The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-18

person introduced 10 in the senate saying hts
name = today connected with some awful
parliamentary law aud practice in speak
ing the name Of the member OF Assembly and
u. perhaps waste OF ume TO say that that person
does not rise TO tho altitude OF my lowest contempt.
speak not Tor others whose are In this cata
loxus OF offenders. but for myself.
do speak and with great plaiDness OF speech For
the prescott IL enough tor to say. In the pres
enes OF God and with the prospect OF speedy and
iormai nearing before committee OF NV peers,
that the abatement published this day 10 absolutely
AM weNedy false 10 each and every particular SO TAR
~ The same relates 20 myself solcmnly allirm be-
tore your senators. ana shall speedily put to tho trial.
that have lever received been rendered anything
measure h Gs sus'Oei or
during my term. and that any and every
non s statement tending 10 The contrary ,s
~ dead set TO do the work OF the Prince
Of parxasss I denounce tho authors OF this
ofncia rec,i,ude liars. ask pardon, that IL not =
proper word Ia utter In the Senate Chamber, but
''a run ~ hs d. kns wsoo language rusU nSi
nothing but tho truth. challenge them
10 The proof Of their words they shall have an
opportunity before tribunal OF those opposed
20 me IN political faith | ask no favoritism.
no shielding OF my friends. Confront me with
witnesses before any and every tribunal and
let the truth como and lot q come right speedily.
aud brother Senator'S n II shall at last appear truly
% vs na' sssss charge. are IN any degree sustained
take my departure from this hail ana go
hence through the world the balance OF nv days,
tear not 1ako where you will, be-
fore anv aud every tribunal; close my mouth I,
90, a man living, nor was there one living who has
since died, who Will could connect any
way ia this Transaction. Senators, u Is duo
20 you. and IRON you to me, because OF the
constituency that clam TO represent here ask that
you shall speedily nvestlga.e those charges aud as
certain whether TINS soc 900, or any part
portion OF u, into my posses
SION, or was ever rendered 10 me, or was
ever talked about BY any human being whether by
Tweed "A a hoa cu n
here, or whether there was .uny arrange
meni with Mr. Hastings tina. ! should have
~ mo that you should do It at the
expense Of the pubic business iorit Is public business
You can address yourself 10 no better task than TO
spend tue remainder OF Tins session IN uncarthiug
and disclosing and exposing every corrupt practice Of
members Of your own body aud trying 70 provide
remedies ana protection against the ike IN tho future
! ask, therefore, that You appoint u committee OF
three, four or ave persons. II could have prefer
ence you would take one man, u democrat, and lot
him report here speedily the result or his nvestiga
ton. lear not, aud ask 81 you that YOU shall not
hold IN existence political friend Toe, anu suncr
yourselves not 70 receive retain any bias one way
or tho other until the testimony shall OUT II
y does not deliver me completely, perfectly FULLY from
these charges then am willing TO 10 branded as the
chief Of offenders and should BE- treated accordingly
RESOLUTION ASKING ron coMM.Trg.
have drawn u resolution, leaving the number OF
members composing the committee blank, aud
desire 10 read IL 10 tue Senate.
S.S % s S.s lsss went William pub
other things. that The pssson whose ,nias g
ss s..ss xasa and he
ss throw state ssna
with the unosr,anding that /,
the ps..ase q the charter and that Le Tweed, had
the certain parties, among whom Senator Wnol,n
$4,000 WAS paid 10 Hugh Hastings With the unas stanan
tina. the money was also to 10 TO Senator Woodn there
Resolved. That Messrs - be and they arc hereby
n New YORK city and inliy INVESTIGATE whether
any portion OF the moneys referred 10 aud 10
together with their conclusions thereon and
Tee are hereby to command the services Of tho
Sergenntat-Arms OF tho Senate and also employ ste
nographeE
Mr. Harris stated that although tho Senator (Mr.
Woodin) expressed desire that the committee should
be composed Of two of the opposite political faith and
one oil his own, still he did not think there was any
special reason Tor departing from the usual course
Mr. WoodIn stated that It was personal preference
that the committee DO constituted OF three Sena-
tors, a. majority being OF the opposite political
faith. He continucd:"t have the utmost con-
hdcnce IN tho failure 10 make out anything against
mo. and all ! ask Is that there shall be u
speedy report Let II DO what II may, hut let II be
speedy. That matter has got along with. | give
notice now that my hand Is not TO be "takcn oil
tho municipal covenant" not the least, but Is
10 be held there with all the might ana all
The power that ! command TO do justice foi
that city, and ! shall be found to be the poorest
subject III all THIS great land to DO bull-dozed ou
- In u3Sifon OF Mr. Harris, the number OF the com
mttce was made TOUR aud The Chair named tho me IN.
bcrs foilows:-Messrs. Carpenter, Sprague (rops.
Schoonmakcr aud Bradley (dcms)
JUDGE PoLGER's DENIAL
ALBANY. April IL, 1877.
To THE EDIroR THg EVENING JOURNAL
The New York World OF to-day contains this sen.
tence HE lwilam N. Tweed mentions Judge Fol
ger, OF tho Court OF Appeals, 10 whom he
paid money!
William n. Tweed never paid mo any money. The
statement is not true. CHARLES J. FOLGER.
We are authorized from Attorney General Fa'rchld
to say that he has heard known Mr. Tweed 10
utter a word that could DO considered derogatory OF
JUDGE hus IL on q he for
ncy General Of him 81 udge Foigcr) y formidable po-
liticai aud Legislative opponent.
We are also authorized from Mr. John ID. Townsend,
Tweeds COUNSEL who delivered TO tho Attorney Gem
erai tho paper called a confession" to say that
Judge Fogcr's name liz not mentioned IN H. that
OF any other judge OF the Court of Appeals
The statement published IN the World appears In n
despatch from Albany We are informed that when
the despatch left Albany did not contain this state
mcnt ut all. The pubcat Ton injurious the unsu
lci name OF Judge Folser ~ tins shown to DO abso.
luely destitute OF foundation warrant No ono " h0
knows HIM would have credited II tor n moment.
ssysArioS AT THs DELkvAS
In the Deievan corridors tonight tho speech OF
Senator Woodn Is the sole subject OF n.
The general impross rs that could have the
audacity to stand up and make such speech unless
say II Hugh Hastings could havc taken SEQ O0C
to deliver pr0fessedy TO Senator Woodn and put u Ia
his own pocket, why not W,nsow DO The samcs The
cans rally all the moro determinedly around senator
Woodn now that they believe the alleged Tweed
fcsson was sprung TO defeat the reform pend
ing Tor New York city.
MEETING or wooDiS's COMMITTEE
The Woodln committee had an informal meeting to-
night IN tho library OF the senate Chamber, and to.
morrow the Scrgcant-at-Arms, Corning, will
leave Tor wa,ct.own to Subpoena cx.sena.
witness OF all, as he is charged with
receiving big brbe or 5000 900 to distribute among
several other Senators. The committee will meet IN
New York on Friday, probably at the fiith Avenue
Hotel The Attorney General will most likely be sum.
moned IN tho morning, and all the mysterious
papers he has under lock and key viii come suddenly
before the gaze OF the public. In New York Tweed
himself Will be called 10 tho witness stand. and Hugh
Hastings and Thurlow Weed and other magnatcs OF the
metropolis There Is n lively timo ahead.
THE COMMISSION" IN THE CITY.
WHAT is THOUGHT IN NEW YORK OF TwEEp's
ALLEGED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DINrAIs
AND ExpLANATIoSs-TuE ACCUSED DRrsILiSo
INTO DEFENCE.
New York had again great sensation yesterday
namcly--thc revelations alleged to be contained In