Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-09
A. I was not there.

A. I was not there.
BY Mr.. Carnpbell: I will state that NJ
DAILY was sick in bed at that time.
Q did not authorize Miles Fin.
len TO pay Witness Berne Sits al the re-
quest Of Pat Conlon, for work in Flat
mead county, for Whiteside, did YOU?
A. l never did in my life.
/, Q. Did h Anaconda or Amalram-
ateu mpa spend any money for the
passage Of House Bills 1872 and 124?
A. Not hat l know of. There was
none Of our friends there as lobbyists. /
have heard money was paid. but know
nothing OF my own knowledge.
.. Is the Boston & Montana connect
ed with the Amalgamated?
A. Individuals own stock in both, but
the two are not connected,
Q. State to the committee what
amount amount of money was contrib
uted during 1894 to the state capital
fight.
A. Probably $3.50. 900 or perhaps $780,
wv. The Anaconda contributed
NOT a dollar, out the auxiliary compa mics
Q. What was the population of Mon
tana in 1894?
A. l do not know. I amt up on that.
l have not the slightest idea.
y. was 1t over 250,0 900 in population?
"A. Wen. now, senator, I could not an
swer that question, because I never gave
it a thought.
Q. You have no idea of the popula-
ton? "
A. did not come prepared to answer
that question:.
=. DO you remember making a prom
Use to a committee from Missoula, that
II they would make a fight for Anaconda.
you would build a certain railroad in
Missoula county?
"A. l never made no such promise. I
had not money enough to build a road.
&. Have you not frequently stated
that there was expended in favor of the
location of the capital at Anaconda the
sum Of 81, $50. 900?
A. l never made no such statement.
1t would be a lie if I made 1t.
q. Mr.. DAILY. wha position in the
party did You occupy officially in 1888?
A. l will state to the committee that
l was not a emb of the convention
that nominated Mr.. Clark that year. I
was a comparative stranger in the terri
tory at that time. AS far as my oppos-
Ing Mr.. Clark. my recollection is that
he did not carry a county in the state but
one.
@. Did You not openly declare your
support of him during the campaign?
A. I did at the of the
campaign was earnestly for him. I
changed my mine nv at last took a neg
ative part in it. ! did not a day or two
before the election pledge to Mr.. James
Shields my uppor of Mr.. Clark.
Q. Did not at least 30 per cent of your
men stick pastors with the name Of Mr..
Carter over that of Mr.. Clark? Did you
give your men any instructions how to
vote?
A. I did not. I stated I was not sup
porting Clark, but I never instructed a
man, either in that election or any other.
how an American citizen should cast his
ballot. I always stated how I felt and
what I favored, but I did not tell a man
how to vote. I made no particular fight
against Mr.. Clark. I attended to my own
business.
@. Has Mr.. Stiff ever been in your
employment?
A.. Yes. Marshall and Stiff have been
employed as attorneys for the company.
@. Did you tell John r. Toole just be-
fore leaving for New York that you had
put up s57, 900 to defeat Clark, n would
not add any more to it? Z.
A.. I never had mo- such conversation
with him or anybody else.
@. What connection has the Anaconda
company with the Florence hotel?
A. They own the property.
MI. Campbell: Are you willing that
the committee. if they so desire, shall ex-
anime your bank account and your
books?
A. Certainly.
MI. Faulkner: Where were the ac-
courts Of the Anaconda company kept
before it Went into the Amalgamated?
A. SO Broadway. The Amalgamated
Copper company owns practically all of
the Anaconda. Their accounts are kept
at SO Broadway,
e. 49,