Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-09
Record of His Testimony in Senatorial Case At Washington,
Rendered Verbatim.
WHAT HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROSECUTION
Sent the Money to Mr. Campbers 0fhce-Never Tried to Influence a
Legisator-Deniesa Great Many Things-Defnes His Part in
Montana Politics.

A. l could not do it, sir. I suppose be
tween 5000 and 5000.
Q. Do you know that at the primaries
In 1898. what you would call the demo
cratic party-and what some of us cal
the DAILY element of the democratic part,
east II, 900 votes?
A. 1 do not. They might have lone it
I was not there that day.
.. Have you no personal information
A. No.
the result of that fraudulent primary
that caused Mr.. Clark to put up tina
combination of an independent ticket?
"A. l do not think Mr.. Clark claimed il
was fraudulent until after the nomina
tions were made. l do not think it could
be termed fraudulent. There were man,
bitter contests for county offices and Mr.
Clark had his friends there working a,
the primaries and there was a great many
men brought in that was republicans and
others which Mr.. Clark knew nothins
about. There might be such a thing hap
pen and not be fraudulent.
Q. Not fraudulent, though it was an
cratic vote?
A. There was men voted. A good many
county officers there wanted the nominal
tlons and they were all trying to get
those men voted. If they
We're challenged they could not vote. j
know MI. Clark elected several delegates
to the state convention. They did moi
seem to be in disagreement until later
when the county and legislative ticket
was nominated,
Q. Do you know the contributors r.
the campaign of 1898?
A. l do not. I heard that Mr.. Clark
gave $apo and there was some talk that
it was sent back. but I have no knowI-
edge of it myself.
g.. You did not advise not to use that
check. but to return it, did you?
A. No, sir.
@. Do you know under whose advise
that was done?
A. I have no knowledge of tina Nc
sir. = -
@. You We're bitterly opposed to Mr.,
Clark for the United States senate, were
you not?
A. I have opposed him, yes. So have
o. What business relations have YOU
with Mr.. Miles Finlen?
A. None whatever. ] leased him q
piece Of ground and he ia working it.. !
Q. Are you interested In the lease with
| Mr.. Finlen? - ~,
A. No sir. I represent the company
and 1 do not steal small things, I have
to look out for the company's interests.
Q. Now Mr.. DAILY you agreed with
some parties after a meeting to carry on
this prosecution. Who were they and
WIZ "CIC pICScAl dl IudC meeting!
A. Campbell, Stiff, Whiteside and
some others. that is all I can remember
Q. Who made contributions besides
yourself?
A. I have no knowledge of anybody
Mr.. Campbell would know. I was sick
all the time or practically all the tim
and Mr.. Campbell called on my secretary
and my secretary referred the matter to
me while l was in bed and I told him yes
I agreed to contribute and he was au-
thorized to pay Mr.. Campbell from time
to time such amounts as would be neces.
sary to conduct the that is
what he considered my part Of it.
@. When the secretary came to YOU
what limit; If any,, did you put on ex-
penditures?
A. I did not put any limit on 1t. wha,
Mr.. Campbell would call on me for, ]
considered I had the right to pay. Ir
to three or four days ago it amounted t.
twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars.
@. Was that for the purpose of EN-.
ployinE detectives and men of that char.
acter to work up evidence in this cas-.
Mr.. DAILY as far as you know?
|. A.. No sir. I do not believe in employ.
ing detectives.
Q. You do not believe there are am
detectives employed?
A. No sir. lido not believe there va,
any detectives nor would 1 %encourag
that.