The Portland daily press., 1881-07-07
AT ALBANY,
Two Reports on the Bribery Gases
FAILURE OF TIE PROPOSED REPUB-
LICAN CONFERENCE.

ALBANY, July 6-The joint convention at
Albany voted with the usual result today.
A notice was read announcing that in accor-
dance with call signed by 65 membership Re
publicans would meet tonight to agree upon
candidates for United States Senators.
In the Assembly Mr.. Scott from the commit
tee TO investigate the charges of bribery made
by Brady and others, presented a report from
the majority of the committee.
The report says the charges ond denial are
both positive and the evidence taken, circum-
stantial. Also that pending the edecsion Of
the committee, while summing up the evil
dence, Senator Sessions, Charles A. Edwards
and others were indicted by the Albany county
grand jury. The committee therefore think it
would be improper for them to PREJUDICE the
case now in the hands of the court They
therefore submit the evidence taken.
The report is signed by Messrs. Scott, Car
penter, Draper, Skinner and Boardman. Mr..
Brooks from the minority committee submit
ted minority report in which they say that if
the charge is true great crime has been
committed. The report then sets forth consti-
tutional provisions against bribery and cor
ruption, in order to show the enOrmity of the
crime, and dwels at some length upon this
point.
Bradley it says, received the money with
the understanding that he would vote as re-
quested. He gave up the money at the proper
time and to the proper person. But it would
have bSen far better if he had refused to ac-
ton both make bribery felony and fixes the
punishment, which is imprisonment
Ihere was conference of Republican
- 4mbers of the legislature this evening under
call based on the following statement:
Whereas, More than four weeks have been
spent in vain attempt to elect U. S. Senators
to fill vacancies occasioned by the designations
OF Hon. Roscoe Conkling and Hon. Thomas G.
Plat, and
Whereas, We believe it to be our imperative
QutV demanded a1ik ~ nv ipfnroctc nf har
OF this legislature and by the interests of the
whole people speedily to fill said vacancies,
therefore we the undersigned Republican
members of the legis' allure do hereby agree
that when % or more Republican members of
the legislature shall have signed this paper we
Will attend conference of such signers togeth-
or with all other Republican mem be rs
who may join us, and at such conference
proceed to vote viva voee for candidates to fill
said vancancies and when two candidates shall
have each received 81 votes cast in said confer
ence, 90 or more voting, we will make said
candidates so receiving such number of votes
our candidates at the next and each succeed
ing meeting of the joint assembly until said
candidates shall be elected, provided one can
dldate shall be from each of the principal di-
visions of the Republican party. Said confer
ence shall be held at the assembly chamber at
the call of the first five signers of this paper
and invitations to attend said conference shall
be extended to all Republican members of the
legislature.
Assemblyman Phillips called the conference
to order, and Senator Mccarthy was called to
the chair.
Senator Woodn moved the roll be called,
and that all answering TO their names abide by
the action of the conference
This was carried and fourteen Senators aud
forty-niie Assemblymen answered
Aisemblyman Hamilton, in view of the fact
mat there were not sixty-fve IN embers present
as provided for under the terms of the call of.
Tered resolution telling of the imperative me-
cessity OF the election of two Republican Sem
ators, and providing for the adjournment of
the conference until tomorrow evening, bear
ing out the purposes of the resolutions.