The sun., 1900-01-20
More Evidence Presented in
Bribery Charges Against
Montana Senator.
UNDERGROUND ROAD STORY
Witness Asserts That Clark's Man.
ayers refused Rooms in the
Warren Hotel Because There
Wasn't Passage to the
Legislative Hall.

nshingtOn, Jan. l9--Thc senate com
hittee on privileges and elections re-
slmcd its investigation Of the charges of
s1bcry made against Senator Clark Of
slontana in connection with his election
70 the United States senate. Mr.. Will
tam Il. Rector was again on the stand
et the beginning Of the days session.
lie repeated the statement made in his
examination in chief-that apartments in
lac Warren hotel had been refused be-
sfuse there was no underground passage
from that building to the legislative hall.
.ontendng seriously that Mr.. Clark's
sianagers desired such passage. Once.
rhen Senator Faulkner tried TO check
she witness in his voluntary testimony,
he said: Il want to get out the whole
truth. l am not interested in suppress.
lug part OF it, MS you are"
Mr.. Rector testified as to Mr.. David
sons bringing money over from Butte
and leaving it in his charge for Mr..
Steele, be being then employed by Da-
"idson. II don't remember the times
when he brought it," he said. "The
typewriter and | looked at it. We were
both awful glad TO see il, as the type
writer had not been paid for four months,
and had not cent"
"Did you not know that Davidson then
had money in bankY MIR. Faulkner ask.
cd
no indeed" was the reply. There
were lots Of others that didn't know it,"
Davidson had, he said, left the money
With him for Steele in an open envelope,
and he and the typewriter had looked at
1t after Mr.. Davidson had left. Money
ba1 haat, tl.t. hrat,,rt,f 70 ba hxy
Davidson and left or'Steele on three diff
ferent occasions just before the meeting
Of the legislature.
Mr.. Rector said he tlid,not know what
sum was brought in by Davidson at any
time. He did know, however, that Mr..
Powell Black had bccn sent out to get
q member OF the Legislature who was TO
have $1,000, and that after returning he
had said that he had had a hard trip, but
that ''it was all right" In another in.
stance Black had saidahe had ''landed his
fish inside OF an hour"
Chaplain on the stand.
Mr.. Rector was excused, and Rev. B.
T.. II. Warren, who was chaplain of the
Montana house If representatives in the
last session, was called. MIR. Warren re-
lated the details Of two conversations he
had had with Senator Clark while the
legislature was in session and just pre-
yious to the election of lMr. Clark. He
said he had been a, supporter of Mr..
Clark, that he had heard;the reports that
he was using corrupt means TO secure his
election and that he had called upon him
for the purpose Of satisfying himself.
Il asked the SENATOR, said the wit
ness, what the prospect Of election
were. Mr.. Clark REPLIED that they were
al right. I will be elected Clark said.
lie spoke assuredly, but said he did not
want the election until lhe could get a
majority Of the Democrats. He could.
he said, with the assistance Of the Re-
publicans, be elected at any time, but he
lid not want the election that way.
coming to him at the.rate of one or two
a day. ! then askedji If he expected the
Republican vote. He replied that he
lid. and a asked hinf iffhe was sure OF
I'll Of tsem. to which ihe replied that
therc might be one ,or 1.-TWO defections,
adding that is all arranged for then
old him that had heard Democratic
,Aember giving the name Of member
of the housed say he.would support him
for a consideration.
"'How much does he want?' Mr.. Clark
asked.
"'About $4,000, il think / replied.
Mr. Clark studied a ,pontent and said:
8 Il can't do anything dixie that myself,
but | will have it Fixed lie did not,
however, say who would fix it."