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Little, Representative Camphell's private
secretary. i called Hin aside and asked
him who the man was. He said: He is all
right. He is MIR. Campbelfs private secre-
tary. They are around trying to get evi-
dence TO disbar Welcome" I said: why
does he come TO me-" He said; You need
not be afraid OF him. He will do YOU no
harm" ! said: Il do not think much OF
him" Then we all three walked to the
Florence Hotel together. Little and I went
into the billiard room and then into the
card room. | told him some few things and
asked him If such evidence would be any
good TO him. He said that certainly IL
would. | asked him how much il was
worth. He said: Il canrot taii, that way to
YOU" After al hour OF SO / went home
Next day Hill came around and said:
Here. If you make out an affidavit and
swear 10 It regardless O. what IS in IL We
will give you a hundred dollars" I tod
him / would think of it. | thought II over
till Hin came back again that night =
said TO him: Il will tell YOU what | will do
| viii make out an affidavit and you and
Little can help me and make it as strong
as you have a mind to. / viii receive $3.50
for the affidavit, and before I testify a
thousand dollars must be placed in your
hands for me-
went TO the private office of Mr. STIFF
speaker Of the Montana House Of Repre-
sentatiVes, and he started to make out my
statement | said: Il guess that will do -
and picked 1t IN ana mt =, in M. ,,o.,,o,
and went out. On the EVENING 81 Nnrer,-
Der 2 Hill came around again ava .o 90.
over TO the Florence Hotel and co.,. NJ
Little there, and we three went over to pr.
Ninchelfs office Little and | started 10
make out tho affidavit which Mr. Camnhati
has now. Hin and Little did not think II
quite strong enough. and Hin sat down
and wrote a lot more 10 il making !,
stronger. I swore 10 II and Maid doi,ar
for II myself. We went TO The hotel ana
Hin said he had no. the money to nav mo
then He rtrsfled around and rave ma !,
hundred dollarsr
The Chsirrnan-Wbo gave e IN vonp
Witness-Mr Hin
The Chairuan- IN ,,-hs,,, n,.,,,,,,o-
WItness-Thara Voc oY;,a ,,,,,,io. 20
persons present Int he slinnaJ tho NON y,
into INV hand ip he Hotel Fiorance
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Il did not tell him that that statement
was true"
But you did not tell him that it wa,
! faIse?"
mo. sir; have reason 10 believe that
he knew IT.
have talked this over with several OF
; u.s."
! "Yes. sir"
with me-" insisted Mr.. Birney.
! Yes. sir
I Ibid you not tell me that you had held
! $4,000 for Mr.. Meyers vote"
II may have done So
The witness admitted that he had come
| to Washington prepared to swear up to
! the affidavit, II there was enough money
| in II. Mr. Burrows asked: Then YOU were
| here for business"
| Eyes. sir.
Mr. Chandler drew from the witness that
| II the memorislists had come TO time
| with 81, 500 he would have sworn before
| the committee against Senator Clark in
stead of against the ether side
! The next man called to the stand was
| Hen Hill. whose name has often figured in
| the testimony. He was sworn and deposed
| that he Was born in Missouri; that his
| parents removed to Texas when he was
| two years old; that when eleven years old
! he went 10 California. and that he shifted
! TO Alaska and the Klondke thence to
Idaho and into Montana. He had been Il
messenger for Wells Fargo q CO.. a con-
/ tractor. woodchopper. and teamster He
was acquainted With Mark Hewitt. Repre-
sentative Campbell and Mr. DAILY
Have you had any connection with
these gentlemen in, working mp a case
against senator Clark
Yes sir: for about eight months. Dur
ing the Legislature was in Helena kinder
rluggin' arOun' there as sort OF a sup
porter OF Senator Clark"
He spoke of having done some work AT
one of Mr. Clark's I9ines. for which Clark
had given him a check for $3.50 Like the
preceding witness. he had prepared and
sworn to an affidavit giving in much de
tail and with great particularly an ac-
count Of his activity in bribing members
of the Legislature I'M the interest of Mr.
Clark, and relating imaginary conversa-
lions with Senator Clark in which he de-
clsred his determination to be q Senator
at any cost. oai
This affidavit Twas read in full by Mr.
| Faulkner, after a statement by the wit
ness that il had been written in the pres
| ence OF Mr.. Campbell and Mr.. Whiteside
| After the reading the chairman suggested
that Mr. Faulkner confine his questions to
the point that Campbell and Whitesde
had reason to believe at the time. that
the statements made in the affidavit were
false. Witness spoke of recent affidavit
made by him contradictory Of the first.
and of which he had given Mr. Campbell a
copy.
Mr.. Faulkner asked; did You tell them
that what you were swearing TO was
false?''
Both Mr. Whiteside and Mr.. Campbell
know that all said was absolutely false? ?"
Mr.. Chandler said: Answer the ques
ton. Did you tell them that it was
false?"
No. sir"
Hill said that Representative Campbell
visited him at Wizards Hotel. The wit
ness said: mir. Campbell. he says TO me:
MIR. Birney tells me that you bave copy
of that AFFIDAVIT For Gods sake, don't let
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back to Montana. and that when he came
out there be would help me all he could.
MIR. Campbell s-examined the Wit
ness.
How did you come to go to Helena last
winter"
| Il saw Senator Clark and told him that
I 1 was we'll acquainted with State Senator
| Meyers. and | thought / could be OF SER
| vice to him in the senatorial contest. end
| he gave me a card TO his son. Charles W.
| Clark"
How long did you stay in Helena
about seventy days.
AT whose expense
Senator Clark's.
How much did you get
About 5000
who paid you?''
John ID. Welcome.
! did you ask Senator Meyers to vote
| fer Senator Clark"
Yes. sir: told him l hoped he could
see his way clear TO vote tor senator
CLARK.
what other member OF the Legislature
did you attempt to Influence?
mo one"
Are you getting anything for your tes-
timony here?'
when you came to my office in Butte.
why did you tell me that statement was
true it ii was untrue
why. | was Just 'stringing' you and
Whiteside to get money out OF you. and
got it.
Mr. Hoar put the witness on the rack
and threw such an unholy light about him
that Senator Chandler said;
Il don't see. Mr.. Campbell. If you ard
Mr.. Birney intend to make statement 10
this committee why we should be detained
Hill proceeded TO tell of note viii III
Mr.. Bickford wrote to Mr. Root and which
he said Mr. Campbell opened. Senator
Pettus said: Il think We have had enough
of this,
Mr.. Faulkner said it was important.
But how can YOU prove it, asked MIR.
Pettus.
BY testimony" answered Mir, Faulkner
YES. by testimony. said Mr.. Pe;tus.
with sarcasm. but this mans statements
are not testimony.
Mr.. Campbell asked permission to go Gu
the stand This led TO discussion. bat
Mr.. Chandler ruled that Mr. Campbell
might be sworn. III what these men
Wright and Hill say be true. said Mr.
Campbell. this is not tit place for NE
to be-
Mr. Chandler, after comforting With other
members of the committee. told Mr. Camp
heli tndt ne Hldht a. SNtNtlHtHt da
counsel. and that later should he desire lie
might go on as a witness.
Mr. Campbell said;
THE statement made by Mr.. Lyon yes
terday as to my Offering him money for
testifying before the court Is absolutely
and Internationally untrue. did talk
with Mr.. Lyon. He had made Il statement
as tc what he knew and | asked him to
verify it. He started to verify it and I
paid him $500 for his expenses and time
while trying to verify It,
in regard to Mr. Hills statement he
came to my office and started in to write
the affidavit himself. After a while he
said he could not very well do 1t, as he
wanted to go home. his wife expecting TO
be confined. He asked Mr.. Little. my sec
Rotary TO do it. was present part OF (
the time, but Mr. Whiteside was not there (
at ALL Hill made the statement from his
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THE BRIBERY ENQUIRY
Two Witnesses Admit That Their
Sworn Testimony Was Untrue.
Declare That They Were Paid to Pre-
pare False AHidn,its Alleging That
the Votes of Montana Legislators
Were Purchased - Counsel for the
Memcriaiist- Defend Themselves.

Significant statements and sensational
charges came in quick Succession in the
Montana senatorial enquiry yesterday.
Two men, l.. l. Wright and Benjamin Hill,
OF Missoula. who had been called to Wash
ington from Montana by the Committee on
Privileges and Elections at the instance
of the protestants against Senator W. A.
Clark, and who were discharged by the
side which had secured their attendance,
were called 10 the witness stand by former
Senator Faulkner, counsel for the defend
ant. These men swcre that they had pre-
pared false affidayits in Montana, charging
bribery on the part o. Senator Clark and
his campaign managers; that they had been
paid to perjure themselves by Representa-
tive Campbell. leading counsel against Sen
ator Clark and by Frederick Whitestde,
chief witness of the memorialists.
Counsel for the memorialisis maintained
that the fraudulent affidaT1.s were accepted
by them in good faith as true. Then Mr..
Faulkner made the telling point that the
memorial against Senator Clark. presented
10 the United States Senate ana on which
the enquiry was ordered, was based on the
afidavits which the memorialists now ad-
10 bt cpuiiDhn-
Mr. Campbell and Mr.. A. A. Birney, to
defend themselves against the charges of
the witnesses. made formal and sweeping
statements TO the committee. In the in
term between the forenoon aud afternoon
session the committee held an executive
meeting.
l.. L. Wright then took the stand 4
hush came over the crowd thar filled all
the floor space In the committee room not
covered by tables The direct exsmina-
ton of Wright was conducted by former
Senator Faulkner. counsel-in-chief for Sen
stor Clark. The.witness said he had lived
in Montana for ten years, and was engaged
tu the secondhand furniture business al
Missoula. He denied that he had any
agreement with Mr. Rector TO meet him in
a room In the Power block az Helena fer
the purpose OF seeing money paid 20 GER
tain members OF the Legislature.
Ar. Faulkner-Nere you present. as Mr.
Rector said you were. when Mr.. Steele was
paying some money out TO jackson, mem-
her of the Legislature.
Nitness-l was not.
Mr.. Faullfner-Did you have any rela-
tons with Ben Bill in sanction with this
caseg n 80. state what occurred.
witness-aili talked TO me several times
in August and September lasi about the
DAILY faction. trying 10 get evidence to dis
liar Mr.. Welcome About the last of 0c-
toter H;li came TO me In cigar store and
f.ircdnces ne to 9 man with him as Mr..
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HEIGHT & COMPANY, 5l3=5l5 9TH Street.

cause they did not pay up the thousand
dollars. l asked Mr.. Whiteside about It,
and he said, a thousand dollars in your
hands would be worth 100000 10 Clark.
and we cannot afford it, "
What did that mean"
1T meant that ] could sell my testi-
mony for 500, 900"
did Dr. Minchell get any money for
testifying before the supreme court"
THE day after he testified Mr.. Hill. DR..
Minchell. Mr.. Cowan, and myself were
standing on the steps of DR.. Minchell's
house. We went into room and Mr.. Hill
took roll Of money out Of his pocket and
said, DR. Ninchell, here is your money,
and be gave MIN $500. He said, These
people are stringing us. and | want you
TO let me hold this money for you, and
will lei you have enough to go home on.
What did he mean by 'stringing' you?'
That they would not put up the money
which they had promised. DR.. Minchell
said he had supposed there was thousand
dollars for him.
Have you received any other compensa-
ton from these gentlemen?'
Two hundred dollars
From whom
Mr.. Torey.
who is he?H
"One Of the financial men of the Ana
oonda Copper Mining Company"
Have you received any money while
here?"
yes. think $50. from Mr. Touey"
Have you had any conversation with
Mr. Rector here
Yes, sir.
Did he tell you that he had strung out
his testimony before the committee be-
cause there was nothing in it, and no one
would believe il anyhow
Yes, sir
What reason had you for making a
false affidavit
81 did it for what there was in it. Mr..
Campbell told me | would not be prose-
cuted for perjury because he wanted 20 get
testimony 10 purify politics.
Referring to other afidavits similar TO
his own. he was asked by Senator Chan
dler. These afiidavits are all lies, you un-
derstand?"
yes" he replied, 'the bulk of them
Dir. Birney cross-eyamined the witness.
He said he went TO Helena to work for
Senator Clark. lie was TO work among
those members OF the Legislature whom
he knew. He did not speak to any MEM
Der about voting for Senator Clark.
Then what did you do
Well. not much
Did you do nothing. or did you do
something which you don't want TO men
ton before this cOmmttee?"
No. sir; it amt that"
who paid your expenses in Helena
Mr.. Steele gave me $40 during the five
weeks / was there.
Have you been in politics."
Yes. ran for Office three or four
times and always was beaten
Are you Democrat in politics.
Il am" lLaughter.l
Senator Burrcws-You were here for
business?"
Witness-Yes.
Under rigid cruss-examihation, the
witness made II appear that in his con-
yersation with Mr.. Little he led that gen
tlernan 10 believe that he tWright) did
bave personal knowledge OF bribery for
Clark.
You led Mr. Little to believe that scu
had held $le.0Oc Of Senator Clark's money
for Stale Senator Meyers?"
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own memory and not at any susgestioq

own memory and not at any Suggestion
I from me at all.
Mr.. Hoar-Is Mr.. Little in town?
Mr.. Campbell-He is. Hill told me he
! thought he could get a statement from DR.
| Minchell and Wright. | told him to go
! out and do so if he could sent MIR
Little with him for shat purpose. Mr.. Lit
tie came back and told ME he had drawn
! two drafts ON me for Hill and Minchell for
$3.50 each I told him he should not have
done so and that it was impossible for Us
now to use them as witnesses. The res-
son | employed Hill was this: In the at
! fidavit before you ne said there had been
a charge against Mr.. Whiteside. That
was the first iutimation / had that White
side was charged with attempting to bride
anyone. asked him to go and try 10 find
out what the affidavit contained That
occupied him all the summer. trying 10
intercept some letters between the par
ties who were putting up the conspiracy.
At last he succeeded in getting letter
from BickfOrd to Root. which was opened
by Hill | have never paid Hill for doing
anything wrong or crooked. never
asked him TO testify to anything that was
not true
Mr. Grandchildren did you first have
reason to believe that the statements fur
nlshed to you were untrue?
Mr. Campbell--The Sunday after this il
vestigation began. He went in to talk
with Mr.. Birney. and when Mr.. Birney
came out he said that some OF the faces
set forth in the affidavit which Hin made
were not true. and We decided nor 20 use
Hill as a witness
MIR. Birney then made the following
statement: Il was employed IN this mat
ter Two days before the hearing convened
ON -the day after the opening OF the case
Mr.. Campbell requested me to see Mr..
Hill and others We retired to an inner
room aud ! talked with him. / did not
have the affidavit in my possession. but
did have a reduction OF it, With taat paper
in my hand, I went over it. line by line.
phrase by phrase. with Hill. / made the
corrections which he suggested. Part OF
the matter he told me 10 strike out. The
material statements contained in the aIf
davit were all affirmed by him. told Hill.
before | examined him. that / wanted the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.
He told me that Mr.. Campbell had said The
same to him. He spoke in the highest
terms OF Mr. Campbell. but he had q
contrary feeling toward MI. Whiteside and
MIR. Hartman | reported the result 81
this Interview to SIR. Campbell. Hill eS
pressed great desire 10 be relieved from
tesJfying in chief saying that II We
would leave him of the stand in chief until
the other fellows testified he would make
us splendid witness in rebuttll In cor
ference with my associates after that i'
was determined not 20 call Hill, as we
could not rely on anything he misht say
He did not tell me at any tine that MS
statement was false aud | must say that
thought that what he was telling was
true.
barney Shanohau aud John Burns were
called In reeuttal Of 2. T. Normoyle. who
testified to a bribery intrigue az a road
house near Helena
The committee at 6 o'clock adJpusaed till
Monday.
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SELISIA 0-N
REMNANTS. wv

In straight bee line from the mill of fine
Selsia Remnants graced IA Nothing mussed
sOied scrappy about them They all nice clean.
goods III lengths OF yard to 10 yards Besides black have
these fayorite colors to select All shades of
light blue and white They closely
fabrics Dressmakers and others needing Selis will do we'll
to take advantage of this opportunity i5 aud 2e val
6c continue beyond The time il dis
posed of
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Nothing could emphasize the fact more imprc.s
lively that Ileuririi's Naezeu. Senate. aud tagef
are pure malt and hop beverages than o. order
case ty 'phsnns 6ii. Arlington BottiinG c.
These beers are cndoESe,l aud recommended hy he
nc>t rrdninnt physicians OF the oiiy as the mot
lealthful al all beeTs
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The Flannel
and BriIliantine 0OC
Waists ~

Several hundred fine quality Back
Brilliantine and Black and Colored
Flannel Waists are punched in one
lot at one remarkably low ptice;-
some are plain, 'others corded;
they sold previously from sl.sS to
S2.25.- You had better take advantage
of the present reduction, as nnC
they will never again be as WI
low Choice Of the lot-....... w
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We offer very handsome line of
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They have the fashionable deep flounce;
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These Are the Savings in Silks and Dress Goods.

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Notion Prizes.

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Ammonia. bottle. t-2c
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A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture o. 4 on
E. Springer. of 1925 Howard 81. Pils-
delphia- Pa, when she found Iat De-.
Kings New Discovery FOR Consumption
had completely cured her of backing
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doctors.could give her no RELIEF, bet she
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Robbed the Grave.

A s,artl;pg incident, of which NJ ,
John Olive, OF Pi'la6elph;e. Vas the
subjecS, 10 ma a,ed by Pm IS follows
II was IN a terriable con6!r on. Nv
skin was almost yellow, ewes semi en-
tongue coeIed. pain continually 10 back
and SIDES, no aoDeti, e-gra0Uelly S ow.
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continued their use three weeks and
now am a well man. know they
saved my lie and robbed The grave o.
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Wy them. Only so cents guaran reed
10. E. Jackson's drug store.
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Is Your Boy in This?

The street car management is
doing its very best 20 stop boys, both
white and colored, from the dangerous
amusement of Jumping on and of
the car whea it Is in motion, but in
vain, and unless parents of such boys
render some aid in the matter, some
body's darling is going to be crippled
or come up missing.
AN OBSERVER.
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Judge John A. Kelley

Judge John A. Kelley died al
his home in Marion last Sunday, al
the advanced age of so years. lie
was an uncle of Mis-. Henry Pies
ton OF our tow, and was for many
years a prominent lawyer at this
place. He was cashier OF the
MOI Shwestein Bank, o; Tazewell
pceViCds 10 The war, and moved &c
MaIiou about thirty years ago
whele he was elected CT colt cOurl
Judge, which o1ice he filed with
distinction for more than qual Oer
of a cenlu y, refining in 1895: on
account of failing health. Judge
Kelly was poted for his pains-tak-
Jog CAFE as a Jurist. His duties
brought him 10 contact with the
leading lawye' OF the Stale, and
he always performed the doties OF
his Office with credit 10 himself and
his calli0S. He was a man OF
N az sed christian chal acter, ietir-
Jog II dlspoSitior, unsweIvi1g in
his adherence to drty aud as ecu
tie, wlShal; as a woman.
he is spivIved by two brothers;
Frank w. Kelly, of Saltville,
Lev. VIM. Il. Kelly, of Unaka and a
siste', Ms. Jane SPOTS, of our
town. His death is modrned bS
all who ever had the honor and
pleasure of his acquaintance and
friendship.
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Don't Censure
An Adviser.

You may have lead al
ticles o. advice written by
men whom you know to
be faulty in their actions.
You may also have censur-
ed them for their insinceri-
ty. But these advice g;vers
should be pitied more
than cepsured. Tell us
who is TO be more pitied
than the man who knows
right from wrong aud who
has MOI the strength aud
VII power 20 avoid the
wrong. Tell us who is
more able to warn people
Of the rocks and reefs than
the man who has run on
them and cannot get off?
A man who knowingly does
the wrong thing is more
able to talk convincingly
against it. He knows from
exI .rience the harm to
come. These thoughts
come to our mind as we
listened to a conversation
between two friends, one of
whom bad los his fortune
by fire and was urging upon
his friend the Importance
Of good insurance.
Fire may come your way
tomorrow. Better insure
today.
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CA - to- RIA
Bears the nIhe Kind You Have Always 6uugn
'''' Of &XAzZx

Presidency, and suggested that the
count of The 'Ken;1cIy electoral vote
be contested President McEinleV
1t need hardly be said gave no ca
coura cement 10 the p. os ton
Let NJ. yerkes GO on with his col
lec..On OF int. nal revenue in Ken
tuckY. The Eepubl'csns do no,
need the electoI al vo.e cs that Safe
this year.
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Jno. Z. Jackson.
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II. W. POBST.
Cheap Houses.

We are authorized to offer for sale
one smr'l house, neer the Depot for
$4,000 house has two rooms and
a shed room. Cheap at lager fgu, es.
One house and lot on The Whitley
Brsnch-three rooms, acre lot
good location, for $4,000.
One nice house and lot in town
corner lot-good stable good water
new house with s rooms-a nice
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at this off @,