The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-29

| Welcome, or your son. Charles Clark
| with any members Of the leglslature?' %
Il decline to answer"
Il will ask you whether or not. dur
| ing your canvass. heretofore mention
| ed. for the United States senate, you
| had conference, in your room, with
| Representative Bonner from Cascade
| county?"
II decline to answer"
II will ask you if Mr.. Burkhardt of
| Great Falls was also one of the sup
| porters or close friends that you men
| toned as using their entire efforts in
behalf of your candidacy during the
campaign
II don't know him at ALL
Il will ask you if NJ. L. Hewett was
one of those close friends and support
| ers that you mention?"
"Mr. Hewett was friendly, I think, to
my candidacy; ] never had much talk
| with him about it."
WAS Benjamin Hill one of your sup
porters and close friends and workers
in behalf of your candidacy during the
last legislature"
"Mr. Hill, l met once or twice, but l
don't know that he was particularly in
terested in my campaign. I never had
any talk with him about it, except one
at Butte, when he mentioned something
| about the campaign, but / didn't give
him any satisfaction, or say anything
to him about it."
do you know whether or not he was
actively or otherwise, engaged in be-
half of your candidacy during the ses-
sion?"
Il really don't know anything about
that; saw him was ALL"
Are you acquainted with w. r. Lo-
GAM"
Logan, the Indian agent? Yes, sir.
I know Mr.. Logan
WAS he one of your ardent friends
and supporters, such as you have men
toned, during your candidacy"
mot that I know of. Never talked
with him about that; just met him So
cially.'
IF he was one of your active sup
porters, then you were not aware OF
it,"
mo; I had no information; l know
he was friendly, is all"
you spoke of Mr.. Ryan as being one
of your active supporters in your cam
paign; what was the nature of the serv-
ices rendered by Mr.. Ryan during your
candidacy"
81 decline to answer"
do you know what was the nature
of the services rendered by Mr.. A. j.
STEELE during your canvass"
Il decline to answer"
What was the nature of the serv-
ices rendered by Mr.. McDermott whom
you mention, during the session."
Il decline to answer
What was the nature of the serv-
ices rendered by your son, Mr.. Charles
Clark, during the session."
II decline to answer"
What was the nature of the serv-
ices rendered by Mr.. John B. Well
come during your canvass
Il decline to answer"
II win ask you, Mr. Clark whether
any of your supporters or friends or
| managers referred to by you in the list
you furnished and mentioned had any
authority, directly or indirectly, from
you to expend any money whatever in
the furtherance of your candidacy for
the United States senator"
II decline to answer"
Il will ask you whether or not, if
any of these gentlemen did eXpend
money in your behalf, you ratified that
action. or any part of 1t, on their part,
at any timer
Il decline to answer"
eff any of these gentlemen, in the
furtherance of your candidacy, ex-
pended any money, state whether or
not you ever reimbursed them?"
Same answer
calling your attention, Mr. Clark.
to the allegations of the complaint and
of the. answers of the other defendants
In this case, and also the report of the
committee heretofore referred to, in
which $4,000 was turned over to the
legislature, / will ask you to state
what, if anything, you know about the
source of that 100000, or any part
thereof"
Il know nothing whatever about 1t.
I'm the answer which has been filed
here by the other defendants in this
case, other than yourself, among which
is the answer of the Miner Publishing
company, corporation of which you
are a director, it is alleged that the
charges of conspiracy made in the first
article, published on Jan. 18th, in the
Miner, are true, what, If anything, do
you know about those charges of con-
spiracy, and the conspiracy which was
charged?" 81.
Il know nothing about it."
Then / understand you don't know
who were the members of that con"
spiracy If there were any?"
"I don't know anything about it"
Had no knowledge of anything in re-
gard TO it?'
Nothing at ALL"
"And you made no pretense Of know"
ing anything about anything of the
kind?"
mo, sir"
THAT matter is entirely with the
other defendants in this case?'
Il don't know who it is with; don't
know anything about it,"
MIR. Clark, prior to the filing OF the
report of this committee of the joint
session of the legislature and the de-
post with the Legislature of the S30,0OO
to which have referred heretofore, did
you have any conferences or consulta-
lions with reference to the furtherance
of your candidacy with the then act
ing state senator, Whiteside, the PLAIN
tiff in this case?"