The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-11
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
Making Itself Ridiculous.

the WeiiGoIle case now on trial be-
fore the supreme court runs on
very long, w. A. Clark's Butte
newspaper, because of the awkward
manner in which it evades the printing
of the testimony, will win amusing dis
tinction as Montana's comic daily. 1t
makes, Of course, little odds-the Min
er's limited constituency is not looking
to 1t for an honest report of the testi-
IRONY taken day after day at Helena:
that publications. alleged summaries of.
the evidence are simply the funniest
thing out.
Yesterday morning the Standard d.
fected attention to the Miners shining
success in emitting all of the whiteside
evidence. In the same manner, it
franspires that the pressure of other
matter on it's Observation-Disclosures
It possible for the Miner to dodge, yet
mot artfully, all Of the telling testi-
Tnony given by State Senator Clark.
IN view Of what the Miner itself had
been saying right along. the public
had been led to believe that State SEN
ator CIark's testimony would be of
vital significance.
Yesterday morning the Standard
printed practically all of Mr.. ClarlI's
testimony and all OF the cross-examna-
tton-about six columns, all told. The
Miner was satisfied to let it go with
tie weak remark that. in court, State
Eenator W. A. Clark, of Madison coun-
fy. told the same story he had pre-
ELousiy related in the Investigating
canufttee." The fact is that, in court,
State Senator Clark testified that he
entered Mr.. Welcomes room. his pres
ence there having been arranged for,
ard the evidence runs on in this way:
We sat down and commenced to
AaEk about the matter, and Welcome
said: We want you in this fight
with US and we are going to win, and
we are going to get the votes to do it;
IL we can't do it in one way, we are
going to do it in another. We want
you to vote for Mr.. Clark. and we want
you bad I said: What is there in it?'
s'There is $40, 900 in it for you said all
right. Mr.. Welcome then made the re-
mark that he would turn the money
over to Mr.. Whiteside, il that was sat
isfactory. and the conditions were. is
he stated there, that I was to vote for
MIR. Clark for senator as long as they
requested it or until they saw that
WELCOME said they had not the money
now, that they had used all the big
bills in the Helena banks and that they
would turn the money over to White
side for me. I told him that 1 was
not going 70 do business in that kind
OF a way. He said that the old man.
referring to Mr.. Clark. would be in on
the evening train and bring a lot of
large bills
what did you say to that"
II said that would be satisfactory;
and that was the whole of the CONVEX
Bati0ra that I had with him then"
When did you again see him."
somewhere between and 10 o'clock
In the evening"
"And where did you see him?"
I'm room POI, Helena hotel"
How was 1t that you came to go to
The room at that timer"
Mr.. Whiteside told me that Mr.. Well
rome wanted to see me- and took me to
this room
ABOUT what hour of the day, what
time was it. the first interview"
Some time in the afternoon about
Or o'clock"
And the seeend?"
THAT was the same evening, be-
tween 9 and 10 o'clock"
And you went to room POI on ac-
count of an invitation extended to you
by Whteside7"
''Whiteside came after me ana said
Welcome wanted to see me and took
me to that ROOM
After you got there, whom did you
f1nd?"
II found Mr. Welcome there"
II wish you would detail now the
conversation that you had then and
who were in the room during the time
the conversation was carried on
Il went into the room where Mr..
Whiteside was and we sat around a
while, until Mr. welcome got up and
went over into the corner of the room
and called TO me that he wanted to
show me picture. I went over to him
and he pulled out an envelope and said
there is the money. / counted it and
there were 10 81, 900 bills"
Attorney General Nolan then asked
some questions in relation to the wit
CESS idea as to the location of the