The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-20
HOW CLARK'S MONEY
WAS DISTRIBUTED.
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had been elected with the understanding
that they should support Mr.. Conrad.
Toward the close of the balloting two OF
its members, Messrs. Gillette and Flynn.
changed from Conrad to Clark. He said
that Il, c. Butler. who had at one time
been connected with a newspaper In
which Marcus DAILY was interested, pro-
posed that he vote for Mr.. Clark, saying
that IL 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. because he had
voted for Conrad to a finish
He also said that another member OF
the legislature, who had afterward
changed his vote from Conrad to Clark,
had told him that he understood the
Clark people were putting money In the
hands of third parties to be paid Tor
votes; that such methods would not get
him but that IL he should find letter
in a room with large sum OF money In
It. It would be hard to get 1t away from
him.
Cooney,s, story Corroborated.
Mr.. Butler testified when called to the
conversation which Mr.. Cooney had re-
lated, saying that he had taken the mat
ter UP with Mr.. Cooney. in connection
with a proposition he had received from
Ross Clark, a brother of the senator, to
take the business management OF the
Miner. He said he had seen Mr.. Cooney
at the request of Charley Clark. the SEN
ator's son. but that Mr.. Cooney had de-
clfned to enter into the negotiation.
An Attorneys Professional Service.
y. T. Cason. an attorney at Butte, told
an interesting story. not only of his par
tfcipation in the election of Mr.. Clark. but
his wanderings since. He first told how
he had been sent for to come to Helena to
use his influence with Representative
Marcyes of Custer county, and that when
he went there he saw Senator Clark. who
told him he would like to have him see
Marcyes and talk with him and that Mar
eyes had not been approached: that serv-
ice being left to him (Cason), as he
could handle him better.
.'He authorized me to say to 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 handling his
funds and would supply me with expense
money. Mr.. Clark also said" the witness
went on, =. since Whiteside has betrayed
us / have very little confidence in any
one, and would like to have you handle
him very carefully"
Continuing Mr. Cason said he had seen
Mr. welcome who had given him so for
expenses and that afterward he had seen
Marcyes several times and after satisfy
ing himself that Marcyes would vote for
Clark, had SO reported to him. He had not,
however. made any suggestion Of a money
consideration to Marcyes. Afterward
Marcyes had voted for Clark. and on Feb
ruary L. he had received letter from
Mr. Clark. inclosing check for $500 for
professional services" This letter was
produced and identified. and Cason said
that the only services he had rendered
Clark were in connection with the sena-
torial race He, testified before the grand
Jury in the Welcome disbarment case and
after doing so had felt sorry for the part
he had taken in that case, feeling that he
did not want to come to Washington to
testify against Mr.. Clark who had done
him favors.
How He Tried to Crawnsh.
His state of mind had been communicate
ed to J. B. Root, law partner of Mr.. Well
come who had sent for him and asked him
to avoid subpoena to Washington. He
(Cason) had replied that he would be glad
to do so and that he would give any as
surance Of his good faith providing no use
should be made Of the document except to
show It, to Mr.. Clark. He then told how
Mr. Root had prepared letter which he
1.-THE witness) had copied and signed I'm
which he had said there was no truth in
ANYTHING he had testified to in the Well
come case. This was put in strong Ian
guage. and in the letter he was made to
dwell upon the disgrace he had brought
upon himself by the part he had taken
in the matter.
Paid to Get Ont Of the Country.
In return for this letter, Root had given
him $3.50 with which to get out of the
country, Root promising to hold the let
ter as sacred, and only to make it public
in case he (Cason) should come to WASH
ington. He had then gone to Baker City.
Or. corresponding from there with Root
under the name of G. u. Taylor. He had.
however, not been there long, when he
saw his recantation in the newspapers.
Soon afterwards he had received sum-
mons to come to Washington, and had
responded arriving today, only an hour
| before he went on the stand.
Severe Crosx-ExaminatiOn.
| On cross-examination Cason was asked
| to and did identify letter he had writ
| ten to Albert G. Hall, of Washington. a
| brother-in-law Of Senator Clark. who had
| originally introduced him to the senator.
| This letter was dated February last,
| in which he had thanked Hall in profuse
| terms for his introduction to Mr.. Clark,
| and spoke of that gentleman in most eu-
| logistic 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.. Clarks