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The subcommittee by which the papers
/ brought by Mr.. Kurtz had been examined
] reported, and Mr.. Kurtz was recalled
4 The bank statement showed that there
were two certificates Of deposit Of $1,000
each deposited by State Senator Parker
on February IS. 1899. State Senator BY
water deposited $4,000 on March g. 1893;
State Senator Tierney deposited sl4. go on
May % 1899, Mike Shoyelin, another mem
Der Of the Legislature, deposited $500 on
March 2 1899.
Mr.. Kurtz said that Tierneys deposit
was the proceeds Of bank stock which he
had sold.
Mr.. Pealer. President of the Kalispen
National Bank, was recalled Nj. Jacqueth's
account with that bank showed deposits
Of 81 500 on May 2 1893 and s. GOO on
June 5, 1899. Giegers account showed
various deposits in the hundreds during
April August September, and october
1899.
Conductors Evidence.
Stephen Bywater, OF Flathead county,
was then called to the stand. He gave
his occupation as a conductor on the Great
Northern Railroad. He said he also had
a ranch and some cattle in Idaho and
Washington. He had bought the ranch
in May. 1899. and had paid for If S5,OoO IN
cash. He also owned $40 acres in Idaho,
which he had bought three years ego.
He owned 4 home at Kalispell. free OF
debt. He received a salary of $3.50
month and had been employed for eleven
years He had been elected TO the Eegis-
lature from Flathead county on the Re
publican ticket After voting for various
Republican caucus candidates he had
finally voted for Senator Clark.
Now" said Mr. Birney. ION March 8,
10. NFrHa-
tana National Bank Was it in CASH:
1t was in cash.
Where did YOU get that money!"
Il took So 00 from home with me- and
my brother. Ben Bywater, gave me $4,000.
That part Of the money was not mine
This witness said that he kept the $4,000
in his trunk in his room at Helena during
the sixty days Of the session OF the Legs
lature On the morning of March his
brother gave him the $1,000, and he de-
posted it all in the Montana National
Bank
Counsel for the memorialists attacked
the witness statement. He said his
brother came from Portland, Oregon, and
remained in Helena twelve hours. He did
not know where he stopped while there.
He just met him and got So, 600 from him
as an interest in mining company, which
he. the witness, was organizing. The
UltLHbtlE VI Aht NoLAlAAAAltE pAfo7fA AAt
witness closely and skeptically. He said
he had located the mining claims in Brit
ISL Columbia, and when his brother gave
MIN the 81 eco he gave him an order for
Sd, 600 shares In this company.
How the Company Was Managed.
The company had a treasurer, but the
witness said he had kept the money and
paid the bills. The company had declared
no dividends. 1t was capitalized at $1,000,
400, but the IS, 1000 was substantially all
that had been paid IN. He could only
name two other stockholders, and they
were neighbors. One had bought 500
shares al Is cents a share. and the other
small amount. He was president of the
company, but did not know whether any
ore had been shipped The company had
been organized under The laws OF British
Columbia, but the president of the COM
pany had no knowledge as 10 what these
laws we're
He had never filed any statement with q
public officer nor taken any oath in
forming the corporation. He supposed he
had read part Of the charter, but he did
not know a single provision Of that instru-
ment He did not know where his brother
is nor what business he is engaged in. He
had paid some woFkmen at the company's
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Helena. He did not know how much He
kept no books. The company had five di-
rectors. They lived up in the mountains.
Under cross-eXamination the witness was
asked 10y Mr.. Faulkner:
did you ever solicit or accept any money
from Senator Clark or for voting for SEN
ator Clark? 2"
No, sir; ] never did"
When his examination had been conclud-
o. = !
talk to make" He then said that White
side had offered him s., 900 to vote for Sen
ator Clark Whiteside was the only man
who had said money TO him.
The Morning Session.
The morning session opened with
further examination OF Attorney General
Nolan. one Of the anti-Clark witnesses.
His testimony related chiefly to the cleo
ton laws OF Montana, and was of no pub
lie interest.
In accounting for the payment Of some
sums Of money Mr.. Nolan detailed circum-
stances as 20 the payment Of $500 to a
newspaper man named Greenfield. and ac-
counted for II by saying that Mr.. Clark had
desired 10 revise an article written by
Greenfield in relation to the exposure. and
had offered him employment at $50 a day.
and that when the witness had mentioned
the fact 10 Mr. DAILY the latter had author
lied him 10 pay $500 to Greenfield with the
object OF encouraging and sustaining an
independent newspaper The witness men
toned In that connection, that fifty-two
out of the fifty-siN newspapers in=Aiontana
had been denouncing Nhiteside for making
public the bribery OF members of the
Legislature and when Mr. Foster, one Of
the Clark counsel intimsted that the wit
ness was committing perjury, Mr.. Hoar
resented the remark Indignantly. and sew
eral members OF the committee Joined in
condemning II.
The next witness was Henry G. Rickett
Clerk Of the Supreme Court of Montana.
He was called to contradict the testimony
OF Lyons. Clark witness. He said that
Lyons had told him that he expected to 20
TO the penitentiary. as he was as deep in
the thing as anybody else, having fixed
State Senators Warner and Luddy. Also
that Lyons had told him he had made some
money out OF the Clark election and had
deposited s. coo in bank in his wife's name.
and had paid $1,000 trust deed on his
house. The committee adjourned al 6
O'Clock tin this morning at 1918.
The Centennial Committee
Commissioner Wight called at the White
House yesterday TO arrange a meeting for
this morning Of the President and the local