Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-03
Cross Examination Failed
to Shake Il
HE REITERATED STORY
And Could Not Be Mixed Up.-Demo-
cratic Fight Has Been a Blot on
the States Name Hill and Wright
Testify.
Special to the Inter Mountain.

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Washington, Feb SIT is evident that
the cross-examination of Lyons yester-
day did not weaken his statement con-
cerning Campbell's acceptance of his
offer and the attorney generals personal
guarantee that the money should be
paid. The senators severely questioned
the witness. He was weak on one point,
on all others he reiterated his former
statements.
Campbell, Nolan and Toole seemed
surprised by the witness reference to
them, and the senator's seemed willing to
give Campbell every opportunity to
break down the witness.
Tom Marshall, Campbell, Ricketts, and
Nolan will all be called in rebuttal
Lyons testimony rejecting on high
state officers, and that of Geiger to the
same effect have created an unfavorable
impression of Montana, and Dalys own
men now realize that the case should
have been settled at home to protect the
states good name.
Lyons vidence was far more sensa-
tional than that of Whiteside's, and he
made far better witness and better
impression.
Senator Hoar sat horrified as charge
after charge was preferred by Lyons.
and plainly expected a statement to be
made by Campbell. or that the latter
would paralyze the witness in cross-ex-
animation The senator was disappointed.
The issue between the DAILY advisers and
Lyons is merely one of veractty. Public
sentiment favors the witness.
The Posts account this morning con-
tains the following:
There was a genuine sensation in the
room as the witness unfolded the story
OF conspiracy, giving its details. These
were that the witness should testify that
Hill had been paid 100000; that Luddy
had received $4,000, which the witness
was to say he had given to the Montana
National bank, and that he saw Warner
get $4,000.
The close crOss-examination Of Mr.
Campbell did not break down the witt
ness. He stated in answer to questions
from Senators Hoar and Turley that he
certainly felt from Mr.. Campbell's offer
that he was being bribed to commit per-
jury"
Representative Wright and Ben Hill
.
was sensational in places but it was evil
dent that the committee did not credit all
his statements. At one point Senator
Hoar advised Faulkner to curtail the ex-
animation on account of the unrelia bill
ity, of the witness.
The latter asserted that he regarded
himself as quite as truthful a man as
Campbell. He told of being paid 81. 500
last summer for collecting testimony for
Campbell and gave his story of his on
erations.
On Monday the Clark side will put on
a large number Of leading democrats of
the state including Hauser, Hoffman.
Davidson. Cooper, Neil, Byrne ard
others. The committee will have 4
chance to compare them with witnesses
for the prosecution.
It should be stated that Ben Hill and
Wright were brought down here as DAILY
witnesses, but for some reason Campbell
emphatically declined to put them on.
The Raleigh hotel incident had it's et-
Hill was fully able to take care of him.
self on the stand, and evidently the
memorialists were in terror of his pos-
eible revelations.
It is learned that Cashier Ramsay's
testimony hast week did net refer to g
poker game or to to Mr.. TWohy's con-
nection Herewith. The dispatch did him
, an injustice based on n,is.nfcrmation
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