Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-28
THE MEMORIALISTS SAY
They Have Proven Their Case
But This is Denied by the
Counsel For Sitting
Member.

washington. MaFcH 0.-COunSel IOr the
memorialists in the case of Senator Clark
of Montana. have submitted their brief
to the senate committee on privileges
and elections. After reviewing the tes-
timony in detail. counsel presents the
following as established facts in the case
of evidence adduced:
F~irst-That at least Is members of the
legislature We're paid by Mr.. Clark and
his agents for their votes.
Second-That at least nine others were
offered money for their votes and that
the total amount of offers proved aggre-
gate Sis 900.
lars was offered by DR.. Treacey. a friend
and agent of Mr.. Clark. to bride the at
tOrney general to dismiss the proceed
ings in the Welcome case.
~Fourth-That the same agent Of Mr..
Clark offered Justice Hunt. of the SUI
preme court, 500, 900 to dismiss the Well
come case.
Fifth-That Mr.. Clark and his friends
engaged in wholesale bribery and at
empted bribery of members of the legis-
Clark.
Much is made of tn testimony alleging
Efforts to bride Nstice Hunt and Attor-
ney General Nolan in the Welcome dis
barment case.
1T is evident they say, "that iMr.
Clark and his friends fully realize the
Importance of the decision of that court
In it's bearing upon Mr.. Clark's contest.
otherwise they would not have taken a
special train to bring his agents to Hell
purchase of that court. The fact that
Mr.. Clark's agent. Mr.. Jesse B. Roote, the
law partner of Mr.. JOIN B. Welcome,
paid Mr.. z. T. Cason 81. 500 to leave the
state OF Montana and not testify before
this committee, is another circumstance
going to bear out the charge of the UNI
lawful expenditure n corrupt use of
money by Mr.. Clark and his agents to
carry out their purposes.
The offer of S100, 900 to bride the at
torney general to move the dismissal Of
the proceedings is but another chapter
of the long story of bribery and attempt
ed bribery thai marks the entire history
OF MI. Clark's campaign for the senator
ship from the time. in August, 1898, when
he agreed With Governor Hauser and
others to put up $50. 900 for the primaries
and from $40, 600 to $50, coo for the general
election and as much afterward as was
necessary. up to and including the ST.
500 uaEmcnt to CaSOn.
O the 95 members of the legislature.
including Mr.. Whiteside, &c were sworn
before this committee. OF these. the
memorialists say min have taken oath
that they We're offered money to vote for
Senator Clark, viz: Senators Whiteside.
Clark. Meyers and Mckay and Represent
tatiEes Stiff. Sullivan. sCooney, Normoyle
and Murray. Two-Messrs. Day and
~Fine-they claim. have admitted the re-
cefpt of money, S., 900 each, after voting
for Clark, but tried to excuse it. Either
by direct testimony or otherwise they
claim that the acceptance Of bribes is
fixed upon Is others.
"From the proof adduced, it is reason.
ably determinable," they say, that in
addition to the $32S, 900 actually paid to
members of the legislature by Mr.. Clark
and his agents, offers We're made to other
members. aggregating abou $175, OO0."
referring to the case of Mr.. Day. the
brief says:
The testimony of both Mr.. Clark and
Mr.. r. c. Day establishes conclusively
the payment by Mr.. Clark to Mr., Day
a rev days after the election the sum Of
$4,000, which sum Mr.. Day says he ac-
cepted in compensation for his services
as a member of the legislature. When
asked What service had you rendered?'
he replied: 4 acted as the manage
you might say, or leader of his forces up-
on the floor of the house. l attended 10
Keeping q quorum present and seeing that
friends of his We're sent for that were not
present at roll call and made motions
and attended to the ordinary parliament
tary-as you would call it-procedure of
ms friends in hat body"
Mr.. Clark justified as follows:
1T was In consideration of my friend
snip for MI. Day and the work he per-
formed IN trying to organize the legisla-
lure to be elected speaker and in order
10 control our forces, in which, however.