The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-05-11
What WILLBESHOWN
ElcOr's Attorneys Make Their Open
ing Statement.
FEARED THE CONSEQUENCES
me Secretary Thought That a
Confession of His Carslessness
Would inJure Him. SO He Told
Mr.. Greenfield an untruth.
speeIal pIspateh 70 the s,andnrd.

Special Dispatch TO the STANDARD
Helena. May lO.-The lawyers for
John Bloor. the senate secretary,
charged with secretlng the salary bill
passed the last day OF the last session,
to-day outlined their defense. Their
motion To acquit. ON the ground that
the Indictment was defective because OF
the omission Of the word did" was
oNerrulcd by Judge smith at the begin
ning of the session and Lawyer Garlic
ton made the opening statement for the
defense. lie said that they would en-
deaNor tn prove that the bill WAS mis-
laid during the excitement and worry
OF the last night. that there were nu-
merOus excursions by the members and
attaches To the barroom down stairs.
and that Rloor. who was no better nor
worse than the average run OF men.
had Joined the excursions. and that
there was confusion. amid which il
was easily possible for the bill to have
found It's way into a pile OF papers and
tn have been lost temporarily
Treasurer Hinds OF Silver Bow fought
the bill openly, he said. aud had IL
amended so that II would suit him and
then withdrew from the contest And
II would be shown, said MIR. Carleton.
that the salary bill did not pass the
senate until between and 4 o'clock in
| II
should have been. according To the
state constitution. adjourned by limlta-
ton OF time. And then II would he
shown. too. he added, that Mr.. Bloor
part In the subsequent transactions
connected with the finding OF the bill
was simply mistake. He discovered
that he had mislaid an important docu-
ment and he was panic-stricken. In
stead of admitting that he had mislaid
II, he feared the consequence Of the un-
intentional act and feared that IL would
reflect upon the men who had youched
for him. and when he was asked about
IL he lied at first, but afterward was
! willing To admit that he had done so.
/ Mr.. Carleton continued.
John Bloor made "a great mistake.
He had made good reputation as an
| officer of the senate. Here was an i'm
portant measure which he had failed to
carefully look after Mr.. Greenfield
came in and asked for that bill. He
did just what many others would have
done. lie did not tell MIR. Greenfield
the truth. AZ he had Mr.. Corbly. He
feared the censure that would rest upon
| him for having neglected his duty. He
was weak then. but he was not Grim
| inal, and there Is no evidence here to
show that he tried to conceal the salary
bill during the Legislative session
Senator Watt testified To the excel
lent manner in which Bloor had kept
the records " the senate. Then the de-
fense called Representative w. A.
Clark OF Madison. who denied that he
had written an article In the Madi-
soninn about the loss of the bill. IL
| was intended TO show that Mr. Clark
had an animus against Mr.. Bloor and
was prosecuting him. Seth Maxwell. a
page. was asked whether there was any
confusion the last night Lots Of II,
he answered. Mr.. Carleton asked Seth
II he saw Mr. Bloor wink at anyone.
mo. SIR" replied the page.
"If he had winked, wouldn't you have
seen hm?"
mo. sir. We were all wlnking that
night" The audience laughed.
| =. A. ID. Hahn. an attache OF the office
OF the secretary OF state. described two
other bills that were considered through
the session. Mr.. Clark had told how hs
saw the bill In Bloor's hands and knew
IL because he recognized the schedule
of salaries and that il could have been
no other bill. Mr.. Hahn told how Sem
ator Hannah had introduced some sal
AIRY bills that contained similar schcd-
ules.
County Treasurer Kinds OF Silver
Bow county said that he opposed the
bill and sought To have II amended. He
said II did not affect him personally.
How does 1t affect your deputy" he
was asked.
1T raises his salary .2j month";" he
replied.
Mr.. Kinds denied that Bloor had
winked at him the last night. as Repre-
sentative Clark had said. He was
| asked about a conversation Prosecuting
Attorney Purcell thought he had had
with another man In Butte restaurant
In which he said his share Of the fund
to beat the bill was 81. Mr.. Kinds re-
| piled:
"You have the wrong man. l never
| made such a remark
What do YOU mean by saying You
have the wrong NAM" he was asked.
II mean" replied Mr.. Kinds. that
never made the statement: but | un-
derstand that the prosecuting attorney
of Silver Bow county made that re-
mark once" Court adjourned until
Wednesday.