The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-10
DOODLE GALORE
An Alleged Trap Set for Clark
in the Senatorial
Contest.
$4,000 cOyPISCATED
Exhibited to the Legislature and
Then Turned Over to the
State Treasurer.
BALLOT ON SENATOR
Conrad Leads with Thirty-Six Votes
and the DAILY Candidate Doesn't
Show Up.

Special to The Gazette.
Helena, Jan. 1O.-The two houses o.
the legislature met separately at moor
to vote for United States senator, as
votes being necessary for choice The
vote in the senate was: W. A. Clark,
4; W. q. Conrad. Y; DR.. J. NJ. Fox, 2
~. <. Toole, 81 T. 9. Marshall, 5.
Connolly Of Granite did not vote.
House vote: j. K. Toole, 20; W. g.
Conrad. 20; W. A. Clark. 8; H. u.
Frank, 2; c. S. Hartman, 4; G. w.
Hoffman, i Lee Mantle, l !; Marshall
10. Losekamp voted for Hartman and
Gruwell voted for Toole.
Summary Of the two houses Con.
rad S6; Toole, 80; Marshall. 10;
CLARK, Z; Hartman, A Frank, Q; Fox,
Q; Hoffman, l Mantle, 1; total, 93.
The republicans voted solid for Mar
shall
The vote followed close upon the
sensational report of the joint commit
tee appointed yesterday to investigate
the charges Of bribery. The committee
was appointed on the resolution Of
Campbell Of Park and which was faith
cred by the DAILY forces. In joint session
this morning the committee made a
partial report. It recommended that
the district court of Lewis and Clarke
county be asked to call grand jury to
investigate more fully the charges and
that it be authorized to continue the in
vestigation. The, report was preceded
by an oratorical outburst from Senator
Whiteside Of Flathead, who said that
the Campbell resolution had been asked
for by him, as he had indispntablo evil
dence that w. A. CLARK had resorted to
the use Of money for the purchase Of
votes. In fervent words he called upon
the legislature to defeat Clark.
The report Of the committee was ac-
companied by transcript Of the testi-
mony of Whiteside and other witnesses,
Whiteside swore that W. A. Clark,
through his agent, John B. Welcome Of
Butte. had offered him $40. 900 for his
services and an additional sum for his
vote. He said he accepted the offer in
order to ferret out corruption and man
aged to secure the entire confidence of
Clark's managers. As their agent he
accepted $50, 900, of which he was to
receive $5, 900, Senator Clarke of Madi-
son $40, 900. Senator Myers of Ravalli
$10,O and Representative Carr Of
Flathead $4,000. Whiteside swore he
had explained the situation to Clarke of
Madison, Myers and Carr and that they
promised to help him expose bribery,
agreeing to take the money, which was
to be turned over to the legislature.
The money was delivered to the menu
bers sought to be bribed and returned
by them to Whiteside in sealed enve-
lopes. The envelopes. with the con.
tents. were introduced as exhibits and
the $50, 900 In crisp $1,000 bills ex.
hibited't to tho Legislature in joint sss.
sion.
The Testimony Of Whiteside. Clarke.
Myers and Carr was read to the session.
At the conclusion Of the reading tho
Legislature adopted the repert OF tho
committee and directed that tho our
rency b. turned over to the state tssAs-
urer, Halt N hour latsr bosh houses
took = vote on ssustos.