Red Lodge picket., 1900-04-27
mate expenditures admitted by the


various members Of his committee and
their assistants were as follows:
Charles w. Clark, $4,000; by McDer-
mott, $4,000; by Davidson. agent, So
600: by Welcome, $4,000; by Steele.
$1,000; ~ Corbett, $1,000; BY Whitmore,
$4,000; by Cooper, $4,000. This was
mainly furnished by Charles w. Clark,
and the amount Of these expenditures
Senator Clark himself 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,OOO, of which Chas. w. Clark
received on Aug. 12, 1898, s35,OOO; Oct
IL, $4,000: Nov. % $4,000. and Feb. II,
1900, % $50; and III addition to this $780,,
600 Senator Clark paid $1,000 to McDer
mott, one of his agents; $1,000 to Well
come, his attorney, and $1,000 to b. G..
Day, member Of the legislature None
of the members of the committee nor
required by law, nor did Senator Clark
himself make any return.
Sections to Is deal with the business
transactions of Clark and his representa-
tiyes with members of the Legislature,
including the purchase of Representa-
tive McLaughlin's property; the tender
of $4,000 to Representative Woods to
raise a mortgage on his ranch and the
subsequent sale OF the ranch; the estab-
lishment of a bank after the adjournment
Of the legislature, largely through the ef-
forts of Senator Tierney and Represents
tives Eversole and Shovlin of Broadwate1
county and the sale of lots and other
property in jefferson county to Senator
Clark by Senator Warren; the conduct
of Messrs. Garr, Geiger, Fine Beasley
and Bywater, and a present of $1,000 tic
Representative Day after the Adjourn
ment of the legislature,
Speaking of the transaction with
Woods, thecommittee says:
Senator Clark knew Of Bickford's S at
tcmpts to purchase the indebtedness
which Woods owed and the correspond
ence shows that the object was to secure
Woods for Senator Clark,
Bickford testified: I'm pursuance ;ol
that letter DIETER of Nov. q, from one
Ector) and of the invitation, which a
the time / received, made arrangements
to obtain for the purpose of using 1T tx
prevent the indebtedness of Woods going
into the krrnds Of Daly's friends, thesun
of 81 ,Oce with which took up that in
debtedness'
On Nov. 12, 1898, Mrs. Woods mort
gagged their sheep and cattle for $1,000
payable in one year, and on April ~
1899, paid the mortgage debt.
Moods has left Montana and gone t'
i New Mexico.
Referring to [rierney's connection witt
, the bank of Townsend on /; capital stool
Of $50. 600, Of which he took S5 500.
Shovlin took $1,000, Eversole s1OW
nearly all Of the $4,000 passing through
Tierney's hands in currency.
His $500 he says, he took from th'
money drawer in a safe in the Office o
Messrs. Darcy & Co, but whence thi
S., 800 came he did not show by an,
writing whatever.
Referring to Garr's story about secur
ing money from his aunt with which t,
purchase the ranch, the committee re
marked:
He had no previous knowledge o
how she had accumulated this money.
: Reference to Days connection will
: Clark is as follows:
"E. G. Day was Senator Clark's candi
date for speaker and was defeated in tn
democratic caucus, receiving 25 vote
against 80 votes for Stiff. Mr.. Day wa
the leader of Clark's forces in the legis
, lature during all the ballotings after tn
S second
"On Feb. 13 Senator Clark PERSONAL
a wrote letter directing that $500
5 should be given to Mr.. Day for his sci
vices in the legislature and as a retaine
e as counsel IN the future.
y This amount was received by Da
). through Welcome and Davidson on th
: 223a day Of March the day after tn
G legislature adjourned
t After detailing the circumstances, tn
). report says that while the findings of tn
/ committee are justified by the foregoin