New-York tribune., 1900-01-14

member OF the Utah Legislature s,s - t-.sss
z- IN II trying to influence his vote in that bodv
=. LARK told him he had used money 70 secure
ms own election TO the Senate saving this vr.s
q common practice among aspiring men Of means
Mr. carr. who testified yesterday was racallAd
- as senator Turley an opportunity to ques-
- I'm concerning his visits TO Helena before the
meeting OF the Legislature last winter Mr. Carr
sac tne principal object of his visit was TO see
ABOUT MS resignation United States Commits
sioner. o0AiiiiiS
hE"IIT's INTERVIEWS WITH CLARK
The first regular witness was N T. Ezav,t+ q
miner who was in Helena during the session OF the
legislature in 1899 He said that Charles Clark
had asked him to Senator Myers and offer him
SloOOo for his vote for Mr.. Clark for Senator He
had accordingly talked with Mr. Myers and testi-
ned that Myers told him after first declining the
proposition. say 10 Clark that II ne was dis
posed TO do he could put $4,000 In the hands Of
MI Whiteside. 10 be paid Myers in case he
should vote for Clark. Hewitt said that the Sen
ator son stated that this arrangement was salts
'ac1ory' and bad afterward told him that the
money for Myers had been given to Whitesde and
that his vote assured. Mr. Hevvitr said that
during the Senatorial contest he had talked fire.
quently with Senator Clark. Once he had rennon-
surated with the Senator concerning whiteside as
wen known supporter of DAILY, but the Senator told
MIN that Whitesides fidelity was assured because
he was in trouble with the opponents of Clark over
ouiidins he was constructing in Butte
Inc witness also said ne had seen the Senator at
444S ACoiis al the Helena Hotel short after
the niteside exposure, and had asked him what
ne proposed 10 do. when the Senator had replied.
There is only one thing to do and that is TO make
the people believe that the DAILY gang have fur
nished the money and have put up a conspiracy
against US"
I asked him." continued the witness .if he
could make that stick, which he replied: There
Is no trouble about that, because II we put up a
good excuse the people will believe US and we can
again get the members together"
lE0 tod
with Senator Clark upon the eve Of the iuvestiSa-
ton by the State Supreme Court in which he told
the senator that Tom Lyons one of the Sena-
tors workers. had threatened to 90 into court and
testify against Clark because the Iatter's friends
had not kept their promises 10 him According to
the witness the Senator had then replied: II don't
owe these (using offensive phrase) anything I
have paid them all they asked. I am under no OBJ
legation TO them. and I expect them TO do as they
agreed do by me-"
Mr.. Hewitt said. however. that Mr.. Clark added
that he would have his son see Lyons He said
that Mr.. Clark had often spoken TO him Of his son
and Of Messrs. Welcome. Bickford Steele and
others his friends in the Senatorial fight Well
come and Charles Clark were regarded as the Sen
ator's especial representatives.
On cross-examination Mr.. Hewitt said he was
Republican, and not especially interested in any
of the Senatorial candidates. He had Just drift
ed into" the contest He pronounced incorrect the
report Of the testimony taken before the Lewis and
Clark County Grand Jury furnished 10 the com
ulittee by the memoriaIists and he added that he
had not told all the facts the jury. Indeed, he
had never told all 70 any one until ne had given
senator Fsuikner's ouesIio5s were devoted to
Shouinp i1consisre1cv on the mart Of rbe witness
IN refusing 70 give the details TO Montana represen
tatives of the prosecution; whom he knew, and
then giving them e MT BiFney whom @ he DID not
Tron1ised 70 see that he was taken care Of bSI4
the witness replied emphatically IN the negative.
se Of anything from the a4t-ciark people for his
before
desired not reveal ell his transactions during the
TO questions, and he did not consider that he had
He had. however, made up his mind to tell the
whole truth here
had been made He had BEEN intePeeted with fb
Senator in a mining company and preferred him
70 his opponents.
IMPORTANT LETTERS MISSING.
c. W. Clark was next called He questioned
concerning letters from Dr. Ector TO himself his
father and Mr.. Bfckford which referred IN
Ectors testimony yesterday and 10 which the let
ters from Senator Clark produced yesterday were
said be replies He said he had last them
during the Welcome disbarment trial, and was
that ne had put them in his trunk TO bring
East He could find them however and
thought they must be in New-York He sure
he had not DESTROYED them, and said he would go
The next wit witness ;ss was 1 Charles 81 Jag Jackson
member Of the Legislature Of that state He testi-
aed a4 that ne had met Mr Clark at the Knutsford
deadlock in that State last February, and that Mr.
Clark had tried 10 influence him 70 vote tor Nc
Cune for United States Senator from Utah, init
mating 10 him that in case he should do so he
would be paid for the act Relating the conversa-
ton Mr.. Jackson said Mr.. Clark told him that
AcCune was liberal man, who never forgot his
friends, and said: IF should my way clear 10
vote for him he had no doubt he would do some
thing handsome for me" Mr.. Jackson said he de-
clined, and M. Clark proceeded TO argue the
point saying that all scandals OF that character
soon died out that II the custom Of men OF
EeaIth 70 spend money 10 secure election to the
Senate. Jackson said Mr.. Clark cited the OF
Senator Hanna, Of Ohio, in point He said Mr.
Clark told him that IN his he had used
money 10 secure his own election, which had then
recently occurred His election had caused
taik and one OF the members had foolishly exhib-
tied some bills IN careless way. but ne had
doubt that the talk would soon die out and that
ne would hear little more Of II. The witness said
that MI Clark had asked him TO regard the
versation confidential
After executive session the committee
Journed until Wednesday.