Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-01
THE SENATORIAL CASE.

Special Correspondence to Inter Mountain.
Washington Feb. 24-Three separate times has what is called the prosecution
received rec ~ a severe setback in the pending case. The alleged ATTORNEYS for that
du@da and rat the defense a prevaricatng when it agreed to produce them.
waters Of oDuviona and Contempt ten p' Next! Ns it 'w "a IMPLIED np a'' that sa te letter. etsr'v which,
saAs tariff n" on ~ s wma tic aas ~ %Sa y s1 msss msasans M MS 1n u aa u@ m : t ero ors.
tna! manuscript signed by Senator Clark was read put in evidence IS prom
r. Martin Of the DeerL Lodge College would be lost and that il it were ascov-
tempt to coere or unduly influence thu supreme court Of Montana. At The
proper time, however, thu original letter a read to- the oumate by Dr.. Mar
tin himself n amounted to nothing more than a perfectly harmless suggestion
T sn. p ste ma mss ,s nf orm,. Judge n sns a, yo If p the conversation y nts Of, Of John er rn rsss
n his assate coadjutors had to hide their diminished heads in a confusion
These alanltiss are not pointed ut as a result Of an sympathy for Mr.
know. They illustrate the sensaess nature of the prosecution Another great
esarss h Ga ssaf'" %sey s s9 ss na as ~os'a sv ss tS %aa n s sad ''s spsne ~ of ao Ssaat tor
R nom 4 n :" 'aes. and nd that at they could then ruin him by showing that
Instead II that Mr.. Clark. after explaining political conditions in Montana,
calmly STATED that h had spent something like $4,000 to defeat thu fusion
ovsme m organize the state against alys ne nal power. This aamis-
anchoia which seems lately 10 have envelope TIN Ion cnas. ST. Hartman Yet
i m@A s "a M aan D1r % Mame e L%eney It II. was ,s in view nS OF The fact TIT " s, MI r'G asa act,
deadly low to the frees m unlimited coinage o silver. except at a ratio to be
fixed by tn worlds exchanges and which would be perfectly satisfactory to ny
soldoue in te United states Surely there is something wrong with the prose
e Gu or elise here is nothing wrong with the defense Which conclusion will
Next to Mr. Clark himself, the most important witness was Joh B. welcome
tense prove by him Simply that the prosecutor could prove nothing. welcome
undertook o wreck his character and evidently impressed h committee with
superior of Ills traduers. The latter testified under pay and o curry favor
reputation from the assaults assault Of detectives teS N us ssnsasonansts. Not me wore
% aan n s "ssst tt to %ss ans m HI ne s spo of his tbs a aass ns v s'ns, doing sns I sss had san mo *,
and declined to tell what did rot happen. The prosecution treated him with
ws. Tor SON ereasono or other he vas not pressed m n subject rarucu-
had done in Helena for the Boston& Montana company. Mr. Campbell is him
self one Of the Amalgamated attorneys ard $4,000 a year lis no. so bad. Besides
Welcomes work. for the Boston & Montana as perfectly legitimate. II he did
wrong in Helena, neither Campbell nor Biney. nor Hartman nor he hbnnat-
ing old bear Edmunds succeeded in demonstrating the fact. lie lowered among
his n ascuss ssu tx ks "a giant aa,.1 Like a giant he paid no attention to he peope who
felt a good deal more reheved thar he did. While he was testhyins they were
But he recalled tn lines Of the poet: 1.-THE quality of mercy is not strained"
And he let it go a that
Finally came Charles ". Clark. He a here to defend himself from the at
taoks of his fathers enemies. Being a youn nan he was evidently regarded as
"purlnew' as an easy prey. They could almost b. heard gnashing their teeth
in anticipation o. the choice morsel they we're about to tear to pieces. Having
failed diaArously with W. A Clark and J. B. Welcome they plainly intended
10 SNOW M mercy 70 tne Soun ma"-lney "oud use am to blast the reputation
of his W father. Truly mobile project! Big Bear Edmunds growled .ominously
he len and hungry legal Cassus. assume a ferocSous expression, not entirely
unnatural; Campbell squared himself in preparation or the attack and took a
witness with awful ntensty and oeeaSonau wv s ancaa at te member a. tne
committee to see If they were compressed with the fn significance of his W at
Htude Plainly 1T was a critical moment for young Clark and the error of it was
passes with his hands n the direction of the witness chair, causing for h M
ment a sort of frozenh horror to sze p him. AT the other enc of the table
sat Col Tom Marshall and that is the only thing that tended to take the curse off,
tor despite thu fact that Stiff sat clos to him. the Colonel worea almost a smile
and vas apparently forgetfua of the dark tragedy about to be enacted. Behind
THE victim sat John i. Tooe an Attorney General Nolan converang in stage
whispers am plainly attempting to dsconcet n witness by illusions to the
presence o Mr. DAILY in the city The audience sat spenbound and the committee
was prepared for the worst. Hartman leaned over omnouay to Campbell
whispered a few words n smiled ardonicahy at tn Witness. which must have
caused the lathrs blood to run colo. It as believed uMe ex-Congrezman asked
Campbell For a chew Of tobacco but MS credit wasn't good. N effect POI the
witness wa lust the same al if he had given Campbell a law point
Plainly ne had eveloped INT a business man re xpaned al nus ransactons
He told of about nsOO he had checked and paid mt am he had q lists showing
was a frem orala agent. He desrbedat the purpose OF the committee OF which he
was treasure to wrest the control OF democratic politics from the Daily wing.
~, D ths an.sr.snmen ~ hs fthers snnnorters red snisa mnhatcalv that
he had bought any members Sitting there in defense of his fathers reputation
has h@r try,ns - dnve hem both mt Of he state n ;nterroeate by some
Of the brightest senator's in Washington. it must ID said to his credit. that he
mad a remarkable witness. once h turned the laugh fairly against Senator
Hoar who enjoyed his own discontinue. The men who sat behind young Clark
! Ind who confronted him among the nemoiaIMts, glared at him with tn venom
of a tiger about to spring at a wounded and helpless man. but it SO happened
theyh hated his fatherf for wages Some OF themlo oked ais though they wodd