New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-16

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aalgenee Of the Senate while briefly .: pos,
character OF the investIgation;. second. to the
Preees fen nd Gee the has s"Smtted
to 70 the he conons OF EXISTING in the
State Of Montana for number of year, prior to
and lastly, the statement as to the course 1 deem
0fst TO oa m s he pr ns any asperons
the motives which actuated the DISTINGUISHED Sen,
most resPectfal co consideration for The learning
f n Re
meets with the concurrence Of not only large
put also to So per cent of my constituency in the
ons that tSe ehosa az proceIr in the nves
cation of this matter manifestly unfair.
entirely a n OPPOSITE that heh W oad
have occurred should the evidence have been con-
fined TO that which was admissible and pertinent to
IN SeS esve SeSg Of h Naon we
pe ihe h9pSr Of ndyga for that
thereof. should be conducted in strictly judicial
llshed rules of evidence should be applied II is
Wei known 20 everybody that this was not the
made by the honorable Senators from Alabama
eanbg If Kansas an and North Carolina at e be be
irrelevant testimony, but their efforts unavaIl
The Senator's, who fled minority report ex,
the proceedings in this respect. as well as denun-
citation Of the character and practices of the prin
testified for the prosecution.
DENIES THAT FRAUD WAS PROVED
The result of the admission of all kinds of hear
say, irree.ant malicious and perjured testimony
VS. naashhg ~ Inc RENE 10 the @
the venal press the most widespread publicity
fasehoods touching the respondent and likewise a
large number of most eminent and upright egisla-
the boosted men of any State in this Union.
are eed sn o. Re enre
were closely analogous TO the Dreyfus case, where
guilt The presidents that have been established
1t has heretofore been held that there must be
the principal actual, not presumptive knowledge
must be proved not inferred that sc Gr fh n5
CHANGE a 81 e a f a s beer GGT5up Influenced
mas 10 me first Proposition no proof adduced
Of completely has been made in the report eIo no charge
AS to the second proposition. not in single IN
eminent counse aided ne tf n qP Ra ef the
1i s hss 1here been any proof SUFFICIENT esab
irary positive evidence has been ELECTED in everv
s ssyed or promised l made to
In order to change the result of the election it
bers Of The Legislature were corruptiy niueneed
Much stress has been lail upon the comparative
al Contest ntSe m ben
nd
ZION is that Il their financial condition was Better
they acquired it innocently.
THE MEMORIALISTS DENOUNCED
This Is is plain ain proposition of law. and the bur
Gen OF PROOF dld not rest upon them From their
well known character 1 do not believe them dis
eered that there was much legislation before that
some Of the memori ene 8r 1aFs in which
atno9gh they appear here as apostles of purity, it
he
scTrupnous manner to promote their interests.
revision Of the infamous election law. enacted at
fser instance which the honest people of Mon
the cross in the circle, by which people have
Casting saot 70 laf IL ne Msse
the repeal Of O lac cSePy d s in
previous Legislature. requiring safety cages to
dead letter so far as they are a conder S 9eea ana
eo,ag oss[eearaeo by them, although all other
piled with its provisions Proceedings have been
with the provisions Of the taft and
are resisting by appeal to the higher courts and
ute 1t is charged that many lives have been lost
by reason of this disregard of the law
fer properly which was hotiy Contested ts sa by
epondent has par no ~ in which the re-
should be shown that money improperly used
scarcely be even presumption that it was charge
submit Or ieR Mr. T P2esen tn his
belief that the conclusions Of the committee on
the main proposition. and those of the majority
on all propositions. inferential. incorrect and
are not supported by the evidence, and !
fdently believe that after thorough and fair in
tanned. A'' &c BUS
HIS FIGHT WITH MARCUS DAILY
Here Mr.. Clark took UP in detail the findings
OF the Committee Privileges and Elections crit
icising many of them sharply. OF the reference
10 the fact that he had frequently been candidate
for Office he asked:
Are we to infer that IT is a crime to be candi-
date for office?
He then said that ne had never voluntarily sought
10 be elected to any office. giving the circumstances
under which he had become candidate at various
times. His defeat for Congress in 1888 he attrib-
uted 10 Marcus DAILY, saying:
Treacherous work was done everywhere in the
several counties where DAILY had men employed.
and the result was my defeat by several thousand
majority and from this staggering blow of treach-
cry the party did not recover for many years.
no business difficulties. and unkind word
mao been spoken between US. 1t was simply an
destroy my political influence in the Territory.
He reiterated that he went into the contest Of
1883 merely for the purpose of breaking down DAILY
rule in Montana, and for the purpose of pro-
noting his own political interests. and added:
defy any one TO show that I was such can
didate until after the election, and until in
December, 1925
Mr. Clark discussed at length the allegations of
the committee with reference to the business trans
actions with members of the Montana Legislature
conducted in his name. The transaction with Nc
Laughlin, he said. begun by Bedford and not
by himself and the evidence of himself Bickford
and Mclaughlin concurred that Senatorial
matter never referred to. He asserted that
amy reference TO It by the committee was mani
festly unfair He asked Senators to read all the
evidence bearing on this feature of the case be-
cause 'it is convincing evidence of a weak cause
when such fimsy expedients relied upon for