Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-09
MUCHEv| |DENCE
IS OFFERED
Before the Supreme Court in the Dis
barment Case of Attorney
Welcome.
SENATOR ANDERSON ON THE STAND
Says He Was Approached by Whtesde With Propo-
siton to Vote For Clark for Senator But Refused it
--Other Witnesses Put the Stand--The Famous
Packages of rloney Were Placed in Evidence Court
Was in Quandary for Short Time.

should be settled now. The attorney gen
eral denied there was other evidence of
that nature and the court ordered the
evidence to stand for the present, re-
serving the right to exclude later
Senator Anderson then told of the for
nation of the joint investigating commits
tee, of his being appointed chairman and
OF Whitesde's appearance before the
committee with the envelopes containing
the money and the subsequent proceed
lngs of the committee with the money
being turned over to the state treasurer.
His cross-exa mnation consisted chiefly
| of what he said to Whiteside when he
| refused the offer. He could not remember
verba tim.
Il told him could not do it. He never
! asked me to do it again, although he told
me of dealing with Others"
| Wallace asked to have the latter por-
ton of the answer stricken out. Mr..
Nolan objected, saying the attorney
| wanted to gamble with the evidence, ac-
| cepting what suited and rejecting the
other. Wallace said that if he had inter
| rupted the witness he would have been
charged with chding. 1t was stricken
! out.
| State Treasurer Collins was called to
produce the famous $50, 900. He identified
four envelopes handed him by the attor-
ney general as the ones containing the
money when placed in his keeping, where
! they had been since received from the
chairman Of the joint investigating COM
mittee, excepting for short time when
before the grand jury. Before surren-
derng them he had checked off the num-
Der and denomination of each bill He
produced slip of paper bearing these
and drawing 100000 from his pocket pro-
ceeded with the aid of the attorney gem
eral to check off each bill assigning he
greenbacks to their proper envelopes
This proceeding was closely followed by
the spectators The currency was then
offered in evidence.
The chief justice told Collins to take
the money with him. eve don't want
it here" he said. The audience smiled.
James Swan, manager of the Westeri,
Union office here, testified briefly as to
the disposition made with messages that
had been sent. He said a copy was kept
six months and then destroyed
Senator w. A. Clark of Madison county
returned yesterday from Kansas CITY to
appear al the hearing and was called to
the stand. He went over his testimony
before the joint investigating committee,
telling how he joined with Whiteside in
the latter's proposed scheme of ferreting
out the alleged bribery Jan. 4, accom-
panied by Whitesde. he entered room 2O7.
Helena hotel, where he found Welcome
and A. j. Steele, remaining ten or fifteen
minutes. He detailed his conversation
with Welcome. The latter said he want
ed Clark and said to witness:
I'VE want you and want you hard. We
want to get the votes. If we can't get
other"
II asked him how much there was in
it for me and Welcome said $4,000. l
. said all right. Welcome said that if !
, would vote for Clark whenever nv vote
was needed ! would receive the money
whether Clark was elected or not. The
money was to be held by Whitesde.
II said l would have to see the money!
continued the witness, telling them
don't do business that way" He repeat.
ed the story of receiving the money tina,
, evening practically the same as the tes
timony before the committee. He Wen
, to Welcomes room. Welcome explained
in Whiteside's presence that the none,
, was to be turned over to Clark when h.
voted as agreed. Welcome then called
the witness 20 one side to examine pic
: ture. ramarkiuG that the folding door,