The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-01-20

MI Hewitt said, however that CIarl
added that he would have his son SCI
Lyons. He said that Clark had otter
spoken to him of his son and of Messrs
Welcome, Btckford, Steele and other:
as his friends in the senatorial fight
Wellc me and Charley Clark were re.
Saroeo as the senator's special repre-
/ sentatives
On cross-eXamination Hewitt said he
was a Republican and not especially in.
terested in any of the senatorial candi-
rates. He had lust drifted into the
! contest"
He pronounced as incorrect the re-
! port of the testimony taken before the
Lewis and Clark county grand jury,
furnished by the memorialists, and he
had not told all the facts to the Jury.
indeed, ne mad never told all to any
one until he had given the details to
Mr.. Birney, one of the attorneys for
F! the memorial lists in Washington. a few
days ago.
Senator Faulkner's questions were
devoted to showing inconsistency on
the part of the witness in refusing to
give the details to Montana represen-
tatlVes OF the prosecution whom he
knew ana then giving them to Birney.
Whom ne dld not know. He asked HeW-
lit whether Birney had not promised
the witness replied emphatically in the
negative, adding that he had received
nothing and no promise of ANYTHING
from the antl-Clark people for his part
in the proceedings.
Under pressure, he said that when he
went before the grand jury he had de
SIRED not to reveal all his transactions
during the sitting of the legislature
he mad only replied to questions asked
H..
mad perJured himself in Withholding
some OF the facts He had, however,
made up his mind to tell the whole
truth here.
Concludlng his testimony. Mr.. Hewitt
said he had received no pay for his ser
vices for Mr.. Clark and no promise of
any. he had been interested with the
senator IN mining company and pre-
ferred him to his opponents
Z. w. Clark was next called. He was
questioned concerning letters from DR..
Ector to himself. his father and
Bickford, which were referred to in
Ectors testimony yesterday, and to
Whlch the letters from Senator Clark
produced yesterday were said to be re-
pies. He said he had last seen them
during the Welcome disbarment trial,
ana was sure that he had put them in
ms trunk to bring east. He could not
hnd them, however, and thought they
must be in New York. He was sure he
mad not destroyed them, and said he
would go to New York and get them.
The next witness was Charles NJ. |
jackson, newspaper man residing in
salt Lake, Utah, and a member of the |
legislature of that state He testified |
that he had met Mr. Clark at the |
snutsford hotel in Salt Lake during |
he senatorial deadlock in that state |
asst February and that Mr.. Clark had |
RED to influence him to vote for Nc
lune for United States senator s1om |
-tah, intimating that in case he would
10 so he would be paid for the act
Relating to the conversation. Mr..
Jackson said that Clark said that Nc
5une was liberal man, who would
lever forget his friends, and said:
II L should see my way clear to vot-
ng for him, he had no doubt he would
10 something handsome for me-
jackson said he had declined and that
lark had then proceeded to argue the
oint, saying that all scandals of that
haracter soon died out; that it was
he custom of men of wealth % spend
Money to secure election to the senate.
ackson said Mr. Clark cited the case
I Senator Hanna of Ohio as in point
Continuing, he said Mr.. Clark stated
hat in his own case he had used money
} secure his own election. which had
zen but recently occurred. His eiec-
on caused some talk, and some Mem
ers had foolishly exhibited some bills
a careless way, but he had no doubt
lie talk would soon die out, and he
ould hear little of it. Mr.. Clark had
5ked him to regard the conversation
5 confidential.
When Mr. Jackson had concluded his
it was announced thal no .
ore witnesses would be examined be-
re Wednesday next and, after an ex-
,utiye session, the court adjourned.