The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-14

Staff Correspondence of the Standard.
Helena, Nov. 1S.-The town is filling
up and the witnesses for the defense.
which will open their case tomorrow
morning, are, for the most part, on
hand,
Ben j. Fine arrived to-day from Mad
ison county with number of men who
are here for the purpose of trying to
impeach the character of w. A. Clark
of Madison county. Fine has these
men herded at the Cosmopolitan hotel.
| Among them are George Kennedy, L. G.
Porter and old Governor Pollinger.
| There is also a large crowd here from
various parts of Madison county. They
are under charge Of Geiger and are
herded at the Cosmopolitan.
Ben Folk is here, the man who
charges attempt of Whiteside to bripc
in the election a year ago. ]. II. Har-
ris is here and Brown and Bowen of
| Libby. B. r. Peeler Of the First Ma
| tional bank ie here, the man reputed
! to have carried Garr's money for him.
| j. Fl. Graves Is here. Colonel Moore,
| the editor of Kalispell paper and s.
II. Butler Of the legislature Of 1898 are
here. Robinson, the Kalspen jeweler,
is also here. And there are a number
of the leading citizens of Flathead
county here, too, who, when the proper
time comes, will testify to the good
character of Fred Whiteside.
| Carr Is Cached.
Last, but not least of the Flathead
| witnesses, Carr is here. Carr is not
! herding with the others. He is cached
at the Grand Central hotel He and
| his wife have been there several days.
| Their meals and their mail are carried
up to them and their presence is care
fully guarded. 1t is not known just
will be remembered that he was sub
poenaed at Kahspell, as his deposition
| was wanted in the taking of evidence
in the case of Whiteside VS.. the Miner
But he suddenly left the country and
| was reported to be in Spokane. He is
back now and is slowed away as the
| bright particular jewel among the ac-
l
! who can't understand why it should be
necessary to keep Garr's presence in
| the city a secret. Why should he not
| be allowed to walk the streets of the
capital city as an honest legislator
| should, to hold up his head and talk
with his friends? Why should it be
necessary to make him virtually pris-
oner-to forbid him the freedom of the
city--he who a year ago was elected by
the trusting people of his county to rep
| resent them in the legislature of the
state?
! A number of other members of the
| legislature are here, too-men who will
admit that they are honest. Marcyes.
Fine, Bywater, Mclaughlin. Hobson,
are among them. 1t is understood that
they will go on the stand and swear
that they never got any money for vot-
| ing for Clark. There are also witnesses
! to swear to the good character of Well
| come, and clients of his who will swear
that they are just as ready to trust
| him and engage him as an attorney
now as they We're before the legislative
| session.
The court this morning decided to
limit the number of character witnesses
for and against each man attacked TO
six. This will prevent the trial from
being dragged to an interminable ex-
! tent.
| Trades of Abuse.
Recognizing the fact that some Of the
| Clark witnesses and some of the legis-
lators who voted for Clark last Win
| ter are a little reluctant to carry
| Clarlls burden any longer, the Clark
! press has opened up it's TRADES of abuse
in order to arouse the prejudices of any
| whose prejudices might have been Ian
gushing, and they have told to those
who could not see why they should
| take up Clark's fight that Daily is prac-
tically dead and that if they want to
escape dire punishment they must get
! into the Clark band wagon at once.
| The Butte Inter Mountain started out
Friday evening with the statement that
DAILY is very sick and his recovery
| doubtful.
The Miner and the Independent fol-
| lowed suit saturday morning with
| statements that Daily Is in a critical
| condition. and that even if he gets we'll
he must avoid all business cares for
| year The Helena Herald follows this
| evening with the publication of the
Miners item. Now, of course, such re-
ports could by no possibility have any
effect on the decision of the supreme
| sible the witnesses and legislators by
telling them the lie that Daily is about
to die and that if they don't do what
Clark wants them to there will be no
one to protect them from Clark's re-
| vengeful wrath. The design of these
abuse articles appearing in the Inde-
pendent each morning, and not written
by its editor, are to arouse If possible