The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-06

quite impossibIe TO get IN or out OF the chamber,
number of the laaes IN the audience were COM
PEELED 70 take refuge within sne circle, wnere tney
were allowed to remain aagaS me s session. sni
during Its delivery the utmost silence was pro-
served by tine vast gathering OF spectators. He
smoke so low at first that II was quite difficult
to catch every that he uttered but by degrees
ne warmed up TO his subject and spoke IN clear,
bles distinctly. He began by referring 10 the way
the senator from the Twenty-iourtn had
Senate Senate Without having given np Mr. Wood any
lnumatlon OF wnat he was going 10 DO.
e then went on to critlclse the testimony. point by
point TO show tnat there was not tine slightest EVIL
dence TO base the charge OF ''Dribery and corrUp
ton" on, as far as Senator Wood was concerned.
He argued tnat everything that could be done 10
TARNISH THE REPUTATION
OF man VINO had up 10 the present. led a blame
less life, and enjoyed the esteem and regard OF all
and that their every charge was unsustained by the
evidence taken ny the committee. He then closed
AZ fOllowS:-
This brings the conclusion the testimony Of
the most important legislative trials that has ever ranspred
IRE Of @ s % sas
can commit short only OF actual treason Imp ran be-
ana personal Fights every CITIZEN Of me Com
doss e no ssn 10 me wso our sa s
In this country rules SO that we have an honest
less and other kindred evils
snd can % w they S0
too often the people Look with indifference even these
tsn. s As
s ana a ~
conssn, ne from all saponsse
Il y the objectionable Official sin; The enorm,ty
oena se eas Is = as the sy
down his fellow under circumstances which the law and pub
e
and M @
high public official betrays his
u siY puSc injury results
Under public Condemnation for breach Of puzzle srusi
which his remaining years, whether many or. or few,
!. The
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80 toe lf ns
yindicate him. to the end that the injury already sustained
s ha Ss
q the him. has from o. day 70 ay curing
taken By the comm.sse visited him with the most
Of do AP%
q called hum him a com
ne Grand ti,9 for crime
SENATOR what :sisinase was saoserved
Was the to your minds ans
He was then on trial ordered by the Senate; The
s Ms
@ @ % To s GTe Il s
Of fair trial and contempt legislative
af ~ as ms
O .a MAS the
prejudice he Senate, and thus secure result
Of snfa@y forever a.ed upon him II neither Inc
one nor ne Other am utterly unable to divine The object
susable and nnjustiaabe after he was put trial
repute while the public press INDUCES in unresrained
the Of u or s and
influence for good or for evil is difficult TO withstand
By
hey and they follow Them with srsssr
asa than they H. a
at lis home they have friends emSitsrea
sgsns him in asy
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establish S ssS have m'''FA'' tailed to
sQuKLCHED BUT NOT CONVINCED
Woodlns remarks ana laimea that the lat,ers
ns De
but he meant 10 do his duty the best way he knew
how. Mr.. Woodin had apparently squelched hun:
but he believed the senate would do its duty lear
lessly, no matter how poorly he had argued to snow
that Mr.. Wood should be expelled.
A DRIVE AT THE COMMITTEE.
1t should be stated that during his speech Mr..
WOodin read letter from Senator Ames to Mr..
port OF the committee OF which ne was chairman
mad not faithfully represented his views OF the case
and mad come to conclusions which he could not
endorse. In laying upon certain words IN the
letter which apparently reflected upon the action OF
the other republican member OF the committee.
Mr.. Wo0dln turned toward Senator Allen and
looked him full in the face In such way that
there could be no mistake as TO whom ne meant
his indirect illusions to apply. This incident cre
ated decided sensation winch was rendered all
the more intense by the brief but spirited reply
which Senator Allen made. He claimed that one Of
a
during the Investigations but two or three
rmes-he being at the time suffering from Illness
and that when the testimony had been all written
ont the committee only held one brief session. at
which their findings were discussed He mad done
his duty and was ready 10 stand by the report. He
also had received letter from Senator Alnes which
he desired read. The letter was then handed to
the Clerk, who read 1t aloud. 1t turned out TO be
MIR. AMEs' VIEW OF THE CASE,
and concludes as 1OlloWs:-
There are conclusions Tweed and Gould
senator II is stated directly BY Implication
The other conclusion applying for and
ing the loans of those assuming them to be OF char
Socence far as bis Intention was has placed
Sns
position where he could not act on these measures in
Of BENG influenced oppose
entity he mgS. have hoaaht that duty should require him
oppose Or he might say those men have been friendly
nnuenced and his transactions werehererore improper
expusionY say no. There is no. only not Sufficient evil
legal on but there be
the OF the moral conclusion and Mr.
Ia clearly the benefit Of that doubt the
given should vote against the would
like my IDEAS stated, In way be made known
Senate, but have left the matter with you.
Mr. Allen said he should have contented himself with
this debate but tor the illusions the
committee. He then alluded to the financial responsibility
of the implicated SENATOR and said 1t proved by
banker in his own county that he was nsovent up to
cent date, late 1870 The witness had stated that
his note was not good for 300 Even the Senator himself
had said enough In the testimony to justify the committee in
their 1ferences He commented al some length the
timony OF Jay Gould and the Senator's admission that
though he did not want anything for himself would be
glad his partner could be assisted. This certainly Inn
proper.
WHAT IS TT
Mr.. Murphy here interrupted Mr. Allen and re-
quested that as 1t was getting late and Mr.. Allen
would undoubtedly not be able to conclude MS re-
marks In time TO have vote taken upon the ques-
ton before the afternoon adjournment, the further
consideration Of the case should be post
poned TO tuesday evening next. He desired
TO vote on the question, but was anxious
TO 20 home by the early afternoon train;
and, furthermore, he had an amendment
to offer to Mr. Chatield's resolution which would
probably take the Senate some time to digest. The
Senator then put MS request into the form OF mo-
ton, which was carried. What the amendment Is
that he intends to offer 10 mystery as yet and
rrfa xtA of