The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-20
SENATOR CLARK,s ExPENDITUREs
Tells Senate Commit,ee the AmOunts-A
Total ofSl3O,OO0.

Total OF GS130,OO0.
Washington, Feb. 19-The hearing be
fore the senate committee on elections
on the charges of bribery against Sena-
tor Clark of Montana took an interest
ing turn this afternoon, when the SEN
ator told his story of the enormous eX-
penditures during his campaign. Mr.
Clark submitted statement showing
expenditures on political account from
August l. 1898, to September /, 1909
made by him. So far al the expendit-
ures referred to the senatorial and pre-
ceding legislative campaigns they were
as follows: August 12, 1898, C. w
Clark 5000; October II, c. w. Clark
$4,000; October 20, Walter Cooper 5000;
November 5, Leonard $3.50; November 7,
c. H. Padley $3.50; L. o. Leonard $3.50;
November 8, j. H. Miles $100; Thomas
Kilgallon 5000; November 40, G.. II,
Padley 5000; November IL, John Leary
$50; November 2S, c. w. CLARK $4,000;
A. j. Davidson $4,000; January 1, 1899,
G. H. Padley $3.50; February 4, 2. I.
Cason $500; February 6, George Alder
man $3.50; February 13, G. w. Clark
$20,592; February IA, J. B. Welcome
$4,000; February 27, ]. B. Welcome 500;
March 2, Welcome $3.50; Welcome to
John Simpson $500; April Is, c. w.
Clark $3.50.
Other items were given covering the
expenses of the campaign last spring
The total it was found footed up $685.
900. The senator said in addition to
these sums he had made Messrs. Well
come, McDermon and e. C. Day each a
present of $4,000, but he did not con-
slider these donations in the nature of
political expenditures. All these men
had given a great deal of time to pro-
noting his interests. None of them had
expected pay and no money had been
given them on their personal account
until after the senatorial election. Mr..
Clark said that all the large sums paid
to c. w. Clark, Welcome and David
son had been paid to carry, out the
agreement which he had entered into to
pay the expenses of tho proposed cam
paign to rescue the state from DAILY. He
had required no accounting from them,
having the utmost confidence in them.
He did not know what they had done
with the money.
Speaking of the reasons which had led
him to go into the campaign, Mr. Clark
said that his friends had represented
that If there was not change they
would be liable to have to move out of
the state. There was no limit and he
agreed to pay whatever might be neces-
sary. Il knew" he said 1T would take
a great deal of money to carry the state
where SO much money had been spent
in previous elections" Asked about the
cost of the contest over the location of
the capital, Mr.. Clark said that he had
100000 and he thought the
people of Helena had raised over $100, 900
to hold the capital there. 1t was COM
mon report that the opposition, the An
aconda company had spent million
dollars to locate the capital at Ana
conda.
1t had not occurred to him that the
large sums he had contributed would be
used illegitimately. Il am sure" he
said, that in the senatorial contest no
money was spent to influence votes IL
egitimately If you knew the condi-
tions existing in Montana you would
wot marvel at the heavy expense. To
overthrow the one-man power was the
object, and the expense was great 1t
could not be done with any meagre sum.
Everything was conducted in such a
nigh handed manner that no one could
expect to do anything unless he crawled
n the dust before this power" He had
seen money paid in previous years.
Did you prosecute them?' asked Mr..
Chandler. Il did not" was the reply.
1T was useless to do so, as the Ana
,onda company owned the political ma
,hinery."
Mr.. Campbell said to-day that Mr..
DAILY would go on the stand in rebuttal
He Is expected every day.