New-York tribune., 1872-03-16
THE WOOD SCANDAL.
no COURSE LEFT But EXPULSION.

no COURSE LEFT But EXPULSION.
From The Sy-aous, Journal (T-1OflH5ers pdpe).
The Senator appears to have made no de-
fense and regards his transactions with the Bowling
savings Bank which the basis of the charges
against him. pleaded that all the papers which could
be available in his behalf have been stolen from him. II
has been supposed that the Committee delayed making
10 resign This he has not DONE and We see no
other course left for the Senate but to e1pe him.
POLLUTED BY TAMMANY GOLD"
1t strikes us that the finding of the Com
mittee is more than damaging. II is damning We see
and should he resign, there is but thing for the
senate 10 dO-eiect him. He Is polluted. HIS hands
have touched Tammany's gold He is no longer Mt To
SIT among honest men. He is no longer true Repub-
can. Less in his SHINING than Winans the same
yellow leprosy that corrupted the one poisoned 'ne
other
"THE EXAMPLE OF THE WELL-BRED Dog
~ TIE bgtGl0 C0AameTcadL %,
Senator James Wood stands charged w with dtd =,
not TO say convicted of-haylng " borrowed sSoOU oi
men who notoriOusly engaged IN corruptlng tDe
legislature 1t does not appear ID t9% ne de @ G p DeE
the money, nor, as TO portion OF II, uoes ~ apP&ha &
that he expected 20 pay IT, Nhat the acon OF 'he
mend to Mr wood the prudent example Of the we-bred
dog which always walks down stairs wnen he sees
freparatons on foot for kicking him into the street
SHOULD FOLLOW TERwILLIGER.
From The Utica ObSerrer
The Committee find that Wood borrowed
oO from Jay Gould which money ne od Pdt nd 'S .e
loaned the money TO any person VINO was not or V
Erie Road and he had never ssked ior he Tne Wne
get out Of the he has disgraced and follow Cushan
and Terwiliger into the shades % OF
pOrters dropping under the mercess guiolihe VI
Reform.
PROOF ENOUGH TO SHOW WOOD UNFIT FOR HIS
PLACE.
Troy Hhi0.
| The Committee did not recommend the eX-
birh there was no ID ace for legislative cOurtesy
IL is difficult to prove bribery by positive testimony II
to show that James Wood is not the right man for sena
tor The loans both were 80 IKE gts ana tne
legislative record of the man Is 50 much IKE hreC se
OF Tweed and Gould that the public . hae % fgs m 10
believe that he is not to be trusted de should oe eA
r' "No OPINION"
Prom me Rochester
The evidence Is such that a jury might acqtlt
while the people condemn. We do not wonder the Com
mittee made no on eonironhg s9Sa S
Public sentiment l. thing ana Senatorial acuOn Is
another We are not OF line with the former, but we
confess ability to decide what course the Senate
should take Is greater than tat OF the COMMITTEE
| legally innocent and heuce initiate their example
and express opinion having full conndence lha he
! Senate Will come 10 a just conciusion
WHY Is THE NEw-YOEK TINES SILENT
! The Troy Tune.
No Republican paper yet makes any defense
OF senator Wood Tue majority of them speak IN the
most decided saying the time has come for
him 70 leave the senate. few say nothing upon tine
question leaving the perform its duty, deem
ing perhaps the case plain require counsel
or exhOrtaOn The Nep- York Times Ii silent, but is
scarcely consistent 1t denounces Gould, Tweed aud
Hank Smith The proof is clear that WOOD was eagued
With them all He borrowed OF two and banked with
| the third. He legislated for all. Can u handle
plJch ana not be dehled I
| " AN INVITATION TO REsIGN'-THE SHADOW OF
EVIL TO COME.
From The lsVTduse COariSr.
The report is an invitation 10 resign, and
Gen Wood will probably avail himself OF II. Ii not his
colleagues will themselves TO the task Of e1pul-
sion for the catastrophe OF the Municipal Ring and the
Enc dynasty give evidence OF revolutionary spirit in
the public Inind that they dare not tr1e with. 1t Is
freely asserted that the ncupated senator might retail
ate against colleagues who to-day SIT III judgment
| upOn him. with accusations bitter and proofs as
strong as those under which he stands condemned But
while they have evidently deprecated his wrath they
seem now TO count upon his OrDearanCe AT all
they must choose between hlm and the popular indgna
ton which at this moment is 10 the highest
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