The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

get some more business III 1870, l
said OK; same arrangement as
1923, / guess. So l did" he tes-
titled. The amount of the COM
missions OF that business, S731.27,
was paid in cash to Mr.. Stewart in
Williams room at the Placer ho-
tel. he said.
H. G. Burton, special agent of
Butte, said he wrote the two poll
cies at Mr.. Stewards request in
1923, on which the commission was
S3S9.92. He said that he had
talked with Mr.. Stewart about the
matter in June, 1928, and was told
that other special agents were 60
ing to write some business for Mr..
Stewart and was asked if he was
willing to do the anne He said
that Mr.. Stewart advised him that
payment probably would be made
in state warrants and he had bet
ter get in touch with his company
and see if they would handle them.
He said it was understood between
them that Mr.. Stewart would get
the commissions and that he
wanted the transaction confidential
because of the danger of criticism
by political opponents and other
local agents. He said Mr.. Stewart
promised to direct him what to do
with the commissions when he got
it. Later, after the commissions
had been RENTED to Burton by the
company, he said he received fur
Their instructions from Mr.. Stew
art. "He asked for cash. He
made it very clear to me. | don't
remember the exact words but l
got it all right" he asserted. He
got the cash from a Butte bank,
met Mr.. Stewart and gave it to him
while they were going up the steps
of the building in which the Biggs
office is located, Burton said.
In 1926 Burton said he wrote
five policies for state insurance,
the commissions aggregating S713.-
SO. THE understanding in 1926
was the same as in 1928" he said.
George P. Porter, state auditor,
called by the managers, was the
means for introducing the insur-
ance claims and warrants in pay
ment thereof.
Wednesday Session
Helena, March 23.-At the CON
clusion of Wednesdays session of
the Montana senate court of I'M
parchment, the house board of
managers prosecuting Charles r.
Stewart, impeached for irregulari-
ties as secretary of state, had COM
pleted testimony on three of the
~ articles filed with the senate
These were the allegations that
he profited financially through
state insurance; that he failed to
obey the constitutional require
ment that a proposed amendment
must be published in at least one
paper in each county, and that
he failed to properly keep min
ltes of the state board of examin-
ers of which he is secretary.
$500 More
Testimony Wednesday of S. c.
Fletcher, special insurance agent,
If Butte, added nearly $500 to the /
.otal alleged to have been received
~ Mr.. Stewart as commissions on I
state insurance written by special
agents for him. The amount, with
his addition to the sums which
VI. L.. Williams, Tom E. Ather- !
stone and H. G. Burton testified
hey paid Mr.. Stewart, totalled 2
g. 207.27 when the state announced
is case complete on that count.
Testimony on the other two S
cunts was brief. G. l.. Walker, c
.hief deputy secretary of state,
estiied to the matter of lack of S
publication of an constitutional F
mendment in Sweet Grass coun-
Y in 1922. He explained the pro- h
edure, saying the order had been a.
sued and mailed and that at no F