The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-21


81 defy the gentleman from Lewis
and Clarke, or any other man, to point
to anything in my testimony before
the investigating committee tending
to show that conspired to violate
any law.
of this body to my testimony before
that committee, now in print That
testimony does not state. anywhere that
ever made any corrupt promise or any
promise at all to anybody to vote for
w. A. Clark for United States sena-
tor. I have never promised anybody
that I would do so and my testimony
bears me out in this.
'lhave broken no promises to WA.
Clark, or any of his henchmen, nor
pIighted faith with any of them.
81 was careful to make no promises
to be broken, because | know their
methods and loathe and despise them.
MY testimony shows that when 1
decided to cooperate with Senator
Whiteside to expose bribery, I told him
that l had no promises to make, but
that he could tell w. A Clark's people,
who had sent me corrupt proposition,
for me, that If they wanted to put up
money with him for the purpose of
influencing my vote they could do so;
that is ALL
Made No Promises.
II made no promises to induce them
to take this corrupt step; l simply per-
mitted them to do it. They did it of
their own will and accord. When they
did it I exposed them For that I am
branded as a conspirator and a viola
tor of the law.
81 never sought nor ran after these
corruptionists, ,theC Clark people. never
solicited anything from then. Every
proposition, every invitation, negoti-
alton caMse from them. II they made
a mistake in putting up money to cor
rupt myNote, that is their misfortune
and not my fault.
IF they selected the wrong man
when they opened negotiations for
bribery with me, that is their misfor-
tune and not my fault.
II entered into no conspiracy. I SIM
ply did my duty as any honest man
who detests bribery and bribers would
have done.
Dark indeed is the future of this
young state, for integrity and honor.
If any considerable number of people
adopt the very peculiar views of, the
gentleman from Lewis and Clarke Mr.,
Day, that any man who exposes brib-
cry and corruption, when it falls un-
der his notice, is conspirator and y;o-
lator of the law Dark indeed is the
future of probity and official purity in
this state, if legislators who expose
bribery and corruption are to be brand
ed as criminals and the criminals who
commit such crimes, are to be defended
as honorable men.
If those views prevail in this state
then indeed there is but little induce
ment for an official to expose corrup-
ton and see in return for having done
his duty, his own character blacken-
ed and besmirched and that of the GRIM
inal, who corrupts man, extoled to the
sons of rank and station.
Unlike the gentleman from Lewis and
Clarke county, l came here unpledged
to vote for any man for United States
senator
Further. unlike him, came here de-
circumstances vote for w. A. Clark for
United States senator, and ! am proud
to say that 1 am still of the same de-
termination, and that l never will un-
der any circumstances vote for him for
senator in congress, because 1 know of
DDS and loathe and despise them, and
for further reasons.
In the first place, I hold that l am
here. above all other considerations,
to register the will of my constituents
who sent me here, in casting nv vote
for senator it is my duty to carry cut
their wishes, and know an overwhelm-
Ing majority of the people of Ravalli
county were opposed, when 1 came here,
to the election of w. A. Clark to the
United States senate and that they are
now, since the report of the investigat-
ing committee, more overwhelmingly
and solidly than ever opposed to his
ELECTION since it is evident that he is
determined, if possible. to purchase a
seat in the United States senate; and
in. voting against him day after day l