The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-08
BUTTE News.
STORY OF The BRIBERY
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said I would be well paid. for anything
I did and for my support. In the latter
part of the conversation he said he
would be willing to give me 100000
What did you say to that"
las remember it, said that wou1i
be satisfactory. or something like that.
He said the money would be paid to
Mr.. NeiM for me-"
WAS it paid to Mr.. Neill?"
Yes, sir
'How do you know" W.;
HE showed it to me-"
Saw tho Money.
Mr.. Whiteside said he was in the Of
: flee of Mr.. Neill when the latter showed
him the money. 1t was in bills in an
envelope.
ibid you get any of that money from
Mr.. Neill?"
n Yes. Several times he asked me if I
/. wanted some Of the money and my re-
ply was in the negative but fearing he
might get suspicious of my refusal 1
said he might give a part of it, and he
. gave me $4,000 or $4,000 I kept it until
next day. / was in Mr.. Welcomes
room and he was complaining that he
could not get enough money in large
sized bills, and l told him about the
money Mr.. Neill gave me and said did
not need it and he could have it, so I
y turned it over to him. I do not know
how much there was. but I gave him
sall that Mr.. Neill had given me-"
The witness said Welcome told him
that Charles w. Clark, Steele, Bickford.
Neill and Davidson were working for
I. him and that Whitesde could consult
\ with them Mr.. Whiteside was asked If
he had also had conversations with w.
A. Clark Of Butte with reference TO
what was being done. Mr.. Welcome
entered an objection:
I'VE are not here to investigate the
senatorial election on a hearing of dis
barment proceedings on specific
charges
Justice Brant1y said he saw nothing
in the charges or the testimony to con
meet Clark With the actions of Well
come. and Mr.. Nolan replied that he
would show a joint action and that
Clark himself acted on members of the
1egisla ture and made general offer
of $4,000 to every democrat who would
vote for him. The testimony was al
lowed to go in and Mr.. Whiteside said
that he had long conversation with
Mr.. Clark in Mr.. Welcomes room at
the Helena in relation to his candidacy
and as to the support of different mem
bers of the legislature. Among the
names mentioned was that of Senator
Anderson.
" MIR. Clark asked me about the pos
sibility of securing Mr.. Anderson's sup
port. | don't remember my answer, but
Mr.. Clark said he did not believe that
Mr.. Anderson could be bought with
money like other members. ] also had
a previous conversation with Mr.. Well
come about Senator Anderson and he
requested me to see Mr.. Anderson and
try to get him to support Mr.. Clark.
He said he had stated that he would
III n
he would pay Mr.. Anderson more than
that
Talked With Welcome.
Mr. Whiteside said he visited Well
comes room frequently, a number of
times a day. for about two weeks. Dur
ing these visits he had frequent con-
versation with Welcome about differ
ent senators and representatives. The
witness was asked to give the substance
of conversations he had regarding j. H.
Geiger, Senators Hobson, Myers. Tier
ney. Warner, Carr, Clark. Norris and
Marceyes, Gallwey, Fine, Medlin, Paul,
Beasley, More, Jacqueth, Stiff McLaug
lin, Bywater, Sullivan. Long, Woods.
Mckay, Normoyle, Myers, Tierney,
Warner and Carr.
did you at any time have any con-
versation with Mr.. Welcome with ref
erence to Mr. Geiger?" asked Mr.. No
Ian.
only once. during which he said that
Gefger had been around to see him
about getting his support in Geiger's
contest for my seat in the seante. Mr..
Welcome said Geiger had promised to
vote for Mr.. Clark, provided he was
seated
Did you have any conversation with
Mr.. Welcome about Senator Hob
son?''
81 don't know. had a conversation
with Neil1 in which he fold me that he