| Show NO DISCOnNT Montana Had No Bargain i Coniiter for Votes for f Senator i 11 r NDTH NG fu AHKED DOVifN r Ten Thousand Dollars was I II the Minimum Figure I r II STORIES TOLD COMMITTEE T F Normoile of Butte Says He was I Offered 812500 to Voto for Clark I i He Refused to Accept it However j How-ever and Voted for Conrad I j Throughout tho ContestLator in i I I tho Campaign this Amount was Increased I creased He Declares that a Snug I Fortune Awaited Him if He Would a Merely Absent Himself from the Legislature at the Time of the Voting for U S Senator Mr I Cason who Frankly Admitted that He is a FirstClass Liar is Again on the Stand Washington Jan 20 Little new In formailon was developed today In the Clark Senatorial Investigation by the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections T F Normolle of Butte Mont a member of the lost LegIslature LegIsla-ture testified that he had been approached ap-proached with an offer of 12500 10 vote for Mr Clark but had not accepted ac-cepted it and had voted for Conrad throughout the contest Mr Cason who was on tho stand yesterday was recalled for additional cross xamlnallon He said he had boon urged by Mr Clark to secure the vote of Representative Marcyes Ml Clark IndicatIng to him that he would pay 10000 for It but as he found that Marcyes would vole for Clark anyway 0 he did not approach him with tho piop osillon As neither side was prepared to Introduce In-troduce other witnesses the commlllee after a hearing of less than two hours adjourned until Monday FORTUNE FOR A VOTE T F Normoile a bookkeeper of Butte was first called He was a member r I mem-ber of the last Legislature He tcsll fled that within a week after his election I elec-tion he was approached with an indirect in-direct offer of a large sum for his vote for Mr Clark It was said to him that he could gel 15000 to 20000 for his vote and perhaps enough to make him a snug fortune if he would merely absent himself from the Legislature at the time of the voting for United States Senator When the Legislature convened a man had approached him and asked him if he proposed to make a sucker of himself and not gel anything out of the election Finally he said Just before be-fore the election he was offered 12500 for his vote for Clark the sum to be placed In the hands of some disinterested disinter-ested person WITNESS DISAPPEARS At this point Chairman Chandler said thai John P Murphy of Butte one of the mon who It Is claimed had approached I I ap-proached Mr Normoile had tome to i Washington by request lo testify In the case He lefl Immediately after a subpoena I sub-poena had been Issued for him Search has been made for him said Senalor Chandler and the assistance of the newspapers Is solicited lo ascertain his whereabouts f FAULKNER NOT ADVISED In response to a statement from Mr Faulkner Mr Clarks leading attorney that he knew nothing of Murphy Senator Sen-ator Chandler replied I thought he might accidentally let you know his whereabouts Mr Faulkner Ill let you know If he does Mr Chandler No doubt the newspaper newspa-per men will find him In two or three days I NORMOILE A DEMOCRAT On crossexamination Mr Normoile said he was a Democrat lie was employed em-ployed and had been since tho Legislature r Legis-lature adjourned by the Anaconda company com-pany He had voted for Conrad for United States Senator from first to last I Ho said to the proposition of 12500 for his vote that he would think It over I I As to the 510000 proposition he had replied re-plied that thai Is very little for a man to sell himself for I I CASON RECALLED At the conclusion of Mr Normolles f testimony Mr Cason one of yesterday yester-day witnesses was recalled for cross examination by Mr Faulkner He ad r milled that he l had gone to W A Clarks ofllce in November soon after the election to talk with him about t the election of a UnIted States Senator f Sena-tor He explained why he had gone to see Mr Clark saying that generally i the Republicans were favorable tot I to-t Clark and that he thought there wag a chance to elect him In the interviews c he had with Mr Clark In November ho hadJ3lndlcated his belief that Mr r Marcyes Representailveelect from Custer county mIght be Induced to vote i for Clark but that he said no approach to corruption with reference to Mr Marcyes was made at these Interviews Inter-views ANOTHER INTERVIEW HAD Mr Cairns was then examined as to an Interview with W A Clark held T In tho latters room Just before the election of Senator He declared that Mr Clark had asked him to see Reprc I oeniallvo Marc e9 as witness could handle him better lhan anybody else Mr Cason said Mr Clark had authorized I I I author-Ized him to pay 10000 lo ReprCbenia UVQ Marcyes the authorizatIon being I I given In a whisper and by holding up I I the fingers and thumbs of both hands Subsequently he had learned that Marcyes was favorable to Clark anyhow any-how and he made no offer of money to him Mr Caaon after admitting that he received J500 from Senator Clark for his I I services said that Mr Clark did not I I have tho reputation In Butte of being a liberal payer I I CASONS WRITTEN STATEMENTS In response tonn inquiry of Mr Faulkner an to how many written I Htatemonta he had made concerning the case Mr Cason replied that ht > had made ono to Mr Booth an attorney of Butte a Daly Democrat and tilt ono to which he had testified yeHterday In conversation with Booth he had told J I him come time last summer that he did not want to testify in the case Subsequently he had given Mr Booth I a written statement accompanied by the letters and papers bearing upon the case He denied receiving any con sideration for the written statement be yond a promise that he would not be called as a witness TOO GOOD TO KEEP I He admitted that he knew the statement I state-ment could not be used as evidence He Mild that In his opinion the matter con tained in the to statements wnsUloo good to keep and that he had been be 1 trayed by both Booth and Root Ho denied having received any considera tion for the testimony which he delivered deliv-ered In the Wellcome disbarment proceedings I pro-ceedings LETTERS OF CASON PRESENTED I I A letter from Cason to Root in which the former held the latter responsible for the making public of the written statement of Cason which was to be held as sacred between them was of 1 fercd In evidence In the letter Cusoli I declared his Intention of making a clean breast of the whole transaction and ac I I cusetl Root of violating his oath as an i Odd Fellow In betraying him Cason i PAID TO LEAVE BUTTE I In another letter Cason reiterated the statements made in the Root letter de claring that Mr Clark had said he would hold his seat In the Senate It it cost him SlOOOOCO On redirect examl nation Mr Cason told how Mr Root i hid given him 1500 to leave Butte and ken away from the service of a sub poena of the Senate committee WAITING FOR LETTERS At the conclusion of the examination of Mr Caton counsel for the contest ants announced that they had no other testimony to offer until certain letters sent for by the defense had arrived Mr Faulkner said the letters although on the way from Butte had not arrived DEFENSE NOT READY In response to an inquiry from Chair I man Chandler na to whether he was prepared to proceed with the case Mr I Faulkner replied he was not and could I scarcely In fairness be expected to put on his witnesses until the contestants I had rested After some discussion an adjournment I was taken until Monday morning at 1015 jl |
