The age-herald., 1900-01-09
S2,5OO1 FOR THE REPORT
Witness Said He Wanted to Save the
 States Good Name.
RAPID FIRE OF cRoss.QUEsloNs
They Became So Searching That Sena- tor -Pettus of the Committee Ob- jected to the Witness Being
 "Badgered" by Counsel

Washington, January s.-Former State Senator Whiteside, of Montana, continued his testimony in the Clark senatorial case | before the senate committee on privileges and elections today. Cross-examination by | Ex-Senator Faulkner brought out the fact that MT. Whiteside was member of a committee to investigate the state capitol commission, and had made minority re- port charging corruption. 1 He was asked if this was the case in
 which he suggested to MT. J. P. McCabe that this minority report could be suppress 1 ed for $500, but denied that such was the | case, saying that the money had been of | fered and Ghe had suggested that it be paid over so to enable him to turn it in with | his report. He said his sole purpose in un- dertaking the exposure of bribery in the | legislature that elected MT. Clark was to protect the good name of the state. 'I desired" he said, ito have some one accept the money as to expose the meth ods of Mir. Clark"
 Did you become a friend of MT. Clark's friends for the purpose of entrapping them?"
 'I can't say exactly, but I suppose did"
 'In doing this did you not know you were assuming an attitude of misrepresenta- tion?"
 ..I did"
 Was this not position of falsehood?"
 "I can't say as to that, but had to make a number of misrepresentations What do you consider a lie?" Definition of n Lie q consider a lie a misstatement to one who has right to know the truth-not to one who has no right to know it''
 MT. Whiteside said he did not see how
 any honest man could vote for Mr. Clark
 after the exposure of the committee on in-
 vestigation and under pressure that remark
 applied to the forty-fve members of the l legislature who cast their votes for that | gentleman.
 | He said that Mark Daly was an acquaint-
 ance of his, not a friend, though he should
 be glad to have him for a friend. | Have you received $35, 900 for this pre- | tended exposure?" asked MT. Faulkner. q have not received s35,OOO or any other sum for that service" the witness replied. Relating to his conversation that he saw III. he said that he was positive himself that Senator Anderson "could not be influenced | with money like some of the members" and
 that this statement was made by MT. Vel come, appears in the printed report of
 his testimony before the grand jury of | Lewis and Clark counties. The witness
 said the money to pay for the present
 prosecution had been raised by subscrip-
 tion, and he understood that MT. Daily was l one of the subscribers to the fund. | The cross examination further brought out
 that the witness had no personal knowledge | of bribery in the cases of three of the mem-
 bers of the assembly, who had been referred | to.
 At noon. the committee took recess until | 2:3O p. m.
 ---~- Cross -Exa imitation l When the hearing was resumed the cross l examination eff MT. Whiteside continued ! the main direction of the questioning be- | ing to bring out points of difference be- tween the witnesses statements now and | those made -before the grand jury. | One S5f The questions brought out a new | statement from Mr Whiteside that his 1 knowledge that bribery was going on was | conurmSu when d party tO tiS ttdilSdCtloi | took from his pocket a roll of bills ant
 said: That's what we do the business
 with
 The cross -examina ton sought to bring | out the circumstances of an alleged meet
 ing between the witness and an election | official, who held the ballots in the election | in which Whitestde had participated. Tn
 witness was asked if he had not offeret | S1,0O0 for the ballots.
 Mir. Whiteside denied that this had oc | cured, and asserted that he had proof t. ! show that party had been paid to mak
 such statement against him.
 At one point MT. Pettus objected to hay
 ing the witness "badgered" by counsel
 MT. Wfiiteside went over the circumstance
 of his being authorized to offer 5000 t
 each of two members, with $500 down ol
 condition that their votes would be forth
 coming If desired. He was closely ques
 tioned on all the details.
 The cross-eXamination of Whiteside wa.
 still in progress when the committee ed journed until 1915 tomorrow morning. THE RACE PROBLEM