Archivo: William A. Clark - The Anaconda Standard political cartoon 28 Oct 1900

Description: Political cartoon from the 28 October 1900 issue of The Anaconda Standard (Montana) depicting the multimillionaire William A. Clark bribing state legislators to vote for him to become the United States Senator from Montana. Clark is throwing wads of money through hotel transom windows. John H. Geiger, a state senator from Flathead County, had testified before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections in Washington, DC, that a package containing $1100 had been, he believed, thrown through the transom to the floor of his hotel room in Helena.
Title: William A. Clark - The Anaconda Standard political cartoon 28 Oct 1900
Credit: User scan of Foor, Forrest L. (May 1941). The Senatorial Aspirations of William A. Clark, 1898-1901: A Study in Montana Politics, Ph.D. thesis, following p. 55. Berkeley, California: University of California. Listing at WorldCat.
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