Show PROT 1 CLARK 1 t Objections to His i Appointment App I t Laid Before Senate t 1 SEAT GAMED it I Il l E SS sO THAT SUCH IS THE CASE CASEi i f I Legislators and a d Residents of Silver SUver SilverBow SilverBow Bow County Are Among Those to tol Tile Pile Objections Entire Subject is Referred to Co i on n n Privileges pi 1 and Elections Elect ons 47 Washington May ra 19 At the th open opening oP ri ing tog of tda s sessions s c ont S Pro Tern Tm T Frye Pe laid the senate a dis dispatch patch from the governor g of r f Montana Monta t tRobert Robert E 33 Smith announcing that he lie had revoked d the appointment ap ol of oWA WA WAt W A t Clark as senator made by Lieutenant Governor a Spriggs and nd had appointed aP f i Martin Martjn Maginnis to tb fill the the vacancy v At tt Atthe the request of Mr Chandler Ch chair cnair chairman chaIrman man of the committee e on ort privileges arid and elections the telegram was referred r to his hi committee Mr Allen Allan requested that t at tIe the e dispatch lie He on the table and to t th l Chan j I dier agreed Is this tl is telegram inquired l d Mr Jil Al 1 I I len Ten to be taken as construing that a vacancy exists eXi in the representation tion I I of Montana t tI I I think the seat sett it is vacant yn ya apt said Mr M Chandler How the vacancy wits was i created cr is another thing Ching r Senator Chandler f also has hs s received a protest against ag Mr Clarks being seated sweated signed by Speaker Sneaker eaker Stif tIft t cf the I Montana hou at representatives r and anda a number of county c n officials offic s dated date at t I I Missoula May 18 This protest st sets seth setS i forth the th proceedings in the senate in inthe inthe Inthe the cas of Senator Clark and then says sas Whereas It is apparent from the facts and circumstances following that f at the time Mr lIr Clark was delivering his speech in the United States senate notifying the senate of the fact that he i had tendered his resignation his son sonI I and others who were associated ass with I him during the contest before the leg assembly in January 1899 and who are shown to have been participants participants pants in the bribery and corruption practices in hi his election were in the t e I Continued on Page 2 1 I I ON ClA r i Continued from Page 10 L 1 capitol of Montana his resignation having h Ing b n so S o timed tm d that fitt t St it would the office of the chiEf executive of rc the t suite sUte of or Montana during 4 ri the th e ab absence b sence se of othe the governor of j TLe ne e state stat stat t and while the lieutenant governor was v act acting a t tint lug ing int governor and upon whom hor it is ev evident ident 4 nt that tat tHey tn y could confidently rely for far the consummation of a scheme for his hI appointment and uhe All AU the circumstances ances surrounding the transaction indicate and we believe blev there thee WI a conspiracy laid on op 0 the part of A A W Clark and those these who vho were associated with him in inthe inthe n the contest before the legislative l as assembly a blY of January and ana who had h by b b false fals and fraudulent pretenses in induced induced Induced the governor of pf the state of Montana to absent himself that that evident a party to the scheme might be b the th acting chief executive for the purpose of accepting the tendered resignation and making the te appointment appoint and R d the the lieutenant governor acting as ts goVer goer goVernor governo nor no in u fiance of the will wi not only of the tle people of the state of Montana but butof butof butof of all aU decent and and right thinking of the entire country as well wel pursuant to the te conspiracy and nc manifesting a a contempt for the senate of the United States State and and of the opinions of some of its it most mo eminent and distinguished members appointed Mr Clark to the vacancy tion created by his own resignation S We the te undersigned of the state of Montana do most mst earnestly earnesty emphatically and and nd sol protest against aist the te said sid W al allowed allowe allowed lowed lowe to take his se fin h Senate of the United Unie States under na r and vir virtue virtue virtue tue of the te appointment appointment already fre i r referred to until the senate it it dilly ap appointed appointed pointed pinte committee on privileges OJ and elections may make s l inquiry as may appear necessary nes and proper as asto a ao asto to o the methods in bringing bout about but said sid n Sliver Bow ow Citizens Object Another Anther Ion long pro prote test signed sig e by b officials of clam and ns of Silver SU Bow Bo county the home both of Mr Ok O and oi of Mr Daly alleges that he appointment of Mr Clark Clrk by the lieutenant governor g is fraudulent 1 The following statement stat t i is ia from this protest When hen the governor vern rl r left ft the th state the te lieutenant g was also absent having left for fort the purpose of attending the Peoples P party paty national convention to be held at Sioux Falls Fals S D But Bat by a singular r coincidence the latter later official who j iS Mr MF Clarks personal friend and business assistant left the convention before it i ha had m macic de deit its it nominations or transacted any busi business buS business ness ne and hurried back to Montana ar arriving arriving riving in time to receive r eive Mr r Clarks Carks resignation from the die hands of hie son n Then within a very few hours after the te ion on was received receive and ana an only about abut regan hours before the governors return the lieutenant gov governor governor governor appointed Mr r Clark to fill fU the supposed supped vacancy In I this behalf l half the th undersigned al allege allege allege lege upon their information and be belief belef belief lief lef that the governor of o Montana Mont a wa was fraudulently and an deceptively dec lured from the the state by Mr Clark CI through Thomas Thoma Hinds one of his recognized agents ant and political workers worker for the express purpose of enabling Mr Clark to resign ret n in hi his absence a and to tp be he re ro reinstated instated te by the appointment or ot o the tle lieu lieutenant lieutenant tenant governor before the governor could eo ld return |