Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
CLARK
 OF MONTANA
Started Poor, Now a Millionaire
 Senator. How He Figured In . Famous Feud. Corners That He En. gineered In Early
 Days.
By ]. A. EDGERTON

this capital brought in stuff from the Missouri river points and even from San Francisco and sold it to the min CTS for three or four times what 1t cost him. This might have been luck, but it also involved some rather foxy financiering. at which w. A. Clark was an artist even in those early days. The story of the start of the famous Clark Daly feud illustrates this quality. This feud. which affected every industry and every man, woman and child in Montana and which finally came to finish fight in the United States sen ate was perhaps the most momentous in its consequences of any in American history. Clark and Daly in the begin ming were business associates and friends. In fact. they were bound by closer ties, for J. Ross Clark, youn- ger brother of the copper king. had mar ried a sister of Daly's wife. But there Is no enmity like that of former friends.
 Daly needed certain strip of land to furnish water for his Anaconda mines and offered the old fellow who owned the strip s10,000 for the water right The owner eagerly said he would take it, and in the morning the deal was to have been carried through Clark heard of it and gave the old fel- low s25,OOO for the strip. Then he made Daily pay s125, 900 for it. Marcus Daly paid the money. but swore venge- ance There are rumors that Clark had an earlier grudge to settle and took this method of doing it, but no one knows for certain except the copper king himself. and he won't tell.
 When Clark was candidate for ter ritorial delegate to congress Daly's chance came The Republican candi- date was Thomas H. Carter, now Clark's colleague in the senate Mon- tana was Democratic then. and Carter ordinarily would have stood Ho chance of election. But when the votes were counted it was found that Daly. though a Democrat himself. had thrown all his
  and w. A. Clark met his first defeat
 Hero of Montana's Capital.
 Soon after this Montana was admit ted to the Union. and the fight came on the locatio of the state capital. Da- ly wanted Anaconda, his home town Clark did not show his hand until the windup, when he threw his forces to Helena, and Anaconda was disastrous ly defeated. Clark was the hero of the new capital and was given great banquet. The next year be was the Democratic candidate for United States senator and thought he was elected, but Daly organized trump legislature, sent two Republican contestants to Washington. and the senate seated them. Two years later Clark was again candidate. but this time Daily man. aged 70 deadlock the legislature. there was no election. and Lee Mantle. a Re- publican. was appointed senator.
 In 1898 Clark was again a candidate and carried the legislature for the Democrats. but there were enough Daly men to prevent his election. Then Clark made combination with the Republicans and captured the plum. Daly charged bribery and carried the case to the senate. One of his chief witnesses was State Senator White head. who in sensational manner had hourished s90.O00 on the floor of the joint convention. claiming that Clark had given it to him to buy votes. Clark demanded an investigation and was exonerated. the event turning sym pathy in his favor and assisting him in securing the election.
 The senate committee on privileges and elections heard the case and unan- lmously decided that Clark was not