The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
His Efforts to Prevent the Seat
ing Of Clark.
SCORED In THE HOUSE
MINORITY REPORT OF THE IN.
VESTIGATING COMMITTEE
Congressman Campbell, Attorney
General Nolan, Whiteside and
Others Come in For Severe Censure
For the Part They Took in the
Proceedings.

1
ing Of Senators Pettus and Harris. who
do not accept all the views of the ma
jority Of the committee in the case. of
Senator Clark of Montana. TODAY pre-
scented their dissenting opinion in the
case. The report begins with the fol-
lowing statement:
I'VE agreed. and still agree, to the
resolution adopted by the committee
itself, but the report is merely the
writing of the chairman with the aid of
one other member, and never was sub
mitted to any meeting of the 2 unit
tee, and, therefore, cannot b. sid
cred as the words of the con- p"
They then proceed to state rea-
sons for dissent which are I they
say, upon the opinion that tn, INIT
tee did not regard the ordir rules
Of evidence, but received hearssty evil
dence in ''great volumes
They state their reasons for consent
ing to the statement in the majority
report that the friends of Senator
Clark Illegally and improperly used
large amounts of money and thereby
caused the election, and that this cleo
ton is not valid, but, under the law
Of the land, is void
They then enter upon a review of
the present conditions in Montana. Re
ferring TO the initiative meeting of the
Clark men and the attendance of the
Hon. A. j. Campbell at this conference
and his later election to congress-
Messrs. Pettus and Harris remark:
Campbell is Scored.
$50 TO the extent named, Mr.. Camp
bell 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 COM
mItteeS IN various counties
Mr.. Campbell was a we'll known op-
ponent OF the Daily faction prior to and
in 1885,
Taking up ex-State Senator White
sides evidence, they say: 1.-THE evil
dence tends to show that W7hiteside
was unfriendly to w. A. Clark and
that he made a threat to explode a
bomb if Clark became a candidate for
the senate: and that about the same
! cay Marcus Daily. in New York, made
a threat to run Clark and his family
out Of Montana"
Referring to the cooperation dur
ing the legislative session of Campbell
| and Clark, they say that after Mr..
Campbell had heard the plan to en-
trap and betray his friend Senator
Clark, he told Whiteside in substance.
DO not rely on your own evidence TO
prove the charges"
Thus" they continue, Campbell
and Whiteside became united in a COM
mon cause in December, 1898. and from
that time Whiteside had the benefit of
Campbell's advice. And Whiteside.
if you credit his account of himself.
acted we'll and naturally the part of
spy and traitor and did explode a
bomb
Marcus Days Money.
After the legislature adjourned.
| Campbell, with Marcus Days money,
went into the business of buying news-
papers and hiring editors and setting
| them to work. He also became active
~ engaged in the business of hiring
detectives with Days money. Among
other hard cases he employed one Ben
/ jamin Hill and set him to hunting W
/ evidence against his friend"
Mr.. Campbell is severely arraigned
| for the opening, reading and resaaling
Of a sealed letter from Bickford to
RQote. brought to Campbell by Hill
Reference is made to CampbelPs pay
| mentS to certain witnesses, and it is
remarked that Mr.. Campbell became
| Days agent to disburse money with
/ out limit as to amount, and in 1899 was
| employed by a corporation controlled
| by DAILY at salary of $1,000 per an
| mum.
When last heard from Mr.. Campbell
! had disburSed about $4,000 of DAYS
money in this case, and had incurred
/ liabilities for fees TO eminent counsel
/ amounts not named, and still had DOW
| er to go on spending without limit as
/ to amount. He conducted this case
as leading counsel, and became also
/ one of the principal witnesses, but 9TH
| er counsel made the arguments
They also review the connection of
| State Attorney General Nolan with
| the prosecution. referring with espe-
/ cial pOintedneSs to his use of notes of
! testimony taken before the grand jury
of Lewis and Clark counties, saying:
Rap at Attorney Nolan.
He could not be induced to see the
! slightest improperly in his disclosure
J Of the secrets of the grand jury on this
wholesale promise Of pardOns, special
! IL given for the use OF Mr.. Campbell
/ in the work in which he was then en-
| gagged. This attorney general came to
! Washington, took an active part in the
/ prosecution and in suggesting wit
/ neSses, and on the witness stand could
not conceal his bias"
They pronounce the testimony con-
Meeting the Montana supreme court
/ with the case as irrelevant and say:
This transaction, so far as we are
/ informed. occurred six or seven months
/ after the senatorial election; no fact
! proved connects Mr.. Clark with any
/ part of that transaction.
Mr. Tracy had no sort Of eonnec-
/ ton, directly or Indirectly, with Mr.
/ Clark; and if he had, there was no
! connection between the election in jan
uary and the supreme court judges in
/ the fail of that year. All Of the evil
dence was nothing more than what
may be called 'cOloring matter And
1 it was admitted against the protest Of
the senator from Maryland and others
And in the conduct of this case much
other mere 'coluring matter was re-
! ceived as evidence"