The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-12

and had then agreed 20 meet Mr.. Well
come. He declared, in response to an in
quiry, that he did not belong to the DAILY
faction-"Never before nor since the meet
ing Of the legislature
NO INTENTION OF KEEPING 1T.
The witness said that when Mr.. Campbell
had approached him first he had under
stood that the use of money was to be
exposed, whether by Senator Clark or any
one else 1t was generally understood.
however. that Clark was using money and
that no others We're doing so in that con-
nection. He had not known that Mr.. Carap-
bell was a supporter of the DAILY faction.
The plan for him to take the money from
Welcome and mark and identify it
snd then turn 1T over to Whiteside had
been agreed on between himself and
Whiteside. He had not had any intention
OF holding the money himself. Replying to
a question. he said he was only a witness
in this case.
witness and detective, you mean," sug-
gested Mr.. Foster, to which the reply was:
eyes. If you call it detective work to go
into combination to expose bribery"
Mr.. Clark stated that when the 900
in money was taken out of his pocket
by Mr.. Welcome the latter laid it down
on a steam radiator in the corner of the
room. az was not interested in the pic
ture on the wall to which Mr.. Welcome
directed my attention." he said. 81 was
locking after the money" Speaking of the
fact that he had not kept some of his
promises to Mr.. Welcome. the witness said
that he did not consider it wrong to de-
ceive that kind of a man." Whether a
misrepresentation is reprehensible," he
said, in the same connection, depends
upon to whom you are making it and the
purpose for which it is made"
On redirect examination Mr.. Clark stated
that the $3.50 given him last June by
Mr.. DAILY had been given for the purchase
of a half interest in the Madisoriian, a
paper published in his (Mr. Clark's) town.
Fred w. Cowen, a railroad conductor of
Missoula, Mont, testified to going to
Helena during the sitting of the Legisla-
ture at the instance of w. E. Bickford,
who asked him to secure for Mr.. Clark
the support of Speaker Stiff, of the Mon
tana House of Representatives. The wit
ness testified that Mr.. Bickford had said
that up to that time, the 14th of January
support for Mr.. Clark, and that they were
willing to pay $4,000 for that support. The
witness had suggested that as Stiff was
committed to Conrad. the offer of 200
should be made to him to simply stay
away when the vote was reached, not cast
ing any vote for a candidate for the Sen
ate. Mr.. Bickford had asked for time to
see Mr.. Clark and when they had next
met had told him that $4,000 would be paid
ie Mr. Stiff would refrain from voting, and
that $1,000 would be given to him for his
services. Later Mr.. Bickford had said that
Mr.. Clark had become apprehensive that
Mr.. Stiff would not stand by the bargain
and had called the deal' off. Mr.. Cowan
said later that he had never mentioned the
proposition TO Mr.. Stiff. He was to have
talked with Stiff on the train going to
Missoula, but the proposition was with
drawn before the opportunity was pre-
sented.
On cross-examination Mr.. Cowan said
no promises had ever been made to him
fer making his revelations in this case.
Adjourned.