Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-20
AGAIN ON THE STAND
Senator Clark Testifes Regarding Campaign
Expenditures
Gave His Friends Presents After Flee.
ton, but Did Not Give Money for
Votes, He Declares.


from Butte on January 4. 1899. Just after
the meeting Of the legislature; but that he
had carried with him no more money than
he usually carried Senator Clark detailed
the transaction with Representative Nc
Laughlin whereby he became owner of GER
tain timber land owned by Mclaughlin.
The property had been secured at a reduc-
ton Of third from McLaugh1in's first fig
ures, which reduction Mclaughlin had
made after he Clark had had an inter-
view with him in December, 1898. AT this.
interview he had agreed with Mclaughlin
to organize the Western Lumber Company
and to make Mclaughlin manager, at a
salary of $500 a month
Replying to a question from Mr.. Faux
ner, Senator Clark said, There was never
a word said during my personal interview
with Mr.. Mclaughlin, either by him, MIR.
Bickford or myself, concerning the sena-
torial contest"
Expenditures During the Campaign.
Mr.. Clark submitted statement showing
expenditures on political account made by
him from August 1, 1898, to September ].
1899. So far as the expenditures referred
to the senatorial and preceding legislative
campaign, they were as follows: August -,
1898, c. w. Clark, $35. 600; October II, c.
\" Clark, $4,000; October 20, Walter Coop
er, $500; November 5, L. Q. Leonard. $3.50;
November Z, c. H Padley, $3.50; L. o.
Leonard, $3.50; November 9, J. H. Miles,
500: Thomas Kilgallon, $780, November 10,
c. H Padley, $500; November H. John
Leary, $50; November %, C. w. Clark. s4O.-
o0O A. J. Davidson, 5000; January g. 1899,
c. H. Padley, $3.50; February 4, q. T. Ca
son, $500; February 6. Geo. Alderman, $3.50;
February 10, G: W. Clark, s2o.592; Febru-
u, ]. B. Welcome, 500; March 2, Well
come, $3.50; Welcome, for John Simpson,
S4Oo: April Is. C. w. Clark. $3.50.
Other items were given covering the ex-
penses of the campaign last spring.
The senator said in addition to these
sums he had made Messrs. Welcome, Nc
Dermott and e. c. Day each a present of
5000. but he did not consider these dona-
tons in the nature of political expenditures.
All these men had given a great deal of
time to promoting his interests, and he had
been very glad to make the presents None
OF them had expected pay, and no money
had been given them on their personal ac-
count until after the senatorial election
Mr.. Clark said that all the large sums
paid to c. w. Clark, Welcome and David
son mad been paid to carry out the agree
ment winch he had entered into to pay the
expenses of the proposed campaign to res
cue the state from Daily. He had required
no accounting from them, having the ut
most confidence in them. He did not know
WAT tney mad cone with the money.
speaking of the reasons which had led
MIN to go into the campaign Mr. Clark
SAID his friends had represented that If
mere mere was not change they were liable to
have to move out of the state
1T was estimated" he said, chat IT
would take $4,000 to control the commit
tee. and that $4,000 would be necessary to
control the legislature There was no i'm.
it, and I agreed to pay whatever might he
necessary. l knew it would take great
deal of money to carry the state where 60
much money had been spent in previous
elections
Not to he Used IIIesitimate1y,
He said it had not occurred to him that
the large sums he had contributed would
De USED nlegitimately. Il am sure" he
st-io' that In the senatorial contest no
money was spent to influence votes illegiti-
rnately. II you knew the conditions exist
ing in Montana you would not marvel at
the necessity for the heavy outlay. The
election was for the purpose of oyerthrow
ing the one-man power of Mr. Daly and
this could not be done with any meapnr
sums. Everything was conducted In such
hlgh-handed manner that nobody could
expect to receive recognition unless he bent
the knee or crawled in the dust to those
people. If thought that the despotism was
to continue should tremble for the future
there He had, he said, personally seen
1898 '''e' All
Did you prosecute them?" asked Sen
ator Chandler
Il did not" was the reply. at was use
less to do SO. as the Anaconda company
owned the political machinery. To ask to.
have man arrested would have been as
useless as to try to buck up against a cy-
clone"
Paying for Votes.
The cross-examination was then begun
1t was conducted by Mr.. Campbell, whose
first question referred to Mr.. Clark's testi-
mony to the effect that he had seen men
paid for their votes during the election of
1898. The witness did not, he said, know
the men, either paying or receiving the
money. He knew they were not on his
side He had made no effort to put a stop
to 1t, because the practice was so common
in Butte. He had not thought of appealing
to the federal authoritise.
Taking up the political movement for the
defeat of the Daily organization, Mr.. Clark
said he had not in the beginning any espe-
cial candidates, but that their purpose was
to get some one who would give us a fair
deal"
Mr.. Campbell, that Mr.. Daily favored Lee
Mantle, silver republican, for senator?"
1T was generally talked off, was the
reply. but l have no personal knowledge
OF that. l forbade all use of my name at
the beginning of the movement, wanting
first of all to defeat fusion and break the
rule of Marcus DAILY"
You made combination, did you not
election in Butter
There was a combination made, but
there are no gold republicans there that
know Of"
Then you had changed your opinion
concerning fusion between August and Oc-
tober?'
Il was in favor of any combination of re-
spectacle people that would break down the
infamous organization which controlled the
Butte primaries-your organization, which
had become SO notorious"
Gift to Day.
Mr.. Campbell questioned Mr.. Clark close
ly about the donation of 5000 to Mr. Day
which Mr.. Clark said he had given four
days after his election to the Senate.
Mr. Day was a member of the legisla-
ture, was he not?"
He was"
He voted for your"
Yes"
"And was one of your leaders?
HE represented our forces in the con-
test for speaker of the Montana house of
representatives, he being our candidate for
that office"
Ibid he not on the day of your election
make the motion for second ballot?"
II think he did, and think I may say
that he was the recognized leader in the
house of the Clark forces.''