The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-30
Clark Case Taken Up by Senate
Committee.
Men on Stand Who Got
Rich Quickly.
One Bank Paid Ont 81 Thousand
Dollar Notes.

Washington, January Scatter almost
q weeks respite the Senate committee on
privileges and elections today resumed It's
Investigation of the charges iiled asains
W. A. CLARK Of Montana In connection
with his election to the United States
Senate. Al the beginning Of today's SEES
sion MIR. Campbell, counsel for the pro-
testants made brief statement exonerat-
ing Ex-Governor J. X. Toole from havip 3
accepted money AS o consideration for
withdrawing from the senatorial race In
Mr.. Clark's interest, and on this account.
Mr.. Campbell expressed the desire that
any reference to Mr.. Toole should be ex-
plunged from the record Of the commit
tee proceedings. MIR. Faulkner, for the
defense. concurred In this wish. The first
witness OF the day was ed. v. Moore. q
Fusion representative In the Montana
legislature from Magahar county, and at
present engaged in business ct Boseman.
Mr.. Campbell in his questions sought &c
show that Mr.. Moore had suddenly come
into considerable money since ths ad
journment of the legislature. Mr.. Moore
admitted that no had deposited consider
able money at the bank since adjourn.
meps but he said had received $500
from his partner j. Rhoades and over
$500 from his brother. He had sold the
latter half interest in a rnnch for STOOL
and this money had been in part pay
ment OF this obligation. He had also
borrowed money at the First National
bank ut Bozsman. Mr. Moote stated that
he had not voted for Mr.. Clark until
the 18th or 18th ballot, having previously
voted for Mr.. Hartman for senator. He
said in reply to MIR. Faulkner that he had
a.4r we'd no offsr for pay for his vote for
i&r. clark and no consideration was given
him ror that vote. As between CLARK and
De- he PEG pie Of Magaha county were
friendly to CLARK.
George l.. Ramsey, cashier of the Union
bank and Trust company, OF Helena,
produced a memorandum of $1,000 bills
paid out by the bank beginning with
January 10, 1899. For the mouth OF
March. sixty-seven $1,000 bills passed
through the bank; for the month Of Feb
ruary seve,, and for January IL. For
other II onths the average WAS about the
sane as for January and February, but
not az large as for March. Among the In
dividual deposi,ors of large bills. was j.
Il. Geissr, who successfully contested the
seat OF MIR. Whiteside as stats senator. In
the latter cass the bill Was of the denomi-
nation OF $500. Msssins BuIlard, Helena
lawyer, had not only deposited q $1,000
bill ON February Z, but had received $4,000
In $1,000 bills on the second Of that
month. Mr.. Ramsey stated that one OF
the parties to whom the bank had paid
out large bills was Mr.. Welcome. who
Ramsey explain ed. was not the J. Is.
Welcome. prominent in this oase.
ID. G. Becker, clerk of the Helena hotel,
was Intercepted ty Senator Chandler as
to a $500 bill In the possession of the COM
mittea. This bore certain Identification
marks including sd. c. B." the initials
Of the witness. He was asked II he had
written these marks and said he had not
and knew nothing about the hill. He
suggested that he iuight have deposited II
and the bank added the marks as a means
OF telling from whom IL was resolved.