Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-12
MONTANA'S SCANDAL
Further Testimony to Prove That
Her Last Senatorial Toga
Mas Purchased.
THREE NEW WITNESSES IN COURT.

/ One of Them Shows the Neritable $4,000
in Cash That Has Figured in the Case
Others Tell of Big Money That Was Of
| fered for Votes-Pettigrew Makes u
| Rather Sensational Anti Expansion
SPeech-Case of the British Seizures o.
ncit1Iy stated.
Washington, Jan. 12.-Further evil
dence against Senator Clark. of Mon
tana, was heard by the investigating
com mittee today.
Two or three witnesses testified to
Clark's agents having offered large
sums of money for legislative votes
for Clark for senator.
Washington. Jan. 12-More prog
resS was made yesterday i'll the sena-
torial election investigation case of
Senator Clark of Montana, than on
any previous day of the Sittings of the
senate committee on privileges and
elections in this case. WhiteSide con
cludcd his testimony. and three other
witnesses State Treasurer Collins,
State Senator w. y. Clark. of Madison
county. a nameSake but not a relative
of the senator. and Fred w. COwan, Il
railroad conductor residing N Mis-
sOula the home of Speaker Stiff. of the
were heard. Collins statement re-
lated 10 the depOsiting of the 100000
in $4,000 bills turned over TO the leg
iSlatiVc investigating committee by
Whitcside and by that committee de-
posted with the treasurer. Collins eX-
hibited this money.
CIark'- Name>aIle and Cowan.
Senator Clark'S namcSake detailed
the particulars of his acceptance of
Ill l,.,
of Clark'S manage on the under
standing that he was To vote for Clark
for the senate. The witness said he
had only accepted the money for the
purpose of exposing the proceeding.
COwan'S connection with the proceed
iugs were confined To II visit 10 He
lena at the request of BiCkford. one
of Senator Clark : friends. with the
hope that he could influence the vote
of speaker Stiff. He said that AIr.
BickfOrd had told him that Mr.. Clark
would pay Stiff $1,000 to refrain from
voting. but that the proposition was
Withdrawn and was never presented by
him TO Stiff.
W. \. Clark testified that Welcome
said To him: We want you with us
and we want you hard adding. I'VE
are going To get the votes necessary
to elect our man. ana if we don't get
them one way we Will get them an
other
Il asked Welcome what there was
in it," the witness continued. ''and he
replied: There's $1,000 for You. pro-
vided you comply with the condition.
the condition being that / vote for
Clark as long as rcquircd.'
Asked for Time 10 See Clark.
Cowan'S testimony was to the cf-
feet that w. l.. Bickford asked him to
secure for Clark the support of Speak
cr Stiff. of the Montana house of rep
reSentatives. The witness testified that
BickfOrd had said that up. TO that
time-thc 1Ith of January laStA-they
had been unable 10 secure Stiff'S sup
port for Clark. and that they We're
willing TO pay S15.UDO for that support.
The witness had suggested thHt Is
Stiff was committed to Conrad the of
fer of SlJ.0O0 should be made to him
to simply stay away when the vote
was reached. not casting any vote for
Il candidate for the senate. Bickford
had asked for time To see Clark. and
when they had next met had told him
that @5.HOO would bc paid if Stiff
would refrain from voting. and that
$1,000 would he given To him for his
services. Later RickfOrd had said that
Clark had become apprrhcnSive that
Stiff would not stand hy the bargain
and had called the deal of.