The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-16

respect. as well as tlenunciation Of tbe
character and practices of the principal
attorney, and of some of their witnesses
who testified for the prosecution
HEARSAY TESTIMONY.
The report of admission of all kind OF
hearsay malevolent mischievous and
perjured testimony was damaging in the
extreme to the respondent as through
the medium of both the respectable and
venal press the most widespread publicity
was given throughout the land to some of
the pernicious stories touching respond
ent, also upright and respectable Ieeis-
Iators who supported him, and who are
the peers of bOasted men of anv state I'm
the Union. The right of presumptive I'm
nocenCe was persistently ignored. and the
entire proceedings were closely analogous
10 the Dreyfus case, where the prosecu-
ton was based upon Il presumption OF
quit 1t has heretofore been held that
there must be proved actual completely
Of fraud on the part of the principal or
actual, not presumptive, knowledge Of
corruption on the part Of his agents or
II must be proved that sufficient num-
Der of legislators have been corruptly in
Huenced 10 close the result of the cleo
ton. As to the first proposition no proof
was adduced of the respondents com
plicity.
Not in a single instance has there been
any proof adduced to establish the guilt
of single legislator On the contrary.
positive evidence has been elected i'm
either case where the respondent was al
lowed to Introduce testimony that no
consideration was given or received or
promised nor any consideration made TO
secure vote for the respondent
In order to change the result OF the
election it would be rece ssary to establish
hgt airr
were corruptly influenced.
OUTLAY OF MONEY.
Much stress has been laid upon the
| comparative financial condition of two or
three legislators before and after the
senatorial contest These men gave full
explanation of the circumstance anG
| conditions relating to such matters The
Z presumption Is that if their financial con-
| Giton was better they acquired It inno-
Gently This is a plain proposition of law
and the burden OF proof did not rest upon
them"
Here Mr.. Clark took up in detail the
findings of the committee on privileges
and elections, criticising many of thern
sharply and at length.
Mr. Clark also dealt with the COM
mittee's reference to the conduct Of the
Republican legislators III voting for him.
should remember that the members of the
legislature were better acquainted with
local conditions than the senate COM
mittee on privileges and elections and
that each legislator had an opportunity
of Investigating the truth or falsity of
the charges made by Whitesida on his
own account and in his own way"
lie called attention to the fact that the
action Of the Republican legislators was
the result Of caucus action and stated
that 1t did not differ from the acts OF
that party on previous occasions He
| contradictcd the statement Of the COM
mlttee that State Senator H0bsou was
mainly responsible for the action of che
Republicans, saying that the testimony
showed this action was in response to en-
almost unanimous public sentiment.
Mr.. Clark took up the expenditures OK
money in the campaign.
1T must not be overlooked" said ne,
that these expenditures covered three
distinct campaigns. If the senators knew
the questions which confronted the peo-
pie Of Montana, they would understand
why such action was necessary"
DAILY ARRAIGNED.
He then dwet upon the politics Of the
state, saying that meyer prior 10 Marcus
Days advent into the state in 1876, six
teen years after Clark went there, had
he Clark heard of a dollar being spent
in politics there.
'He introduced the system soon after
going there and by the methods he em-
ploycd his success was almost certain.
Mr. Clark followed this with scatEing
GcnunciatOns of DAILY in Montana poll
tics, reviewing his course in election and
in the state capital fight in which he
charges the Anaconda company with
spending $1,000 900. Tle continued
How was it possible to attack this un-
American depOsitlSm without large cX-
penditure OF money. 1 was able to enter
into this work and / am proud / under.
took It. 1t was dore legitimatel in tne
contest. and although the matter is rot
fully understood I have received cont
mendatons Of honest people and my
actions are perfectly satisfactory 70 me"
Mr.. Clark then reviewed his own career.
4 was born, he said, "amid the hum
Bile surroundings Of farm life in Pennsy.-
vania. 1 went to the West when a lad,
educated myself as hest 1 could while
working on a farm. | went to schCOl for
a few years. Then a spirit Of adventure
led me to the Rocky mountains. where L
have lived. mostly in Montana, for thirty
eight years. For three years / worked
in the mines, and then engaged in other
pursuits, ard my enterprises now extend
from ole ocean to the other / employ
Thousands Of men and pay them gencr-
ously for their labor. I have occupied
many positions Of honor and trust
was never in all my life charged with
a dishonest act, and 1 propose to leave
to my children & legacy worth more than
gold-an unblemished name"
LETTER OF RESIGNATION
Senator Clark announced his resignation
as follows:
acting upoR my own judgment, and
holding TO one responsible for the result,
/ have concluded to place my resignation
in the hands of the chief executive OF
Montana, and 1 here submit copy Of a
letter addressed to him under date Of May
L, and which IS now in his hands" The
letter follows:
washington, May II. 19OO-To His E;t-
cellency, the Governor of Montana
Helena, Mont. Dear Sir: The sixth lesl5-
Iative assembly, on the eighth day OF jan
uary, 1889, elected me to represent the
state of Montana in the senate OF the
United States for the term commencing
on the 4th day of March. 1889
"Under the authority Of the credentials
signed by the governor OF Montana, l en-
tered upon the discharge of the duties OF
that position on the lst Monday OF last
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