Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-26
AFTER CLARKS SCALP.
An Attorney From Helena Is Now
 on His Way to Washington.

on His Way to Washington.
 Chicago. Feb 26.-H. k. Knap. a lawyer of Helena. Mont. is on his way to Washington to make charges of bribery aganist Senator Clark in per son to Senator Chandler. chairman of the committee on elections. He will urge that Senator Clark be confronted with the charges when he appears to claim his seat, and will remain in Washington to present the evidence. He will offer to subpoena 100 witness es from Montana to testify before the committee. When seen in the Grand Pacific hotel last night, Mr knaD said: T am on my way to Washington as the representative of the labor party of Montana to prefer charges against Senator Clark. of procuring his election to the senate by the illegal use of from $25n. GOO to $3GO,0OO.
 Senator Clark won lis election to tbe senate by the votes of members who had been elected on the labor ticket. through the promise that if the sixteen labor members should support him he would use his Influence 1o.have the legislation which they demanded passed through the legislature. Since his election his influence has been Op- posed to the legislation which he prom ised to promote. and 1t is on that account that the labor party will op- pose his taking his seat in the senate
 we are determined that he shall get his just deserts. We have held off thus far in the hope that ha would help elect McGinnis, the candidate. of the labor party for the short term sen atorship from Montana, in the contest in which the legislature is engaged in q deadlock, and now nothing can stop us from cOntestinG his right to occupy his seat in the senate.
 "Ne can show that ClaTk's expenses in the last Montana campaign were nearly S30O.oOO. Of which he had made no returns on the election certificate. His personal contribution to the cam paien fund was S20.000, and the demo- cratic state committee only shows an expenditure of S25,GoO in the entire camnaign.
 eve can prove that in Silver Bow county. which polls 10 per cent Of the vote of the state. Clark spent Sfo.00o in order to elect the fusioi, candidates for the legislature. lie spent be tween $1J.o0O and S2O0OO in Cascade county for the same purpose.
 "He spent S7.500 to secure the re- election of Senator Cullen from Daw- son county. and $5OO in each of five ounties-Granite. Jefferson. Broad water. Beaver Head and Madison.
 "He spent proportionate amounts in all of the smaller counties. In addi- tion, we can prove that Clark paid all the expenses of the democratic state convention, as well as the hotel bills. railroad fares and personal expenses of the delegates. I think that these charges, coming after those of the first contest, which kept Clark out of the senate. ought to be sufficient to keep him out of the senate. He is in New York now and exDects to claim his seat early in March. but l think he will postpone making the attempt when the charges are made.
 "Clark's lack of faith will probab- ly lead the labor party to support the republicans in Montana. and if Clark is barred from the senate before the present deadlock in the Montana legis- lature Is broken it will probably lead to the election of two republican sen ators from Montana"