Show SAYELECTONIYQID S I Continued from pago13 i y i that Mr Clarks election Is void From tho briberies which have been established estab-lished the majority of the committee I feel justmcd In nndlngthat there were other successes In procuffng corrupt cor-rupt practices the votes of members of tho Legislature where the facts naturally nat-urally cannot b f directly proved CONDUCT OF REPUBLICANS f I Of the conduct of thn Republican I I i members of the Legislature who voted for Mr Clark the comullt fee says I I The conduct of the Republican mom bers of the t Legislature Who Mi the 23th of January loft I their Republican J candidate nnd voted for Senator Clark I and gave him his election in the opinion i i opin-ion of the majority ol the commlttc calls for special criticism There was an absolute deadlock and no pos lbll Uy of thi election of a Democrat without with-out the aid of tho Republicans Itls difficult to account for these Republican Republi-can votes for Senator Clark Senator Clarks canJIdacy had been tainted on the 10th of January by tin WhUcslde exposure The fat exposed had not I 1 been disproved on January 2Sth I The reasons given for the Republican Republi-can VoteS for Mr Clark seem to be pretenses and rovers Mr Clark who had beftn negotiating wlfh Mr Hobson the leader bf the Republicans wrote a letter i on the 16th of January III which Jie declared himself to bo In favor of a tariff on Montana I products Some of the I Republicans said there ought not to be a deadlock and that it ouldbe netter to nave a nnlln c < mocrauc i senator than a vacancy SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES No one pretends that any effort was mad to bring about the election of Ian I-an other Democrat than Mr Clark l 1 against whose agents the charges of bribery have been made Tho ommlt lee do not say lhat the votes of all the eleven Ropubllcans weie Improperly secured but that those of Gleger Bcaalcy and Bywater were has al I ready been found The clrciuntilanecs of suspicion against the others area are-a U Ill ClO US I Senator S S Hobson Is mainly responsible re-sponsible for the action of the Republican I Repub-lican members lie was the chairman 01 their caucus and the leader in the Clark movement lie early began negotiations ne-gotiations with Mr Clark and the lat I lets written promise that he would bean be-an Independent tariff Democrat was I I I addressed to Mr Hobson under dale i 01 January 16th I I I In the face of all the facts tending to Impeach the conduct of so many of i the Republican members and of the evident political reasons why they should not have contributed their votes 1 t to the election of Senator Clark a Democrat under the charges of corruption cor-ruption the Ilndlng that Senator Clarks election was obtained by corrupt cor-rupt practices In the opinion of the I majority Is much strengthened by the action of the eleven Republicans who on the 4th day of January abandoned r their own party and thus strangely I elected a Democratic Senator I VIOLATIONS OF LAW The committee says the direct violations viola-tions by Senator Clark and his committee com-mittee and agents of the provisions l of the Montana laws are of the first 1m portancc In connection with the conclusions con-clusions reached by the committee On 1 this point the committee adds the fol lowing I He expended a sum vastly in excess of the limit provided In law and failed to receive any return and such return was made by the persons acting In his behalf Referring to the destruction of checks and vouchers It Is remarked that The committee find the case proved without relying upon such destruction de-struction of checks allure to render accounts and disregard of the legal limit of 6xpendllure But thoy furJ nlsh to time committee strong additional addition-al reasons for believing the other evi I deuce which seems to them to establish the corruption charged I TWO LAW POINTS Only two points of law are presented as follows 1 It Is clear that If by bribery or I corrupt practices on the part of the friends of a candidate who are con ducting hla canvass votes are obtained I for him without which he would not have had a majority his election should be annulled although proof Is lacking thnl he knew of the bribery 01 corrupt practice t I 2 It seems to have been admitted that If the person elected clearly participated par-ticipated In any one act of bribery I or attempted bribery he should be deprived I de-prived of his office although the result chanl of the rI election was not thereby I I nn n LEGAL PHASE OF CASE Commenting on the legal phases of the ease the committee says According Ac-cording to the law as understood by i the committee Senator Clark cannot be permitted to retain his seat lie received re-ceived 51 voles and there were 29 against him leaving him an apparent majority of 25 If he obtained through Illegal and corrupt practices eight u uL votes Which would otherwise have I been cast against him he was not legally elected More than this num ber of votes the committee find from all the evidence was thus obtained CHARGES AGAINST CLARK It also la a reasonable eoncluslon on the whole case that Senator Clark Is fairly to be charged with knowledge of the acts done In his behalf by his committee and his agents conducting his canvass He arrived In Helena from Butte an January 4th and remained re-mained there until after his election and was In constant conference with his committee and agents CAMPBELL AND DALY Referring to Mr Campbells connec tion with the case the repgr1 soys Muelncrlllcjam has been matiirofnlic eontoHanls especially of A J Camp i I I hOIla member of the House of Repru Bcntatlves and an active prosecutor of the charges against Senator Clark Some members of the committee can not refrain from expressing tjielr dis approval of many of the inethodh pur sued by Campbell and WlllleslJeln the I prosecution of tho charges against Senator Clark and they onuL ap prove of the action of Mr Daly In agreeing to furnish an unlimited I amount of money to carry on the pros ecu lion HARD TO PROVE BRIBERY While it IH tru true that bribery can never be proved by the testimony of tho briber nor of the person bribed and that It Is almost always neces amy to obtnjn the required information I from jgobi tweons or persons who Ijave explored I the field and made repprts I i backward and forwjid as lo the prob ability of obtaining results by bribery yet some members of the committee believe this does not Justify the char acter of acts which are proved and established against Miv Campbell I Some members of the i cominllloe how I ever do not Join III any orldqlsm or Mr Campbell and Mr Daly MONTANA SUPREME COUPT The majority of the eommlttep ok prffH the opinion that tho transacllonn concerning the Judges of the Suprrnio court of Montana need special 1 consUI oration t and i elating the clrcumatannos counctcd wllh I this episode they 10 mark Uin tho foixjjolnfr unclla puUnl facts and ulhor facts whIcH are l controVerted a majority of the commit I tee believe Senator Clarks agents In I their desperation account of the del alBion of the court to take Jurisdiction In the Wellcome case attempted an I Improper approach to the Judge of the court and to AttorneyCcneinl Nolqn which of itself cannot but have u cer LaIn Influence In the cons < 1urallon of I the other act of the agents In cornice Hon with the Senatorial election A t I j majority of the commlLiou i however t I bellovo the transactions were reM In lei alien acla and that the evidence 1 does not sufficiently bring home 16 Sea I ator Clark or his ng onta any In1nrlfl l J l I attempt lo influence the court or thc Attorneys Jenonil The report was presented by Senator Chandler for the entire commlttte and was not signed A minority of the committce did not approve of some of the features The viewS of the minority minor-ity will be submitted later Senator Clark refused to make any statement at this time |