Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-27
NO Personal FEELINGS.

One of the most interesting statements
made by Mr.. Marcus Daily on the Wit
ness stand yesterday was the declaratlo"
that he has no personal feelings against
MI, w. A. Clark. In a controversy IN
which questions of veracity constantly
arise. and the friends Of the respective
witnesses interpret statements of fact
in line with their personal estimate OF
the character and purposes of the man,
extraneous declarations as to motives
must necessarily ave a great deal OF
weight with the fair and impartial OBJ
server. ....
AS might have been expected when Mr..
DAILY took the stand. many of the state
ments made by witnesses for the defense
were promptly and emphatically denied.
Like Mr.. Clark, hat gentleman denied
all knowledge of the sources from whence
that justly celebrated wad Of $50, 900
came: and. as a matter of course, public
opinion will remain divided as to whether
Whiteside saved hat amount from His
own income, through rigid economy be-
tween meals, or burglarized Welcomes
conscience n acquired it on the in
stallment plan. The public must depend
upon some marvellous advances in the
art of mind reading, or to the Develop
ments which are supposed to take place
al the crack Of doom. for further infor-
'~anation Of a positive character.
Though Mr.. Daily and Mr.. Clark have
that particular aggregation of bills. the
n fact still remains that the money
game from the Democratic party. All
the bacteria on those bills have the in
delfble stamp of bourbonism painted on
their tail-feathers. For the purposes of
political reform in this state details as
TO which faction of the democracy really
owned those bills are immaterial. It is
enough to know they emanated from the
democratic party. Inc are likely to rem
der better service in the future as the
property of the state, than they did in
the past under the guiding hand of a
pure and undefiled democracy.
Other points of lesser note were covered
by Mr.. Days testimony in a clear and
intelligent manner, as. for instance his
conversation with Mr.. Corbett as to his
designs on MI. Clark. But he appears to
have made the same mistake as did Mr..
Clark in one of the essential features of
the case. He contributed literally to the
cause of political reform without know
dng what disposition wa made of the
money! While taking no interest in
the Clark case. and having mo personal
Feelings against him. Mr.. DAILY gave Mr..
Campbell $3.50 with (which to procure
evidence to expel him from the SENATE.
with power to call for more money when
needed, and yet without any knowledge
as to when, where and how the money
was to be expended!
Those who are familiar with Mr.. Dalv's
splendid business qualifications, and his
superb knowledge of details in all that
concerns matters with which he has to
DO, Will be 10th to impute to him igno-
rance as to the M in which his con-
nrlbutions to Mr.. Campbell were to he
expended. The public will be slow to be-
aieve that either Mr.. Daily or Mr.. Clark
expended such large sums of money in
a political way without amy knowledge
as to where at least a portion of it was
placed. 1t is fair to assume that both
gentlemen could make a very safe guess
as 10 where most of the money went,
Mr. Days evidence would ave been
much stronger. in the opinion OF MANY,
mad he freely confessed the animositv
which he feels toward Mr.. Clark. and
which is known to every man, woman
n child In the state of Montana. com
ang to the front whenever and wherever
opportunity has presented itself. HI
should have justified his feeling Of on.
position upon grounds easily defined. and
made it clear that the interests OF the
people Of this state demanded the war.
fare he had waged! But to declare tha,
ne has no personal feelings against Mr.
Clark. when he has fought him witt
great bitterness for years. and looks