The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-22
IT CAUSES HIM NO FEAR
Mr.. Clark Disregards the Talk
About Disqualifying Him.
HE HASN'T ANY GRIEVANCE
Talks at Length to Denver News Re-
porter-Has Opened Mine and Is
Figuring on Erecting
Large Sugar Mill.

w. A. Clark, on his way from Los
Angeles to New York, stopped in Den
yer few days ago, and was interview
ed by the News on some very live top
les. with the following results:
Senator w. A. Clark of Montana is
at the Brown Palace, on his return
from tour through Utah. California,
Arizona and New Mexico, where he has
been inspecting his various properties.
To-day he will leave for New York
" The talk that is being made with
reference with the proposed contest of
my seat in the senate said the dis
tinguished visitor, in response to a
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 l want to say
that Mr. Welcome is one of the ab,est
and most straight forward men in the
state, no one standing higher in the es-
timation of the people than he. 1t was
from him that. this fellow Whteside
has been saying that he received 80
Sl,UUU DlllS lOI lile post VI ltllueHC-
ing the legislature. This has been de-
MED by Mr.. Welcome, and there are
affidavits which have beeen produced to
show the character of Whlteside. There
are charges made against me, but it
will be time enough to charge when
the facts are developed. The 54 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, | do not
wish to parade myself as having any
grievance. An attempt may be mad :
to disqualify me, but it causes me no
fear
"I 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
soldiers. 1t was the boys of the west
that did the fighting in the Philippire es.
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.
~ cannot say as to what position l
will take in the senate on the Philip
pine queS ton, for l believe there is
a great deal of doubt in the minds of
most people as to the best policy to be
pursued. The honor of the flag should
be maintained ana enough troops turn-
ished to do it with / certainly be-
lieve that the United States must be on
hand when the dismemberment of
China takes place, and that we must
have part of it
Senator Clark's itinerary has taken
him through several states. He visited
Utah, and opened up new low-grade
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 large
mill on a 10,000-acre tract o. 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 10 00)
tons. The senator also spent a few days
in inspecting his copper properties in
Arizona"