Show KAND MATTHEW QUAY adverse report on pennsylvanian s application for a seat montana senator ahn i his attorney outlines his reply to charges of bribery ex senator edmunds represents the baly side ol 01 the cun est and says the charges will be amply sustained by willese Wil nese from montana washington jan 3 the senate committee on privileges and election i today decided by a vote of four to three tomake an adverse report upon the resolution to seat senator quay the resolution was as follows resolved that matthew S quay be admitted as a senator from the state of pennsylvania in accordance with his appointment made on april 29 1899 by the governor of the said state the members of the committee noting for the resolution were senators chandler hoar and mccomas and those opposing senators burrows cattery pettus and harris senators hiir ley and pritchard were paired the latter for and the former against no definite time was set for the pie sen tation of he committees report to the senate the minority will also present a report and the understanding Is that the minority shall be notified by the majority when it Is ready to put in its report senator burrows the only republican member of the committee who voted against the resolution will prepare the report tor the majority and senator hoar that of the minority washington jan 5 the senate committee on privileges and elections today began its investigations of the charges of bribery made in connection with the election of senator dark of montana the proceedings were begun by arguments from counsel on both eldes mr dark himself was present with his counsel former senator faulkner ex senator edmunds appeared as leading counsel tor the complainants making the statement in support of the memorial presented mr dark he bald the complainants expected to bo able to prove all the charges made and to show that mr darks election vas obtained by the liberal use of money and that large sums of money were furnished to this end it is said that the expenditures could be traced to mr clark with due effort on the part of the committee he said he and his associates would ask to have a good many witnesses summoned mr edmunds also hald that the complainants nants expected to prove all the charges made and in doing so would enter quite thoroughly into the whiteside libel case showing that when senator dark had an opportunity to appear in court he had refused to anns cpr any material questions while mr edmunds was making his statement a question arose concerning the of testimony taken by alie grand jury of lewis and dark counties senator mccomas took oc biou to intimate that he would besl xie to admit statements ments purporting to aie atie secrecy ol 01 the grand jury jui mr rid munds said sa id u noted on ane grand jury proceed h aaa beau adae dy gea at ana aiau been predated leco vea by cue montana coun m d proceedings against ea ri elcome eh come A 1 maue a formal on behalf 0 mr dark he mewed the politics of montana re to the daiy gang anu clark action in the politics of state it was he said an ac io i o fledged sledged fact that the opponents of ir carlt in the state baa determined j prevent his political preferment re of all proprieties it would e shown noi that chargo 0 were made of bribery against some anity persons including thirty lii embers of the legislature there had been no proceedings against the men thus involved in any of the montana courts this was evidence that the proceeding was not sustained oy public sentiment he said the ose cution was conceived in the womb of personal malice rocked in the cradle of personal hate and nourished on corruption and jealousy all members of the legislative committee were opposed to mr dark outlining the defense mr faulkner show that the proceedings against mr dark had really had their origin in the senatorial contest of 1893 when the idea of springing an intended of mr dark upon the legislature was conceived by the daly faction and that the leader of the faction lad turned prophet in december and declared that it dark had shown his head something would be heard to drop and that he would drive dark out of the state other points of defense were outlined and the statement was made that it necessary each charge against the senator will be met by direct and positive proof of its falsity after hearing these preliminary statements the committee held an executive session to decide upon the status of the papers before it but after considerable discussion on the points adjourned without action the hearing of testimony will begin tomorrow |