The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-28
CLARK SAYS DAILY IS
A BOLD CONSPIRATOR
Fiery Briefs are Submitted by Both Sides in Mon
tana Senatorial Contest.
MemOrasS Declare that Charge Of Bribery Has Been Sus
taned-POSitOn of Defense.

coura cement or c0unterance TO the
contest: that fifty-tWc Of the hfty-siG
newspapers in the state supported Mr..
Clark and that the sentiment in the
state of Montana is 50 universal for
Mr. Clark that the leading spirit CT
the protestants whose wealth has sup
ported, and whose prejudice has AMI
! mated this prosecution has found It
necessary to invest large sums OF
money in the purchase OF the press OF
the state and in other cases by the es-
tablishment or newspapers with the
hope of checking and dividing the SEN
tiaent of the people Of Montana"
After some other preliminary re-
marks the brief definitely and specific
ally names Mr.. Marcus Daily as the
chief instigatOr of the contest. The
statement on this point is as follows:
Marcus DAILY having defeated Sena-
tor Clark in 1883 for congress and Tor
the senate In 1893, through treachery
to his party organization was unwilling
to restrain his personal hostility and 10
permit the voice Of the people through
their legally constituted representatives
to determine the election Of their sen
atOr and according to his testimony as
early as the 10th Of February, 1898,
he organized a committee OF his per-
sonaI friends and agents to work up
and prepare a case against the seating
Z
Calls Them Conspirators.
''The testimony viii bear out the as
sertiOn that every member of this pros
ecuting committee was either one OF
the cOnspiratOrs in the attempt 10 de-
feat Mr.. Clark's election, or an en-
ployee of Mr.. DAILY, or an adherent OF
his faction in the state.
In the attempt 10 fasten some fact
upon Senator Clark or his friends. tend
ing 70 show bribery OF corruption, this
Self-cOnStituted committee has en-
plOyed every means which the unlimit-
ed use of money could command, in
GLIDING the use Of detectives in Mon
tana, in Washington and in New York,
with the view of obtaining some cor
roboratiOn Of the testimony OF the
conspirators."
Reviewing the charges made in the
memorial in opposition to Mr.. Clark II
is claimed that out Of the thirty-seven
names given Of members who wers
Oribed, there is an absolute failure TO
introduce any proof of any character,
by Whiteside or anyone else, that they
knew of any act by which twenty Of
these men We're bribed or have heard
any friends OF Senator Clark IL any
conversation claim that they were
bTibed"
The contention Is then made that the
prosecution of the case is the result Of
a conspiracy, former State Senator
Whiteside being represented as the
chief cOnspirator. Mr.. Whiteside's
statements, it is declared, cannot be ac-
ceDted, because Of their imprObabflitv
when taken in connection with uneon-
tradicted facts"
That $4,000 Bride Money.
Much space is devoted to the question
as TO whether John B. Welcome fur
nished the $4,000 which Whiteside pre-
scented to the Montana bribery investi-
cation commission, and in this c0nnec-
ton the testimony of Whiteside is an
( alyzed at length, in an effort 20 break
1t down. Twenty pages are devoted to
sitting Whiteside's testimony, and then
the brief says:
I'VE have shown by the evidence Of
John B. Welcome, Charles W. Clark.
} William McDermOtt. A. J. Steele. John
s NELL, W. NJ. Bickford and Waltes
/ Cooper, the most active and earnest
friends Of Senator Clark, .th.p not a
dollar of money was cOrruptly used to
influence the action of members of the
Montana legislature of 1899 10 vote for
Senator Clark. We have also shown
by the evidence Of Senator Clark that
he personally did not know about tho
corrupt use Of money to influence mem
bers Of the legislature"
Reference is next made TO the exhibit
Of Senator Clark's accounts and this
comment thereon:
If those accounts are true. it has
been demonstrated beyond the posi-
bility Of a doubt by the evidence OF
transactions which took place and were
recorded at the time of the Occur-
rences, that the $50. 600 placed BY White
side before The legislature could NOT
nave been received from Senator. Clark
or his friends
With reference to the testimony Of
( the judges of the Montana. supreme
court. il is said that 1t is only ma
terial to the case from the light II
throws on the character and reputation
: OF the members Of the court. so as TO
prove the wisdom Of Mr.. Welcomes
I determination not to testify before
them in the proceedings for his dis
barment."
/ 1t IS also claimed that this testimony
can IN no way affect the right of Sen
aror Clark 10 his seat, and also that il
is not within the scope Of the resolution
( Of inquiry