The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-18

+ had sent out some friends to feel the
pulse Of the state.
Break the One-man Power.
: He also stated that Democratic poll
/ tics in the state had been running wild
+ for some years. The Democrats had
been fusinE with POpulists and silver
D Republicans and he was opposed to
F such a course because it resulted in the
nomination of people who were not
/ Democrats The object was to SO or
/ ganize as to break down the "One man
/ power" in the state.
! After ascertaining these facts the
! senator said that he had very reluc-
+ family agreed to the proposition Of his
friends, and To assist financially, fur
nishing such funds as were absolutely
+ necessary in q prudent way TO accom-
plish the object aimed at.
: Mr. Clark said at his preliminary
meeting he had stated distinctly that
+ he would not be "a candidate for the
senate and that he had not changed
his mind until after the election Of the
/ Legislature.
/ Did you in accordance with your
! agreement with your friends at that
meeting make any contribution to the
/ campaign fund.- Mr.. Faulkner asked.
Gave Large Sums of Money.
/ Yes, sir" was the reply. Some days
after this meeting I gave an amount
which il was estimated would be neces-
/ sary to begin with. That amount was
S55, 900. The second contribution was
made in October and amounted to 500
/ 900. In November 1 contributed $40. 900
/ and after / was elected 7 gave my son
4 Charles w. Clark a check for about
S20.aOO to pay expenses incurred during
/ the sitting of the legislature in Helena.
/ Upon leaving that city, / had told
my son 10 stay there and settle up all
bills that had been incurred. Upon his
/ returning to Butte he gave me a state
ment showing disbursements amount
ing 10 about this sum. These cOntribu.
/ tons were all thzSrveTe made by me
! IN connection with that campaign"
Explaining to Senator Hoar, Mr..
/ Clark said that the first contribution
: of $4,000 was necessary in organizing
for the legislative campaign. a great
deal Of money being required to get
voters registered and to get them to
the polls.
Did YOU ever" asked Mr.. Faulkner,
directly or indirectly make any money
or other voluntary contributions to Sc
cure-sohe vote of any members of the
legislature for you for United States
/ SENATOR"
He Never Bought Votes.
mo, sir, I never did, responded the
/ witness, holding himself erect and look
/ ing directly at his interrogation.
DO you know of your own personal
knowledge of any money being used to
corruptly influence votes in your be-
, .4alf?" was the next question.
To this the senator replied: 'I 90
not There were plenty of rumors about
the expenditure Of money, but I have
no personal knowledge Of ANYTHING of
that kind being done"
Senator Clark was questioned con-
corning his conversations with Senator
Whiteside and Mark Hewitt and his
reported conversation with Represen-
tive jackson of Utah. He denied
having any conversation with Jack
son, and while admitting talking with
Whiteside and Hewitt, he cOntradicted
all the statements made bv them in
their testimony which would in anv
way impliCate him with corrupt meth
DDS in the legislature. He said that on
one occasion he had met Mr.. White
side at the Helena hotel, when the lat
ter had come to him saying:
Il have good news for you, I have
induced Senator Anderson to vote for
you"
Senator Clark said he had told
Whiteside that he was pleased to hear
this, because he and Nr. Anderson had
long been friends and he had conf
IDENTIFY counted upon his vote before
the final ballot should be taken.
He Has No Agents.
Mr.. Clark said positively Mr.. An
dersOn was the only member Of the
legislature spoken of in this CONVEX
satiOn and he explicitly denied saying
that Mr.. Anderson could not be in
duenced by money like other members.
He also denied having told Whiteside
that c. W. Clark, Mr.. Welcome nor
any one else was his agent.
Mr.. Clark admitted that he had met
Mark Hewitt often during the sitting
of the legislature as Mr.. Hewitt had
professed to be a friend of his in his
senatorial contest Their conversations
had, however, he said been SO COM
pletely devoid of feature that he did
not remember any Of them.
He was sure he had never told Hew-
lit, as the latter had testified, that he
considered Whiteside reliable. Tor ne
had not talked with him concerning
Whiteside, that he had never told
Hewitt after the Wbiteside SO-calIed
exposure that he would make tn. peo-
pie believe that MI Daily had eur-
nished the $50, GOO used by Whitesids n
that exposure, and that he had never
told Hewitt that he would have his
son or Welcome or any one else see
Tom Lyons, with a view TO satisfying
him. He did, however, remember that
Hewitt had told him that Lyons was
making some trouble about his expea-
ses in the senatorial campaign.
Denies Jackson's Story.
With reference TO the testimony of
Legislator Jackson of Utah. Mr.. Clark
said he had no recollection whatever
of having met that gentleman and that
he was sure that he Clark had not
tried to influence JacksOn's vote for
Mr. McCUne for United States senator
from Utah. He was equally sure that
he had made no corrupt or improper
proposals TO Jackson in that connection.
and that he had not told him that he
Clark had just purchased the vote
of a member of the Montana legisla-
ture in his own behalf
Equally certain was he that he had
never said to Mr.. Jackson or any one
else that Senator Hanna Of Ohio had
secured his election to the senate by
corrupt means.
I am absolutely positive" said Sen
ator Clark. concluding his direct teS-
tfmOny concerning Jackson. that
never had any conversation with him
or any one else relative To the manner