Show CASE AGAINST CLARK HEARING BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE COM-MITTEE ON ELECTIONS Former Senator Whitcsides Continues Con-tinues His Testimony CrossEx amined by ExSenator Faulkner Washington Jan S Former Stale Senator Whltesldc of Montana con tlnued his tcHllmony In the Clark Scna torlal case before the Committee on Privileges and J21ectlon lodas7 Ho was crossexamined by exSenator Faulkner The examination brought out the fact that Mr Whltcslde at a member of the committee lo Investigate the Slate Capitol committee had made a minority report charging corruption He was asked If this was tho caseIn case-In which he had suggested to 1 P McCabe that this minority report could be suppressed for 2500 but denied that such was the case Hu said that hit j I sole purpose in undertaking lie I exposure ex-posure of bribeiy In the Legislature that elected Mr Clark WUB to protect the good name of the State SOAIIfiVIIAT EVASIVE I desired he said to have some ono accept the money so as to expose I time methods of Mr Clark j Did 3ou become a friend nf Up J j Clarks friends for the purpose of entrapping en-trapping them 1 cant say exactly but I suppose I did Jn doing this did not you know you were assuming an attitude of misrepresentation misrepre-sentation I did Was this not a position of false hood 1 cant say au lo that but I had to nun ice a number of misrepresentations I What do 3rou consider a lie I consider It a nilsstaloment lo one who his a right lo know the truth net to one who hus no right to know It WHITBSIDKS OPINION Mr Whlteslde said he did not see how any honest man could vOte for Clark after the exposure of the committee com-mittee on Investigation and said un der pressure that the remark applied to the lifijfour members who cast their votes for that gentleman He said In reply to a question that Marcus Mar-cus Daly was an acquaintance of his not a friend though he should be glad to have him for a friend Have you received 33000 for this pretended exposure asked Mr Faulkner I 1 have not received 35000 or any sum for that service the witness re plied CONVERSATION WITH CLARK Relating to his conversation held t with Senator Clark prior lo the lattors I election he said he was positive thai Mr Clark himself hud said among other things that State Senator An dorson could not be influenced with I money like some of time members and I that this statement was not made by l Mr Wellcome iu appeared In the printed report of his teKtImonybetore the grand Jury of Lels and Clark county The witness said the money to pay for the present prosecution has been raised by subscription and he un derstood that Mr Daly was one of the subscribers to the fund Tho crossexamination further 1 brought out that the witness had no personal knowledge of bribery In the case of the three members of the As sembly who had been referred to At noon time committee took a recess until 230 p in KNOWLEDGE OF BRIBERY When the hearing was resumed the crossexamination of Mr Whlteslde continued The main direction of the questioning was to bring out points of difference between the witness state men Is now and those made beCome the grand jury One of the questions brought out a new statement from Mr Whlteslde that his knowledge that bribery was going on was confirmed When a party to th i transaction took from his pocket a roll of bills and said Thats what we do tho business with The crossCTcamlnjitlon sought to bring out the circumstances nf an al leged nuetlng between ihe t witness and an election olllcial who held time ballots in the election In which Whlteslde had participated The witness was asked If he had not offered 1000 for the bal lots Mr Whltesldo denied that thin had occurred and asserted that he had proof to show that a party had been paid to make such a statement against him He also said that a prosecution Instituted against him In this connec Lion was due lo prejudice and was In spired by one of Mr Clarks associates OBJECTED TO BADGERING WIT NESS At ono point Mr Pettus of time com mltlee objected lo having the witness badgered by counsel ExSenator Edmunds of counsel against Clark said many of the ques tions had been improper but that they were not objected to as the widest lati hide was desired In testing time wit ness Mr Whlteslde then went over the circumstance of his being authorized to offer 5000 to each of Uo members with 5500 down on condition that their votes would be forthcoming If desired Ho was closely questioned on all time details The crossexamination of Whltoslde was In progress when the coinmlltce adjourned unlll 10ir tomorrow morn Ing |