The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31

S OF Ts'h sot hGOun who .sc.ed 5000 On
prssdlns Scers desk sS0UU IN n1 ssH y eR
WEDGES. This money Is now In the custody OF
For the moment Mr. clark's supporters sa, in
srsd ,hs ar
money OF his enemies, that they and not Well
part, but u a conspiracy against him The
grand jury took up the committees report,
Had the conditions been norma, there : no
%ou nave SI shs al the nc Th
case had 80 shaped itself that It became the
dH.y Of the to IND at any rate ether that
enemies The conclusion that came from the
weighed all the evidence submitted to us. and
while there has been some evidence which
sohnection With the siection 10" Of United States
Senator. IL has been contrad,cted and eN-
bse az wos not
IN 9pr Judgement. warrant conviction by a
Meanwhile. the Joint session OF the Legisla-
ture. while the Grand Jury was holding the
case under sdy!sement. had begun its daily
bad seven supporters. who, protested TO be
not dismsysd o., even influenced by the
thin wSs vSr
during the eighteen succeeding days Mr.. CLARK
added to tho list q his supIortcrs; Those o,
their strength to j. K Toole. W. g. Conrad and
others. The general UNDERSTANDING was hat
the election these anti-Clark Democrats
would make comm2n cause n behalf OF any
tsst as soms Of The Transfers Clark
were surprises tho recruits In some instances
whS few aays had bseG
his methods Often the announcement OF an
added vote for Clark was hailed with shouts
OF contempt and with loud Inquiries as to the
MI. Clark discovered that to expect an elec-
the PoPulist and later OF the four silver, Re-
publicsns,. Even with these he was siil shor.
that "a RepuSlican Vote Tor tinrE was ndi4pp-
tably purchased vote, and they impIored their
posed posed. At length Mr.. Clark scored a majority
there was delivery to him OF nine Republi-
the situation presented many anomal22,ns
feature, For instance d%rnS the conses ris MD
gold STANDARD RSppbiIcSns Who voted Tor him
in favor OF a protective tariff Then, too, Gov.
| Smith, who signed Mr., ,Clark's ,credSntIals-
NV dea nc @ Mr. 6Iarks method OF cam
paigning and charged bribery; The .prote;t
+ CONT smh tG
| Inns, State Treasurer; Thomas PondeXter.
| State Auditor: II, c. Stl1 who was tho Speaker
| OF the House. and A. j. Campbell, who is Mon
| tana's member In tho present House OF Repre-
| sentatives. These are all Democrats.
| Soon after tho adjournment Or the LeRisIa:
| ture the Supreme Court OF Montana was asked
| to take cognlZance OF an action which pro-
! posed the ,!isbarment OF John u. Welcome IN
| attorney resil ling In Butte Az has been re-
| cited, Mr.. Welcomes name was mentioned In
| the charges that were prosentcH To the two
| houses OF the Legislature last Janunry In con-
! nection with alleged bribery for Mr.. Clark s
| benefit; indeed. In testimony given before the
| grand Jury at that time, Mr.. Melcome ad-
| mittpd that he was ono Of Mr.. ClRrk's repre-
! sentatives. and that In the course Of tho cam
| paIen he Ind spent Tor Mr.. Clark certain sums
| 81 money for log itimate expenses.
| In the matter OF the PROPOSED disharment OF
| Mr., Welcome the Supreme Court moved with
| marked elaboration Tho prcim!hares were
| argued at great length, Attorney hemeral
| Nolan represented the State, with MIR. Well
| come q side cared for by distinguished tttor-
| neys In behalf Of MIR Welcome, the jurisjic-
| ton OF the supreme Court was vigorously de-
| Med The supreme Court AZ length decided
| that II had Jurisdiction and instructed the At
| turney General to ascertain whether the facts
| and conditions were such a. to make 1t the
| duty OF the Court To deal with the charges
AGAINST Welcome The bearings on this phase
| al The case took Jun much OF the time Of tho
! Court at Intervals during the summer months.
| In the end Mr.. Welcome was commanded To
| appear for trial on the charges. The hearing
| began on Nov. Il and continued during tort;
! night The decision OF the Court. announced