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Show BRIBEItYJy MONTANA A LEOIBLATOIt ENTRArB A 8EN-ATOIHAL 8EN-ATOIHAL CANDIDATE. Claims Tlial ll.pri.nt.lltM nf Mltllnnlr Hark ! Him MO.OlMl tVllh Uhlrh to I'orchsHi Vl..-C1lk 1'r.i-ita KniplMllrallr lnj lbHlorjr. Helena, Mont. Jan. II State Bena-tor Bena-tor F. M. Whiteside of Flathcnd county has turned over to the bribery Investigating Investi-gating committee thirty Milt of tho denomination of 81,000 each, which he twrara were given to him for the par po of buying votes for W. A. Clark of ,of llutte for United titale tenator. Whltrtlile claims be went to John II. Welcome, a llutte attorney, supposed to represent Mr. Clark, and Intimated that be would take money and vote for Clark, and for more money would get three other tneinbert to do llkewlte. He swears he did all this for the sole and virtuous purpose of expotlng corruption cor-ruption and doing a noble duty In the service of the state. The committee It conducting a thorough thor-ough Investigation, and tbe money haa been ordered turned over into tho state treatury. Friends of Mr. Clark deny In to to the story of Wbttetlde. and declare the whole a damnable conspiracy on tho part of hit opponent. |