Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07
SENATOR CLARR'S Fate
Will SOON Be KNOWN

to advise how to proceed in what he was
doing-"trying to expose bribery" Thus
before he had met Charles w. Clark or
John B. Welcome and before anyone knew
about the use of money or the campaign
he wired to Campbell to come and ad-
wise him in the matter of exposing brib-
cry.
Whiteside was in consultation with the
DAILY leaders. AS to the $4,000 alleged
by the DAILY men to have been furnished
by Welcome to Whiteside, Mr.. Faulk-
ner reminded the committee that every
bank account of the senator and 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 supposition that
the charges were true.
Referring to the presence Of 81 900 bills
at Helena. Mr.. Faulkner said the evi-
dence Of manq bankers who had appear
ed before the committee showed that
81, 600 bills were quite common, and Mr..
Faulkner made a telling point that the
bank which had complained Of the de-
pletion Of it's stock Of $1,000 bills ana
which had asked other banks for some of
DAILY institution. Mr.. Faulkner de-
nounced Whiteside as periurer "who
had sought to down honest men by his
perjury" Mr.. Faulkner made valiant
defense 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 remorseiess grip Of
Mo, n11x sd<l.o
diam" Turning his attention to Mr..
Campbell. who was at one end of the
counsel table, Mr.. Faulkner charged him
with the betrayal Of confidence, subor-
nation of perjury, and other crimes and
misdemeanors. He accused the oppos-
ing attorneys Of unfairnes in setting
forth in their brief that Senator Clark
had failed to furnish his cancelledchecks
to the committee. whereas he had pre-
sented to the committee a full statement
of his business transactions during the
session of the Montana legislature by
exhibiting the entries from book of the
banks and had the committee so desired
it could have sent subcommittee to
Montana to examine the books. He de-
Tended the course of Senator Clark in
giving the republican caucus a letter de-
fining his attitude on the tariff. It was
postum WHICH very many CONSISTENT
democrats occupied He pointed out
various improbabilities in Whitesides
testimony, particularly that of Well
comes placing 100000 in the hands Of
such man as Whiteside. Twelve of
the witnesses against Senator Clark. he
declared, We're absolutely unworthy Of
credence and had been, he believed, lib
orally bribed in the interest of the prose-
cutiOn to commit perjury. He instanced
the case of Ben Hill, whose long state
ment 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 as having
1.-THE face of a cut-throat and gambler
who could not look an honest man in the
face.'
The prosecution was at fault, he said
In bringing before the committee wit
nesses of that character. IF dirt We're
trumps," he exclaimed. what hand
the member from Montana (Mr. Camps
belD held in these twelve witnesses"
In speaking Of the DAILY witnesses.
said: If there are two men connected
with this case who have been proved by
overwhelming and disinterested testl-
mony to have been deliberate and mex
cusable perjurers, these are the men,"
Mr.. Faulkner challenged any member Of
the committee to cite an instance
where a United States senator had
been bounded by detectives and perjur-
ers as Senator Clark had been by the
hired minions of Marcus DAILY" The
former senator from West Virginia con.
graduated the committee that the pro-
tracted investigation was reaching It's
conclusion, and congratulated his cli-
ent and counsel that thev had an oppor-
tunity to bring the case before a COM
mittee which had given to it such earn
est and constant attention. They had
had the advantage Of the committee's
observation of witnesses. and they felt
that with that observation they were
safe in the hands of the committee
In conclusion. Mr. Faulkner apologize
ed for not being able to discuss the
question more elaborately. He felt
exceedingly grateful for the kind atten-
tloE and courtesy which the committee
had extended to his side not only dur
ing the arguments, but during the whole
hearing. and now he left it with the
committee to determine. first, whether
Senator Clark was guilty of bribery:
second whether he knew of bribery.
and, third whether, if there had been
bribery, enough members of the legis-
lature had been corrupted to change the
result.
Mr. Faulkner spoke for three hours. :
and throughout the whole time held the
closest attention of the members of the
committee, the chairman. Senator
Chandler. making many notes.
EDMUNDS' ADDRESS
In the reDOrt Of arguments made tha