The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
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reflections against the committee. His
sole objection was to the character of
the evidence introduced before the
house
Il trust that the gentlemen" he said,
who felt called upon to defend them
selves will accept my apology, for in
tended no imputation."
Senator Norris of Beaverhead, an
other member of the committee, then
rose.
Never in my life he said, have I
been called on to apologize for my ac-
tons. either private or public. To my
constituents alone do I owe allegiance,
ana no mans collar was ever placed
around my neck. / endeavor to per-
form every public duty according to
the dictates of my own conscience. To
gain no mans applause would I swerve
for one instant from the path of duty.
The matter of this committee has been
discussed in public, in private and in
the press. am member of that
committee. had no knowledge that I
[ was to be made a member of that COM
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l was appointed. I have performed my
duty as member of that committee
honestly and fearlessly If any wrong
has been done, it is grievous wrong,
and l would hope to be forgiven by
man as by God. But I believe the COM
mittee has performed it's duties thus
far fairly and without shrinking. 1t
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in the night and prepared a report en-
| bodying evidence already drawn up.
1t is stated that no stenographer on
earth Is swift enough to take down all
that testimony and write it out in time
for the committee to make the report
when it did. 1 brand that statement as
a lie. The answers were given by the
witnesses and written down in answer
to questions which I myself asked.
| The committee made no comments. 1t
only offered and presented to you the
| evidence as taken down by the stenog-
| rapher; you areSthe judges: the people
| of Montana are the judges as to the
truth of this evidence. We offered you
the evidence as 1t came to us. If the
| witnesses have sworn falsely which I
do not believe, then the future will take
care of that. Let any evidence against
any one be brought to this committee
and l will guarantee that it will be
submitted to this assembly by the COM
mittee.'
The remarks of Senator Norris met
with warm applause. The result Of the
ballot was then announced as follows:
Whole number of votes, SO. Necessary
to choice AZ. Conrad, 35 Toole II;
Clark, 81; Sanders, Is; Fox, 3; Hart
man. 3; o. B. Barber .; McGinnis, /;
Mantle, T. Hoffman, III l.'
From the previous days vote Conrad
lost three, Tooe lost nine and Clark
gained II. Marshall's vote, republican,
was all transferred to Colonel Sanders
The II votes gained by Clark were as
follows: Senator Warren of Jefferson
county; Day. Hutchinson, Kuphal and
Bennett of Lewis and Clarke county:
Black of Meagher; Fine of Madison:
Hill of Jefferson; Martin and Mcleod
of Gallatin; Truscott of Valley.
Conrad lost Gibson of Madison, who
voted for Barber; Warner of jefferson
and O'Brien of Madison, who voted for
Barber. Fox gained the vote of John
son, silver republican, of Carbon. Cliff
ford of Silver Bow voted for Martin
Maginnis. Mcleod switched from Hoff-
man to Clark. The vote in detail was
as follows:
Spnatp-AnIprsnn CnnCDl
Fox; Campbell, Conrad; Clark, Toole;
Connolly, Clark; Courtney. Conrads
Cullen, Toole; Eggleston, Conrad; Cru
well. Clark; Hannah, Fox; Hobsen,
Sanders; Hoffman. Clark: Mahan,
Toole; Mckay, Sanders; Mitchell Sand
ers: Myers, Conrad; Norris, Toole;
Phillips, Sanders; Riddell, Clark; Stan
ton, Conrad; Tierney, Clark; Warner,
Clark; Whiteside, Conrad Worden,
Sanders.
House-Beasley. Sanders; Bennett,
Clark; Black, Clark; Bonner, Conrad:
Boylan, Conrad; Burke, Conrad; By
water, Sanders; Clifford Maginnis;
Conrow, Clark; Cooney, Conrad;
Crutchfield Conrad; Day Clark: Ever
sole, Toole; Fine, Clark; Finlen, Con-
rad; Fitzpatrick Conrad Finn, Con-
rad; Gallwey. Conrad: Carr, Conrad:
Gibson, Barber; Gillette, Conrad;
Hedges, Sanders Hill, Clark; Hutchin-
son, Clark; Ingersoll, Sanders; Jac-
queth, Sanders; Johnson, Fox; Kelly,
Cascade, Conrad; Kelley, Silver Bow,
Conrad; Kuphal, Clark; Lamb, Con-
rad; Lewis, Conrad; Lindsay, Sanders:
Lockhart, Clark; Long. Sanders; Lose
kamp. Hartmann; Luddy, Clark: Mad
den, Conrad; Magee, Sanders: Marcyes,
Sanders; Martin, Clark; Mats, Con-
rad; Metlen, Toole: Moran, Conrad;
More, Hartman: Murray, Conrad; Nc
Laughlin, Clark; Mcleod, Clark; Nor
moyle, Conrad; O'Brien, Barber; Par
ker. Mantle; Paul, Toole; Phelps, Toole;
Plotting, Toole; Sands, Sanders; Shov-
lin, not present; Stapleton, Conrad;
Stephens, Conrad; Stone, Conrad; Sui