The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-13

said he had never been asked to vote
for CLARK for United States senator,
and had never been offered any oonsid
Grafton for his vote for that gentleman,
He gave evidence ms to the organization
of the Townsend hank, Of whiohshe wal
president, aud explained how lie Oh
tanned money for it.
Tierney said that $1,000 which he
had put Into the organization Of the
now bank at Townsend had been kept
in the safe of Darsey s. Co., where it
had been put in preference to putting it
in the bank Of Hyatt 81 Dolenty, the
only bank then existing at Townsend.
OF the $5, 500 drawn out in his trans
action, not to exceed ~, 900 had been
entered upon the books of the firm. He
had taken 1t out because it was his.
Very often, however. these deposits
were put into the general cash fund Of
the firm. In response to a question
from Senator Chandler, the witness
said that Notwithstanding he knew
there were aspersions cast upon his
character, because Of his vote for CLARK,
he had brought no papers Of any kind
with him to show whence the $5. 500
used IN the organization Of the Town.
send bank had come. The questioning
brought out the fact that both Eversoll
and Representative Shovelin, who, to.
gether with Mr.. Tierney, constituted
the whole legislative delegation from
Broadwater county, were stockholders
in the new Townsend bank. OF the
entire $25, 900 capital. Mr.. Tierney tes-
titled that himself and relatives and
business associates had contributed
about SIS, 900. Eversoll and Shovelin
eaol, having only $1,000,
The organization had been oanvassed
two years previous to the time of its
actual organization. but the idea had
not been put into execution because of
the difficulty of getting the money to-
gether. Some of the money put III by
his relatives lad been brought from
the east. All Of the members Of the
legislature who were in the bank in
the end voted for CLARK for the senate.
William Bryan, a ranohman of Go.
lumbia Falls, who said he had former.
ly worked in one of MI. Days mines
at Butte, testified to being sent by men
connected with Mr.. DAILY to Flathead
county. during the legislative election
Of 1898, to assist Mr.. Whiteside in his
race for the state senate. On the train
out from Columbia Falls, he said he
had a talk with Whiteside, and that
the latter had told him that Senator
CLARK had sent money into the county
to be used against him, adding that he
would get even with CLARK II 1T ever
his way for buoking him in his
election. Mr.. Whiteside had said he
would "job Clark to a fare you we'll. "
Again in Helena, after the Legislature
met, he asked MI. Whiteside for some
money.
"Mr. Whiteside replied" said the
witness, THAT he had only 81. A few
weeks before he had $50, 900 in his
pockets, but, as 1t had not been his, he
had turned it over to the state. He.
said he had been offered 800, 900 to
leave the town. I told him." con-
tinued the witness. "that he was a
id fool for not keeping tile money.
but he replied that he could make more
out of the other side-out of Daly-by
turning the money over"
On GROSS examination the witness
said he had thought that Whiteside had
meant that he could not only get $10.-
900 for leaving, but he could also keep
the $50, 900. He added that Whiteside
had loaned him $5 Of the ~ he had on
hand, and that he had paid the amount
back.
Adjourned until Monday.