The age-herald., 1900-01-24
.ECTOR WAS OUT
 FOR THE STUFF Said He Helped Clark for What
 Was In It TIE FAMOUS LETTERS ARRIVE The Witness Said He Had Received About 5000 From Mr. Clark
 Since Adjournment of
 Legislature.
TIE FAMOUS LETTERS ARRIVE

Washington, January 23.-The senate 1 committee on privileges and elections ad- | journed over until Monday in its investi- | gaton of the charges against Senator Clark | of Montana
 | The principal witnesses today were Mir Ector, recalled, and State Representative | Fine. The latter though friend of MT. Clarks gave testimony from which the
 prosecution evidently derived much satis- l faction. He said that he had received about l $500 from MT. Clark since the adjournment of the legislature in working up testimony looking to the disbarment of Senator
 Clark's namesake, State Senator Clark, of
 Madison county, who voted in opposition to
 the senator.
 The days session was opened by the
 reading of dispatch from Columbus, O., saying that the absent witness, Murphy,
 had been in that city last week. In reply to inquiries, Mir. Faulkner and MT. Hart
 man both said they knew nothing as to the
 whereabouts of MT. Murphy. The presentation of the Ector letters was
 not accomplished without tilt between the ex-senators, Edmunds and Faulkner, who are engaged as counsel on two sides of the controversy.
 Mr Faulkenr stated that two of the let ters had failed to arrive in the package first received from Butte, but that he had wired MT. Root to make search for them and if they could be found to forward them.
 MT Edmunds wanted to know who Root was. and said that so far as appeared here the postmaster or the street inspector of f0h4 t.<a ac1YA fo SlIDD1y tha
 letters He asked had MT. Faulkner open ed the letters.
 MT. Faulkner replied that he had not opened them, but that all the letters bear ing upon the investigation were there. Charles w. Clark substantiated MT. Faulkner's statement Reading the Letters The letters were then read There were five or six of them to MT. Bickford and four 10 MT. Clark, and all were identified l by Mr. Ector, who was again placed on the stand. There were only two letters dated | prior to the November election of 1898. They | were dated at Stephensville and related to | the contest. In this he stated that in the | Hike fury and that the Clark men needed l some Encouragement" "To make a thorough canvass of the 200 | voters of the county requires the stuff" he | said and he added that he wanted at least $5OO
 The next two letters of date respectively November II and 21, just after the legisla- tive election, referred to the efforts to hold MT. Wood and of the opposition to get him. In these he told of MT. Woods debts and said that MT Wood had agreed to be bound by whatever he did in the premises The latter letters ran from De- cember T. 1896. to October S1, 1s99 and re lated almost entirely to Ector's efforts to collect what he thought was due to him for his efforts in Senator Clark's behalf. In December he wrote MT. Clark, saying he did not know to whom he should apply for his dues.
 'Of course" he said, "I am after what there is in it for me-" It was in March that he wrote his second letter to MT. Clark. In this letter he re- viewed at length his efforts in Clark's be- half, expressing his continued loyalty to Clark, and his determined opposition to Dalyism If you strike while the iron is hot" he wrote, you can stampede the Irish King"
 He also said in his letter that two of Daly's men had promised $5OO0 to him during the senatorial contest for dnforma- ton as to Clark's movements, but he had ref,,sed to entertain the offer The last letter of the series was dated
 October S1 las., and was addressed to MT.
 Clark In this letter he asked if he was
 to expect anything.
 Cross Examination
 On tine cross-examinaltdon MT. Ector sad
 that MT Wood had been original Clark
 man, and that ne would probably have re-
 naied so unless corrupt means were used
 c,n the other side He had thought it pos
 sible that Wood might be controlled by
 getting possession of the mortgage. T
 told Mr Bickford that the best plan was
 to pay off the mortgage and then we would
 have strings on him and thus have him
 solid"
 In reply to a question to whether he
 had been promised anything for coming to
 Washington to testify in this case. MT.
 Ec;or answered tnat Receiver Ranfort, of the Missouri land office, had advanced him
 s1o0 taing an order upon The committee.
 Tn one of your letters you spoke of hav-
 ing received an offer of s5,000 from the op-
 position to Mr. Clark said MT. Bifney on
 re-direct examination. :" Was tha a
 faet?"
 NO, sir" responded the witness, "that
 was a bluff"
 Mir. Eotor was then excused, and the com
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