| Show TO BEAT DALY Senator Clark Tells Why lIe He Went Wen I Into Sen I atoil atonal RIc RIcI Race I II 8 ae lulo Utile 0 ns Bo o bil but Washington Feb Clark ot of Montana was WILS again to today th the star wItness ln 11 before time tho Senate committee on privileges and elections standing Dr Tracey was Ils also h heard rd Justice Hunts physician occupied the entire tore forenoon noon sitting und and a of oC the tho afternoon session his statement his Inter with Justice Hunt corroborated time the testimony of oC the justice In ll nil e es details that his rel lellon Wil was that and amI not Mt 00 wn was time the amount mentioned by him as the price which the tho justice get for havIng the caso thrown out or of the supreme court courtIa Ia lie said mid Justice Hunt was WILS nn an intImate frend friend and lie he asserted his motive mothe to tobe tobe be In taking the tho he d 1 to ta test tet his ability to withstand the corrupting influence of money Ho He had received n no funds frau any to pa pay the bribe suggested and had been promise promised I none rOI or that purpose Mr necessarily went over overmuch overmuch much of the tho gruna ground covered by him In his testimony Saturday le lie wILe was cross eross examined by Jr ald that ho he had spent pent no money for purposes durIng time the cal pal le lie gae o a detailed state statement tent ment ot of expenditures for tor lur peace durin during the tho l legislative and sena tonal contests which foote tooted up ILS as Semi Sen ator Turley announced amounted to 10 le lIe declared that his on only purpose In entering upon the was tIme overthrow ot of Mr r Dalys rule In the tha State he said was so that lie ho would lt not to continue his residence II In tle the State I If I It was WILS to con I It was said sla today that Mr Ir Daly woul would go on the stand In rebuttal le leIs Ito Is expected Iny any da daIr day Mr Ir Clark submitted I a statement showing expenditures Oi on political a ac account count made b by him fran August 1st to 10 1st 1199 So tar far us as time the expenditures expenditure referred to the saran nl amid d preceding the legislative campaign thc they were I as follows 1 4 Au thC W y Clark Oe Oct W Clark Oct Cooper 0 No Nov 0 20 XO Nov thC h Ii 20 I I 20 Nov U Miles 10 No Nov I O No I 11 20 Ni Leary 0 No W Clark No Nov J 3 DavIdson 19 1899 Jan I It 50 Fob Feb T 1 t moo 00 Feb Alderman 2 Feb W V Clark 09 Feb reb B I Feb eb D 13 Welcome I 9 90 March 2 Marcia for John SImpson 41 W VT Clark SO SOOther Other items were given shen covering the expenses ot of the last spring The he senator said In addition to th these sums lie he had made elt McDermot McDermott and J 1 C Du Day och each a pre emit ent ot of Sot but bul lie he did not consider theO these donations In fn the nature ot of expendItures Al All those men had given 1 a great deal of time to promoting his interests and lie he had been very Ir glad to main the tho None Nono or of them hud hind expected pay and no mone money had boon beon given them on their personal account until after the soon cna tonal 1 election Mr I Clark said that ILI all the lare large sums paid to C W V Clark and had ben been paId to catty out the agreement which lie had entered Into to pay the expenses es ot of the pro proposed posed campaign to the State fl m Daly le He had requested I no ac accounting counting from them having the utmost utmost confidence In them le lie did not know what the they had done ono wih with the mane money Speaking or of the reasons which had caused IUS him to g go into Inlo the campaign Mr Clark sId said hum his friends had that It if there thore was wall n rio change thc they were liable to ta move moe out of the State SIMe I It was waB estImated lIe said that I it would to control the committee and that would oula be necessary to control the legislature There was S no limit I aged agreed to toIa toay Ia ay whatever mIght be n necessary I knew tt it would take a great t dell deal or of mone money to carry the State where lere 10 so much mO monad been In ld ben spent pre previous pe peIo Io s elections Mr Ir said In response Sena Senator tar tor Turley that I it was true that In Inthe Inthe the first tate State election he Gov road water 00 Haul r and Mr Dab Daly had each cach contributed HOo to the Demo Democratic cratic campaign fund Asked about the cot cost pf t the contest conlest over or the lOCton location or of Uie capital Mr r rClark Clark said probably lila old friends ot of the could tel tell more about It than lie he could lIe He hail had contributed SOo nn nod he thought the p people ople or of Helena had haa raised over oer to hold the capitol I It was common report that the the Anaconda company had spent a million dolar dollars to locate the capital a at Anaconda I It had nt not occurred to him that the lage large sums had would be used legal lam lure sure M he said that hI ha the l senatorial coni contest est no money WIS was spent to influence votes ote I Il Illegitimately legitimately 1 If you ou kne knew the conditIons which In Montana you ou would not marve marvel at the tho heavy outlay The elerton election WIS was for tor the purpose ot of over oer overthrowing throwing tIme the power of Mr per Daly and this coull could not be done with nn any meager sums Everything was conducted In luch such a highhanded roan man manner tier ner that nobody could expect to recognition units ho bent the kne knee or crawled In the dust to those thOA people It If ItI I 1 thought the should cn eon I 1 tremble for tor the future and would not want my family to re me remAin mAin there Hr hd had he said personally seen leen men In Jute Butte pid paid mone money for their votes In 2195 Ut Did you prosecute uke asked Senator Chandler I did not not WIS was the Ibe reply 1 Jt Wa was uselesS to tie so RO os as th the Anaconda cm corn pany owned the political machinery To ask to have a mn man arre ed would have been n as us as to try Iry t to buck up 1 against 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