The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-15

HAD to Testify to Bribery in His
Fathers Case.
FAILED TO FIND LETTERS.
An Important Utah Witness Called
in, Who Details Conversation With
Clark, In Which BE Counts on the
Short Memory of the Public IN
These Senatorial Affairs

WASHINGTON, Jan. l4.-When the
senate committee on privileges and
elections began its session yesterday
in the case Of Senator Clark. Of Mon
tanu, the defense stated that they had
been unable to find the letters written
to senator Clark and Mr.. BIckford by
Dentist Ector, who yesterday produced
their letters to him. 1t was then de-
cided to have c. w. Clark, son OF the
senator. make a statement as to the
disposition Of the documents, but Mr..
Clark being absent. Mr.. Carr was re-
called to afford Senator Turley an OPP
portunity to question him concerning
hI1 visits to Helena prior 20 the meet
ing Of the legislature last winter. Carr
said the principal object of his visit
was to see about his resignation as
United States commissioner.
me first regular witness was NJ. L.
Hewitt, q miner, who was In Helena
during the session of the legislature in
7Sep. He said that Charley Clark had
asked him to see Senator Myers and
offer him $4,000 for his vote for Mr.
Clark for senator. He had according
ly talked with Mr.. Myers. and testified
4hat that gentleman had told him to
say to Clark that II he was disposed to
do so he could put $4,000 in the hands
Of M. Whiteside to be paid to him
(Mysrs) In case he should vote for
clark. Hewitt said that the senator's
son stated that this arrangement was
satisfactory, and had afterward told
him that the money forMyers had been
given to Whiteslde and that his vote
was assured.
Mr.. Hewitt said that during the sena-
torial contest he had talked frequently
with Senator Clark. Once he had re-
monstrated with the senator concerning
whlteside as well-known supporter
OF Daily, but the senator had, he said.
assured him that whiteslde's fidelity
was assured because OF the fact that
he CWhiteslde) was in trouble with the
Clark opponents over building he was
constructing in Butte,
The witness also said that he had
seen the senator at his rooms at the
Helena hotel. short time after the
whlteside exposure, and had asked him
what he proposed to do, when the sena-
tor had replied There is only one
thing to do. and that is to make the
people believe that the Daily gang have
furnished the money and have put up
a conspiracy against us"
~ asked him." continued the Wit
ness. "if ne could make that stick, to
which he replied, There is no trouble
about that. because II we put up a
good excuse the people win believe us
and we can again get the members to-
Es,her'
The witness also detailed converse
ton whIca he said he had had with
Senator Clark upon the eve OF the in
vtstlgatiol by the supreme court, in
which he told the senator that Tom
Lyons, one of the senator's workers
had threatened to 20 into court and
testify against Clark because the lat
tnrs frlends had not kept their prom
ises to him.
According to the witness the senator
had then replied; Il don't owe these
(using an offensive phrase anything.
have paid them all they asked. 1 am
under no obligations to them. and ex-
pect them to do as they agreed to 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. wellcom., BIekford, steele
and others, as his friends In the sena-
torlal night. Welcome and Charley
Clark were regarded as the senator's
especial representatives.
on cross-examinatiop. Mr.. Hewitt
said he was a Republican, and not es-
peclally Interested in any Of the sena-
torIal candidates. He had lust drifted
into" the contest He pronounced US
incorrect the report Of the testimony
taken before the Lewis and Clark coun-
ty grand Jury. furnished the committee
by the memorialists. and he added that
he had not told all the facts to the Jury.
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