Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-23
CLARK'S SON RESUME
Tells the Senate Committee That He Paid
Out $4,000
About $4,000 Was Spent During the
Legislative Session Denies
Buying Any Votes.

At the afternoon session of the Clark in
vestigating committee yesterday Mr.. c. W.
Clark continued his testimony. He
lated his connection with the summonins
Of Z. T Cason from Butte to Helena dur
ing the sitting Of the legislature. He sum
nloned him at the request Of his father.
Mr.. Clark said that T. Z. Lyons had told
him that Mark Hewitt was protesting to
have information of the purchase Of votes
for his fathers election He said he had
replied that this was not so and that even
If Il were SO Hewitt would not know
about it,
Explaining the transaction in which 1000
was sen. 20 MissouIa TO take up the mort
gage on Representative Woods ranch Mr..
BIckford had come TO him and asked him
for sT.o"o with which TO take up a mort
gage. He Drew a check and gave it 10
Bickford He knew nothing more about
the matter until BickfOTd gave it back 70
him in Helena
The Famous Trip to Helena.
Mr.. Clark also explained the trip on
special train from Butte 10 Helena August
3. lie said that on the preceding day Mr.
Corbett had come to him as saying that he
was dissatisfied with the conduct of the
Welcome disbarmcnt ease before the state
supreme court, Judge Carpenter, counsel
1bE MI w tl4COIDEr HdNlnR FttllGQ not 10
put IN an answer or TO defend the case
Mr. Corbett had told him that it was most
essential that an answer should be filed and
that as Senator Clark and Mr. Welcome
were absent from the state he (the witness
must go over to helena with him (COrbett)
and see THAI a change was decided upon.
He had found it impossible to get back on
the regular trains in time for a dinner
party. and they had therefore taken q sfe-
cial train He said that he had remained
in AIFtv4H 9 lib -g,FT
went out TO see Judge Carpenter Well
comes counsel. 1t had not been necessary
for him to see Mr.. Carpenter as that gem
tleman had acceded to Mr. Corbett's wishes
in the matter of the filing OF an answer in
the Welcome case. He said he had not
seen any of the justices of the supreme
court. nor had he me, DIR. Tracey
Did you go 10 Helena on that occasion -
asked Mr.. Faulkner. with the object plr-
pose or intention of having any one see
any member of the supreme court in the
Welcome case?''
Il did not" the witness replied.
Campaign Cost sI32,oo0
Mr. Clark then related in detail his con-
nectlon as treasurer with the Clark COM
mittee- He said he had received all told
s11s.0oO from his father. OF this amount
he expended about $4,000 prior TO the
state convention. about $4,000 on the state
campaign. and the remainder during the
sitting OF the legislature. In July last his
father had also given him $4,000 for ex-
penses in the Welcome disbarment case
Mr. Clark read from his memoranda a de-
tailed statement giving the names of per
sons to whom this money had been paid
The list included many names of work
ers to whom payments were made and
some newspaper men who received small
sums One of the entries showed a pay
ment Of $1,000 to ]. P. (Swede) Murphy
during the legislative campaign and SIS coo
10 VIM. Thompson. Murphy was chairman
Of the populist branch and Thompson Of