Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-17

contributed $4,000, and after l was
elected | gave my son Charles W Clark
check for about $50 500 70 pay ex-
penses inquired during the sitting Of
the legislature In Helena Upon leav-
ing that city | had told my son TO stay
there and settle up all bills that had
been Incurred. Upon his returning to
Butte he gave me a statement showing
disbursements amounting to about this
sum. These contributions were all
that We're made by me IN connection
with that campaign"
Explaining 10 Senator Hoar, Mr. Clark
said that the first contribution OF $685.
600 was necessary In organizing for the
legislative campaign. a great deal OF
money being required TO get voters
registered and 10 get them to the polls.
Did you ever" asked Mr. Faulkner,
directly or Indirectly make any money
or other voluntary contributions TO
secure the vote Of any member OF the
legislature for you for United States
SENATOR
NEVER BRIBED 4 MAN.
mo, sir ! never did" responded the
witness, holding himself erect and
looking directly at his interrogation
DO you know of your own personal
knowledge Of any money being used
10 corruptly influence votes In your be-
halfY was the next question
To this the senator replied:
y do not. There were plenty OF ru-
mors about the expenditure OF money.
lut I have no personal knowledge OF
hythlng OF that kind being done"
Senator Clark was questioned con-
corning his conversations with Senator
Whteside and Mark Hewitt and his
reported conversation with Represents
tive Jackson Of Utah
He denied having any conversation
with Jackson and while admitting talk
Ing with Whiteslde and Hewitt. he
contNGicted all the statements made
by them In their testimony which would
In any way imphcate him with corrupt
methods 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 10 him saying.
Il have good news for you, | have in
duced Senator Anderson TO vote for
you"
CoNTRADICTs WHITEsIDE.
Senator Clark said he had told White
side that he was plea sed 90 hear this,
because he and Mr.. Anderson had long
been friends and he had Confidently
counted upon his vote before the final
ballot should be taken. Mr.. Clark said
positively Mr.. Anderson was the only
member Of the legislature spoken OF In
this conversation. and he explicitly de-
MED saying that Mr.. Anderson could
not be influenced by money Ike other
members. He also denied having told
Whiteside that c. W Clark, Mr.. Well
come or 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
protested TO be a friend Of his In his
senatorial contest
Their conversations had. however, he
said. been so completely devoid OF fea-
ture that he ala not remember any OK
them.
He was sure he had never told Hew-
III as the latter had testified. that he
considered Nhiteside Teliable, for be
had not talked with MIN concerning
Whiteside: that he had never told Hew-
III after the Whiteslde so-called expos
ure that they would make the people
believe that Mr.. Daily mad furnished the
$4,000 used by Whteside In that ex-
posure. and that he had never told
Hewitt that he would have his son or
Welcome or any one else see Tom
Lyons with view 10 satisfying him.
Re aid however remember that Hewitt
had told him that Lyons was making
some trouble about his expenses In the
senatorial campaign.
JACKSON \ PREVARIcAToR.
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
20 influence Jackson 10 vote for Mr.
MaCune, for United States senator from
Ulah He was equally sure that be
had made no corrupt or improper pro-
posals TO Jackson in that connection,
and that he had not told him that he
CLARK had just purchased the vote %
"a member Of the Montana legislature
In his own behalf
Equally certain was he that he had
never said 90 Mr. Jackson or any one
else that Senator Hanna. OF Ohio had
secured his election to the Senate by
corrupt means.
Il am absolutely positive said
Senator Clark. concluding his direct
testimony concerning Jackson, that |
never had any conversation with him
or any one else relative 10 the manner
II Senator Hannas election. and / want
20 say that every word Of Jackson's
testimony which related TO me was
absolutely false.
INTERESTED IN WELCOME.
At this juncture a member Of the
committee asked Mr. Clark In regard 10
the letter 10 Dr. Martin. Of the Mon
tana college, concerning which chief
Justice Brantley had testified earlier in
the day. Mr.. Clark replied that he had
no recollection concerning the letter.
lie thought he might have written Il as
his rela tion with Dr. Martin WAS very
intimate as was also his relation with
Judge Brantley and as he knew the
relationship 10 be 50 between Martin
and Brantley He was questioned close
ly as 20 his recollection as TO the au-
thorship OF a letter written last October
or November lie replied:
Il may have written the letter 10 DR..
Martin TO see Justice Brantley. but |
certainly did not ego TO the extent Of
asking him 10 suggest 10 Judge Rrant-
ley that the proceedings against Well