Show CLARK ism ISA 15 A RICH I MAN MANHa MANI Has Ha An Income of S a i Year YearS S SPENT SENT IN I iris HIS IS U FATHERS F T 4 R S S But Not a Dollar For ForS S Bribing t i Did Dd Not Think Tn cL I rt Single Vote Had Been Deen Changed by b the Use of Money and ad Believed That His Father Father Could Have Been en Elected if if Not a Cent Had ld Been Ben Spent He Never Approached the te Su Supreme preme pree Justices I Washington Washinton Feb 22 2 C W Clark Clarkson Clarkson son sn of Senator Clark of Montana told the to senate committee emmite on On elections to today tod today day d that he ad an independent income of 20 1 0 a year arid and that he was ws in business bu for himself himself With Wih the th exception exception tion ton of or a brief interval given to the testimony of the th Bey By A A B Martin Martn Mr Cla occupied the te entire day before the committee in the investigation be b belog log Ing conducted into the t e methods pur pursued pursue pursued sued sue in the election of the young mans man father to the United Unie 9 States senate He denied dente In detail deai the assertions of or suck such witnesses as a Mr Whiteside Mr Hewitt Hewit State Senator Myers Mers ller and an others othe Mr Ir Clark submitted what he be said sid was w a detailed statement of Isis his lis receipts and an political purposes during the Montana campaign The T aggregate footed fote up I Dr Martin Martn testified te concerning his I Interview with wih Justice Just e Brantley pro po the letter written him by Mr Clark in the Wel case c cW Wellcome W el come Makes Ma s Corrections John B was wa recalled rel be he before b fore lore the committee at the beginning binn Ing of I Ithe the session today At the instance of Senator Chandler Mr r Wellcome Welcome re related relate related late that he had been ben present when Senators Chandler Chadler and an Caffery Cafer bad had ex examined examine examined amine his bank account aQunt and ad that ac ae according according cording g to their find tun f he had only two corrections to make They had found foun two checks check one on for and ad the theother theother theother other for 0 which should be b added adde I C W Clark son of 01 the tb senator was next called cale Mr lr Clark said sid he h h had bad taken an active part in the Montana legislative campaign in Jm and in the senatorial light fight following He was ws treasurer of the Clark Clrk campaign corn com committee cm The first frt the commit committee committee tee te was to take tae the thee s Ste ste ute convention from the Daly peJe the tha next the election eleton of the De ic i state legis leis legislative campaigns lathe ticket t dr practically two to I I r TU S Th money placed ii i han 1 was I for this the purpose p of covering cov both theoe the campaigns cam Mr Mt Clark thought n there was an average of f l persons in Hel Helena Heler I ena er in his fathers behalf just before ore the and all an told there were fully 3 people there from first frt to last Most of or these thes had come core with wih the view of helping h Mr lr Clark Citric in the contest but the he witness winess had no n doubt that some of them came with Ith the hope of or earning a little expense epes money mon Makes Mae Gener nal Mr Clark cl r said he J h had 1 h never author authorized a authorized thor Mr Ir Whiteside to see members of the legislature in lit his fathers behalf never had tallied oft off the members of the legislature with him and never had bad told him that any state senator legis le legislative s slatie latie member was to get any specified sum for his hi vote ote He denied all in incriminating incriminating incriminating I criminating testimony given by b White Whiteside Whiteside side Mr Clark said that with the first Scat meeting with Whiteside the latter I had said he was tired of the Daly people that he was and I that he wanted to support port Senator Clark II He had said he ha dk tiki not want any money mone for his hie support sU U but hut that he I wanted anted an equal chance hance with others in bidding upon buildings contemplated by bJ his hi father This was promised and j Mr Whiteside then said saki he be would woold vote for Clark The witness ss explained the circum circumstances circumstances stances under which he had written to I State Senator Myers enclosing him a cheek check for He considered ered coMi the sum sumin sumin in the nature of or a retainer reU ner for legal Ie I f services at Bridger He admitted that after the exposure he be asked l I Mr dr Myers not to give the letter Tetter out out because he feared that at that time when public excitement was so great 1 the letter might be connected with the tb bribery case dase I i I Clarks Letter to Martin The Rev Hev Albert B Martin principal of the female seminary at t Deer Lodge testified next He produced Ine letter written him by Senator Senat Clark last Oc October October October tober which the doctor had taken to Chief Justice Brantley in connection with ease J The letter was as follows Dear Mr lIr Martin If you could e see Bee e our mutual friend Judge B and state to him what John It IL T told you ou out outlining outlining lining the plan dan of campaign which practically showed that everything was waa I practically prearranged I am sure su re that I he would have haye a better understanding unde i of the Wellcome proceeding and would not allow that splendid man manto to be die dis disbarred I barred He has a lovely lovel wife and chil dill children children dren and it is a shame that he should mould suffer sutter disgrace through two such die dis disreputable reputable men as an Whiteside and my namesake W A Clark Cinch of MadIson count countr Signed W A A CLARK Dr Martin said our mutual friend Judge B was Judge Brantley and that John R H R T was wag John R mole Toole who four weeks previous to the meet meeting lug ing i of the legislature had bad told him that the reports orts concerning Senator Clarks methods would be investigated by a committee He s said W he IH felt inter interested ted sated e in Mr Wellcome because his hla was wa an old Presbyterian minister He had hoped that he could influence the supreme court to send I the case back ack to the Silver Bow county court but he saw no indelicacy in doing that He Saw No Harm HarmIt It was no more improper improver than it itI I would be for me to apP approach h a IL senator I here and ask him to vote for far Mr Clark said the witness The inter interview interview Interview view with Judge Brantley was wu perfect perfectly ly h friendly Dr Martin said sid that he had re so received re received calved another aROther letter Jetter from Mr Clark on OR the Whiteside exposure in which Clark told referred to his own good character saying lIying this was wu the best legacy I cy he could leave to his hie children I C W Clark was recalled He con continued continued continued his specific denials of tIe the many mony of witnesses for the who had bad made statements indicating hie his connections s with efforts to corrupt corruptly ly influence in of the legislature He thus reviewed the testimony of ot de Butler Hewitt and Senator Myers Recess I Mark Hewitts Bot DO t At the afternoon session C W Clark I said sald that R Ei E B Lyons Lyou had told him that Mink Mark Hewitt was professing to have information of the p purchase of votes for his fathers election eYE tion He said he be had replied that this was not so and I that even if it were rEe eo so Hewitt would not know about it U I Explaining the transaction in which J KM was sent to ula to tp take up j 3 I i the mortgage on Representative Woods W ranch Sir Mr Clark said Mr Bickford had come com to him and asked him for with which to tue up a mortgage He lie drew ew a check and gave it to Bickford He knew nothing more about the mat matter ten tel until Bickford gave It back to Mm him himIn In ln Helena Mr Clark also explained the trip on ona onIL Ona I a IL special train from Butte to Helena I on Aug 5 He said that In the pree lag ing day Q 7 Mr Ir Corbett had come to him bile hila SHying he was wan dissatisfied dl ed with the I conduct of ot the Wellcome disbarment case before the state supreme court Judge Carpenter counsel lot for Mr Well Vell WellCome I I come having decided not to put in an sit i answer to defend the case ease Mr Corbett had told hint him it H was waa as most essential that an answer should be filed and that as Senator Clark and Mr Wellcome were ere absent from the state be he the witness must go over oer to Helena with him Con Cor Corbett bett tt and see that a change chance was de decided deCided elded upon He had found round it Imond impossible bin ble to get back on the regular trains in lit time for a dinner party and they had j therefore taken tL en a 8 special train He said he be had remained in the Montana club while Mr Corbett went out to see se Judge Jud e Carpenter Bad Not Seen Seen the Justice It had hod not been necessary ty for him bim to see Mr Carpenter as that gentleman had acceded to Mr Corbetts wishes In Inthe inthe inthe the matter of filing an answer in the case He lie had not seen any of the Justice of the supreme court nor had he met Dr Treace Indeed at that time he did not net know the doc doe doctor doctor tor Did y yu u go to Helena on that occa occasion slim sion asked Mr Faulkner with the object purpose or intention of havins havin any one cne ne seeing any member of the su supreme preme premO court In the Wellcome case cas casI caseI I 1 did not the witness replied Mr lIr Clark then related In detail his connection as treasurer with the Clark committee committed He said saW he had received all told from his father rather Of this amount he expended prior to the state convention about 1000 on onte the te state campaign and the remainder during d ting the sitting of the legislature In July last his father had also Iso given him fOr expenses in the Wellcome ft case CRee Mr Clark read from his memoranda me detailed statements giving the names o of all aU persons to whom this money had been paid vaid 4 How He Spent Money Honey The list included many names of workers to whom payments were made and some som newspaper men who re received small sums One of the entries showed a payment of or to J P Swede Murphy during the legislative campaign and to William THompson Murphy was chairman bf hf the Populist branch and Thompson of the Republican branch of the Clark alliance in the leg legislative legislative legislative campaign In 1893 One payment of was made to D G Brown to de do defend d dolent fend lent a libel suit brought against a I friendly newspaper by minister a who had attacked his father The 1000 returned by Mr Bickford was used by b bhim him as 88 cash casl The total sum footed up to What is ill your income Mr Faulk Faulkner Faulkner Faulknor ner nor asked In the neighborhood of OO a ay year y ear This reply caused a general exclamation exclamation tion in the committee room and Sena Sent Senator Senator tor ton Edmunds remarked that the income tax 9 be ba revived Mr Faulkner last question in the examination in chief was Please tell the committee whether you had ever offered or given to any member of the legislature a monetary or valuable con consideration with a view to Influencing his vote for your father for United States Senator Not a Cent for Bribery I have not not one cent In response to Senator Hoar Mr Clark said he did not think a single vote yote had been changed by b the expendi expenditure expenditure expenditure ture of money It was deemed nece necessary necessary sary however to employ men to pre pro prevent prevent vent their friends Mends in the legislature from being intimidated by b the usual Daly methods method or A large amount of money had been expended in entertain entertaining e lag ing friends U Mr Hoar pressed the inquiry What did you expect these men to do ho asked Were they th y to sleep with the members No they the were with them a great deal however We Vc expected them to lobby If you Ou had bad the campaign to make makeover makeover makeover over again and could not be present prent and lind wanted to get et some intelligent agent like Mr Ir Edmunds or Mr Ir Faulk Faulkner Faulkner ner ncr to conduct it for you what hat instructions Instructions Instructions would you give him himI I not advise him at all waa was Ute the reply because I would expect either of them to know what to do I This reply brought out a laugh at Mr floors Hoars expense Do you ou think the men who voted for your Ul father would have done so if you had not spent any money r asked a ked Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Caffrey I hink tw tie Then why did you OU spend it 1 Well Veil th hotels in Helena put up their charges chargee when the legislature is in session and living is high hI bh In reply to Mr Campbell Mr Clark said no part of the put up by Mr Whiteside was wa wasU his bis money U The Th committee eo closed cl sed the day with a request ruest upon Mr Clark and his father to allo alke Its Us subcommittee to examine their private bank accounts for the pe pa perl rl covered Adjourned A j r |