Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-20
Offering Him Money Laid Be-
fore Grand Jury.
CHANGES in TODAY'S VOTES
w. A. Clark Gains TW0--Several
Members Explain Their Rea-
sous For Changing.
Special to the Inter Mountain.

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Helena, Jan. 20.-The joint session to-
day was more lively than for several
days. There We're several speeches and
some changes in voting. Clark gained
two votes, Representative Gibson of
Madison, who has been voting for Ma
Slnnis and others, and Representative
Walsh of Gallatin, Who has been voting
for Luce. Both made speeches to the eff
feet they reflected the wishes of their con-
stituants in changing. Applause greeted
these changes.
Previous to this Senator Myers
| when his name was called had
made long speech in which he
said he had remained quiet before re-
Gardless of inuendoes and slurs thrown at
him in connection with the bribery inves-
tigation. Now that he had testified ,>e-
fore the grand jury he felt that he could
! talk. He denied that when Whteside
dickered with him for his vote he prom
ised to vote for Clark. He claimed that
w. A. Clark never knew him before he
agent to him CIV. M. Bickford) offering a
dition he vote for the banker.
He also claimed to have received a let
ter from Charlie Clark offering him mon
ey to vote for w. A. Clark. This letter he
could not find at the time the Investigate
ing committee reported but had found it
since, however, and had laid it before the
grand jury. He rallied against the Butte
Miner and Helena Independent and the
press generally and frequently looking to-
wards the reporters table spoke of a sub
sidized press. He wound up by voting for
Conrad.
Kelly of Silver Bow also made a speech
in which he scored Clark and said he was
under obligation to no man and voted for
Conrad.
The result of the vote was: Conrad 80:
Clark %; Malone Is; Toole 5; Fox 5; Ma
ginnis and Hartman one each, Mantle l..
Gibson and Walsh changed from Ma gin
mis- and Luce to Clark. johnson changed
from Fox to Hartman, Metlen from Ma
ginnis to Toole. There We're three alb
sentees, Day, Eversole and Carr. The first
two are Clark men so the Butte man
would have received 81 had they been
present. 1t required forty-six votes to
elect today.
The senate committee of the whole de-
feated Connollys bill regulating assign
ment of wages The bill stirred up an
animated debate, participated in by the
author, by Myers, Eggeston and others
Hobson introduced his bill fixing sal
aries of county officers. In the first sec
ond and third class counties the salaries
are as follows: Sheriff $4,000 each; dis
trict clerk $500, $4,000, $4,000; county
clerk s. SEQ, 81 900, So 000; treasurer 81 500
$500, s. 2,250: attorney, $250O, 50 O0O 81 600;
assessor s., ,OO0, s., 900, $1,SoO; auditor 81 so0
81 500, 81 200; superintendent of schools ST.
500 $l,500, 81. 200. The bill also fixes the
salaries and number of deputies, in many
respects the same as the salary bin of the
last session that was stolen and defea ted
by fraud.
Bills and notices We're given and the
senate adjourned until p. m. to further
carry on committee of the whole busi-
ness.
In the house an effort was made to en-
ploy two more female clerks, Miss Ma
water county. Burke of Silver Bow OPP
posed it and said enough clerks We're
hired for the present and upon his mo-
ton the matter was indefinitely post
poned.
Hedges bill relating to stock breaking
into enclosures surrounded by legal fence
was recommtted. The judiciary COM
mittee reported with recommendation
the title be amended and as amended be
printed.
Watson's bill relating to the erection Of
pulp and paper mills and the exemption
of the same from taxation was reported
unconstitutional and indefinitely post
poned.
Fitzpatricks. allowing fourth class
counties auditors, was recommended
printed.
Introduced: By Lindsay-For the
dividing of counties into districts and the
election of county commissioners from
said districts.