The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

might testify to bribery, as go-betweens
during the session of the Legislature. He
said in the letter that he had conferred
with the Governor and that in case Of
prosecution and conviction the Governor
would exercise the pardoning power. Re
ferring to the Whiteside exposure Mr.
Nolan said the people of Montana did not
believe there was any conspiracy. ''The
air was full of the evidence of bribery"
he said, you could cut it with a knife
MR.. TOOLES TESTIMONY.
John r. Toole, of Anaconda, Mont. was
tial friend of Mr. Daily and is a member
of the Montana Legislature. He said he
was interested with Mr.. DAILY in mining
and had since the 1st of June last been un-
der a salary from him in connection with
their mining enterprises. He also said he
considered he had Mr.. Dalys confidence in
political matters, and knew the latter's
plans. Notwithstanding this fact he had
as a member of the Legislature in 1895
voted for Mr.. Clark for the Senate. In
deed, he had never known Mr.. DAILY to seek
office or try to influence the course of his
friends. Last winter when he had told
Mr.. Daily that some members wanted to
cast their votes for him for the United
States Senate Mr.. DAILY had replied: Il
authorize you to say that I don't want my
name presented to the Legislature for
vote, either complimentary or otherwise"
Nor had he ever known of Mr.. Daly's at
tempting to influence or control any pri-
mary or any other election, county, city
or State.
Speaking of the campaign of 1898, Mr..
Toole said he had been a member of the
executive committee; that not to exceed
$4,000 was subscribed for the State cam
paign and that the Clark people had held
no meetings outside of Silver Bow county.
The general understanding then was that
the Clark movement was entirely in the
interest of Mr.. Clark's candidacy for the
Senate. Mr.. Toole also said that Mr.. DAILY
had no especial candidate for the Senate,
being willing to accept the nominee of
the Democratic caucus. Mr.. Days friends
were. however, opposed to Mr.. Clark, prin-
cipally because of the charges of bribery
with which the air was filed for a month
before the meeting of the Legislature. The
witness said he had never entered into a
conspiracy to defeat Mr.. Clark for the
| Senate.
When did you first see the $4,000 used
| by Mr.. Whiteside in his exposure?" Mr.
| Toole was asked.
'I first saw it when the Legislature in
vestigating committee, of which 1 was
member, met"
did you give any of that money or know
| of any being given by Mr.. Daily or any Of
his friends to defeat Mr.. Clark for the
| Senate?"
mo, sir: can't find words strong enough
for a proper denial Of the imputation; it's
an outrage"
| NO MONEY AGAINST CLARK.
"Do you know of any money being put
| up by Mr.. Daily or any of his friends to
defeat Mr.. Clark in any other connection?'
II certainly. do not
Mr. Toole related conversation with
| Representative Mclaughlin at the be-
| ginning of the Legislature. in which Nc
Laughlin told him he was going to vote for
eeiark--as it was matter of bread and
butter for his family
| He denied there was any DAILY or dis
| tinctively anti-Clark lobbying in Helena
| during the session of the Legislature 1.-THE
| friends of Conrad. Mats and others were
| lost he said, 'in the Clark lobby. That is
! ali pipe dream" II Mr.. Conrad spent any
| money in the interest Of his candidacy he
| (Toole) did not know it. Mr.. DAILY had not,
| according to the witness, dreamed when
| the Legislature met, that Clark could be
| elected. ST never saw so strong an opposi-
| ton moved down by money" he said.
Mr. Toole was questioned concerning
the contest over the location of the State
! capital He said he had been a member of
the committee having in charge the inter-
| ests of Anaconda in that contest. II can
| only approximate the amount SPENT he
said "and do not know that can come
within a hundred thousand dollars of the
total amount. should say, however, that
from sS5O.O00 to si5O.0OO was spent in the in
| terests of Anaconda. 1t must be borne in
mind, however. that that contest continued
over three or four years" He said that
| perhaps IS per cent. of the total amount
| had been spent in the last year of the con-
test. The money was raised by subscrip-
| ton, many citizens subscribing, including
| Mr. DAILY. He had himself given one
| fourth of his estate to the cause.
On cross-examination Mr.. Faulkner tried
| to draw out a concession from Mr. Toole to
| the effect that Mr.. DAILY had closed out
the boarding houses and stores not sup
| posed to be friendly to Mr.. DAILY. The Wit
ness asserted, on the contrary, that Mr.
| Daily had built model boarding house on
| a large scale for his workmen, affording
them better accommodations at lower
rates than other places. 1t was
of course. common thing fol-
| discharged men to make charges
against Mr.. Daily. Still it was true that
he was the friend of laboring men, stand.
ing often between them and reduction oi
| wages.
NIGHT HAVE PAID FOR SPEECHES.
Mr.. Faulkner-Did you not say after Mr.
Clark's election that If you had had $780,.
600 mere you could have defeated him and
tnat with 100000 you could have elected
your man?
~ did not" replied Mr.. Toole, 1--WE could
have beaten him with half the sum. be-
cause I believe that with that much money
it would have been possible to have the
Republicans who voted for Clark go or
| making patriotic speeches and voting fol
| men in their own party"
| Mr.. Toole detailed the movement for hi:
namesake, Ex-Governor j. X. Toole, fol
| the Senate saying that after the White
| come to him saying that he was sick o
4 ha L. hafp hot hos,