New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-28
SENATOR WOOD AND LAST YEARS SUPPLY
BILL.

BILL.
Tux SENATE FORMALLY ACQuITs HIM or ALL BLins
PLENTY OF srKkCHEs AND TwkNrf yOIHs IN
HIs FAVOR.
fynon A REGUIAR CORRESPONDENT or rHR TRiBussi
ALBANY, April 27.-The Senate to-day, BY
direct resolution aud serle, Of expressions OF CONT
dence Senator D. p Wood from the charges OF
fraud the insertion of clause giving tho superintcn-
dent OF the New Capitol $4,000 salary In the supply
bill, Modification which had already boon secu red by
the port OF the Comutee appointed by The SEQ
ate to investigate the charge. Senator woc during
ul In the third reading OF bills r'pested the points of
the report referred 10 then offered the following
luton:
TLa, the conclusions STATED 10 tue Ss rSS Sr., OF
The majority OF H. sns,e "a an nni1s Dio
the matter the alleged imprope. Insertions u She supply
AID jsied by evienco lEem the investigation sd
SssS iGrte That senator Wood n ne Prsparao" aud
thanks tLe unusual care by nun beloved
h. vosoi or opposed Toms 0, ch it sas com
posed.
MI woodn SAID That ordinarily the report Of the Com.
mitee generating Mr. Wood would be simply read and
accented But in this thero rea-ous Why the
senate should desire 30 place itself more positively on
record than By the acceptance OF the report Sona
tor Wood had severely criticised by tho cDrresD0n-
eoce Of various journals tho limo to charge was rst
made against him OF inserting this clause I'm the supply
hI and had the otject Of mnch unjust iUpuiaion
Ly the newspapers. The senate hosever. hsd full
knowledge that the Committees report eSouerang him
does him only barely Justice. The Senate knows thal
When the supply bill brought from tho Conference
Committee In the closing hours OF tbs session. senator
,od desired and insisted that report be Rad which
contained this 81 900 clause He vice insisted upon
tho reading OF he rcport but the Senate OVerrled him
and The report was adopted without reading But SEN
sor Wood then claimed s night " speak ID oxpia-
nation his vote, aud took OCCASION whilo doing So TO
state TO the Senate tho material points contained Ia the
report upon which they voting aud he then er-
planned facts relating to the in-ertiou OF the salary
for the Capitol superintendent there wa, any suspi
con Of design OF fraud In that transaction Wa fuzzy
rcuod by hs Opon statement Of The circumstances made
in that way. 1t would under the circumstances,
that resolution very unusual step. Is nevertheless
due to him.
Mr. Psrmeuter, the Democratic zoe Ober OF the Invrs
ti9tng Committee VINO made thu minority report, sad
that while be eAoneTated Jr. Wood from imputstlc
wrong be had objected IN his aciOn Ia correcting tD
Supply bill In so important matter ~ that of salary
clause for 10000 without calling toRether the whole
Committee instead Of consulting tae Chairman OF the
Assembly Committee merely add ho had also desired 10
put ON record his ceu,uro Of Gov DIX for signing TIE
corrected bill without having frat ~, titled By the
presiding officer of cHOh House. and without ever ciuos
upon tho,a Officers t. sanction the chang
Dir 5llIes, wbo wls ~ uenL,r VI the 5,iprly Bill Con
ference Committee last year. said that the conference
Ccmmt,e had been IN session uIol II FOG iva days ana
that II wa the rraest contest over supply hill that he
had ever known The item Of the salary clause for thu
snperi toniert The very nat and ho remembered
distinctly ts acceptance by the Committee after severe
struggle the pat of tho o,o Committee to leave the
ouo,ticn Of salary with the Commissioners. Senator
Jacobs 4 member Of the Conference Committee sts,cd
a he favored TIE adoption OF tbe report and Guild vote
fr IT, he thought the acton II the Governor should
not 10 overlooked
Mes3s Maiden. IOri. tcWcry. and Dickinson NJ rna.o
speeches. also exonersng Nr ood, and most OF toem
ccnsuring eN-Gov Dix. aud the resolution was adopted,
all pre.ent yotiug In the Affirmative 20 M WoE-i
rp,nshicd thu library lille this mpa.hoo eo,isopy
VIA la pfcgitss,