Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-15
Special to the Inter Mountain.


Helena, Mont, Nov. 15.-More history
of the factions in the democratic party
in Montana was told the supreme court
this morning in the Welcome disDar-
ment case as we'll as rehash of differ
ences between Fred Whteside and the
Bricklayers and Stonemason's union of
Butte. The latter testimony CLEANED
from Secretary Rodgers of the Butte
union was introduced by Welcomes
counsel to show that Whiteside in his
fight on union labor was acting at the
behest Of the Anaconda company.
Senator Hobson testified and denied q
number Of reports as to what he may
have said to John S. NJ. Neill at Lewis
town prior to the election of 1898 of
his endeavoring to get republicans to
vote for Clark.
The proceedings We're rather tame 'ur-
ing the morning. VIM. Muth of Helena,
was the first witness. He said he was
a democrat and acquainted with John
r. Toole. He reviewed the action of
the democratic convention at Anaconda
and told how the Daily faction trumphed
in controlling the affairs of the conver-
ton. He related a conversation he had
with Toole in a Helena saloon the day
Whteside sprang his so-called exposure.
Toole became confidential and related
how Whiteside had tried to get him to go
into the affair but he declined Then A.
J. Campbell was got into it,
On cross -examina ton the witness ad-
mitted that Toole and the Daily faction
at Anaconda had first favored fusion,
then changed and that in the commit
tee that reported on the question of tu-
sion, Whiteside sided with J. Il. Toolc
in opposing it.
Secretary Rodgers of the Bricklayers
and Stonemasons union in Butte testi-
fled at length respecting the union S
troubles with WhiteSide while the latter
was building the Atlantic school in Butte.
He said in substance that WhiteSide Of
fered him $500 to induce a number Of
members of the union to withdraw from
the union and join the international
union with the understanding that after
! the building was finished they would be
given work on "The Hill; that m ndict
had gone forth from the powers in con-
troll on the "hill' that only members Of
4 the International uni0r would en-
ployed there and that if tic old men did
! not join that union they would be dis
: charged and that many quit.
| Nolan made objection to this char
acter of evidence as not connected with
the charge of bribery against Welcome.
j Welcomes counsel said it was intro
duced to show that Whitesde in return
for favors rendered in the legislature in
fighting Clark was being repaid by .he
support of the Anaconda company in his
fight on the union.
Argument followed argument as Rod
! gers testified but the court finally all,w-
ed him to answer, some of the members
of the court admitting that they hardly
saw the relevancy of the testimony 10
! the points at issue. Rodgers gave a
complete history of the unions troubles
with Whiteside. His cross-eXamina-
ton was long.
General II. c. Kessler was called to
testify as to Welcomes good reputation
in Butte He said it was excellent. Ha
also had high regard for the attorney
professional reputation. On cross-ny-
animation he said that 1t was true he
had been absent from the state for nine
teen months and that his opinion OF
Welcomes reputation was predicated
upon what he knew previously to going
to Manila.
State Senate S. S. RUoson of Utica
Fergus county. was then sworn. He
had not concluded his cross -eAainina-
tion when court adjourned at noon. He
said in response to questions that prior
to the election he had met John s. NJ
Neill in LewistoWn. The question OF
Clark's candidacy was not broached al
though the witness ioshed Neill about
the folly of democrats trying to elec,
any one in Fergus county. The witness
denied that his meeting with Neill in
Lewistown was pre-arranged. Neither
did he sa v that he would be elected il
the bank had to 60"
did you ever talk with Ben Phillip.
about his voting for Clarke"
.NO. I never talked with any republi.
can urging him to support Clark"
ibid you attend a caucus of the repub