The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-20

10 ClLEi hin ~ tltEDI1le LL0EA ally
one 10 make offer.
toTney Genera N the witness said
that when he to that gentleman
about the We ls case the latter re-
piled: I've gOt em over a barrel.
It Was All Josh.
4 told him, said the witness. that
he'd better get 100000 out Of the busi-
ne1s. destroy the stenographic notes
and get out of the business. He seemed
to feel pretty good over it, continued
the witness, and I took it that he
thought it a good idea. 1t was ali pure
josh, and he knew it was"
After a second interview the attorney
general had given him a half dozen
ducks and the next day had sent him
d piece Of VenisOn. Asked from whom
the suggestion came that he should APP
proach Judge Hunt as he had done, DR..
Treacey replied:
They came from no person. I had
known him for ten years and admired
him more than any other man in the
state. Ny only motive was TO test his
official integrity and to find out wheth
er he was all right. 1 had heard ru
mors that he was identified with the
DAILY people. and there were many ru-
mOTs unpleasantly involving his name
I wanted TO know about that.
Then" suggested Senator Chandler
you went deliberately 10 work to test
the virtue of your friend as a judge2"
I did" was the reply, and 1 am
very sorry for it,
Continuing, he explained that he had
expected a more indignant protest at
the first interview than he had receiv-
ed
His Statemer. Was Untrue.
Asked what party" he had meant to
refer to when he had told Judge Hunt
that he could get $50 900 or S100. 900 out
of the case, the witness said he did
not mean anybody"
Then you told him what was not
tTue?''
I did. I might as well have told him
that he could get a million.
The witness said he knew of the pres
ence in Helena of the special train
from Butte which had brought Nj.
Corbett, Mr. c. w. Clark and othefs
from Butte on the day he first spoke to
Judge Hunt and had heard the gossip
that the supreme court was to be
bought. He had also heard that at
that time Marcus Days private car
was there to take Judge Hunts child
rem away.
Public gossip was, he said, constantly
asSOciating Justice Hunts name with
that of Marcus Daily and there was
much talk that he was TO be corrupted.
He could not, however, give the name
of any one person from whom he had
heard the intimation.
DR.. Treacey said that, while a Repub-
iican in politics. he had favored Mr.
Clark's election to the senate. Recess
At the afternoon session DR.. Treacy
said that he had met AIR Corbett Sat
urGay night after his arrival in Wash
ingtOn, but that he had not talked with
him concerning his testimony before
this committee. After his arrival here
he had engaged an attorney because
l wanted TO see where I was at" Al
ter seeing the headlines in the Chicago
papers he had thought it possible that
he might be looked upon as criminal.
Upon his arrival IN Washington he had
also seen Mr.. Welcome, Charley Clark
and Faulkner, but that he had not
talked with them at any length con-
corning this case.
Senator Clark Recalled.
Senator Clark was then recalled. He
said he had gone to Helena from Butte
on Jan. 4, 1899, just after the meeting
of the legislature. but that he had car
ried with him no more money than he
usually carried. Senator Clark de-
tailed the transaction with Representa-
tive Mclaughlin, whereby he became
owner of certain timber land owned by
Mclaughlin.
He said the Anaconda company had
practically secured a monopoly Of the
timber of the state He had then asked
Mr.. Bickford. who had lived at Mis-
sOula. to look out for any opportunity
to buy timber. The latter had reported
Mr.. MCLaughlin's ownership Of timber
land. together with other valuable
property, and ne had authorized NJ.
Bickford to make the purchase.
The property had been secured at d
reduction Of a third from Mclaughlin s
first figures, which reduction McLaugh-
lin had made after he Clark had had
an interview with him, ~ December
$685. At this interview Ee had agreed
with Mclaughlin to organize the West
ern Lumber company and TO make Nc
Laughlin manager at q salary Of $500
a. month. Replying to question from
Mr.. Faulkner, Senator Clark said:
There was never a word said dur
ing my personal interview with Mr.
Mclaughlin. either by him, Mr. Bick-
ford or myself, concerning the sena-
tOrial contest"
Mr.. Clark here submitted a statement
showing expenditures on political ac-
tOuAI llldQE W MN NUN nus T. A-oaf
TO Sept. /. 1899. So far as the expendi-
lures referred to the senatorial and
preceding the legislative campaign they
were as follows:
Statement of Expenses.
Aug. y, 1898, c. W. Clark, S25 000;
Oct. Il, c. w. Clark, $4,000; Oct. 90,
Leonard. $3.50: Nov. Z, G. II. Padley
$3.50; L. o. Leonard, $3.50: Nov. 8, J. II.
Miles, 500: Thomas Kilgallon, $500;
Nov 10, c. II. Padley. 500, Nov. H.
John Leary. $50; Nov q. c. ". Clark
$40. 900: A j. Davidson. 5000; Jan. 6,
1889 c. II. Padley, $3.50; Feb. 4, Z. T..
CasOn. $500: Feb. 6, George Alderman,
$3.50: Feb 10, c. w. Clark, S20,592; Feb
IA, J. B. Welcome, S1S,0 600; Feb q, J. B.
Welcome, $50; March ?, Welcome,
$3.50; Welcome, for John Simpson, $500;
April IL, c. w. Clark. $3.50.
Other items were given covering the
expenses of the campaign last spring.
The senator said. in addition to these
sums he had made Messrs. Welcome
McDermott and +. c. Day each pres
ent of SS.OO0 but he did not consider
these donations in the nature of po-
iticaI expenditures. All these men had
2 ven a great deal of time to promoting
his interests, and he had been very glad
to make the presents. None OF them
had expected pay and no money had
been given them on their personal ac-
count until after the senatorial cleo
ton.
Mr.. Clark said that all the large sums
paid to c. W. Clark, Welcome and
Davidson had been paid to carry out
the agreement which he had entered
into to pay the expenses Of the pro
posed campaign TO rescue the state
from DAILY. He had questioned no &C
counting from them, having the utmost
confidence in them. He did not know
what they had done with the money.
Why He Went Into Campaign.
Speaking Of the reasons which caused