The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-16
THE0 TO BRIDE MONT ANA
SUPREME COURT JUDGES
Sensational Testimony Of Justices Hunt and PiggOtt
In The Clark Senatorial Case.
One Offer Of 100000 Said to Have Been Made For
Decision Favorable to Lawyer Welcome.

to his home and that in the afternoon
DIR. Tracey had come to his house ana
sought another interview, saying that
he understood that one of the supreme
court justices had been secured IN Ia
vor of the proposition which had pre-
viously been made To this Justice
Hunt said he had replied that he ga
not believe this To be true, as ne con-
sidered both the chief justice and the
associate justice. Mr.. Piggott btE M
TeprOdch.
After this DIT. Tracey had taken d
memorandum book from his pocket ana
appeared to read from IL memoran-
dun stating that he THE DOCTOR had
understood that Mr. Daily had assured
the reelection of the justice. To this
Justice Hunt said he had replied that
Mr.. DAILY had never assured h'm OF
anything He added that Mr.. DAILY
had opposed his original election, and
that the only reason for supposlng thal
he and Daily were now ON good terms
was found in the fact that some of their
children were very intimate.
After this DR.. Tracey had continued
by saying that .aH they want is a fair
show. and [ told him. continued the
witness, that under any circumstances
they could count on that
Justice Hunt said that after this DR..
Tracey had made an appeal to him 20
get of the bench on account of his
health, ne having been threatened with
lung trouble. that the doctor had told
him that if he continued he was sure
20 break down, as the position was
very laborious- IF he cOUid accept the
proposition he could take a rest. go
abroad. visit the Paris exposition, have
nothing 20 worry about and thus indefi
nitely prOlOng his life
Refused to Accept.
+ Judge Hunt said that he had replied
that he much appreciated what the doc
+ tor said about getting off the bench,
but he could not see his way clear TO
/ accept the proposition The doctor then
went away saying that he would not
have Justice Hunt do anything which
he did not think was right
The matter did not come up between
them again until Nov. IA. when he met
DIT. Tracey on the street. and the lat
ter had asked him if no change had
come over his mind. Justice Hunt said
that he had replied in the negative.
E3ying that he had supposed that their
. last conversation had ended the matter
B between them. as he would not swerve
ID tilAl fttf~iAttit 10 SAVE lily Nm IT tlLCs
/ or the lives of my children.
the doctor then said he was glad that
this wSe the decision Of the judge. and
nothing had been said concerning the
subject until Sunday night Feb. l. At
. that time DR.. Tracey had asked him to
. come 10 his tthe GoctoT'S) Office late
that evening He went there. and DT-
Tracey showed him what was appaT-
emily "a copy of a telegram. which in
g j Il y q
told the senate committee in Wash
ington that the justice would testify
before the committee that DR. Tracey
had offered him q bTibe of 100000 in
the Welcome case. The doctor then
said To him
Was Only Joking.
you know I never offered YOU a
bride. and mat I was only joking in
our conversations concerning the Well
. come case. You know had no 100000
with which 70 bride you. and l am not
. one of that kind Of fellows
Justice Hunt said he had replied 10
DIT Tracey that he wished he could be
leve that he was only joking, but that
he could not put that construction on
his proposition He die not. however.
believe that DIT. Tracey meant o. artu-
ally bride him. but simply To- lay the
3 proposition before him.
In answer to questions frt IN h mem
bers Of the committee Justice Hunt
said he thought DIT. Tracey had men
. toned Senator Clarks name in the first
. conversation. when he had spoken OF
the Welcome case as merely d political
felt between Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Daily.
He had first related the fact Of the
propositions being made To him on the
night of Aug. s. when his associate.
h HON
and related that he had been approach
ed on the same day
At the cICee Of the direct examination
which had been conducted almost en-
tirely by Chairman Chandler, Mr.
Faulkner. on behalf of Senator Clark
made a formal motion To strike out the
testimony of Justice Hunt from the
record. because it had failed TO connect
the name of Mr. Clark with the pro-
ceedings. and was entirely collateral
The motion was OverrUled, and The
cross-examination proceeded
How the Story Got Out.
Justice Hunt said that before DR.
Tracey mad made the propOs ion L
him. lie had considered him a man o
pre-eminently good character de dl'
moi believe the doctor had stopped u
think of the euOrmity of the PROPOSE
ton. and he still regarded him dts
good man. Witness said he had frs
told his story to Judge Piggott, next L
Judge Br8utley. and afterwards q
Judge Dewitt; never To Attorney ( ~.
pral Nolan He understood Judge Fls
rott had told Attorney General Nolan
PiuEott. So far as he knew, had III
aHHa1i0u with DAILY. Asked why n
did not bring the matter TO the atten
ton of the public prosecutor JudS
Hunt replied that he was so humiliate'
he preferred not to disclose it,
o. You preferred to allow the attemp
to nerpetrate such a crime to so IN
punished2
A. ID would have been embarrast an
TO me as q euGge
O. 1t was q contempt of COURT
4. did not take notice OF 1t.
Witness said Judge Piggolt telt tn
. same way about il. He had imnedi
atelv notified his brother judges ate
the interviews of Aug. >. ana after tn
interview of Nov. Is he had immediate
Ilv gone To the court and notified IN
.. Did you inform your associate
that it had been a serious proposition
A Jocular Proposition.
A. Il never occurred to me that
would have been a Jocular lnJerNle'
until Il was suggested to me by ID
/ Tracey later.
Z q. DR.. Tracey alluded to no one2
q. No one,
q. Dr. Tracey asked only for justice
4 I believe he thought there woul
p be justice.
!, At this point senator Hoar created
Z laugh by recalling the fact that Lor
: BACON said he only accepted brides
r do Justice But that he added, wa
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