Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05
Against Mr.. Clark Retaining
His Seat.
SEN TOR FROM MONTANA
Does Not Have Clear Sailing by Any
Reinstatement of Those Who
You'd Have Him Thrown Out of
the Seat He Was Elected to.
NaSlingtNn. Decen1ner s. 1899.

Washington. December 5. 1899.
To the Honorable the Senate Of the
United States:
Comes now your petitioners herein and
respectfully show to your honorable body
the following facts:
First-That they are citizens of the
United States and of the state of Mon
tana that they were such citizens for
a long time prior to the meeting of the
Sixth legislative assembly of the state
of Montana. which said assembly duly
and regularly organized as such, CON
vened at the city Of Helena, Lewis and
Clarke county, Montana, on the first
Monday Of january, 1899.
! That upo the convening and organ
ization Of said Legislative assembly it
entered upon the discharge and per-
forrlaice of such duties as regularly
deNolved upon such Legislative assem-
blies thus convened under the constitu-
ton and laws of the state. That said
legislative assembly so convened n
organized consisted of the following
named persons representing the respec-
tive counties and districts. and Of the
political faith set opposite their re-
spectiVe names. (Here follows the
names Of the members of the senate and
hOuSe).
That It became and was the duty Of
said Legislative assembly to elect a
United States senator for the state Of
Montana TO serve in the senate Of the
United States for a term of six years,
commencing with the 4th day Of March,
1899, and that among the candidates
Tor said office Of United States senator
whose candidacy was discussed and con
sidered by said legislative assembly was
William a. Clark OF Butte, Silver Bow
county, Montana.
That for the purpose Of securing the
support. of members of said legislative
assembly to vote for and elect the said
! William A. Clark as aforesaid, the said
William y. Clark did confederate and
conspire with John 3. Welcome, A. ].
Steele, Walter NJ. Bickford. John s. M.
We'll CHARLES Y Clark, 4. J.. David
son, Walter Cooper, A. B.. Cook, John
a. Murphy. John Byrne, T. P. Cullen.
Ben d. Phillips, S. S. Hobson M. T..
Hewitt, BENJAMIN Hill and others to
your petitioners unknown, to corrupt.
bride and buy the members of said legis-
latlve assembly, and to thereby secur
their votes in behalf Of the candidacy
OF said William a. Clark, and that in
pursuance of said confederation and
conspiracy as aforesaid the said Will
liam A. Clark, John B.. Welcome, A, J.
Steele, Walter NJ. Bickford, John S. M.
Neill, Charles w. Clark, A. J. Davidson.
Walter CooDer, and the other Cocoon
spirators above named. and others to
your petitioners unknown, did pay out
large sums of money to the members
OF the said legislative assembly to Sc
cure their support and votes in behalf
OF the candidacy of said William A.
Clark for said office as aforesaid, it be-
ing the understanding that said money
SO paid was paid and used to corruptly
influence the action of said members Of
said legislative assembly, and in con-
slderation Of the honey SO paid many
OF said members were to and did vote
for the said William A. Clark for the
office Of United States senator from the
state Of Montana.
Your petitioners aver and give yorr
honorable body to be Informed that a
more particular description Of the par
ties to whom the money thus corruptly
used was paid and the amounts so naid
are herewith presented.
Ihat the said w. A. Clark paid to
jerry Connolly, in consideration of his
voting for him, the sum of IS, 900. That
the said w. A. Clark paid to Thomas
r .ulAen, in consideration of his voting
for him the sum of sl5, 900. That the
said ". A. Clark paid to c.. O. Cru
Wen, IA consideration of his voting for
MN, sums of money. the amounts spe-
cliically are at present unknown, but
through an investigation directed to the
ascertainment of the mounts paid.
PROOF VIII be available to show that the
said Gruwell was corruptly influenced in
his support of the candidacy of the
said W. A. Clark. That the said w.
a. Clark paid to w. j. Hannah the sun
OF $4,000 in consideration for his VOTING
1or MIN. Ihat the said w. A. Clark
paid To ;. $. Hobson. in consideration of
his voting for him, the sum of $50, 600,
That the said w. a. Clark paid to A,
W. Nathan, in consideration of his yot-
ing for him. the sun of $40, 900. That
the said w. A. Clark paid to Samuel
L. Mitchell, in consideration of his vot-
ing for him, the sum of $25, 900. That
the said w. A. Clark paid to Ben D.,
Phillips. in consideration of his voting
for him, the sum of $25, 600. That the
said W.. A. Clark paid to D.. G.. Warner.
in consideration of his voting for him,
the sum of $4,000. hat the said w. A.
Clark paid to w. A. Clark, state senator
from Madison county. the sum of $40 600
IN consideration of his voting for him,
That the said w. A. Clark paid to n. l..
Myers in consideration of his voting for
him, the sum of $1,000 That the said
w. A.. Clark paid to Fred Whiteside. in
consideration of his voting for him. the
sum Of $4,000. That in the face Of the
payment last named, through a desire
on the part of the said Whiteside to
"afd pr SUSPICION. a portion of the
money thus paid was surrendered TO the
sad W. A. Clark as an accommodation,
so that others who We're members of the
legislat i've assembly might receive the
amount surrendered and that after sur
render was mad the sum of s.. 600 was
paid to the said Whiteside TO moot ey-
pelises that might be incurred, and also
TO constitute the aggregate of SO. 900,
the consideration used ia sac,,ra his e,,n-
port for the said w. 4. Clark.
1t is further shoWn in connection with
the amounts paid to the said w. A.,
Clark, senator from Madison county.
II. l.. Meyers and Fred Whitaside, that
said named persons received the said
money solely for the purpose of dis
closing and diyulging the fact that
money was being used by w. A. Clark
upon the members of the legislative as