Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

amounts ofIefed, Is hereto appended as
follows, tO-wit:
and through his confederates, associates
and employees, and in his own behalf,
dld offer to give to J. T. Anderson the
sum of $4,000 in the event he would vote
for him for the office of United States
senator. Did offer to give to J.. r. Nc
Kay the sum of SIS, 900 in consideration
of his voting for him for the office of
United states senator. Did offer to give
to q. II. Stanton the sum of $40, 900 in
consideration Of his voting for him for
the Office of United States senator. Did
oHer to give to Henry G.. Stiff, at differ
emf times, various mounts from IS 600
TO $4,000 in consideration of his yoting
for him for United States senator. Did
oi1er to give to e. H.. Conley the sum of
S2o'000 in consideration of his voting for
MIN for the office of United States seua-
tor. Dld offer to give to II. A. Galway
the sum OF $4,000 in consideration of his
voting for him for the office of United
states senator. Did offer to give to G..
r. Kelley a sun of money. the exact
amount OF which is not now desig-
mated, but proof will be adduced to
sno" said amount. Did offer to give to
GOWN Norris, state senator from Beaver
nead county, and G.. Il. Paul and D. F..
Metien, members of the legislative as
se1nbly from said county, the sum of $50 :
wv providing the persons named would
JOINTLY support the said W. A. CLARK in
ms candidacy for the office of United
states senator. Did offer to give to the
SAID Metlen and the said Paul each the
sum OF 100000. providing that the said
naiiieu persons WoGfd individually sup
port the said Clark in his candidacy fn.
the office OF United states senators The
sa'd ". A. Clark did offer to give to r
-. Son.noyle the sum of SIS, geo. providing
the SAID Normoyle would vote for the
sald w. A. Clark. The said w. A C1a,l.
ollered to give to p. G. Sullivan the sim,
OF alo,O0o providing the said Sullivan
would vote for the said w. A. CLARK
r IS salu w.. a. Clark offered to give r,
~ na,son d sun or money approximating
II amount $4,000 conditioned upon his
Young for him for the office of Un;tad
oeates senator. The said w. A. Clar,
sneleu 10 give W.. J. Boaner the su,, If
gIv.ooo' providing the said Bonner would
aote Tor the said w. "a. Clark for Irnitsd
states senator, a
- 1uftnef respectfully shown 70
enecIinS the corrupt offers Of money thst
OFFERS other than those herein snani IT.
ii n,nu Wer made to members Of the Ia.
assembly, and thai said offars
"e5e 20 made With the full knowledge
alnu Of the said w 4.
tlark. 1t Is urged in this regard ana !.
the proof in this Tesnac. VIZ
WI PC available, that the said " 4
olalh ulrected and commissioned his "a
consplfators and employees to offer ~
amy republican member Of the legis.a-
lure, without specifically designatiny
names, the sum Of $40, 900. and tnat N n,r.
suant TO that express authoritarian III.
Iers We're made by the agents. emnIovas
ana associates of the said w. IA. Clark
70 republican members Of the legisJative
assembly.
That the said John B. Welcome was
TOT some time prior to the meeting 81
sald legislative assembly, and during All
me period or its existence, the attorney
ana managing agent of William A. Clark
N ms candidacy in his office for United
otates senator. and was, in conjunction
with Charles w. Clark, A. J. Steele. Wal
ter NJ. Bickford, A.. J. Davidson. John s.
M. NELL, Walter Cooper, Mark L, Hew-
itt ana others. a disbursing agent of the
money expended by said William A.
members of the said legislative assembly
in behalf of the candidacy of the said
A. Clark. That said Charles
W.. Clark is a son of the said w. A. Clark
Of Butte.
That on the 9th day of January 1899.
by a joint resolution Of the two houses
or the said legislative assembly, which
received the unanimous vote
OF the members thereof, a joint investi-
eating committee of three from,
80 NAAy oliA ISSu dD-
pointed to inquire into the charges Of
bribery which were freely and generally
made in the city of Helena with reference
to the then pending senatorial election
the membership thereof consisting of
j. 4. Anderson of Meagher
county, Edwin Norris of Beaverhead
county and George H. Stanton Of Cascade
county, and Representatives w. J.. Ste
phens of Missoula county, John r. Toole
of Deer Lodge county and 10. H. Coonev
of Cascade ounty
That upon the said Jan. 9, 1899, said
committee began performance of it's
duties as sueh-taking the testimony of
such witnesses as appeared before it; and
to-wit. on jan. 10, 1899. said
committee made it's report to said 1egis-
assembly, a copy of which, to-
gether with so much of the evidence Ia
ken before it as was published. will be
in the "housa journal of the Sixth
legislative assembly of he state of Mon
tana,' on pages IS to 40, inclusive, to
which reference is hereto had, and the
same is made a part of this protest. That
to-Wit. on the - day of Ian
uary, 1899, a grand jury was called by
the Hon. Sidney II. Mc1ntire. judge of the
district court of the first judicial district
Of the state of Montana in and for the
county of Lewis and Clarke, to %investi-
gate said charges of bribery. That said
jury assembled in the city of Hell
ney and were duly empaneled and sworn,
and on the - day of January, 1899, be-
gan an investigation of said charges.
hi by the lavish expenditure of vast
sums of money of the citizens of Helena
and of other citizens of Montana then in
said city of Helena and actively aiding
the contamination of the conspiracy
aforesaid, and the corrupt use of money
to unduly influence memoirs of the grand
jury, the said grand jury Csvs> corruptly
and influenced to disregard the
testimony taken before them. and teere-
anon made ranprt tn said court a nor
ton of which said report is in the follow
ing language, to-wit:
I'VE have carefully weighed all the
submitted to us, and while there