Red Lodge picket., 1900-04-27

their attendant circumstances standing
alone, these facts arc strengthened by
additional facts, including various un
successful attempts to secure votes by
offers Of money, which, although de
MED, are found by majority of the com
mittee to be sustained BY preponder
ance Of testimony.
The committee adds that it would I'M
necessarily cucumber and extend the re-
port to give these additional facts detail,
but il addition to these unsuccessful 1T
tempts at bribery certain other alleged
attempts are narrated, because there is
d difference Of Of opinion il the commit
tee concerning them"
These latter attempts relate especially
to former State Senator Whitesides
connection with the candidacy Of Sena
tor Clark and his efforts to expose the
senator's methods.
Testimony relating to Whitesidc,
State Senator Clark, State Senator
Myers and Representative Carr is then
outlined and the committee remarks for
a majority only Of its members:
s'The three accusers (Whiteside Myers
and State Senator Clark undoubtedly
occupied the position of detectives who
wilfully deceived parties with whom
they were dealing. and against whom
they made charges.
On the other hand, the parties against
whom they testified, and who make
denials, are charged with crimes to which,
if guilty, they would he quite certain to
add the otfense of false sWearing.
The majority of the committee under
all the circumstances appearing, are not
willing to consider the situation as one
of equilibrium between detectives Oh one
hand and the alleged law on the other
If Messrs Clark OF Madison, Myers and
Whiteside testified falsely, they must
have contemplated in the beginning a
conspiracy of base character to be fol
lowed up by perjury of the worst sort
and they must have intended to pass
through the ordeals in course Of the in
vestigations which would be made, which
it cannot be inferred they are willing tc
subject themselves to merely to prevent
States senator. In the open committee
there was no affirmative disproof pro
duced by Senotor Clark at any time
showing that the facts in connection with
the 1000 were not true.
The charge that the accusation anC
the exposure resulted from a conspiracy
formed and carried forward by Marcus
DAILY was the necessity Of Clark canvass
and defense. But DAILY Conrad and
Others who We're supected OF a conspiracy
denied all knowledge of the S3OOOO OF
which $4,000 was IN 81 900 bills, which
had been produced BY Whiteside as the
money furnished by Welcome in at
tempted bribery.
No one thousand dollar bills were
shown to have been in. the hands Of any
OF the alleged DAILY conspirators.
! The report then shows from the testi
mony that these large bills were in the
hands of Clark's supporters, and adds
I'm connection with the consideration O
these last four cases of attempted bri
berry of Clark of Madison, Myers, Carr
and Whiteside it is important to state
in favor of difference of opinion concern
ing the credibility of Messrs. Clark OF
Madison, Myers and Whiteside that the
whole committee finds that if the testi
mony concerning the $4,000 and all o
the testimony of Whiteside and Clark o
Madison were laid aside, there would
still remain sufficient evidence in the
case to lead the committee to find, as
they do, that Clark's election is void.
From the briberies which have beer
established, a majority Of the committee
feel justified in finding there were othel
successes in procuring by corrupt prac
!, tices the votes of the members of the
legislature. where the facts naturall,
cannot be directly proved
OF the conduct of republican member
of the legislature who voted for Clark
the committee says:
, The conduct of the republican mem
bers who left their republican candidat
> and voted for Senator Clark and CAV
2 him his election, in the opinion of tn
: majority of the committee, calls TO