Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-03
WHAT THE TESTIMONY SHOWED.
Special Correspondence Of the Inter Mountain.

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Special Correspondence Of the Inter- ountain
wasnansto FED 2s-Frday practically concluded The submission Of M-
e oenoe IN . lnvesaisahon Of Mr. clarks senatoHal election case. There "a
Clark himself admitted that h e spent $4,000 m his al corooorated by lis
son bt the moun pakd into insagniacanoe when r Toole confessed that
the capt"l contest cost the Anaconda people 100000. That opened the yes
Of the committee o the fact that 1T "a customary to spend large sums Of
none in Montana politics. The rebuttal testimony given by the Clark side
are on tn Anaconsa pas-ron, except thu state officials sh s' whose renominauon is
titled s for either side has had weight The others have been instantly sized
u. Dy the mmhtt and their evidence discounted. Nobody need hope to
deceive such men as Chandler, Hoar, Mccomas. Pettus. Burrows. or the rest.
plausible statements of Attorney General Nolan. VIII possesses two-thirds of
knew he had no right to disclose the secrets of he grand jury room nor to
oourt t m' fav o~e Of to h e's sd pnnnanals OF Il r s*sssr nor to argue nsas before rsarea NJ ,m 1ap "rmrs
l nt ts , ssmn Nor nor to gu guarantee asante immunity to special and fav0rite p@tarers:
Lyons fol- exposing the senerals loss a cards.w which ws nooodys business but
the memorianst OUTFIT. "'"s'A "'A oS""s' a' +" 's "ea""'" man +"
the silver republicans n l pop ouuan mopem nt c at an' % e ~e IN isss es1 naas
the Clark forces would have controlled IN convention if he Daily forces had
But the matter may be left to Mr. rooles private reflections during the m
Bow county and his reasonf for he wonderful emocra.c vote at he Butte
primaries in1ses, when from a total voting strength OF less han 5000, the
democrats demorsas pomed 1900 votes. are matters for nom people % discuss; the
m NM. Will Will nave to get the facts from some other source. The answer
which Mr.. T0o'e ave oncernhn company boarding houses n stores and
srontaed mployes "a be the result of ignorance of thu situation for which
directions His conndence in Mr. DAILY and his defense # that genteman's
g g%e a unaus ia as e,e M. ts saeh arasna to s hs fsen naS. nd rs'9 9sr iamgg their ss
same thing Mr Tode spoke feeungly IF the reputation of the people of
Montana. which had been injured several times in this contest, and several
Anaconda political army had accomplished in the direction Of battling against
The use OF money ana the exercEe or political tyranny " the BUTT Miner n
its allies. The witness explained very ably he conversation with DR.. Martin
and denied the statements made by Witness Rhoades of Miles City, IS the
widest publicity: The question Of verscty is thus raised and TIL friends of
each gentleman can believe which of the two they please. Mr.. rooe showed
considerable nger In Mr. Faulkner INDUCED in ON irony both of which
vere simnlv deendn heir emnlovers wv w. rno" wor1dn,t ~ tna.n ~
good. The only criticism to be made o Mr. Tooles tesimony is it's evident nr-
organized fort to defeat Mr. CLARK IN this eeara NJ rn,es strS was not
frank. The apparent assumption that h Daily side pomessed ali the virtue
ad the other all the vice made even thu committee laugh. The cry TACT that
John r. has been here for six weeks direcing he fight shows that the sam
organization at work astw winter at Helena is at work this winter Ut Wash
ington. If NOT. how is the presence of nearly all the state officers to be x
p'aned7 Surely they have lot all been here nearly months in ride to
go on the witness stand for sixty minutes and remain indefinitely after
being discharged? Mr. Tooe is an unconscious humodst. He never appeared
to greater advantage than when protesting that the corporation which enjoys
the benefits OF his talents is not a political machine
The testimony of William G Conrad showed simply that be spents 10000
in thu belief that h was a candidate for the senate He stated frankly
that hi would no have done so Ia he foreseen the trouble in store for him
sincerity. H e said ~ la thirty supporters. but die not explaint that twenty
three of them had n intention or desire % see him elected. Yet such was
finally 20 tt DAILY. Later he held he top hand and the Daily men we're afraid
tic desert him venf Tor Mr. DAILY or Mr.. Durstan. This as the humorous
whteside which was not a remarkable disclaimer. as nobody had accused
him of putting it u Hiss statement that outside of his hotel bill HI had spent
unnortea i'm ut crossexamination showed that te edo - u nm % ,ana 40.
Imaginary. However,, Mr. Conrad testimony vas hat If N honestm an-it
did 10 good nor harm. 1t certainly did not reflect in n way upon Senator
Carks title to a seat in the senate.
The fact is. n 10 evidence adduced this week has reflected in ny direct way
upon Mr.. Clark except in the minds If those who are INSANE from malice. All
ws ircumsantal Or inferental The very things depended pom ito ruin him
redounded to his advantage. Except a tt TIT money he spent before the cleo.
ton n he $4,000 his sol spent in settling hcdentMs at Helena, the senator
has not been connected with the transfer OF a single dollar under the con
honest Jules of evidence. If he paid u for corruption the vast moun
charged. then the attorneys for the prosecution are simply a band Of Grass in
compaents. for they have ignomindousy failed to show it. despite the circus
poster type used lin thu Anaconda organs headlines in asserting The contrary
The Welcome case ws purely collateral proceeding having n o demon
srated relationship with thu senatorial election a Welcome "a rot Clarks
agent, b t simply a member of a committee organized and supplied with
cusers. II he did what he was charged with n still emerged scatheleM
from he examination here, them the barrtshrs who undertook to wreck him
, tnbutahe to Senator Clark. Welcome was himself responsible for what hi
did. and Campbell. Edmunds. Hartman, Whhedde, Toole. sir and Smith
could lot and did rot prove n was not
.ror ~ STATED what money! ~ had expended n the reform avvers could ~
4 ..AA.oh 4h~+ bo rop+ o do1or unro IT. ocar< fnt no did i TO oc~A +-t T.