New-York tribune., 1873-07-25
4 SHORT AND SIMPLE RULE.

The Senate of 1901 was probably the most
corrupt that ever assembled at Albany. Boss
Tweed, and all other TasCals with money to
pay in for the support of the establishment,
found it very plain sailing in those years The
Senate of 1928 numbered a clear, though
very small, majority of men whose in
tegrity has never been questioned. The three
elder Senators from this city were men of this
class, though on account of their extreme
age and unfamiliarity with Albany cor
ruption they fell into some deplOrable
mistakes, the chief of which was
their vote against the expulsion of James
Wood whereby Mr. Wood was retained as
Senator after having been clearly convicted of
receiving money from the Tammany and Erie
Rings. We consider the election this Autumn
of seventeen men of integrity to the State
Senate as the most important service toward
the reformation Of our government State and
City, that it lies within the power of the peo
ple to accomplish. To effect this will be no
light task, for the chances undoubtedly are
that the knaves will win, as they have so
often done before.
Understanding that James Wood and several
others not more deserving of the suffrages of
honest1 voters are striving for renomina-
ton to the Senate, we are going to give the
people o short and simple rule for their guild
ance in the matter of supporting Senators for
a reelection. We print below two division
lists. The first is that by which James Wood
was continued as a member of the Senate he
had disgraced. The second is that by
which the notorious Washington Mar
ket job, afterward vetoed by Gov. Dix,
was passed. The former vote was taken in
April, 1872; the latter in May, 1873. The lines
were sharply drawn in both cases between
men of honor and integrity and political pros
titutes. Whatever name appears IN both the
following diUision lists NTH the MINORITY
deserues to be carried t,cO gears longer on the
roll of the Senate. Whatever name appears in
both division lists Nth tho lfAJORITY has no
title to receiue The vote Of any true friend Of
honest g0U0nment for any public Office.
April 0, 1872, on motion of Henry c. Murphy,
it was resolved by the Senate, in the matter
of the charges against Senator James Wood,
"That the acts with which he now stands
charged are not offenses against the privileges
L" of this Senate, and that the further consid-
Grafton of the resolution OF expulsion be in
" definitely postponed"
SENATORS VOTING FOR TIE MOT1oN-Messrs.
Benedict, BOWEN, DICKINSON, Foster, G RA-
HAM, NARROWER, LEWIS, LORD, MAD
DEN, MURPHY, Tiemann, WAGNER, WElS-
MANN, WINSLOW, W0ODIN-15.
SENATORS VoTING AGAINST THE MoTToN-
Messrs. ADAMS, ALLEN, Baker, Chatfeid,
COCK, johnson, LOWERY, McGOwan, Palmer,
PERRY, ROBERTSON, d. p. WOOD-12.
An amendment, offered by Senator Palmer
" that Senator Wood be requested to resign
"his seat" was voted down by the same
division as that given above.
SENATORS VoTING FOR THE WASHINGTON
MARKET JOB - Messrs. BOWEN, Chatfield,
DICKINSON, GRAHAM, NARROWER, john
son, LEWIS, LORD, MADDEN, MURPHY,
O'Brien, Scoresby, WAGNER, WElSMANN,
WINSLOW, j. WOOD, W00DIN-17.
SENATORS VOTING AGAINST THE WAsHlNG-
TON MARKET JoB-Messrs. ADAMS, ALLEN,
COCK, Foster, Lowery, PERRY, ROBERTSON,
Tiemann, d. p. woods.
We further give it as our belief: (D that if
the vote on James Wood had been taken thlr-
teen months later than it was Senator CHAT
FIELD would have voted for retaining him,
and Senator FOSTER in favor of dropping
him; (2) that Senators MCGOWAN and
PALMER would undoubtedly have voted
against the Market job had they been present