The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-11

It was shown by the testimony that be-
| fore and after the meeting of the Legis-
| lature. with n view to laying a foundation
| for the Whiteside exposure the political
manipulators and the active agents of the
| Daily faction proclaimed through the news
papers controlled by it, and in their indi-
| vidual conversations. that it was the pur-
pose OF Senator Clark to secure his cleo
| tion through bribery and corruption. That
| Immediately before or at the meeting OF
| the LEGISLATURE agents Of this faction per-
| fected an organization. which Mr.. Faux
ner contended in law constituted a crimi-
| nal conspiracy to carry out the plan which
| was conceived in 1888
In the beginning of the case Mr.. Faulk-
ner said, referring to Frederick Whiteside:
| I'VE will endeavor to convince the juCg-
ment of the committee that the chief wit
| ness relied upon by the memorialists.
| through his own admissions on the wit
ness stand. will present himself before you
| as a self-confessed criminal: enc familiar
with falsehcod. one so degraded in his
| moral conceptions as to be utterly uncor-
| scious Of his own degradation. and one so
! obiivious to these finer instincts of honor
| and integrity that no one who has the
slightest regard for human character would
permit mis- judgment to be Influenced by
| his evidence"
Faulkncr's Reference to stiff.
| Referring to Mr. Stiff, Mr.. Faulkner
said:
THAT hi, partner In crime and really the
| only other witness who pretends to testify
to any fact worthy of consideration, will be
shown to be utterly INSCRIPTIONS the as
sistant in the preparation of a crime. ac-
cording to his own testimony, in cOnjunc-
ton with the chief witness. who he had
himself under oath designated as a scoua-
dTel and rotten throughout. 1t will be
shown that this witness claims. as did the
arch conscirator, that in occupying the
position he assumed he was not Influenced
by the love CT filthy lucre, but that he was
! seeking to improve the morals and elevate
the citizenship Of Montana"
In the matter of the probability of
Whiteside's testimony that Mr. Welcome
lad given him Geo for the purpose of
corrupting members of the Montana Legls-
lature in the interest of Senator Clark it
was shown in the course Of the hearing
that Whiteside was employed in business
by the DAILY interests; that he announced
himself as candidate for the State SEN
ate as Daily supporter; that he was as
sisted in his election by a Daily employe,
who was sent to his county with Daily
money; that the friends of Senator Clark
were advised of this relation of Whiteside's
prior to the meeting of the Legislature and
| especially John b. Welcome; and flat
| when he rendered his support to Senator
Clark it was accepted by the latter's
| friends. in the language of Mr.. Welcome
| that He can do no harm; if he does not
vote for Senator Clark We have lost moth
ing, and if he does we have gained some
thing"
1t was argued that with these facts
known to Welcome he would not have bean
so incautious as to have placed his repu-
tation and $780, COO in the hands of a sup
porter of Mr.. DAILY, Senator Clark's bitter
est political and personal enemy One Of
Senator Clark's managers, William McDer-
mott. refused to have anything to do with
Whiteside even to the extent of declining
to have any conversation with him. II was
further argued that under all these circum-
stances it was not likely that Whitesde
would have been appointed general cor
ruption agent by the friends OF Senator
Clark. 1t was brought forward that If It
had been the purpose of the friends Of
Senator Clark to corrupt the Montana
Legislature. they would not have done so
through the instrumentality of weii-known
supporters and agents OF Marcus DAILY.
Many Inconsistencies in Whites;de's tes-
timony were shown. He claimed that his
the Legislature into the commission of
crime by inducing them to accept a bride,
but to inform them OF his purpose in maxi
ing the offer with a view of obtaining
their assistance in his scheme to expose
bribery, but he did not claim to have COM
municated his intentions either to Carr,
Cullen. Jaqueth, or BywateT. According
to Whteside's statement he offered
bride to Bywater and Jaqueth. and he en-
couraged Carr and Cullen to become Grim
nais. He admitted that his bitterness
toward Senator Clark was so great that
he was willing to corrupt these with
whom he was associated in public life that
he might pose before the people of Mon
tana as an informer.
Whiteside's memory grew better and
fresher with the lapse of time. Before
the committee of the Montana Legislature
he swore that his ers1nal knowledge of
bribery was limited to himself; W. \.
Clark. of Madison County: II. l.. Meyers,
and II. II. Carr. When he came to Wash
ingt0n 4 year later he added to this list
the names OF A. L. Jaqueth, Stephen BY
water. and T. r. Cullen.
Whiteside's code Of morals was called
severely into question. His definition of a
lie as given to the Senate investigating
committee was "a lie is a false statement
made to a man who has no right to know