The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-24
THE CLARK SCANDAL.

The Senate committee on elections
bee resumed consideration Of the case
Of Senator CLARK. Of Monsans. Who
y charged With having bought bis
way into The United Staten Senate.
The facts thss have been given sbe
Pablo indicate either the most open
hslssry OF sas Montana Legislature.
os sIss the boldsss game Of bluff that
hss ever bsss plsyed 10 . political
Aghs.
II seems that . lawyer Of ,Butte.
Monssss. named wsllOome wss the
nsssgsr Of CIart's osmpsiPo 10 ths
MentAns Legislature. State Senator
Whisesids. Of Montana. convinced
thss Wsllooms wss . Clark lobbyist.
ssd present for the purpose Of i'm.
properly obtaining votes. set about
isgrslissing himself 10 bic confidence.
He succeeded. spd ere long had
promised his vote to Clark and
sgrsed for tlo. 900 to aid Welcome
IL securing certain other votes
Whisssids thereupon took into his
eosfidercs two other members Of the
-sssss, Informing them Of the gsme
10 IVES playing sgsinss Welcome
He got these two senators TO agree
cleo 10 give their votes TO Clark for
>10. 900 esoh Welcome to deposit
0hs $40 900 foe the two votes in the
hsods Of Whiteside % stakeholder,
the money not 70 be paid over until
shs votes were delivered. A member
Of the house wss also found who
sgseed to vote for Clark for $4,000,
and ihis sam wss slso placed in
Wkiteside's hands a. stakeholder.
when Whiteside had 6rst agreed to
cooperate with Welcome for $l0, 900
he had received $4,000 on account.
This, with the other Gums which he
held ss stakeholder, aggregated $50.
600.
IL was at this stage Of the game
thss whiieside .horgh. everything
wss ready for his coup before the
Legislature. aud 90 he arose in his
place, recited the facts which have
already been given. denounced Well
come % the financial agent Of Clark.
and as evidence of the truth Of bis
ssory. sen, up $780, 900 in cash to the
president Of the Senate. A tremen-
dous sensation followed
But if Whileside's s,ory 10 true
Clsik's agent had already fixed ma.
josiiy Of the body aud they we're
obliged to sisud together As coon
ss the first shock OF Whiteside's die.
closure wss rallied from, the Clark
eon,ingsn, in the Senate turned the
attack upon Wbi,eside. declaring
lhs, this $50. 900 had not been 70.
oeived fsom the agent Of Clark. but
u had beeu furnished BY Msrcus
Daily. the copper kiog-who was Q
bitter opponent Of Clsrk-for the
purpose of mskiog this grsndstsnd
play before the Senate ia the hopo of
eliminating Clark from the senatorial
race They then proceeded to convic.
whheside Of falsehood aud expelled
him from the body. leaving Clark
master of the siiuA,ion aud proceed
ing with bis election To- the United
States senate.
Though stunned by the miscarriage
OF HE 6gb, ia the Senate. Whiteside
did no, tsmeily submi, To the result
reached Ia thu, body. but carried the
osss irto the courts in y motion to
disbaf Welcome from practice. This
opened the whole case aud oil the
testimony which had been rejected in
the Senate was brought out 10 full
before the supreme court. aud White
eide was sustained aud Welcome
disbsried
The opponents Of Clark have Ger.
ried ape fight against him into the
United States Senate. aud tes.imon y
is now being taken before the com
mi,,ee on privileges and elections
Ii is one Of the most remarkable