The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-24

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! Charles W. Clark. SOS. 600: by McDermott,
| 222 OoO. by Davidson. agent so 300; by
! Welcome. S25. coo. by Steele, $1,000; by
| Corbett s. GOO, by Whtmore, $4,000; by
/ Cooper. s. 800. mainly furnished by Charles
! ". Clark. and the amount Of these eX-
! penditures Senator Clark himself paid TO
/ his son The advances and payments made
! by Senator Clark 70 his committee and
| agents. as admitted by him, amounted TO
/ about Sl3e. Uo0. Of which sum Charles W.
/ Clark received from him on August y,
! 1898. S35 coo. October Il, 100000, Novem-
/ her q. sac coo. and February 10. 1900 $40,
/ 5g2, and in addition to this Sl3g 000 SEN
/ ator Clark paid s. 0O0 to McDermott. one
I Of his agents. 5000 10 Welcome. his at
! torney. and 5,OCo 10 Z. c. Day a member
! Of the Legislature.
! None OF the members Of his committee
or their assistants made the sworn returns
required by law nor did Senator Clark
I himself make any return"
The Witnesses.
The committee deals at considerable
length with the alleged transactions with
H. ". Mclaughlin, E. P Woods W E.
| Herman. and D. G Warner In treating
J Of Carr Geiger. Fine. Bywater. and Beas-
ley, the report says.
Mr.. II. II. Carr. member Of the Legis-
lature. lodged a package during the session
with Mr.. Peeler. Of the bank Of Kalispel
After the Legislature adjourned he OBJ
, tanned the package. went TO his home. and
in The name Of Miss Wickham, his wife's
aunt. milliner. who had lived with him
for seven years. purchased a ranch for
$500 for which he paid in currency. in
Guiding a thousand dollar bill which
money he said he obtained from his wiie's
aunt believing she had accumulated and
kept IL in a box in her room in his house
Mr. Carr had been a poor man. with
little or no property. earning sometimes
$50 or SIS a month as a notary public,
sometimes nothing He had in cash $75
or $50 when elected and borrowed $50 10
20 TO Helena with His wife's aunt paid
board in the family at the rate of $3.50
week. He had no. previous knowledge OF
how she had accumulated this money. Mr..
Steele had obtained interviews with him
before the Legislature met with view TO
securing his vote. and after his arrival he
figured in the Whiteside exposure
Mr.. John II. Geiger was a Republican
who after MIR. Whiteside's exposure, was
seated in the Legislature as a Senator IN
place Of Mr. Whiteside, on the 18th Of
January by the votes Of the Republicans
and the Democratic supporters Of Senator
i4dIh. on the EIouul lNdl MS name on q
few Of his ballots mad been marked at the
wrong end. and on the 2Sth Mr.. Geiger
voted for Senator Clark He was a man
with no regular occupation. was entirely
without means and a borrower Of small
sums During the session Of the Lesis-
lature he received and carried home with
him 5000. After accounting for one or
two petty sums, he claims that he OBJ
tanned his money by faro gambling and
through SLIGO in bills which be found
his room and believed came in connection
with some bills pending in the Legii-a-
ture which Mr.. John b. Welcome was
carrying through as an attorney.
Mr.. B. +. Fine. a member of the Leg
islature and a mining operator with no
property. in May after ii had adjourned
in pursuance Of an agreement made our
ing the session by Senator Clark after his
election as Senator, received $1,000 from
Senator Clark's bankers, and since that
date has received other moneys max ng
the sum of 5000 in all, which has en-
all his earnings since his nominate n b IS
only other business being the hunting up
Of testimony TO disbar or impeach Mr.. W.
A. Clark, OF Madison County, one of tie
principal witnesses against Senator Clark,
10 do which no steps have yet been taken. .
Mr.. Stephen Bywster, a Republican,
90 years Of age and a railroad conductor, /
voted for Mr.. Clark for the first time n +
the eighteenth ballot, on which he was
elected. On the Sd Of March Immediately .
after the Legislature adjourned, he de-
posted in the Montana National Bank
$4,000. He accounts for ii by saying that
he brought from Kalispell, his home.
5000 in currency which he kept with him
during the whole session Of the Legisla-
ture, and saying that he received on March
3 $4,000 from his brother for the purchase
OF stock in a mining company in British
Columbia but he produced no writing in
confirmation Of his statement as TO either
the $4,000 or the 5000 He did produce a
prospectus and letter showing that there
was such a mining company and that he
was its President and a Mr.. Peeler, a
broker with whom Mr.. Bywater kept an
account testified that Mr.. Bywater also
kept a package Of money not included in
the bank account.
Mr.. w W. Beasley. a Republican Rep
resentatve first voted for Senator Clark
on the eighteenth ballot when he was
chosen. and that night or the next night. I
he left Helena FOR St Paul. having in his
possession about 5000 in currency. at
least $1,000 Of which was a thousand dollar
bill. He claimed that he had taken this
money with him to Helena and carried it
in his vest pocket during the whole ses-
sion. By no writing did he show whence
he received it or what he did with it. He
claimed that he kept the money with him
because he was in embarrassed circum- I
stances in the sheep business and was
afraid OF law suits. When he was elected /
he owed a board bill Of nearly S40O and
while in Helena took out Reinsurance /
policy and gave a note for the premium.
All the time he had a bank account in the
Thomas Cruise Savings Bank at Helena"
Additional Evidence.
The committee continuing. reports that
while the findings of the committee are
justified by the foregoing admitted and I'M
disputed facts. with their attendant cir
cumstances standing alone. those facts are
strengthened by additional facts including
various unsuccessful attempts TO secure
votes by offers Of money which. although
denied, are found by the majority Of the
committee 10 be sustained by the prepon-
derance Of the testimony. 1t would IN
necessary cucumber and extend this re-
port 10 attempt 10 give these additional
facts in detail"
The alleged exposure by Frederick
Whiteside is fully discussed. as follows:
In the opinion Of the majority there
was no affirmative disproof produced by
Senator Clark at any time showing that
the facts In connection with the $50 900
exposure we're not true. The charge that
the accusations and the exposure resulted
from a conspiracy formed and carried for
ward by Mr.. Marcus DAILY was a necessity
Of Mr.. Clark's canvass and defence But
Mr. Daily and Mr. Conrad and others VINO
were suspected Of conspiracy denied all
Of the $50 600, OF which $4,000
was in one thousand dollar bills. which
had been produced by Mr. Whfteside as
The money furnished by Mr. Welcome in
he attempted hIiberies. No one thousand
lOllar nils WOE shown 10 have hnnn In