Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-01
after SOME CASH
Fred Whiteside, the 24-Day
State Senator
SUES THE MINER PUB. co.
And lis Trustees and Editor For
100000 For Alleged
Libel.
THE MINER PUB. co.

Fred Whiteside, the Flathead county
resident who created a stir in the state
senate a few weeks ago by producing
$3c,000 in greenbacks and claiming that 1T
was money w. A. Clark had offered for
votes in the interest of his candidacy
for the United States senate, has brought
an action for damages against the Miner
Publishing company. Senator-elect w. A.
Clark, Alexander w. Johnston, A. H.
Wethey and Harry G. Sultzer. The suit
is for 800, 600. In his complaint. filed in
the district court, the plaintiff alleges
that his reputation has been damaged to
the extent mentioned by reason of the
publication of articles in the Butte Miner
during the senatorial contest. Alexander
Johnston, one of the defendants, is cash
Ter at Mr.. Clark's bank: Mr.. Wethey is
manager of the Butte Reduction works
and Mr.. Sultzer is editor of the Miner.
Whiteside has two alleged causes of
action and asks for judgment for 10000
in each. in the first he alleges that
Messrs. Johnston, Clark and Wethey are
trustees Of the Miner Publishing COM
pany; that H. G. SultZer is the editor of
the paper; that he, the plaintiff, acted as
a member Of the upper branch of the
legislature from January 3 to January
q, 1899; that W. A. Clark was a candi-
date for the United States senate and
John B. Welcome and Charles w. Clark
were his duly authorized managers and
representatives and held themselves out
to be and acted as such with the knowl-
edge and consent of the said w. A.
Clark; that before the convenig of the
legislature and thereafter there were ac-
cusations and rumors of bribery current
in connection with the senatorship, and
said rulnors We're of general notoriety
throughout the state.
The plaintiff then goes into details rel
ative to the alleged payment of the $780,
900 to him by Welcome to be used in
buying votes for W. A. Clark. and gives
the testimony submitted by him at the
investigation. Then follows the article
which Whiteside alleges besmirched his
"A Damnable conspiracy. DAILY crowd
spring their promised sensation. Bung-
ling work at the outset.
estate Senator Whitesides, notorious
for his connection with the charges
against the state capitol commission, the
tool used by the gang who are attempt
ing to run things at Helena or the Ana
conda. plan. Abortive attempt to stam-
pede members Of the legislature by the
exhibition Of money and charges of
bribery. Whole thing bears evidence of
having been cooked up BY the arch con-
spirators for use on the day when the
first ballot for United States senator was
to be taken. Result of the vote shows
that the scheme did not pan out as well
as expected.
How desperate the c~onspirators must
have been is evidenced by the fact that
$4,000 of DAILY money is turned over to
the state just to create the impression
that an effort was being made to buy a
seat in the senate
Whiteside alleges that all this was
false and hurt him.
He also objects to the use of the fol-
lowing language, which he alleges was
published in the Miner:
'How desperate the c~onspirators must
have been is evidenced by the fact that
$4,000 Of DAILY money is turned sover to
the state just to create the impression
that an effort was being made to buy a
seat in the senate"
The plaintiff says the defendants
meant thereby to charge and accuse him
with having received from Marcus DAILY
the sum of $50, 900 and to have conspired
with Daily and others to make it ap-
pear by false testimony given before the
investigating committee that the money
had been received by the plaintiff from
Welcome, w. \. Clark and c. w. Clark,
The second alleged cause of action has
reference to the publication of an article
bearing the heading:
Filthy remarks or WnlteSlde. Per-
sonal representatives of Marcus DAILY
shouted with glee when the s%coundrel as
sailed the virtue of the women of Hell
ena."
1t referred to Whiteside as a "per-
jured and constituencies villain" a
''masculine strumpet," a political
bawd." a 'well-paid harlot of a con-
scienceless gang of party wreckers,
whose false lights CLEAN on every head
land of democracy in the state of Mon
tana."
Them there We're published several
other articles to which Whitesidt 5 seems