Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-12
The Latter Wanted Him to See
Representative Woods In
Clark'S Interest.
MANY OTHER WITNESSES
Including Representatives Sullivan
and Myers and State Auditor P0irl-
dexter Were on the Stand at To-
DAVIS Session of the Committee.
Special to the Inter Mountain.

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Washington, D. c. Jan. ia surprise
was sprung by the Daily side this morn
ing, DR.. Ector of Missoula being put on
the stand. He arrived last night and was
conce .led till the committee met. He
swore he had been engaged by Bickford
to ascertain the Indebtedness of Repre-
sentative Woods of Ravali county
Woods owed seven thousand dollars, but
refused to be handled by Ector who thus
missed a commission of twenty-five hun
dred.
Bickford sent him 5000 but Ec-
tor was not satisfied and wrote to w.
A. Clark who answered his letter. Ector
raad the answer and also letters he had
received from Bickford. Clark's counsel
insisted that time should be given to find
Ector's letter to Clark to prove Ector's
depravity. A lively tilt followed in which
the Missoula mans character was made
to give forth loud smell. He occupied
much the same position as ex-Conductor
Cowan did yesterday afternoon, who con-
fessed he accepted money from Rickford
whom he now betrays.
':Swede" Murphy and Ben Hill will give
similar testimony as to their work in
Helena and Butte for Clark before they
Joined the Daily forces. The Clark law
yers claim these men are simply sore and
are actuated by spite and promise of
Doodle. The other side claims them as
typical democratic reformers who went
into the Clark camp to expose fraud and
purify politics.
The truth is the good name of Montana
is being dragged in the dust of the ma
tional capitol. The patriotic men and
women of the state should appoint day
of prayer and should appeal to God to
soften the hearts of the vindictive men
who have undertaken to wreck the COM
monwealth to satisfy their avarice and
hate.
At the afternoon session Auditor Poin-
dexter testified that A. ]. Steele had ap-
preached him to secure the vote of the
Beaverhead delegation for Clark.
Representative Myers of RavaIi testi-
fed that DR.. Minshall approached him
at the request of Bickford to vote for
Clark, and promised him a position as
legal representative of Clark at Bridger
at a salary of $500 a year. He refused,
and later Bickford visited him and re-
reated the offer at Clark's request. After
wards he received a letter from Charles
w. Clark, inclosing a retainer of $500,
which was read and offered in evidence
without opposition. He told Of the
Whiteside proposition to join in the plan
| to expose Clark, and his consent to be-
| come party to it in the interest of
purity in politics.
Myers repeated the we'll known history
Of the cash transfer and request of C. w
! Clark not to divulge the contents of the
letter above mentioned. He met Steele
who asked if anything could induce him
to vote for Clark. He replied "No"
/ Steele asked him to sign statement re.
pudiating the agreement with Whiteside
He refused. He testified that Mark Hew-
i lit tried to buy him for Clark and said
he represented c. w. Clark in making ar
| offer of ten thousand dollars for his vote
He referred Hewitt to Whiteside. The
| witness was cross-examined by Rodgel
| Foster and stated that the Helena
grand jury was drawn to whitewash
Clark.