The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
NHITES|DE ON THE RACK
RIGID CRoss-ExAMINATIoN OF THE
MONTANA STATE SENATOR.
The Whole Day i'm the Clark Inquiry
Devoted to Him, and II II AM
nounced the Defense Will Take
Three Days More Examining.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.--The debate up
on the Philippine question In the senate
today had the effect OF reducing to about
an hour and q half in time the sittiuEs
of the committee on privileges and cleo
lions In the case Of Senator Clark, OF Mon
tana. When the committee adjourned. at
noon, 1t W sa with the expectation that an
afternoon session would be held, but the
expectation was disappointing, because Of
the desire of the members Of the COM
mittee to be present at the Philippine
discussion.
Former State Senator whiteside was the
only witness before the committee, this
making the third day that he was on the
stand.
/. He was again today under cross-exami-
nation by ex-senator Faulkner. When the
committee adjourned at noon Mr.. Faux
ner said he had covered only about half
the ground he had laid out to cover In his
inquiries.
The effort Of the defense was devoted
today to breaking down Mr.. Whiteside's
direct testimony and his statements made
in Montana and to showing that either his
memory was poor or that he spoke falsely.
The questions turned upon compare
lively small points as to times and places
when he had conversations reported by
him, and when the events detailed by him
had transpired. The defense revealed Its
purpose through brief statement made
by Mr.. Foster, to the effect that they
self had placed In the envelopes the $780,
900 In 1000 bills which were turned over
to the state treasury.
Ex-State Senator Whiteside was cross
examined by Faulkner. He identified
two envelopes exhibited, which, he said
had contained the money given to him
to hold members of the legislature. They
fv,ltt o1o Nd ,th xtfca
which Whiteside said had been placed
on the envelopes at the time the money
was deposited in them.
Mr.. Whiteside said that after receiving
the money for the members Of the legis-
lature he had placed 1t in bank safe
deposit vault, but that when he took 1t
out, previous to the exposure. he pinned
an envelope containing 1t to the underside
Of the bottom of drawer In a dressing
case in his room.
In answer to a question the witness said
he had nothing else in the drawer. He
had, he added only rented the drawer at
the time he received the first money.
Whiteside said he had been before the
Lewis and Clarke county grand jury for
less than an hour, which was his expla-
nation of the fact that he had given the
names of men in his testimony here
which had not been given to the grand
jury, as the names of men who had been
improperly influenced in Clarks favor.
He also said that in approaching MEM
bers of the legislature in Clarke's behalf
he had done so with the hope that they
would refuse the brides offered when he
had intended to advise them OF his plan
of exposure, but that when he found a
man willing to accept the money offered
he did not take him into his confidence.
An effort was made to show that
Whiteside had no positive knowledge of
the placing Of money in the envelopes
from which the $4,000 was taken and
turned over to the state, and in this con-
nection the counsel for Clark stated that
It was the purpose Of the defense to show
that Whiteside had placed the money
there himself.
No afternoon session Of the committee
was held.