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Show BRIBERY IN MONTANA A LEGISLATOR ENTRAPS A SENATORIAL SEN-ATORIAL CANDIDATE. Claims That ItepretenUtlrea of Millionaire Clark dare lllm 30,000 W.th Which to l'urchasa Votes Clark l'eople Kniphntlcally Deny th Storj. Helena, Mont., Jan. 13. State Senator Sena-tor F. M. Whltesldo of Flathead county has turned over to the bribery Investigating Investi-gating commltteo thirty bills of tho denomination of 91,000 each, which he swears wero given to him for tho purposo pur-poso of buying rotes for W. A. Clark of ,of Ilutto for United States sonator. Whiteside claims he went to John II. 'Welcome, a llutte attorney, supposod .to represent Mr. Clark, and Intimated that ho would tako money and vote for Clark, and fur more money would get .three other members to do likewise. He swears he did all this for tho solo and virtuous purposo of exposing corruption cor-ruption and doing a noble duty In the service of tho state. The committee is conducting a thorough thor-ough Investigation, and tho money has been ordered turned over Into the state treasury. Friends of Mr. Clark deny In totothe story of Whiteside, nnd declaro the wholo a damnable conspiracy on tho part of his opponents. |