The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
REPORT IN CLARK CASE.
views of Senators Pettus and Harris,
Constituting the Minority.

Views OF senators fetSuS II HuEHhS,
Constituting the Minority.
WASHINGTON. April 25.-The minority
Of the members of the Senate committee
on privileges and elections, consisting of
Senators Pettus and Harris. who do not &C
cept all the views of the majority of the
committee in the case of w. A. Clark. of
Montana, to-day reported a dissenting
opinion in the case. The report begins
with the following statement:
eve agreed and still agree to the reso-
luton adopted by the committee itself. But
the report is merely the writing of the
chairman, with the aid of one other MEM
Der, and never was submitted to any meet
ing of the committee, and, therefore, can
not be considered as the words of the COM
mittee."
They then proceed to state their reasons
for dissent. which are based, they say, on
the opinion that the committee did not re-
gard the ordinary rules of evidence, but
received hearsay evidence in great VOL
ume." They state their reasons for con-
senting to the statement in the majority
report, that the friends of Senator Clark
Illegally and improperly used large
amounts of money and thereby carried the
election, and that this election is not
valid. but under the law of the land is
void"
Referring to the initiative meeting of the
Clark men and the attendance of A. j.
Campbell at this conference and his letter
to Congress. Messrs. Pettus and Harris re-
mark: $50. to the extent named. Mr..
Campbell got the benefit of that private
meeting of which he was a member and
the benefit of the money sent out by the
committee to the executive committees in
various counties Mr.. Campbell was a
~well-known opponent of the DAILY faction
prior to and in 1885,
Taking up ex-State Senator whiteside
they say: 1.-The evidence tends to show
that Whiteside was unfriendly to Mr.. W
A. Clark and that he made a threat to Eek.
plode a bomb If Clark became a candi-
date for the Senate. and that about the
same day Marcus DAILY. in New York, made
a threat to run w. A. Clark and his fam
lily out of Montana"
Referring to the cooperation during the
legislative session of Campbell and Clark,
they say that "after Mr.. Campbell had
heard the plan to entrap and betray his
friend. Senator Clark, he told Whiteside. in
substance. Do not rely on your own evil
dence to prove the charges Thus" they
continue. Campbell and Whiteside became
united in a common cause in December,
1898. And from that time Whiteside had
the benefit of Campbelrs advice. and
Whiteside, if you credit his account OF
himself, acted well and naturally the part
OF spy and traitor and did explode a
bomb After the Legislature adjourned
Mr.. Campbell. with Marcus Days money,
went into the business of ,,r-jng newspa-
pers and hiring editors ard setting them
TO work. He also became actively engaged
in the business of hiring detectives with
Days money. Among other hard cases he
employed one Benjamin Hill and set him TO
hunting up evidence against his friend"
Mr.. Campbell is severely ~arraigned for the
opening, reading and resealing of a sealed
letter from Bickford TO Root, brought 10
Campbell by HILL Reference Is made to
ampbel payments TO certain Witnesses
! and Il u remarked that Mr.. Campbol]
became Days agent TO disburso monoy