The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23


mortgaged their sheep and cattle for
81 600, payable in one year, and on
April p, 1899, paid the mortgage debt
Mr.. Woods had left Montana and gone
to New Mexico.
Referring to Mr. Tierney's connection
with the bank at Townsend, the report
says.
..On June Mr.. Tierney organized the
State Bank of Townsend, on a capital
stock of $4,000, of which he took $780,
Mr. Shovelin took $1,000 and Mr.. Ever
sole $1,000, nearly all the $25, 900 passing
through Mr.. Tierney's hands in cur
rency. His $500 he says he took from
the money drawer in a safe in the Office
Of Messrs. Darcy & Co., but whence
this $500 came he did not show by
any writing whatever
GARR'S STORY.
Referring to Cars story about secur-
ing the money from his aunt with
which to purchase a ranch, the COM
mittee remarks that:
He had no previous knowledge of
how she had accumulated this money"
The reference to Mrs. Days connec-
tiOn with Mr.. Clark is as follows:
''E. c. Day was Senator Clark's can
didate for speaker and was defeated
in the Democratic caucus, receiving %
votes against 80 votes for Mr.. Stif.
Mr. Day was the leader of Mr.. Clark's
forces in the legislature during all the
ballotings after the second. On Feb
ruary 13 Senator Clark personally wrote
a letter directing that $4,000 should be
given Mr.. Day for his services in the
legislature and as a. retainer as counsel
in the future. This amount was re-
ceived by Mr.. Day through Mr.. Well
come and Mr.. Davidson on the 23d day
of March. the day after the legislature
adjourned"
After detailing these circumstances.
the committee says:
while the findings Of the committee
are justified by the foregoing admitted
and undisputed facts, with their at
tendant circumstances, standing alone
these facts are strengthened by addi-
tional facts, including various unsuc-
cessful attempts to secure votes by
offers of money, which although de-
MED are found by the majority of the
committee to be sustained by the pre-
ponderance of the. testimony.
PLENTY MORE EVIDENCE.
The committee adds that it would un-
necessarily incumber and extend this
report to give these additional facts IN
detail but ''in addition to these unsuc-
cessful attempts at bribery certain 9TH
| er alleged attempts are narrated be
cause there is difference of opinion in
| the committee concerning them"
These latter attempts relate especially
/ to former State Senator Whiteside's
connection with the candidacy of Sena-
tor Clark and his efforts to expose the
senator's methods. The testimony re-
| Iating to Whiteside State Senator
| sentative Carr is then outlined and tbs
| committee remarks for the majority on
| ly Of it's members the three accusers
| CWhiteside, Myers and State Senator
| Clark undoubtedly occupied the posi-
| ton of detectives, who wilfully deceived
the parties with whom they were deal
| ing and against whom they made
charges. On the other hand, the partie:
| against whom they testified and wht
make the denials are charged will
crimes to which if guilty, they would b.
quite certain to add the offense of falls
swearing.
1.-The majority of the committee unde
all the circumstances appearing are no
willing to consider the situation as on
of equilibrium between the detective
on the one hand and the alleged Law
breakers on the other. If Messrs. Clarl
of Madison, Myers and Whiteside testi
fed falsely, they must have contempla
ted in the beginning g. conspiracy of tn
baseSt character to be followed up b
perjury of the worst sort and they mus
have intended to pass through ordeal
in the course of the investigation
which would be made to- which it ca
not be inferred that they We're willin
to subject themselves merely to proven
Senator Clark from becoming a Unite
States senator.
NO DISPROOF FURNISHED.
In the opinion of the majority ther
was no affirmative, disproof presente
by Senator Clark at any time Shown
| I0dI the IdCIS IN connection with
$50, 900 were not ture. The charge tha
the accusations and the exposure re
suited from a conspiracy formed an
carried forward by Mr.. Marcus Da1
was a necessity Of Mr.. Clark's canvas
and defense. But Mr.. Daily and NJ
Conrad and others who were susp1cte
of conspiracy denied all knowledge c
! the $4,000 of which $4,000 was in on
thousand dollar bills. which had bee
produced by Mr. WhiteSide as the mon
axr f417-r, S-17p 7pd hxy In oil in + =
attempted briberies. No one thousan
dollar bills were shown to have been
the hands of any of the alleged Dal
= conspiratOrS.
The report than shows from the test.
mony that these large bills were in til
hands of Clark's supporters and adds:
In connection with the considerable
of these last four cases of attempte
! bribery-of Clark of Madison, Myer
, Carr and Whiteside-it is important
? state in view of the difference of opir
r | ion in the committee concerning II
: .credulity of Messrs. Clark of Madisol
r Myers and Whiteside, that the who
5 committee find that if all the testimon
t concerning the $4,000 and all the test
< mony of Mr.. Whiteside and Mr.. ClaI
of Madison, were laid aside there wou
, still remain sufficient evidence in II
1 | case to lead the committee to find :
( they do, that Mr.. Clarks election
S void. From the briberies which ha7
,, been established the majority of Il
e | committee feel justified in finding tn;
there were other successes in prOcu
: ing, by corrupt practices the votes
e members of the legislatures, where Il
r facts naturally can not be direct
y proved
REPUBLICANS CRITICISED.
q OF the conduct of the RepubIics
: members of the legislature who vot.
for Mr.. Clark, the committee says:
"The conduct of the Republican mer
9 bers Of the legislature who on the 2S
q day of January, left their Republics
( candidate and voted for Senator Clai
. and gave him his election in the opini,
4 of the majority of the committee ca
: for special criticism. There was an a
i solute deadlock and no possibility of t
= election of a Democrat without the a
r Of the Republicans 1t is difficult to a
!, count for these Republican votes f
: Senator Clark. Senator Clark's canC
). dacy had been tainted on the 10th
> | January by the Whiteside exposure :,