The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-11

Washington, Jan. fO-The senate
committee on privileges and elections
held only one session in its hearing in
/ the Clark senatorial election case to-
day. Ex-State Senator Whiteside of
Montana was the only witness. It was
/ the fourth day of the examination.
When the committee adjourned at
/ noon Mr.. Faulkner announced that ne
had for the present concluded the
( cross examination Of Mr. Whiteside,
but that he would ask for his recall
/ later in order TO PROFOUND certain ques-
/ tons which he was not yet ready to
put. and upon which he would under
{ take to impeach his testimony Mr.
Campbell, representing the anu-Clark
/ petitioners, also stated that he wished
/ to ask a few more questions on redi-
! rect examination, and on this account
/ it is expected Mr.. Whiteside viii be on
the stand when tie hearing is resumed
/ tomorrow.
Try to Impsach Whiteside.
J Ex-senator Faulkner today resumed
/ his cross examination Of Mr.. Whiteside.
/ He began the days proceedings in an
effort to break down the testimony Of
Mr.. Whiteside concerning the part Ia
I
son county in exposing the alleged
/ misconduct Of his namesake in con-
necti0n with the senatorial election.
/ Whiteside repeated his statement
/ that he had seen Mr.. Clark Of Madison
/ go alone to the room Of Welcome, one
! of the managers for Senator Clark, and
also that Mr. Clark Of Madison had
asked for a day TO consider the propo-
sition to enter into the agreement to
/ expose the alleged bribery proceedings.
/ He assented that the suggestion that
/ The state senator's vote could be Sc
cured had not originated with him, but
with Welcome. He said many Of these
points had not been touched upon at
I the legislative investigation or before
the grand jury, because both these
j proceedings We're comparatively brief.
How Money Was Given Him.
] At Mr.. Faulkner's instance Mr.. White
side went over the details of the trans
action with State Senator Myers, who
I was one of his associates in the alleged
/ exposure. and also told again the cir
] cumstances under which money was
given to him. Both transactions had
/ been conducted in the bath room Of
j Welcomes room at the Helena hotel,
Mr.. Whiteside also detailing some OF
the particulars of a visit made 10 New
York and Washington by himself in
/ February last year
/ He said he had met here among
others Mr. Campbell, counsel in the
case, and Mr. Durston. He had not
/ met them by appointment, but they
had discussed whether they should
make their disclosures to congress be-
/ fore the adjournment last March or
wait until the beginning OF the presen
session He and Mrs. Campbell had
! been the most active agents in the
( present prosecution.
It Flowed Like Water.
Replying to question as to whether
/ the DAILY faction had ever used money
+ in politics, Mr. Whiteside said that he
did not know: that charges Of such use
+ of money by Mr.. DAILY had been made
/ by the newspapers friendly to Mr..
4 Clark; that the corrupt practices had
! begun in 1898. when Clark was a can
didate for the senate, and had cOntin-
lued throughout the state capital fight,
when money was poured out like water
and in subsequent sessions Of the leg
/ fslature until the last session, when the
climax was reached. He had then de-
+ termined to co what he could to put a