The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13
w. A. CLARK'S SEAT.
Montana Senator Has No Fear of Be
ing Unseated.
Denver News.l


Senator W. A Clark of Montana, is
at the Brown Palace on his return from
tour through Utah. California. Ari-
IONA and New Mexico. where he has
been inspecting his various properties.
Today he will leave for New York.
The talk that is being made with
reference 10 the proposed contest or
my seat in the senate" said the dis
| tinguished visitor. in response to
question, does not cause me the slight
est apprehension. The case of John
b. Welcome is now before the supreme
court of Montana, and his enemies are
attempting TO have him disbarred for
alleged bribery with which my name
has been connected, but 1 want to say
that Mr.. Welcome is one of the ableSt
and most straightforward men in the
state, no one standing higher in the eS-
timation of the people than he. 1t was
from him that this fellow Whiteside
has been saying that he received thirty
$1,000 bills for the purpose of influence
ing the legislature. This has been de-
MED by Mr.. Welcome and there are
affidavits which have been produced to
show the character of Whiteside. There
are charges made against me, but 1t
will be time enough to charge when
the facts are developed. The fifty-four
men who voted for me are among the
best in the legislature and l challenge
any one TO point to a single one that
was influenced Illegally However. l do
not wish TO parade myself as having
any grievance. An attempt may be
made to disqualify me, but II causes
me no fear.
Il am glad to see," continued the
senator, that the Colorado people and
the people of other states are taking
such steps TO welcome their returning
t. l. Nf Nlza
that did the fighting in the Philippines
and We should show ourselves proud of
them. / am a member of the committee
that was appointed to see to the well
come of the Montana boys, and we will
do as you are doing, present each one
with a medal.
II cannot say as to what position I
will take in the senate on the Philip
pine question. for / believe there is a
most people as to the best policy to be
pursued. The honor of the flag should
be maintained and enough troops fur
nished to do it with. l certainly be-
lieve that the United States must be on
hand when the dismemberment of
China takes place, and that We must
have a part of ii"
Senator Clark's itinerary has taken
him through several states. He visited
Utah and opened up new low-srade
mine, the Ophir, near Mercur. The SEN
ator says he is preparing to open it up
on a large scale, and its present show
ing leads him to believe that the VEN
ture is a good one. The ore is chiefly
lead and silver. but it runs well in gold
and copper. He will treat it by concen-
tration and smelling. In California,
Senator Clark says he visited his sugar
beet plants in Los Cerritos and Los
Alamitos. He says he has been figur-
ing for two years upon erecting a large
mill on a 10000-acre tract of land, but
the continued drought has prevented it.
This year he planted enough beets to
yield 100000 tons, but the drought has
reduced the product to about 10000
tons. The senator also spent a few days
in inspecting his copper properties in
Arizona.