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the county.
Senator Clark repeated that II WaS -,.
essary to use large sums az noEsy,bg, :,
Gid not authorize any use Of norav =.
improper purposes. and dc not raf.,.,
any Of 1t was 50 used. II was handles -
men who would DO nothing except wa.
was legitimate and honest. He ezpl.4-
The numerous causes which c0mpe.iss Of.
expenditure Of mouey-in some dist.
Tor instance. voters being compelled 4.
travel 80 miles to register. Besides tA,.
there we're speakers 10 secure ha-sg
employ, canvassers 70 Be paid for 49,.
from house 20 house. hotel bills Er
have never asked Tor a stateme0r nj a.. 81
pencitdres and never received any b. ~
MT. Clark I did not ask fsr Il
knew the men who we're intruS.a5 vE..t
the money would spend IL Ier5rfr,sr-.-
and judiCiOusly."
In concluding his direct exarirs,t,.
senator Clark said that he kDeyy -r-F,-..
OF TIE story told bv Dr. Tracav II. -
~ Arizona AZ the time the incident ~
The Cro>s-exRminaTioB BeEiHs,
On crOss-examination. Senator VA
was asked more specifically rsesr4srr -
condition Of affairs In Bate ana -.s..-,-"
his statement OF the condition NJ ,A-.--
there. He was questioned also ne o.. ~
differences between the Daily Dsmos-...
and himself and said that the DaIy n.
ocrats wanted fusion with silver Rs-..
iicans, POpUlists. &C. while the o.
Democrats wanted straight tickefs 49,
ward, said Senator Clark. he wou1s ~.
gone INTO any combination win rssr.-.
able people who were IN favor az ars,-s
out the infamous gang thar was ,rv4-,
TO run Butte, and so he favored fus-o, -
Butte. while opposing it III the STATE ro,
vention.
Senator Clark said that he ha5 ,s,..-
Day 5000 after the Senatorial -.
ended because he wanted IN reuor7 -
Tor his faithful services in the Ssp,....-,
campaign. When asked as N War1n,,,.-.
agency, Mr.. Clark said thar n 4.g -
ASK Mr' welcome 10 10 10 Helena. Wh.,
the exposure came. he did not ash, .itL.-
ar welcome or his son, Charles "
lain "hether they had ATTEMPTED IN
ViiDe members, because he would not have
ihsuiIed them with such an inquiry
MI Campbell wanted 10 know hon "a
when Mr.. Ciark's son had autbori-, -
cfaw money. who kept Clarks uriv,,,
accounts. &c. Senator Clark said tba, -.
d.d not remember that his son drew an
MN during the meeting Of the Legislature
IN IN me monih OF May, following the AZ
J0brnment Of the legislature ha Ias+r,e.,l
all his checks. as he usually d5H o. -
stuos IN the theck books were sim ksrt
ana because the bank kept record az m,
persons 10 whom the checks ver. r7|4
ar. Clark said that he had five persDr4r
Dank accountable First National E4rE
OF New York City. the RIGGS Na+ir-1i
Bank in this city. and hanks IN F,,-.s
Helena, and Los Angeles some atten,fo,
was then paid 10 the interview between
senator Clark and Whiteside without
eilcltIng any new facts, while the pavmr1r
10 A. j. Davidson Of 5000 IN November
1883, was not in fUrtherance of the wit
ness Senatorial contest. because he rad
not az that time decided to become a
candidate for the Senate
AT tnls point the CrOsS-eXamiUa ton
rested for the day.
DIR. Tracey Tcstifies.
DR.. Tracey was called at the morning
session, and told OF his talks with Juds
Hunt, corroborating the Iatter's tesrI-
mony. He had also two talks with A..
torney General Nolan, meeting him casu-
ally both times. The first time Nolan
told him that they had Clark over a bar
TEL and witness told him that he had
better get so, 600 out Of il and quit The
whole business. He seemed to think that
it was a pretty good idea, ana TO feel
pretty good about it," said Or. Tracey.
Q. Did he give you a message. In the nature Of a
direct negative reply. to take to Senator CLARK II
this proposition came from Senator Clark!-A No.
sir: he did not
This talk with Nolan was pure iosh,
DR.. Tracey said, and must have been 50
regarded by Nolan. because the latter
sent him some Venison on the next day,
and has always been friendly with him
O. CBy Senator Chandler) With whom cid y5l
talk before you had the first interview with h
judge "A. had no communication with am one
Q. Explain more carefully from whom proceeded
these suggestions OF yourself 10 Judge Hunt7-A
They were not from any one. have known Ju3ra
Hunt for ten years I have always admirsi
hin more than any other man in Montana. Whs
We have not been intimate. we have been god
friends. and I have prescribed for him. The only
motive | had in the world was this: There vas
ramor after about the streets-eVerybody vas
talking about the Welcome case and about tie
Sspreme Court-aRd there good deal o. talk
about Judge Hunt which I ala not believe ne
probably more than any other man was regarded as
the Daily member OF tho court and was probably
more criticised than any other member o. the court
that he would accept money anything ts IHal-
ence his opinion In any way whatever I wanted 70
satisfy myself positively whether he vas all right
or not and I took this method 81 doing 70.
O. You deliberately undertook to test his virtue
and Integrity as judge7-A. did, and / an sorry
for It.
DIR. Tracey said that he was convinced
that Judge Hunt vas not to be corrupted,
although he had expected that the pTop0-
sition would be rejected more fOrciD.y
than IL was.
Q. GBy Senator Burrows) Who did you mean By
"a psrty?'-A No one
O. Then that statemsnt vas not trus'-A. II vas
not true.
o. Did YOU have any Information from say one p
a. l did not.
Had No Money 10 Offer.
Dr. Tracey iaid that he lad not any
money to give Judge Hunt, and he might
as well have offered him million as
Seg0 II Judge Hunt had accepted, the
witness could not have made his oner
good. and had not made up his mind as
10 what course he would pursue. send-
tor Burrows suggested that be sh'u'-
have warned Judge Hurt against being
bribed, instead Of tempting him. II con
cIusIop. DR.. Tracey said that be was not
favorable 10 Senator Clarks candidacy
al first being a Republican. and not m
terested I'm Democratic fights. Later he
thought that Senator Clark ought 70 ID
elected
The cross-examinatiOn was devoted %
learning something definite about ne
I'm. when DR.. Tracey first began 70 sup
mort Clark, and the extent OF that sup
port. He was also asked whether ne Ld'
seen anybody In his Office or on The sies,
on the morning OF August who bad lD'l
BIN 20 see Judge Hunt, but denied thal %
lad received any suggestion or ins'i I-.
t.on from anybody. lie YVES also asN7I
Why he had Iaken out his prescti y .l..
book IN Judge Hunts presence, ana a-'
u was because 70 contained memoI-A
DUN regarding a place where he haa =.
make q call Questions were also ass
him regarding his sale OF Montana y i
tionai Bank stock, and he said ne AN
disposed OF IL last May or June Tor ~
lie Rad owned the stock some SIX Or So,
years, and vas glad % the opportunity !,
DISPOSE Of IL. The purchaser was A. -
Smith. cashier OF the Montana NaiiOt1
Bank, bat he did not say whethrf y
s4rsca 81 for himself or somebody Is.