Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-06
TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1900
MR.. DAILY AS A TNE

washins'on. Feb. ss-lsee-Nsxt perhaps. to senator clark htmsaf. Hon.
investigating committee in the Clark case The room was packed fun Of people.
whichh has made Montanat thu chief subject Of discussion in national affairs this
fea would be give by Nj. Dial, sensational evidence vas confidently look-
&c enf 1t tu Nr was ,a the e. cr rsno diappointed Mr. DAILY arrived accompanied b his
Of expectancy as he advanced to h able to be sworn and fully seventynv
the greatest mining captainin the United States If not in he world. and now
a retired millionaire living In New York ut still animated y h san erelent-
les hatefo his old time rval which neither time nor wealth nor Illness nor
and stood erect facing IN temporary chairman # the committee, those who
prebsp %h ~ m th ,e e aa .nS %aasvesnt tn great change hang I'm in his appe'rsnee caused
six weeks before, in which, in a fall h broke several ribs. In ali that vast crowd
feed 50 much and bore such evidences of his injury. Even hi enemies expreza-
ton by he committee. Senator Faulkner, who is his personal friend n haa
paid him a social visit: on Sunday, had evidently been instructed by Mr. CLARK
ipa uea' as IT " seow tn utmost .m an courtesy es na risw s a pleasant feature Of his exam
sssrisved though it felt ~ the aetiono OF Mr.. DAILY Yin nsHgains he prosecution.
odds His hatred for Senator Clark cropped u before half a dozen questions
had been asked In speaking Of the contribution of sabeo he mad to beat him
In tn Silver Bow primary election he concluded his anzwe b saying With Bit
defeat he senator in hso v county. In explaining h ne IA sn into the
,se 1atte IS as@rasas in n' a speech ess at 5ne n su ss"s ssu snas s ~ msa tin o t% h es q.
, tsm.s a =. inquiry inquiry int into the tn methods Of his election. 7 called 2 meeting Of my
him. He said here was a onspiracy against him 50 7 thought W e would
ould ave been started regardless Of n M Clark said to his Butte
friends. Referring to the election Of 1888 h CLARK ran fr congress. witness
s aamt1sa + th a. personally sna ans1 he .e opposed ensm his election vt added that even y those. those
only = county. leaving II t. y inferred hat Y would ave been beaten n
campaign = that he ddn t instruct q influence his men u voteas against him
Montanian present herew we're audible comments in all parts g. tn oom as
defeat j. Ne man X hatedth then. as Y has mated him dncea and mates him now.
questions asev in' r %sav 9t e % nr,p sasaep psn,e eH ros @ %o stana p % {nss is sasssoa n
campaigns he answered with a smile Of conscious Innocence. The declaration
that he never sought to influence legislation in the state by personal effort. he
made readily = positively without being aware apparently q n historical
passed from his mind and in that event h iii perfectly right in . tesufying
Q anything he did lot remember. Besides the questions answers had
p pe u n en' Ines : aa mot not ke n p,r s Of the campaign Of ISIS oueade Of SILVER
who always believed that ne nan knew better han he did he exact condition
Of public sentimen and party strength in every section Of the state y is eN-
dent that thu public doesn't know as muc as il thinks It does about the states
leading citizens. Coming to thu question of the capitalize contest Mr.. DAILY was
anaconda she Of h fight a ai cost etwe $4,000 n 100000 for 2 fight ex-
s end aag. owe xesa TO- ry Yea p n r e~e years. ears more ass s n 100000 e o't ts.t Ia e. .pams an b
mpancy In reference to the ploy al detectives Mr. alv created q
the were totally unreliable, made a great dealo Of trouble md accomplished no
good. Never, he said, had he hhed detectives either for political = oher pr-
poses; a piece Of information which a received with evident satisfaction by
his supporters It had been suspected a dozenH times that nan of the questions
man onneete With the aafensa vas baaowed " chicaen snes md eavesdron.
pers. h hied them is low a mystery but for og time it was believed tat
the advisory reform committees pay roll ontdnedt the names Of q easta doz-
e "sleuths' both in Monana n Washington. Probably they were working
for nothing or simply to crafty their curiosity, or they may Ia been engaged
merely to protect tn advisory committee from assault by Roger Foster n
the desperation men connected with thu defense.
Mr. Days testimony touching tn company store wa very interesting. He
trade where hey pleased though heir checks passed through III store SC that
What tn mn W could b deducted in order to saw he the oup Of
having thu checks cashed at other places or something to that effect Mr. Daily
was outspoken on the subject and said the Anaconda company owned the
eral lines in he course of hist testimony ut lid not show that readiness of wit
characteristic of him in private conversation. His denial of his reported inter-
views with Senator Cullen m Frank E. corbet was emphatic n bitter and
Hotel a in part vlamous lie" This added a little spice to he testimony
which a not asu lively as hal been anticipated by those familiar With Mr..
Days kenness OF intellect ar readiness of repartee. In fact the distinguish
ed witness was not himself and thu only time he threwa any fir into hise evidence
Junior senator The entire examination of Mr.. Daily was a disappointment His
direct examination by Campbell was not brilliant. His DENOMINATION by
vas all over, they could all see where mistakes had been mad AM al began to
mt without injury to his health all parties We're reasonably satisfied X
cet the spectators who felt like men h had one to a hghpnced show % see
a fight to a finish and had to be satisfied with a sof.saove exhibition. Three
Important points however were established by the defense:
l. That witness ws animated " tn most bite personal hostility owards
Senator Clark
3 That he was accustomed to expanding very large sun of money in po-
already ut up $4,000 and wouldp probably hav ito double the amount
nee during the examination when Faulkner asked Mr.. DAILY If he va e
coming tired, the latter replied mo, I a m good f0ra another hour or We" This