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THE ELLIS TRIAL ENDED.
WHAT rs UNDERSTOOD TO BE THE YER
DICT or the SENATE
Not Guilty OF nny Intentional Wrong. hut re
moved from Once by Vote OF 81 to 10
The Nomination ofA Hen q. Beach Rejected.

Not Guilty Of nny Intentional Wrong. hut Re
moved from Once by Vote OF 81 to 10
The Nomination Of A Hen q. Beach Rejected.
SARATOGA. Aug. I'm the Senate to-day,
Mr.. Mcclure continued the summing up fof
Mr.. Ellis. dwelling at length on the clause Of
the law regarding the discretion given about
savings banks which he may dccm unsafe. Mr..
Ellis called on leading fnancicrs. and advised
with them as to the condition and disposition OF
the Third Avenue Bank. Does 1t look like
neglect in the Superintendent 10 have kept up
constant correspondence. keeping a close watch
on the banks under his ordcrsY referring to
the testimony OF Mr.. Smith. n clerk in the de.
partment. Mr. Mcclure stigmatized him as a
spy and traitor. Senators were asked to
look at the bank reports and see the
amounts invested 10y them in rotten stocks,
Take every bank about which testimony
has bcon received. and say. If you can.
on which charge Mr.. Ellis has been guilty of
neglect Of duty. As TO the Third Avenue Bank.
he cNcrtcd unusual watchfulncss. and II any
thing is to be- laid to his charge. it amounts tn
mere errors of Judgment Mr.. Mcclure said
these charges were got up against Ellis TO get
Republican out Of Office and make place for a
Democrat He said Ellis invited the closest
scrutiny. He would not resign under the
charges. but would let the Senate decide whcth-
or or not he WIS guilty Either way he would
not hold the Office twenty-iour hours after the
case ends.
Mr. Tracy. for the prosecution. began the clos
ing argument. He said that Of the ten banks
Ellis Is said to have closed, the evidence shows
that he closed two himself. Lamb. hs deputy,
closed two the trustees closed four. and the de.
postOrs two. He claimed that tn" respondent
had intrrpOs"d no defence whatever either in
the testimony oron the Argument OF counsel. and
that in respect tO the Mutual Benefit Savings
Bank. it appeared 10y the report that the bank
was insolvent for moro than two years that
trustees notes were given 10 exactly halancc
lR
never paid any attention Whatever To that bank
and it was finally wound up without his inter
ference 10y suit oi one Of It's own dep9Sitors
These things were not drni.d or disputed by the
respondent Mr.. Tracy concluded by referringts
the brief oftestnony ON each bank examined
rccupitulating points in the testimony Of lead,
iug witnesses. ana claimed that the respondrn
had given no excuse for not protecting the de.
positors oi the different banks. Tracing The
history of each bank from the records of the
department. ne claimed that EMS had nc
power To- consult the interests Of other bauki
any more than the interests Of manuia turcrs
commerce.. or other public interests. but thai
his duties were confined by statute To prot IT.
ing the inter SIS Of dcpu- tors Of savings banks
The proof showed that Lamb the deputy, had
been wairhfui and vigilant in caring for the in
forests u d"pos tors. and when the absence ol
also that smith tho accountant had boon iaith
iul in the dis 'halse of his duties. and that nc
stain rested upon the department. save only on
E,ls himself. wholly culpable negligence anc
lnrit nn'y. has eauscd great losses to dclosi.
tors The system iis,if ~ Il good one and has
becn copied III other States. It only needs 40
Senate can De sure of u man able TO condu I the
department efficiently rs long rs IT shall be in.
trusted To- him.
At s., f. VI. the Senate went into executive
session to consider on a verdict
The Senate remained in session until i. NJ.
and then adjourned. without removing the in.
junction of srcre,y. until 10 \. NJ tomorrow
1t Is understood that the following resolution
ofcrol by senator Prince. was adopted unani.
mously:
Rsei That the Senate. after hearing all testimony
presented At the Investigation IN the ca~ oi Dewitt g
fll. n-t CONCLUDED concur with the GoNcrnor ~ the
opinion uut Nr Bias has not been guilt, eft iuDa
uona wruns N hi, conduct NJ the Bink department
| Mr. Ellis was then removed 10y the following
vote:
| For rcmoval-Ne.srs Baden BiNhy Bradley cole
man Gerard I1Wmun' Hurts. j1cuh-. Lamont il-,mS
Murr.scN Mccarthy, Robertson 81 John SIyrr > boon
maker sfa-ue, stfhuck, rouey Wa- .iai. and Muelin
~
AGAINST romoval-Mos,rs Carrcntrr Cole. Doliittl-
Emerson kHnnaiaN, MOORE. Prince, Scikrcg, Ncddcr
uut MclAnan-lu
The nomination Of Allen c. Bea N ns Super
| int'ulrnt. Wuich was sent IN 10y the Governor
Was rejected by vote of 1910 10.