The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-11

tions which they named These condi-
lions were that 1 was to vote for w. A.
Clark of Butte as long as they request
ed it, or until they saw there was no
chance for his election to the senate.
Not Enough Big Bills.
Welcome said to me: Il haven't got
the currency now; we have paid out so
much and have used up all the big bills
we could find in the Helena banks, but
it is all right we will turn the money
over to Whiteside for you
told him l had no doubt that they
would. but 1 wasn't going to do bust
ness in that way. and they would have
| to produce the money and let me count
it to see that it was right and I would
seal it up and turn it over to White
side in his presence, after marking
! the envelope so that I could identify it
| in case anything happened to White
side. Mr.. Welcome then said that
the "old man." (meaning W. A. Clark
of Butte), would be in on the evening
train and he would bring with him
lot of currency in large bills, and that
he would see me again that evening
and fix it up.
1aft 1ln nd a
half past or 10 o'clock that night on
Jan. 4, 1899, Whiteside come to me and
said that Welcome wanted to see me.
Mr. Whiteside and myself went to-
gether to room 201 in the Helena hotel,
and after talking a little while Mr..
Welcome took me over into the corner,
took an envelope out of his pocket, took
out a bunch of bills and said there was
$4,000 there. l took the bills and count
ed them over and there was 10 $1,000
bills. I placed them back in the en-
velope, sealed the envelope and wrote
my initials on the seal flap. I then
wrote across one end of the envelope
the words, 1.-THE property of w. A
Clark" Under that the words, Under
understood conditions" and then spread
a large blot of ink on the envelope as
an additional mark of identification. l
then took the envelope, and in Mr..
| Welcomes presence delivered it to Mr..
Whteside
Mr.. Welcome then wanted me to go
and see Representatives Paul and Met
len of Beaverhead county, and see if 1
couldn't get them to vote for Mr..
Clark. This I agreed to do, but l never
did it, I then left the room and left
Mr.. Whiteside and Mr.. Welcome
! there
fully all you know about this mat
ter?
Al have.
Q.-Have you had any other offers to
buy your vote for a candidate for the
United States senate other than as you
| have above detailed?
Al have not.
Q.-Do you know of your own knowl-
edge of other brides being offered or
taken to influence a vote for United
States senator?
Al do not.
Q.-What object and purpose did you
have in your negotiations and dealings
with Mr.. Welcome?
Any object was to secure evidence
to show that money was used to bride
members of the legislature and to in
t1uence their vote on the enatorship.
Ex-senator Clark, you may examine
the envelope I hand you and state
whether or not it was the one that was
delivered to you by Mr.. Welcome and
by you delivered to Senator White
side?
Alt is. The writing on the en-
velope is that put there by me in Mr.
Welcomes presence and after he had
delivered it to me. The witness exam
ined the envelope and contents, and
the envelope contains 10 $1,000 bills.
The envelope and contents is also Of
fered and received in evidence as an
exhibit to the above evidence of the
said W. A. Clark.
(Signed) w. A. CLARK.
Congressman Campbell.
Albert J. Campbell, being duly sworn,
deposes and says
Q.-State your residence, age and oc-
| cupation?
| Al reside at Butte, Mont, age Al,