New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11
THE CLARK INVESTIGATE
FURTHER LIGHT ON THE PECULIARITIEs
OF MONTANA POLITICS.

Washington, Feb 10.-State Senator Tierney. Of
Montana, continued his testimony in the Clark
case before the Senate Committee Privileges and
Elections to-day. He said he had never been asked
vote for Mr.. Clark for the United States Sen
ate, and therefore no consideration had ever been
offered for his vote He gave details OF the organ
ization OF the Townsend bank. in which he had
stock, and explained where he obtained the money
for il. He said that the $500. which he had put
into the organization OF the bank al Town
send had been kept IN the safe OF Darcy & Co.
where IL had been put in preference 10 putting It
in the bank Of Hyatt & DelanJy the only bank then
existing at Townsend OF the $500 drawn out in
this transaction, not 10 exceed 5000 had been
tered on the books OF the Arm. He had taken It
out because 1t his. Very often, however, these
deposits were put into the general cash fund OF
the firm.
In response to a question from Senator Chandler
the witness said that, Notwithstanding he knew
there were aspersons cast upon his character be-
cause OF his vote for Mr.. Clark. he had brought
paper Of any kind with him 10 show whence the
$3.50 used in organizing the Townsend bank had
come. The questioning brought out the fact that
both EversoH and Representative shevIin. who TO-
gether with Mr. Tisrney constituted the whole legs
lative delegation from Broadwater County, were
stockholders in the new Townsend bank OF the
entire $4,000 capital Nj Tierney testified that he
and his relatives and business associates had con-
tributed about SIS 900, Eversou and Shevln each
having only $1,000 The organization had been can
vassed years before its actual organization, but
the idea had not been put into execution because
OF the difficulty getting the money together Some
OF the money put in by MS relatives had been
brought from the East. AL the members OF the
Legislature who were in the bank in the end voted
for Mr. Clark for the Senate.
William Berne, a ranchman Of Columbia FANS,
who said he had formerly worked in one OF Nj
Days mines al Butte, testified 70 being sent by
men connected with Mr. Daily 10 Flathead County
during the legislative election of 1885 assist Mr.
Whiteside in his race for the State Senate on the
train from Columbia Falls he said ne had
talk with Whiteside, and the latter told him that
Senator Clark had sent money into the county 70
be used against him, adding that he would get
even with Clark Il II ever came mis- way Tor buck
ing him in his election
Mr.. Whiteside said he would lob Clark 70 a
fare-you-weL' Again in Helena, after the Legs
Iature met ne asked Mr.. Whteside for some money.
Mr. Whiteside replied, said the witness, that
he had only 81 though few weeks before he had
had $50 003 his pockets, but that. as i had not
been his. he had turned il over 20 the state he
said he had been offered 100000 70 leave the town
I told him that he was =. fool for not keeping
the money. but he replied that he could make more
out OF the other sde-Out OF Day-by turning the
money over"
that Whiteside meant he could not only get the
800 leaving the but he could also keep
the $50 O00 He added that Nj Whiteside had loaned
him s Of The 81 ne had hand, and that ne had
paid the amount back