The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-12
Paid That TO Vote for Mr.. Clark for
U. 3. Senator.
Money Paid in Ten
Thousand Dollar Bills.
Witness Denies That He was
Member Of Daily Fsctlon.

| Washington, January 1i.-Washipgton
Gam ptell, attorney for the memorialists
| In the cass Of A. X. CLARK Of Montana,
began his rel direct examination Of wit
ness Whiteside before the Senate commit
tee on rriviles es and elections today BY
asking conc erning . libel suit which
has been brought against him (ths wit
ness) by DR.. Cole, . member Off the
CAPITOL commissiop. Witness said the
suit has neen decided In his favor. He
said also when asked to explain his in
ability to specify exact times that he had
mad an average OF half q dozen consersa-
Clark, Senator ClaIk's managers, during
the entire time OF his association with
item In connection with the senatorial
contest.
Mr.. Wnitsside said that he had been o
supporter Of Mr.. Clark until the senator
ial election Of 1898, when bscoming oon-
vincsd that Mr.. Clark was using money
to secure Republican votes for himself
he withdrew. DE had not, however, be-
come identified then with the DAILY fac
ton, and as late as 1898 had antagonized
the policy OF the DAILY managers on the
question OF fusion. At this point Mr..
! Whites lie was Withdrawn temporarily
In order to allow State Treasurer I. 4.
Collins of Montana to testify. He had
In his possession the 5000 turned over to
the states by Senators Whitesids, Clark of
Madison, Myers and NECTAR. He idsnti-
fed and described each Of the envelopes
containing tho money and exhibited the
bills to the members Of the committee
while he described them In detail He
said the money had been handed to him
py thu Legislative Investigating commit
tee
Mr.. Whiteside was then recalled and
identified the various envelopes as hay
ing been given 70 him to hold for him
self and Messrs. Clark OF Madison county,
Meyers and McGar.
State Senator Clark Of Madison county
was next called. He stated that he was
q Democrat that had gone to Helena
more favorably inclined toward Mr..
Clark than toward any other candidate
for the Senate, but that he had changed
his opinion after he had Investigated the
methods OF his namssake. Mr.. Clark
testified that he had received $4,000 in
SlCO0 bills from United States Senator
Clark's manager, Mr. Welcome. on Jsnu.
arg 4, 1897. and that the money WAS given
him on the express condition that he was
to vote for Clark as long as his vote was
uantsd. de detailed the preliminary
talk with Mr. Welcome, saying MIR. We'll
come said to him: We want you with US
and va want you hard. adding. we are
going to get the votes necessary to elect
our man and II we don't gst them one
way we will gel them another
81 asked Welcome what there WAS In
It," the witness said. land he replied {:
There's zen thousand dollars for you
provided you comply with the condi-
lions. The condition was that vote for
Mr. Clark as long Us required"
MIR. Welcome Lad told the witness that
he would put the money in Mr.. White
sides hands for him, but the latter re-
piled that that Was not satisfactory. that
he did not doubt Mr.. Welcomes word,
but tnat he ''must see the money"
Mr.. Welcome had then told him that
the bills we're scarce. but that the "old
man would arrive from Butte that night
and he would bring plenty Of cash with
him. Accordingly the Inoney-s10. COO in
lt1, COO bills-was givenEto him by Well
come that night.
Alter counting It he had placed IL In
an envelope. marked the envelope and
handed IL to Mr.. whiteside for safe keep
ing. He said that when Mr.. Welcome
gave him the money he had called him
ovsr into corner of his room and hold
Ing tho bills mp had said that he had a
fine engraving he wanted to show him.
| Attorney Foster. representing United
States Senator Clark. cross examined
State Senator Clark at the afternoon
session. The witness said that he had
arst met Marcus DAILY about 10 days be-
fore the Legislature adjourned in 1899. He
said he had received IS, $50 from Mr.. DAILY
for representing him as his counsel In
one transaction. He also said that before
the meeting of this legislature In January
last he had not had q high opinion of
Mr. Fred Mhitesids, believing that his
conduct In the stats cap itol location
mattsr had not been exemplary. Indeed
hs had said before the grand jury which
Investigated Mr.. Whitsside's connection
with the matter that he believed he had
acted In ''sooundrelly manner"
For this reasoa he had declined to join
Mr.. whitesids and Mr.. Campbell in their
scheme to ex pose the alleged bribery pro-
oeedings In oonnsction with the election
of United States Senator until Mr..
whitsside's record should te cleared up.
He has, however, accepted thu explAnA-
ton made by Mr.. Canipbell and had then
agreed to meet Mr.. Welcome He declared
IN response to an inq uiry that he did not
belong to the DAILY faotion-neither be-
fore nor since the meeting OF the lsgisla-
tnfe. a.