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

willing to aid him in exposing the at
tempted bribery. He then detailed to
me the part that he desired Senator
| Clark to act, and l then went to Mr..
| Clark, took him to my room in the
hotel and outlined policy that he was
| requested to pursue. Mr.. Clark said
that while he was willing. to take hold
know that he wanted to take that part.
He said that he would let me know the
next morning. In the morning l met
| him in the senate chamber, and he told
me that he was willing to dc it. I don't
| remember whether I sent him to Mr..
| Whiteside or not but I. did make ar
| rangements for a meeting in my room,
No. lis, in the Helena hotel. I after
ward saw Mr.. Clark and he told me
that he and Mr. Whiteside had agreed
upon the mode of procedure, and on
the night that Mr.. Clark went away
he told me that Mr.. Welcome had paid
him $4,000, to be left in Mr.. White
sides hands under certain conditions,
and that he and Mr.. Whiteside intend
ed to return the money into the house
of representatives or senate.
(Signed) A. J. CAMPBELL.
Henry l.. Myers.
Henry L. Myers, being first duly
sworn, deposes and says:
Q.-State your name, age, residence
and occupation.
A.-Henry L. Myers, age IS years.
residence, Hamilton, Mont, occupation
lawyer.
Q.-What official position do you hold
at present time, if any?
A.-State senator for Ravilli county,
Montana.
Q.-When did you arrive in Helena?
A.-Dec. 30. 1898.
Q.-Prior to your arrival in Helena,
had you heard any rumors of bribery
in connection with the selection with a
United States senator for Montana?
A.-Nothing definite.
Q.-Were you interviewed after your
arrival in Helena by any candidates or
parties representing candidates for the
United States senate, and if so, state
by whom?
Ayes. by a good many, in general
way.
Q.-Was there at any time any sug
gestion made to you as to the purchase
of your vote for any candidate for the
United States senate?
A.-By Senator Whiteside but not
with the view of delivering it.
Odd you have any conversation
with Mr.. Whiteside relative to enter
ing into a scheme to expose certain cor
rupt practices? if so, you may detail the
circumstances thereof
A.-Last Tuesday, Senator, Whteside
asked me to go to his room with him at
the Hotel Warren in this city, and
went with him. When we got there,
Senator Whiteside said that W. A.
Clark of Butte, was corruptly using a
great deal of money in his senatorial
fight, and that he (Senator Whiteside)
had been offered the sum of $4,000 by
agents of w. A. Clark of Butte to get
his vote for Clark for United States
senator and that he could get the same
offered me for my vote for w. A. Clark,
and that he was authorized to make
that offer to me, and that he could get
to hold pending my vote. for the pur-
pose of getting evidence of bribery. He
spoke of the advisability of our taking
up the proposition and getting the
money put into his hands in order to
eApose lHe oIIuptloH lOlu SeHdlo OF
Whiteside that I would never, under
any circumstances, vote for w. A. Clark
for the United States senate, and that |
had made up my mind to have nothing
to do with him or his money but as
| to this proposition, that / would have
| to consider it a while, as il had never
| occurred to me before and l did not
care to go into it hastily. He asked me
| to think 1t over, and I told him would.
I thought the matter over for several
| days, and last Saturday I told friend of
mine, in whose judgment I had great
| confidence, that had an opportunity to
| get $4,000 of w. A. Clark's money de-
posted in the hands of another party,
for the purpose of influencing my vote