The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-14

1t is the understanding in Washing.o n
that Senator Clark whose seat in the
Senate has been declared vacant by the
Committee on Privileges and Elections IN
it's report on the charges brought against
him, will return to Montana and endeavor
to secure a reelection. If he pursues that
course, however, he will be careful not TO
buy his election or if he does buy 1t he
will be careful not to let his great enemy
Marcus Daily known anything about it.
1t is stated that Senator Carter, the
other Senator from Montana, expects to
be reelected. Mr. Carter is a Republican,
while Mr. Clark is a Democrat. They ex-
pect it appears, to be elected by the same
Legislature. 1t must be a queer sort of
Legislature that can be depended upon to
elect one Democratic and one Republican
Senator. Still, legislatures in the West do
some very queer things.
1t may be that the Governor of Mon
tana will fill the vacancy that will be
made by Senator Clark's resignation by
appointing Marcus Daily to the place. He
is a DAILY Democrat, and it is understood
sympathised with DAILY in the fight
which the latter successfully waged
against Clark If DAILY should get the va
cant place by appointment he might have
influence enough to secure an election TO
il.
One report is that Mr. Carter and Mr..
Clark have joined forces against Daily. If
that is the cast it is not improbable that the
Legislature will send Clark and Carter 10
the Senate, one of them being, as already
stated a Democrat and the other a Repub-
lean Garter mas influence with the Re-
publican members of the Legislature and
Clark is popular with many of the Demo-
Gratis.
Clark really expected that the Senate
would be lenient with him-wouId, in fact,
overlook the charges which had been
brought against him. The Senate. however,
has had enough of bribery scandals. 1t
might have overlooked the charges against
Clark if he himself had not admitted that
he spent more money in getting elected
than the law permitted. Ii is probab bic
that the Senate was really glad of an OPP
portunlty 10 show that it is ready to pun
ish millionares for buying of attempting
that a very rich man is elected to the
Senate that the charge is not made that
he bought his election. While the charge
may be true, it is difficult to get
sufficient evidence TO establish It, and
when no effort is made to establish it
the cry is sent abroad that millionaire
senators win not vote to unseat each 9TH
er As a matter of fact very few of the
senators are millionaires. The most of
them have very little more than their sall-
ries
There will no doubt be a great fight in
Montana if Senator Clark seeks a re-elec-
ton Marcus DAILY will again endeavor
to defeat him. Both are very rich men,
and they do not seem TO have any objec-
ton to spending their money to crafty
their personal feelings in any matter.
DAILY must have spent a very large sum
Of money in his efforts to keep Clark from
being elected Senator and it is certain
that he spent many thousands to have him
turned out OF the Senate. Ex-senator
Edmunds represented him in the cas-,
against Clark before The Senate Commit
tee. and the understanding is that his re
was $4,000 II is barely possible that the
Daly-Clark fight viii come up in the
Senate again.