The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16

that State were witnesses before the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections OF the
Senate yesterday and last night.
Edward p Coyne, of Genesee, y. Y,
testified to a conversation which he had
last November with Hewitt, one Of the
anti-Clark witnesses, in which Hewitt said
that Welcome had not the ghost Of a
chance of not being disbarred, because
DAILY owned the court, and because the
case against Welcome was being con-
Quoted for the purpose Of getting tesu-
mony against Clark.
Witness made the remark that that vas
pretty hard on Welcome, and Hewitt said
that the DAILY people all liked Welcome
and felt sorry for him. but that they were
after Clark, and would not stop at any
thing TO beat him. There was some talk,
witness continued, about the thirty thou
sand dollars, and Hewitt said he thought
that the thirty thousand dollars had been
put up by the DAILY people as part Of
scheme TO defeat Clark
The examination of this witness was
suspended and another witness took his
| place, who was called by the chairman and
| whose testimony was averse to Senator
! Clark This witness was William H.
/
| judges of Montana. He was examined By
| the chairman as 10 interviews which he
had had with his family physician in
{ Helena. DR.. Tracey. and the story which
I he told is here given in his own words ire
I lating the interview Of August ). when the
| Welcome case was before the COURT:
THE doctor invited me into the back
room of his Office and shut the door. We
1 sat down together, and the doctor. half
laughing, said: There is funny kind OF
business coming up. ! DO not want you to
| think ] am talking 10 you about some
thing | ought not to talk about. But
take some interest in this Welcome case
] stopped him and said: Doctor. that case
| is in court. TO be proceeded with as any
! other case He said: They tell me II is
not like an ordinary case: that i; is a mat
ter Of discretion in the court / said:
Doctor. II is a matter of legal discretion.
Well said he, i think it is a political
! fight. Welcome is a decent fellow |
said that Welcome was a decent fellow,
and that we all liked him personally. He
then said: 4 do not think there is any
use in laying the business before you.
There is a party over here. and they have
got 100000. and want to put 1t up If that
case can be thrown out of court. said.
Doctor ! would not for ali the money that
DAILY and Clark have got and for all ;he
money in their banks added to il. enter
tain such a proposition for FIVE minutes"
Views of DIR. Trncey.
The next interview with DR.. Tracey.
which the witness detailed with great par
ticularity. took place at Judge Hunts gar
den gate. The doctor on that occasion sail,
the witness continued;
e These people say that they have got
one judge of the Supreme Court slid:
. 10 haf IL oil AZ ha hot,
is what they say The next thing he did
was TO take memorandum book out of his
pocket. He looked in IL and said: They
say that DAILY has assured you OF re-ele:-
tion. | said What nonsense that Isl
Mr. DAILY has never assured me Of any
thing. l have 20 right to expect Mr.. Daily
TO assist me in reelection If may become
a candidate. He opposed me when | ran
before. Our political affiliations differ
The doctor seemed look again at the
memorandum book, and said: VIII the
grand jury be allowed to be callcd?' !
said; 1 do not understand your question
Well said he. all that these people want
is a fair show, and told them that, so FAR
as you we're concerned they colld count
upon you being absolutely fair.
He added I never saw man 10 whom
] would rather trust a lawsuit Then he
said 10 me. You ought not to be on hat
cannot stand it, / said. 1t is a very labo-
rious position. doctor and II | could see
my way clear to getting out of II | would Z
be gland 20 do so, because II IL 'remen-
dous tax on my health. He saiG. 1 would
like to see YOU &c; The money. /! you could J
do 1t honestly. You could lake n rest for 1
awhile. 1t would build you up If you /
could get out Of the air OF that court /
house ] told him IL might but that there I
sras h. IL "a
be done. / then said 20 him. Doctor. / |
have no heritage in the world except that |
of an untainted name, and ! propose 20 I
leave that TO my children Well, said I
he. L would not have you do anything I
which you do not think would be right, /
but should like TO see you do we'll.
Judge Hunts next interview with Dr. |
Tracey was on the street in Helena ON !
November IA. while the Welcome case
was stll proceeding, and this is how the
Judge detailed it:
The doctor said. Judge. ] want TO speak |
to you. ! suppose no change of mind has .
come over you since last summer in rela- |
tion to this matter. l said. No, doctor; /
no change. ! thought that that had ended. I
Well said ne. 1 just wanted TO know. !
1t has ended. doctor. said J. so far as |
am concerned. ! am simply doing my |
duty in the matter. | do not know how |
more forcibly ! can tell YOU my position |
than to say that ] would not do il 10 |
save my own life or the lives OF my chill /
dren. He said, i am glad you have not |
changed your mind, and | knew you would |
not ] saw the doctor again last Sunday
night. He showed me a telegram TO the !
effect that Attorney General Nolan had
told the Senate committee that Judge
Hunt would testify that Dr. Tracey had /
offered him 100000. | said. Doctor |
am very sorry. dislike extremely 10 go
to Washington.
The committee then took recess until
s o'clock.
Testimony of Justice PigOtt.
The first witness OF the night session
was Justice W. T. Pigott. of the Supreme
Court of Montana. He was called to Wash
ington at the instance of the committee to
tell Of a conversation which he had at
Helena in August, 1899, with Frank Z. Cor
bett, one Of Senator Clarks attorneys II
had been testified TO by Mr.. Corbett and
others that he tCorbetD had engaged a
special train from Butte TO Helena and re-
turn for the purpose Of the more effectively
conducting some business connected with
the Welcome disbarment trial. II has
been a contention of the memorialists
against Senator Clark that Corbett was
TO Helena from Butte by John s.
NJ Neill for the purpose Of corrupting the
Supreme Court Of the State. Corbett, when
on the stand, emphatically disclaimed any
OF such message, and M Neill
testified that he had not sent nor caused 10
be sent any such message.
Judge Pigott said that he had known