Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-11
Money to Purchase Montana Legis-
Iators Exhibited,
TESTIMONY Is PILlNG UP.
Whiteside Tells Bills nj n Distance
State Senator Clark Says How
$4,000 Wa offered Him.

Washington, Jan. 1l.--Mr. Campbell,
attorney for the memorialsts in the
case Of Senator Clark Of Montana, be-
gan his redirect examination Of witness
Whiteslde before the Senate committee
on privileges and electl0ss today by
asking him concerning a libel suit
which had been brought against witt
ness by DR.. Cole, a member OF the
capitol commission. Witness said the
suit had been decided in his favor He
said also when asked to explain his in
ability to specify the exact time that
he had an average of half dozen con-
yersatlons a day with Welcome and
Charley Clark. Senator Clark's man
ayers. during the entire time Of his as
ISOLATION with them In connection with
the sensational contest. He said fur
Their that the reason he had been able
to give here names not mentioned in
his testimony In Montana was that he
did not on either occasion have before
him the memoranda which he had here.
Mr.. Whlteside said he had been a
supporter Of Mr. Clark until the sena-
torial election Of 1898, when, becoming
convinced that Mr.. Clark was using
money 70 secure Republican votes for
himself, he withdrew. lie had not,
however, become identified then with
the DAILY faction, and as late as 1898
had antagonized the policy Of the
DAILY managers on the question Of fu-
sion.
At this point Mr.Whiteside was with
drawn temporarily IN order TO allow
State Treasurer Il. Il. Coils OF Mon
tana to testify. He had In his possess
sion the $4,000 turned over to the State
by Senators Whiteside, Clark OF Madi-
son, Myers and McGarr. He identi-
fed and described each OF the envelopes
containing the money, and holding the
big bills up so as to get the benefit OF
the full light exhibited them to the
members of the committee, while he
described them In detail He said the
money had been turned over to him by
the legislative investigating committee,
and laying the exposed bills on the
table in front Of him, continued his
testimony, which was for only a brief
period. Mr.. Whiteside was then re-
called and identified the various en-
Yelopes as having been Ngiyed him TO
hold for himself and Messrs. Clark Of
Madison county. Myers and McGarr.
Mr.. Faulkner, In his re-cross exami-
nation, made test OF Mr.. Whiteside's
capacity to identify bills held at a dis
lance OF ten or twelve feet, the witness
having testified TO seeing money given
TO state Senator Clark at this distance.
lie named correctly three bills out Of
four.
Mr.. Whiteslde was finally excused at
ll:S5 o'clock. but was asked to remain
in attendance upon the committee
State Senator w. A. clark OF Madi-
son county was next called. He stat
ed he was a Democrat and that he had
gone to Helena more favorably inclined
20 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 name
sake.
Mr. Clark testified that he had re-
ceived $4,000 in $1,000 bills from United
States, Senator Clark's manager, Mr..
Welcome. on January 4, 1898, and that
the money was given him on the ex-
press condition that he was 10 vote for
Clark as long as his vote was wanted.
He detailed the preliminary talk with
Mr. Welcome, saying Mr.. Wellcohe
said TO him:
I'VE want you with US, and we want
you hard" adding I'VE are going to
get the votes necessary to elect our
man. and II we don't get them one way
we will cat tharn amt harft
Il asked Welcome what there was In
It," the witness continued, "and he re-
piled there's $4,000 for you provided
you comply with the conditions. The
condition being that | vote for Clark
as long as required"
Mr.. Welcome had told the witness
that he would put the money in Mr..
Whitesides hands for him, but the lat
ter testified he replied that that was
not satisfactory; that he did not doubt
Mr.. Welcomes word but that he must
see the money"
Mr.. Welcome then told him that big
bills were scarce but that 1.-THE old
man" would arrive from Butte that
rlsht and he would bring plenty Of cash
with him. Accordingly the money,
$4,000 in $1,000 bills, was given TO him
by Welcome that night.
After counting it he had placed K in
an envelope, marked the envelope and
handed Il TO Mr.. Whiteside for safe
keeping He said that when Mr. Well
come gave him the money he had
called him over into corner Of his
room, and holding the bills up, had said
that he had fine engraving he wanted
10 show him. The committee al
journei tntil p. m.