The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
Congressman. but he 10 Just As dirty ~ I am.

Co9fressman but he is Just As dirty - I am.
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the committee held a long executive ses;
slotl and when the doors were reopened and
Ing room. Hii was further Examined. HY said
that Il, the persons who had made anidavits
IKE bis cwnl Wright had been paid $3.50 and
sums Of $50 and $40, and two sums OF $50 and
s25 by Campbell. Since that time Collins had
peen working on the Anaconda mine owned oy
Witness went on with a long story. about
s oHhp6e and Whlteside paving money 70 MN III
which Campbell. after giving him 5000 $3.50.
sag he would want him 70 e. 70 Washington,
know that pnper OF niue IL not true. and. there
Is 70 use 10 your taking me down there, 49,
MI, faulkner-Do you know where all this
Miness-Ths only way | can answer that. is
iT9m ihs conversa,ions that had with White.
Whiteside said to me-. March,. DAILY never Inn
ted US but at the same time he never rave US
A4 N T nn.wsr s 70 Sasst 20 @GSS BY 'SSr. Faulkner. Wit
ness spoke OF a conversation he had had with
k.cior one Of The witnesses for the rempon;
his testimony being SO long and Rector said. Il
might As well come out. because there was
hothins In II ana no one believed Il" ..
any money A. He told me he was to get $500
to cone here and testify.
81 pid you have any further conversation
witncssi 4. Yes: I met Mr.. Campbell at his
hotel last saturday, evening and he told me to
60 hone and to make no more statements. ana
give ito me-. He said. Every promise thati
made you | will keep"
IN REORGANIZATION by Mr.. Campbell. the
witness said be had naypr rpNaiypd n dollar
from Mr.. Clark. lie had received $8l from
yS 70. What !b4 v T.i tns' %s%saY ' 'ss.s to Ike, ,ss for, & .ea a
fellow. ! do not know that l tried to influence
any one to vote for Mr.; Clark. except Meyers.
was paid to mo for going to Helena and doing
anything ! could to help In the election of Mr..
Clark, tried to push It along.
before this committee' A, Not a dollar.
q. You have not been promised any,thinRl
4, Nor a nickel, nor a dime; have not had 30
tn. wI'ps.- said he haa dictated the a%fhdssii
to MI; Liitle' and that Little had copied it On a
and a half or two days, Campbell and White
s snTsN We're present ss sent. ana q they hey ma ~ W the hon.
They had as much to do with il as he had.
Tho witness having been released Mr.. Camp
bell mnie this statement to the commit as
counsel:
The statement made by Mr.. Lyon yester.
day. as to my, Offering him money for testi:
mony before this committee, is absolutely and
Lyon. He had made a statement as to what he
knew and ! asked him TO verify IL. He started
TO verify il AM 1 raid him $500 for his ex.
regard to Mr.. Hills statement. he came to my
Office and started In To write the affidavit him.
sell; After a while he said he could MT very
well do u. as he wanted 10 go home He asked
ent part Of the time, but Mr. whlteside. was no:
there at all. Hill made the statement from his
own memory. and not at any instigation from
me at all. Hi told me he thought he could get
a statement from Drs., Minchall and Wright,
in Zen, Wi yir. " Liit 'S V Win nn1 him i'm 81 for n that Re ST parpS ans
Mr.. Little came back and told me he had drawn
two drafts on mo for .Sl5u for Hill ana Min.
chall. ] told him he should not have done 40.
and that IL was impossible for us now. to use
them as witnesses, have never paid Hill any
money Tor doing anything wrong or crooked l
never asked him to testify to anything that was
not absolutely true. told him and every
other witness brought here that | did not want
anything but the truth. -,
eon to believe that the statements furnished to
you were untrue2
Mr.. CamrbelI-.The Sunday after this invest
Birnsy. and when Nj. Birney came out he said
TINT some OF The facts set forth in the AFFIDAVIT
which Hill made, he said now. were not true.
and We decided not TO usa Hill a. n witness.
Mr. Blrney. another Of the counsel for the
remonstrants, made a statement OF his inter-
course with Hill. He said:
Il was emp Dyed IN this matter two days be-
fore the hearing commenced. On Sunday ev.
ering. the day after the opening. Mr.. Campbell
requested me to meet Hill and others. We re-
tired 10 an inner room aud | talked with Hill.
! did not then have tho affidavit in my possess
sion. but | did have a reduction Of II. With
that paper in my hand | went over
It. line By line and phrase by phrase.
with Hill. and | made the corrections
which he suggested. The alterations are
here in my handwriting. Part ofthe matter he
told mo 10 strike out. That IA the paragraph
relating TO a trip made 10y Welcome and Hill
10 the railroad station where according to this
statement they gOt u valisc with money in II.
He tod me 10 strike that out. and | did 90. The
other material statements contained in the
AFFIDAVIT were all affirmed hv him. | told Hill
before examined him that | wanted the whole
truth. and nothing but the truth. He told mo
that Mr. Campbell had said the same To- him.
! reported the result OF this Interview TO Mr..
Campbell. Hill expressed 10 me u great desire
10 b" relieved from testifying In chief. saying
that he would make ia q splendid witness in
rehuttal. In conference with my associates
after that 1t was determined not to call Hill.
a. we could not rely on anything he might say.
He did not tell me AT any time that his state
ment was false and must say that | thought
that what he was telling me was true"
Messrs. Campbell and Birney were informed
by the committee that they would have to ties.
THY 10 their statements IA witnesses.
After hearing tho testimony of /. 7, Nor
moyle and Ryan ID. Burns in contradiction OF
some OF the testimony in chief. the committee