Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07
Senatorial Contest Case in
Hands Of: Committee.
ELOQUENT ARGUMENTS
Faulkner'S Splendid Effort in
Behalf of Clark and Ed
mundS' Earnest Appeal
Against Him

Washington April 6.-To-day argu-
ments In the senatorial contest were fin
ished and the case went to the senate
committee on privileges and elections
AS soon as the committee reports the SEN
ate will take action. The Butte Miner
this morning published the following re-
port of Senator Faulkner's address:
Mr.. Faulkner reviewed the personal
history and early struggles Of Senator
Clark. He told Of the proud name he
had builded for himself and the heritage
which he would bequeath to his chill
dren. He called upon the committee
not to lend itself to the guilty wiles of
personal enemies armed with malignant
hearts, perjuring tongues and piles Of
gold. This is great office occupied
by Senator Clark Mr. Faulkner contin-
ued. 1T is a grave and serious charge
brought, not only against him as high
official of the nation, but as an individual
citizen of the state of Montana and Of
the United States. 1 do not belittle the
great power and influence Of wealth
which has organized and prosecuted
these charges against Senator Clark from
Suc llule that NIL Ddly lOunu ludl IIl6
sovereign voice of the state Of Montana
was determined to confer on William A.
Clark the highest honor in it's gift. We
have appreciated and you must appre-
ciate the tremendous power at the back
of this prosecution.
"Here is a man of common school edu-
cation, moving from Pennsylvania to
Iowa and then going to the far west in
1853 to carve out his fortune. He finds
a hard and rugged road to travel. He
travels it with American pluck and
American energy and with that intelli-
gence which God himself has given him,
and gradually he carved out his for
tune. not through favors Of legislation,
but by hard blows directed by an INTEL
ligent energy. He is not man who
cuts his coupons He is a producer OF
wealth. He invests his great earnings
in the industrial, mining and agricul-
tural development of this country. Az
ter life struggle of sixty one years he
puts himself in the van of American
social and political life. and your ver-
dict and Judgment in this case are to
show whether that life has been use-
less. He fills the position in which he
the power and influence of wealth has
been made to affect his standing as
man and as an official
Mr.. Faulkner addressed himself at
length to the Daily conspiracy, which
he said was the Anaconda mans last
card in the desperate game at which he
had played for years to blacken the
character, thwart the ambition and
damage the man from Silver Bow.
Mr. Faulkner pointed out to the COM
mittee that Whiteside was at Anaconda
in conversation with John r. Toole. a
political agent of Marcus Daily, on De-
cember Is. and day or two later
Whiteside was in conversation with A.
j. Campbell, representative in congress
for Montana. and counsel in chief for
the prosecution. The testimony was
that they discussed the question OF
the exposure of bribery in the coming
legislature, and that Mr.. Campbell had
advised him. ITO be very careful and
not have it rest alone upon his testimo-
n.y. A few days after this conversa-
ton there arose a vague rumor tina.
the Clark forces We're using too much
money which, when traced to Its source,
was found to have come from Jerry
Flanagan and Governor Smith, Daily adj
vocates. While this rumor Of bribery
was very weak and small, Whiteside was
found to have said to Ringwald at Great
Falls: II am going to Helena to assist
in scheme we are going to work on
Clark. There is big money in it. Keep
quiet, and you will hear bomb explode"
At about the same time that Whiteside
thus spoke to Ringwald at Great Falls,
Mont, Marcus DAILY had said to Frank
Corbett at the Netherlands hotel. in New
York: IF Clark shows his head in the
legislature you will hear something drop
which will drive Clark and his friends
out of Montana. and will drive some of
them into the penitentiary."
Whiteside had arrived in Helena a few
days before the meeting of the legisla-
ture. He met John S. M. Neill on FRI
day and by him was introduced to
Charles w. Clark on Saturday. On
Whiteside had telegraphed for
Campbell to come to Helena from Butte