The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-16
SCORNED A BRIBE
Justice HUNT. of MOntaNa's ST..
prelne Court. Tells How He
Was Approached.
Hundred Thousand Dollars Tor
Throwing Out the Well
come Case.
DAILY and Clark Together, HeSayS.
Had Not Sufficient Money
to Tempt Him.

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committee Oh elections resumed its in
quiry into the election of Senator Clark
OF Montana after Il respite of 36 hours.
When the committee was called to or
der, it developed that at least two of
the justices of the Montana supreme
court We're present, having been sum-
moned by the committee to throw light
upon the Welcome disbarment trial.
Justice Hunts testimony created Il
profound impression. He detailed four
different conversations he had had with
his family physician, DR.. William
Tracey of Helena. in I'VE of which he
believed the doctor had attempted to
lay before him a proposition to bride
him in the Welcome disbarment case,
which was at that time before the court
OF which the witness was Il member.
How 1t Occurred.
The first of these conversations had
occurred on the 9Th of last August in
Mr.. Tracey's Office. The court had then
held that it had jurisdiction in the dis
barment proceedings and he went 10
DR.. Tracey's Office at the invitation of
the latter.
"When l went to his Office" said the
witness, ''Dr. Tracey invited me to IA
back room. The doctor said: Il have a
funny kind Of a proposition which. has
come up for YOU The doctor then went
On to tell, according to Judge Hunt
statement, that he (the doctor) was TAX
ing an interest in the Welcome case
which he said he understood was largely
a matter in the discretion of the mem.
bers OF the court. continuing that he
understood the disbarment proceedings
to be a political fight largely, and that
while he did not know Mr.. Welcome.
he understood he was a decent
fellow. Judge Hunt had replied
to all this that while there
was still Il large amount Of local
discrimination permitted, the case
would have TO take its course the ann
as any other case. He himself felt that
it was IA painful duty, because he knew
MIR. Welcomes reputation, and alto.
gether he would rather avoid it if he
could. DR.. Tracey her said to him.
according to the witness: Il don't SUP
pose, then, there is any use to lay. my
proposition before you::' Without wait
ing for any formal reply, the witness
said the doctor had proceeded as follows:
There is d party here who had got
100000 and wants to put it up if that
case can be thrown ont Of court
Hadn't Money Enough.
Justice Hunt said that he had replied
to Mr.. Tracey that mot all the money
in the United and Anaconda mines to.
gether with every dollar that DAILY and
CLARK are both worth and all that there
IS i'll the banks would induce ne to
sacrifice my conscience to the extent of
granting additional time in this or
any other case. The Welcome case
must go forward just as any other case
would Justice Hunt said he had
then gone to his home, and that abont
$3.50 III the afternoon, DR.. Tracey had
come to his house and had sought
another interview with him. saying that
he understood that one of the supreme
court justices had been secured in favor
OF the proposition which had previously
been made. To this, Justice Hunt had
replied that he did not believe this to be
true, as he believed both the chief ms.
tlce and the associate justice, Mr.. Tag.
CART, to be men beyond reproach.
Advised a Change Of Occupation.