New-York tribune., 1872-04-06
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCH.I
SENATE. ALBANY, April 8, 1872
THE CASE OF SENATOR WOOD.


TIE CASE SENATOR WOOD.
The special order, Mr.. Chatficld's rcsou
tion for the expulsion OF Senator James Wood, was an
nounced.
Mr.. CHATT1EID rose to favor the resolution, when Mr.
ALLEN amend the report by adding after the
word Tweed" the words and his associates" which
Mr.. CHATFIEIp disclaimed any personal feeling in
offering tue resolution but was mpeied by sense o.
personal duty He read extracts from numerous pdpfs
TO show that the popular feeling had already decided 'he
claimed that the Senate had nothing to do with the qcs
ton a lc -al one, bat that the question was
Air. WOoDIN called for The reading of the opinion ot
eX. Gov Sedcn. which MI Wood had submitted as his
After Judge seldeu's opinion had been read, Mr.:
WooDlN made ous and warm argunGnt m IN syor ,0 OF
Amcs Chairman Of the CGmnittee IN %hSn Nh M AnSs ,
c mind erroneous. that the deductions were wrong
that the Committee had never met rs SOmmttee aiter
the testimony had been taken ana that he should not
present, vote for any punishment based upon the tesl-
MT Woodin alluded to the course of Mr.. Chatiel in
Offering the resolution under the circumstances without
warning to the accused who sat enough 10 touch
him, when he had not read the evidence and thus added
agony TO heart already almost broken Hs owh ac-
menced two years ago, and il had impressed him most
favorably i'll the matter Of learnne ability. integrity
He knew, too, that to be suspected Of guilt was
a source OF terrible pain and modification to
threshold Judgment dvest Itself of all partiaity in
matter and justice without regard 20 camor ont
from TIE NEW YoKK TRIBUNE, developing. indeed,
cham OF circumstance but II should be RENE mpeTed
there shadow of testimony that the $1,000 PAID
i'm the summer coming from Tweed had any sort of
connection with the charter bill too of The $500
paid after the session closed The INKS were weak
indeed which made up the chain ~
He had intended to leave the where Judge Seden
had left IT, bat there some collateral incidents CON
nected with the which lie must notice The failure
to deduct interest payments from his income account
would have been legal and Yet great stress had been
placed upon that fact as showing quit Ihe defeat
he Republican candidate for Judge OF Livingston Coun-
ty had also been dragged in as showing gt-as ihdl-
eating that lie had worked against ms party eanddaes
because of his connection with the New-1ofk lae ana
his fear OF exposure Bnt the v,ntee , TO & ,n
ddae succeeded because of treachery III MS own party
while the senator proved true wheh otners were reach
Tne charge Of poverty and lack of financial credit was
also brought forward, hut that 100. was shown TO lac
false. He worth al least sOO,O when elected as
has been made 10 appear ana a 10 lhe Judgments Gu
maned unpaid only because he dlsputed lts esallty
The evidence showed that Ills credit was RoCa,
tanned credit when others living there had
failed The Committee Lad hardly done him
sSivT GeG%c,ioha m had indicted great injustice The
loan from Tweed Instead of being made az the heei OF
extraordinary length The circumstance TOO, show
that lot until long after TIE session had ciosei
for loan and then he prompted to 1t py other
nares Chamberlain had been urging MIN to eet money.
ard ne gave Chamberlain letter Of Introduction 70
Tweed hut that failed. Tweed would nave nothmg 20
do with HIM but his readiness to loan IL 10 wood
II desired and that iutima'on no appled ms was All
mat ief and not one at all Of corruption.
Ny acquaintance with the senator ron the HAAIn
hcgan with the session Of 1870. have known
nm only in Olhcia life, and that Tor the brIef
urod of Legislative sessions But IA tLat ume Dy
reason Of his prominence in the last Senate ana ms
identification with the more important puDlc qdtsnohs
engaging the attention of that body, had come 10
regard him man ol more than ordinary
merit; His legal knowledge, bis mature Judgment,
his familiarity with pubic men and measures
all c0nsplred TO assign him to position, second 10 no
member OF the last Senate. His constituting returned
him for second term because they beAeved nm 10 be
man Of integrity and because ne hdu represented t III
here was the signal for assault upon hin for alleged
official corruptOn which spread CousterDatlOn among
those who had cOnded in his integrity, and compelled
him 10 bow his head iu pIOfoundest mort hcaton and
fce of being capable OF The crime with which he
was charged in THE TRIBUNE OF the 18th day OF
January last. He could 40 no less, ana TIE
senate could be satisfied with nothing less than most
thorouc ch and exhaustive investigations The result was
tbe appointlnent Of committee 10 inquire as 10 the
truth charges and report To TINS BODY Ihat WORK
their repOrt are before for final action We have now
duty 10 perfOrm, and II is due both 10 the accused and
fbe neop as well ourselves that we meet the respOn-
sibilty aud discharge duty feartssy uplnnenced
hand or OF the persistent clalor OF MS
irnpatient aceusers ON the other "
Mr.. ALLEN, one Of the Committee, made Orlet ex-
pianaiion of the proceedings Of the Committee and then
sent TO the Clerks desk a communication IRON senator
Ames In this Mr. Ames declares that the resolution to
Xpe Mr Wood should pe defeated After the ettef had
10 show the pecuniary condition Vi Mr.. Wood. He
avoided expression OF OPINION
Mr.. ALLEN, after brief speech IN review OF the test-
,nouv i'm which he adverse TO Senator Wood gave
way 10 Mr. MURPHY who moved 10 make the question
tha snecia order for Tuesday evening next Carried.
MIR ROBERTSON introduced a Dill 10 appoint COM
missioners 10 develop plan fOr RAPID TRANSIT III Ntw-
YORK and to try raise money TO Iuhd IT, Adjourned