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Show OBNAftOlfOLAnK HEWONa And U t,plnlnl'l,l fill the ll-stif by Artlnx (luttrixir apraie. Henator Ctark ft Montana hat resigned re-signed front the teoalr Ilia twig ll. tlon m entirely uneapMtetl and headed olT A report by the committee on prltllegea and elections which faTornl anemtlHg htai beranat of alleged ItIIkt.t of legislators to ae.ii re his election SinatorClark anmiunced his realgnatloii In a speech In whloli he retlewed the history of hla ease and bitterly nt lacked Mareaa Italy Actinic llurernor Hprague, a friend of Mark Immediately appointed Clark to the senate to scree nnlil theleglalalnre ball elect a sneceaaor Ooternor Smith A partisan of the Ihtly paople wat absent from the state Paly 4 friends cbarMlerlae the more as trickery Henator Clark waa notified oRlelally ot hla appointment and wired hi am'p'inre Kenator Chandler and others any the inoto Is not legal. I he resignation earns as a surprise. At U Wo elock, Jutt at the routine hiitl- nevi of the aeoate nat ooncliiiieii. sir. Clark quietly rota and ad lreed the chair lie dcslrnl, he said. In a low tense folctv to a I Irrsi the senate on A question of prlfllrge pemonal t him self Instantly there was a bus of enprctatlon in the chamber Senators from both sides of the main aisle hiir-rleil hiir-rleil to seats near Mr Clark, aud a huth fell upon the assemblage at tne Montana, senator began lo apeak At flrtt hla wordteould scarcely be (lennl but as he proceeded, hla Tola became clear, and while at no tlmcdkl he eprnk loudly, thtf Intense earnest n of his utterance enrrled his a I drras to the ri'lnnloet I writ ot the thamlier , Ills addreaa waaa sharp arraignment of the committee a action and report, an ani) , discussion of eTldcnco aildtu the liiTestlgatlon, an ca- planatlui i pollllosl aud butluess affairs af-fairs In Montana and a bICter rxcorla tlon of Marcus Dily and lilt friends. |