Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-12
MONEY TO REMAIN AWAY
Alleged Bargain to Be Made With the Non
tana Speaker.
Testimony of Railway {, Conductor
Cowen Before the Clark In
vestisating Committee.

After the close of The Stars report yes
terday the cross-examina ton of State Sem
ator w. A. Clark. in the Clark case before
Senate elections committee, was concluded,
and F. w. Cowen, another witness. was
examined
Mr.. Clark said that when Mr.. Campbell
had approached him first he had under
stood that the use of money was to be
expqd whether by Senator Clark or
any one else. 1t was generally understood,
however that Clark was using money and
that no others were doing so in that con-
nection He had not known that Mr.
Campbell was a supporter of the DAILY
faction. The plan for him to take the
money from Welcome and mark and iden-
tify it and then turn it over to Whiteside
had been agreed upon between himself and
Whiteside. He had not had any intention
of holding the money himself.
Replying to question he said he was
only witness in this case.
witness and detective, you mean" sug-
gested Mr.. Foster, to which the reply was
Yes, if you call it detective work to go
into combination to expose bribery
Kept an Eye on the Money.
He stated that when the $4,000 in money
was taken out Of his pocket by Mr.. Well
come the latter laid it down on a steam
radiator in the corner of the ROOM
Il was not interested in the picture on
the wall to which Mr.. Welcome directed
my attention. he said. Il was looking
after the money
kept some of his promises to Mr. Well
come the witness said that he did not con-
slider 1t wrong to deceive that kind of
man.
hensible,' he said in the same connection,
depends upon to whom You are making
1t 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
half interest in the Madisonian, a paper
published in his (Mr. Clark's) town.
Alleged Bride for the Speaker.
Fred W. Cowen, railroad conductor of
Mssoula. Mont, testified to going to He
lena during the sitting of the legislature
at the instance of Mr.. w. NJ Bickford
who asked him to obtain for Mr.. Clark
the support of Speaker Stiff of the Mon
tana house of representatives. The wit
Eess testified that Mr.. Bickford had said
that up to that time, the 14th of January
last they had been unable to secure Stiff's
support for Mr.. Clark, and that they were
willing to pay $4,000 for that support The
witness had suggested that Stiff was
committed to Conrad the offer of $1,000
should be made to him to simply stay away
when the vote was reached. not casting any
vote for a candidate for the senate Mr.
Bickford had asked for time to see Mr.
Clark, ard when they had next me. had
told him that $4,000 would be paid if Mr.
Sim would refrain from voting and that
81 900 would be given to him for his ser
vices. Later MIR. 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. Cowen
said later that he had never mentioned the
proposition to Mr.. Stiff He was to have
talked with Stiff on the train going to Mis-
soula, but the proposition was withdrawn
before the opportunity was presented.
On cross-eXamination Mr.. Cowen said no
promises had ever been made to him for
making his revelations in this case