment case and after
| had taken in the case, feeling that he did
not want to come to Washington to tes-
| tify against Mr.. Clark, who had done him
| favors. His state of mind had been COM
| municated to j. B. Root. a law partner
of Mr.. Welcome, who had sent for him
| and asked him to avoid a subpoena to
| Washing ton. He (Cason) had replied that
| he would be glad to. do so and that he
| would give any assurance of his good
| faith provided no use should be made of
the document except to show 1t TO Mr..
| Clark. He then told how Mr.. Root had
prepared letter which he (the witness)
| had copied and signed, in which he had
| said there was no truth in anything ne had
| testified to in the Welcome case. This was
put in strong language
GOT $500 FOR THE LETTER.
| In return for this letter Root had given
him 1850 with which 20 get out of the
country, Mr.. Root promising to hold the
letter a secret and only to make it public
| in case he (Cason) should come to Wash
ington. He had then gone to Baker City.
| Ore, corresponding from there with Mr..
| Root under the name OF G. H. Taylor. He
had, however not been there long when he
| saw his recantation in the newspapers.
Soon afterward he had received a summons
to come to Washington and had responded,
| arriving to-day, only an hour before he
| went on the stand. - saf,sd0 -
| On the cross-examination Mr.. Cason was
| asked to and did identify a letter he had
| written to Albert g. Hall, of Washington.
| ID. c., brother-in-law of Senator Clark,
| who had originally introduced him to the
| Senator. This letter was dated from Feb.
| last, in which he had thanked Mr.. Hall
| in profuse terms for his introduction to Mr..
Clark, and spoke of that gentleman in most
| eulogiStic terms as zone of the brainy men
| of the great Northwest, who would no
| doubt take high rank in the United States
Senate" He had also referred to the
| charges of bribery in connection with Mr..
| Clark's election and pronounced them false
| saying he had been on the ground and that
| mo more honorable contest for the Senate
| was ever waged even in a New England
| State than that ip which Mr.. Clark has
| just made the fight to a finish" If there
| had been any bribery it had been on the
| other side, as Clark had been abundantly
vindicated by the,action of the Legislature
| and the grand jury.
Replying to questions, he said that it was
| partly true and partly false He had never
| seen any bribery, but his opinion was that
| bribery was committed. Still this was "a
| friendly letter to Clarks brother-in-law
| and it would not have been wise to make
| such charge to him..
Mr.. Cason identified the recanting letter
| he had given to Mr.. Root. 1t covered three
| pages of foolscap and was read by the wit
| ness amid roars of laughter by all those
| present, including the witness himself, the
| laughter being caused by the abject char
| acter of the language.
| do you pretend to say that when you
| wrote that letter you knew 1t was not
| true?" said Mr.. Faulkner.
| 'Why, certainly" responded the witness
| cody.
| "Then you confess here to have written
| and signed what is contained In the three
pages of that letter." said Mr.. Faulkner
| In his reply the witness gave the second
| unique definition of lie that the hearing
has brought out. mo. / do not" replied
he. 81 confess to writing the letter, but
| don't think any statement is ever a lie
which is made with the understanding that
| it is false
At this point the cross-examination was
| postponed until tomorrow and the COM
| mittee adjourned.