Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-02
Say That the Prosecutions
Case Has Failed.
WITNESSES SUMMONED
BY Defense Including Nearly all
the Members Accused of
Taking BribeS.
Special to the Inter Mountain.

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Washington, Feb. 2.-For some reason
the Daily advisory committee is much
per cent yesterday. The abrupt closing
of the prosecution without the promised
sensations is regarded as collapse by
the Clark side. Undoubtedly legislative
corruption existed, but the prosecution,
even with the army of detectives and
purchasers of anti-Clark testimony.
lacks brains to fix the guilt on Senator
Clark. In the estimation of his friends
and enemies alike of all the legislators
charged with corruption by the memo-
rialists, Chandler would summon only a
few for want of evidence against them,
SO says the Post newspaper this morn
ing.
Clark, however, has called down here
nearly every man who voted for him.
Exciting rebuttal testimony is promised
today. Editor Watson testified concern
ing a letter which John Nelll of Helena
had written to a man named Johns, who
showed it to DR.. Hogan, who showed it
to Watson. It said Clark had nine re-
publican votes; that they came high, but
must be had.
Cashier Wright Of Hobson's bank tes-
titled that the Power stock bought by
Hobson was still in Powers name on the
books.
Beasley testified that the only reason
he e'vetel for Clark was that the latter
had written q letter with typewriter
signature, in which he agreed to vote for
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Washington, Feb. 2.-When the senate
conn1ittee on privileges and elections
met today, Campbell, representing the
neznorialists in the prosecution Of the
charges against Senator Clark of Mon
tana, in connection with his election to
the United States senate, announced he
had three more witnesses to examine,
thus deferring the beginning of the pre-
sentation of the defense.
The first witness was Frank e. Wright,
cashier of a bank at Lewistown, Mont
Wright was questioned concerning the
accounts Of State Representative Long
and State Senator Hobson, the latter be-
ing president of his bank. He said that
prior to the meeting of the legislature
Long had owed the bank $400 and Hob
son had owed 1T $4,000. Long had paid
his note in April and Hobson paid his in
May last, both with checks.
The account of transcripts were
placed in evidence. One in Hobson's
case showed that IN April last letter
was received from the Continental Ma
tfonal bank of Chicago advising the
Fergus County bank of a credit Of $25, 900
in Hobsons behalf. Hobson was then in
London, but the witness did not think
he had gone to London with Senator
Clark. Hobson had never told him
where he had obtained the $3.50 On
witness said Hobson
was considered a wealthy man-worth
about 100000 or 100000. He knew that
he had sold some mines in London but
did not know whether the $4,000 was
derived from this source.
Halsey M. Watson Of the Fergus
County Argus testified to conversa ton
with Representative Long after his re-
turn to Lewistown from his attendance
at the legislature. Long had exhibited
q big roll of bills. The representative
had objected to some criticism of his
course in voting for Clark. Witness had
said to Long:
well, Charley, suppose 1t was SIM
ply q matter Of dollars and cents with
YOU"
10 which he said the reply was:
"Well, I hope you don't consider I was /
q cheap guy anyway"
w. w. Beasley, republican member of :
the Montana legislature, said he was in |
duccd to vote for Clark because in a |
statement furnished him Clark had |
given assurance he would vote for pro- |
cectdon on Montana raw materials.
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