The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-26
SENATOR CLARK UNDER
LAWsON's FIERCE FIRE
Political Career Of Montana
Millionaire Given in "Fren-
lied Finance" Serial.
BOWS AT ROGERS FEET
Latter Forced Him Out of Senate Once
and Then Prevented Him oc-
cupying Seat Which He
Had Bought. -
BOWS AT ROGERS FEET


In the first part Of the october in
stallment Of "Frenzied Finance" in
Everybody's Magazine, which appeared
yesterday, Thomas w. Lawson pays
special attention to Senator William A.
Clark Of Montana in the plans of
Standard Oil to force Clark to desert
+. Augustus Heinze and line up with
"Amalgamated." MI. Lawson says, in
this connections:
In my attempt last month to depict
In their true colors Heinze and his
most intimate associates / SO overran
the limits Of my a as seemingly
to do an injustice to the part played
by Senator Clark in the Montana tragi-
comedy. Not for a would I
have ny readers imagine that the brief
mention accorded the copper million
aire comprised the full record Of his
participation in Montana affairs or did
Justice to my impression Of his shining
personality.
$50 rich and ambitious a man de-
mands and deserves a chapter to him.
self and his browning accomplishment
his election to the United States SEN
ate. Something of the character Of this
achievement may be gathered from
the relationship through which it was
made possible-and, indeed, as after
ward proved, the senator in executing
his purpose was neither handicapped
nor deferred by squeamish misgivings
OI COIlSClSllllouS SCI upIGS.
Senate Brings New Difficulties.
Eat the first election in Montana after
the Clark-Heinze lineup their combined
forces swept the state. Later, the legis-
lature they elected sent Clark to the
senate and apparently their goal was
won But in stepping from Montana
to Washington, the ambitious million
aire had simply passed out Of the tall
grass and entered the enemy's country
ID n ,h N,,c Montana WIG G NOT ,,Jp, +lo
Standard Or spell, but in the senate
Rogers was a demigod.
"The first intilnation that Clark
of his danger was peremptory notice
from Rogers to break with Heinze and
ally himself with Standard Oil or be
expelled from the senate. At that time
the Montana ppe king did not know
Mr.. Rogers as well as he learned to
later and promptly suggested to the
intermediary that Standard Oil might
go to -.
"Soon after this message had been de-
livered there arose an cutlery as to the
manner and methods Of Senator Clarx's
election, and plentiful evidence was
published to prove that he had COM
mitted the heinous and unusual crime
Of purchasing the support of certain
senators and members of the assembly.
The virtuous senate Of the United
States ordered an investigation and
nc lSdllLCo LIE illlol6hS wv ldlS. L
resigned just in time to save himself
from being thrown out"
Plot in His Appointment.
After detailing the circumstances un-
der which Clark was appointed byLieu-
tenant Governor Spriggs Of Montana to
fill the vacancy occasioned by his own
resignation, charging that a plot pre-
viously had been Matched to get Gov
ernor Smith out of the state that
Spriggs might act in his place, Lawson
comments:
The plot was SO obvious, so crude,
so foul smelling hat even the courage
Gus copper king did not dare to pre-
sent himself before the senate to be
| sworn in. BY order of the supreme
court of Montana Clark's counsel was
put on trial for bribing the Legislature,
and in the ensuing proceedings it was
developed lat the high water price fer
a seat in the senate had been touched
in Montana; that so votes mad been
bought at the average price of $40, 900,
and that the dickering for these votes
was conducted as openly as the buying
and selling of lean and overfed boars
and sows in the hog mart"
Clark Yields to Rogers.
Discussing Clark's reelection to the
senate, Lawson asserts that another
conference was held between Rogers
and the Montana man, when the latter
was informed thal lhe cafdS again Had
been stacked for his expulsion, n he
was advised to patch up with Standard
Oil before it was too late.
CLARK did not believe that even the
master Of Standard Oil could deliver
the senate of the United States. If
Rogers could show him a majority Of
the senate, pledged in writing, to re-
fuse him admittance, he would concede
defeat, drop Heinze and join Standard
Oil. At the appointed time the great
manipulation of men, as calmly as
though he were exhibiting a bill Of
sale for a carload of barreled petro-
leum, allowed Clark to inspect a list Of
two over a majority Of our grave n
reverend seigniors. Clark delivered his
goods. like the conservative business
nan he is. From that time to this he
has faithfully performed his obeisances
before the great oil throne"