The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-07

| was introduced TO Charles W. Clark on
! Saturday. On Thursday or Friday White
! side had telegraphed for Campbell TO come
| 10 Helena from Butte to advise him how
| TO proceed in what he was doing-trying
| to expose bribery Thus before he had
met Charles W. Clark or John B. Well
come and before any information had
! been given him BY anyone about the use
| of money Of the campaign. he wired 10
/ Campbell 10 come and advise him in the
! matter of exposing bribery Whiteside was
| in consultation with the DAILY leaders.
| As 20 the $50, OO0 alleged by the DAILY
! men 10 have been furnished by Welcome
! to Wh.teside. Mr. Faulkner reminded the
/ committee that every bank account OF
Senator Clark, Of his son. Of Welcome. Of
Bickford. and Of every active friend Of
Senator Clark had been laid before the
committee and that nothing had been
found that could lend possibility even to
the superstition that the charge was true.
Big Bills Mt Helena.
Referring to the presence Of $1,000 bills
! at Helena. Mr.. Faulkner said the evidence
OF many bankers who had appeared before
, the committee showed that 81 ,OC0 bills were
quite common. and Mr. Faulkner made a
telling point thar the bank which had
complained Of the depletion OF its stock of
$l,0eo bills, and which had asked other
banks for some of these big bills was not a
Clark, but DAILY. institution
Mr. Faulkner denounced Whiteside as
perjurer. who had sought TO down honest
men by his perjury
Mr.. Faulkner made valiant defence of
the motives which had prompted Senator
Clark TO go into the legislative campaign
for the purpose Of wrestling the control of
the State from the rapacious and remorse-
less grip of Marcus Daly-"the malignant
AnaconGan.' Turning his attention TO Mr..
Campbell. who sat at one end of the coun-
sells table. Mr. Faulkner charged him with
the betrayal OF confidence subornation OF
perjury. and other crimes and INSIDE
meanors. He accused the opposing attor-
neys of unfairness in setting forth in their
brief that Senator Clark had failed to fur
nish his cancelled checks 10 the committee
whereas he had presented to the commit
tee a full statement of his business trans
actions during the session of the Montana
Legislature. by exhibiting the entries from
the books of the banks. and had the COM
mittee so desired. it could have sent
subcommittee to Montana to examine the
books.
He defended the course OF Senator Clark
in giving TO the Republican caucus a let-
ter defining his attitude on the tariff Ii
was a position which very many consistent
Democrats occupy. He pointed out various
fmprobabilities in Whiteside's testimony.
particularly that Of Welcomes Placing
SSO,Vp in the hands of such man as
Nhiteside. Twelve of the witnesses agains:
Senator Clark he declared were absolute
ly unworthy of credence, and had been, he
believed. deliberately bribed in the interest
of the prosecution to commit perjury He
fnstanced the case of Ben Hill whose long
statement of nineteen pages reeked with
false swearing. as was known to Mr. Camp,
bell, who had it presented to the Senate. |
He referred to another of them az having |
the face of cut throat and gambler, who /
could not look an honest man in the face" |
The prosecution was at fault he said. in I
bringing before the committee witnesses of !
that character IF dirt were trumps," he I
exclaimed, what hand the member from
Montana tMr. CampbelD held in these |
twelve Witnesses
The Daily Witnesses
In speaking of the Daily witnesses. Nur-
ray and Normoyle, Mr.. Faulkner said:
IF there are two men connected with this
case who have been proved by overwhelm-
ing and disinterested testimony TO have
been deliberate and inexcusable perjurers
these are the men"
Mr.. Faulkner challenged any member OF
me committee to cite an instance where
J United States Senator had been bounded
by detectives and perjurers as Senator
Clark had been by the hired minious of
Marcus DAILY
The former Senator from West Vfr-
sinia congratulated the committee that
he protracted investigation was reaching
IS conclusion. and congratulated his client
md counsel that they had had an oppor-
unity CT trying the case before a COM
Mite which had given to 1t such earnest
md constant attention. They had had the
advantage OF the committees observation
# Witnesses. and they felt that with that
observation they were safe in the hands of
he committee
In conclusion Mr.. Faulkner apologized
or not having been able 10 discuss the
question more deliberately He felt es-
eedingly grateful/fOr the kind attention
nd courtesy which the committee had ex
ended to his side not only during the ar
,uments but during the whole hearing.
md now he left it with the committee 10
etermine:
First. Whether Senator Clark was guilty
f bribery; second. whether he knew of
'ribery, and, third, whether. If there ha,; .
een bribery, enough members of the
legislature had been corrupted TO change
he result.
Mr.. Faulkner spoke for three hours. and
throughout the whole time he held the
lose attention of the members Of the
Committee. the Chairman. Senator Chan 8
Her, making Nancy notes.
Arrairued by Foster