Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-23
MINORITY WILL SUBMIT REMARKS
WILL no Doubt Score the Prosecution Severely While Agree
ing Upon Main P0int-SenateS Duty to the
People Of Montana.

not duly and legally elected to q seat in
| the senate of the United States by the
| legislature of the state of Montana"
The report concludes with strong rec
ommendation for early consideration of
the case, as follows:
1.-THE senate should as duty to itself
and to the country demonstrate by it's
action in this case that seats in the
| United States senate procured as Sem
ator Clarks has been procured, cannot
! be retained by the deliberate Judgment
of the senate. The senate also owes
duty to the people of Montana, who con-
scious of the bad repute into which the
| state had fallen by reason of vast ex-
penditures of money in connection with
it's elections, manifested such a public
sentiment that the legislature of 1895
passed statute which, il obeyed. would
have redeemed the state from it's bad
name For the direct and gross viola
! tions of that statute and the consequent
discredit which continues to rest upon
the state, Montana has a right to expect
prompt and decisive remedy from the
senate upon the report of this commit
! tee."
| The committee states that it's findings
| are made in view of the certain admitted
or undisputed facts With their attend
| ant circumstances appearing N the tes-
timony taken by the committee, and
these are enumerated under fifteen head"
| ings as follows:
1.-The expenditures in the contest O..
1895 as testified to by Senator Clark and
| Governor Hauser.
2.-Quotes the law Of 1895 relative to
| crimes against the elective franchise
which limited in purpose and amount the
political expenditures which could be
| made in any election, either by political
toe IA n11 yoAH n.
ing candidate for United States senator,
who could not give more than $1,000 to
any one committee, in the c0unty and
could not pay more thi-n $1,000 for his
personal expenses in lawful ways speci-
fed.
3-Asserts that Clark has been con-
stantly been a candidate for office and
gives his record in that respect and notes
organization of committe in his interest
in 1898, after consultation with his friends
in Butte
To this committee, report says, he
gave unlimited authority to spend money
which he agreed to furnish, an estimate
however, being made that at least $4,000
would be necessary to secure the state
convention and that $4,000 might be
needed to secure the state Legislators.
In the canvass which ensued, approx,
, mate expenditures admitted by the var
ious members of his committee and their
assistants We're as follows:
"Chas. w. Clark, $25, 900; by McDernlott
$22, 900; by Davidson, agent $4,000; Dy
J Welcome, $4,000 by Steele, $11,G0O; by
, Corbett. $4,000; by Whitemore. $4,500; by
Cooper. $780, This was mainly furnish
ed by Charles w Clark, and the amount
of these expenditures Senator Clark HIM
self paid to his son
The advances and payments made by
Senator Clark to his committee and
agents as admitted by him amounted to
, about S139.O00. of which this sum, Chas
w. Clark received an August 12, 189S $35,
, 900; October II. $4,000; November 81 $40,
900: and February 13, 1900. $40 592; and in
!, addition to this $139,000, Senator Clark paid
: $4,000 to McDermOtt, one of his agents
$4,000 to Welcome his attorney. and ST.
0000 to e. c. Day member of the legisla-
: ture. None of the members of the COM
mittee nor their assistants made sworn
returns required by law nor did Senator
Clark himself make any return.
Sections to Is deal with the business
transactions of Clark and his represen-
. tatives, with members of the Legislature
including the purchase OF Representative
McLaughlin's property, the tender of $6,
. 900 to Representative Woods to raise q
mortgage on his ranch and the subse-
!. quent sale of the ranch; the establish
ment of bank after the adjournment OF
the legislature. largely through the ef-
> forts of Senator Tierney and Resresenta-
, tive Eversole and Shevlin of Broadwatel
county. and the sale of lots and other
/ dropery in Jefferson county to Represent
: tative Clark by Senator Warner: the con-
duct of Messrs. Carr, Geiger, Fine. Beas.
e ley and Bywater and a present of $4,000
: to Representative Day after the adjourn
: 1nent of the legislature.
- Speaking of the transaction with Woods
the committee says:
Senator Clark knew of Bickford's at
;, tempts to. purchase the Indebtedness
which Woods owed and the correspond.
!: ence shows that the object was to secure
Woods for Senator Clark
i Bickford testified: In pursuance OF
that letter deter of November p, from
j. one Ector) and of the invitation. which
4 at the time. received. / made arrange.
s ments to obtain for the purpose of usine
] it to prevent the Indebtedness OF Wood.
: going into hands of Daly's friends, thu
o sum of 5000 with which l took up thai
: Indebtedness"
On Nov u. 1858. Mrs. Woods mort
gased their sheep and cattle fo. - 900
pevatle in ane year. and on April %
!. 1899. paid the mortgage Debt.