The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-18
BITTERLY SCORES
SENATOR DEPEW
ATTACK By BRAcKETT IN NEW
YORK LEGrsLATURE.
DENUNcIATloN IS FIERCE
Declared Totally Unft to Represent
the State - Resolution Calling
for His Resignation In
Voted Down.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 1.-THE state
senate Tuesday afternoon by q vote of
"a 20 1 rejected the resolution OF Sen.
ator Edgar T. Bracket, Of Saratoga,
demanding the resignation Of Chaun.
cey M Depew from the United States
senate. After debate lasting more
than three hours and characterized on
the one hand by Senator Bracketta
unsparing denunciation OF Senator De
pew, and the insurance companies, and
on the other By almost equally harsh
criticisms Of the judgment and the mo
tives Of the introducer OF the motion,
the roll call showed Senator Braolrgtt's
own vote TO be the only one In favor
OF the resolution. Every other repub
lican senator voted against II, with the
exception Of Senator Armstrong, Of
Rochester, who is In New York Mt
work on the report Of the Insurance.
Investigating committee, and he sent
d Telegram to Senator TuiIy, his col
league on the committee TO the effect
that II he were present. he would vote
against the resolution.
Senator Bracket delivered one Of
the most scathing arraignments Of q
public man ever heard In the capitol.
He declared his state would blush for
shame at its representative In the sen.
ate, and he stood ready at any time
TO support resolution similar TO his
own, TO be introduced BY any other
senator, demanding the resignation Of
Senator Plat. t
He denied he had the slightest
wish to humiliate Senator Depew
more than was necessarily implied
In any possible resolution Of the kind"
He asserted that there was a lack Of
confidence in the senator named,
caused by recent disclosures. "Up.
I'll more righteous conception Of
public duty shall prevail" said
Senator Bracket, I'VE are without
hope for the future; until the great
virile manhood OF the state shah stand
to the proposition that he who Of
fends in tho performances OF HIS pub
Ito duty must suffer the punishment
meet for his ofense, we can expect
little Of the respect for law, little re-
gard for public honor and virtue, and
have taken the first long steps toward
condoning crimes Of whatever kind"
l. Depew Defended.
The principal speeches in opposition
TO the resolution and In defense OF Sen.
ator Depew were made by Senators
Malby, Cassidy, Raines, CoggeshaiI,
Lewis and White, while Senator Els
berg denounced the resolution and its
introducer, and said especially that the
senate was in no position 20 pass such
a resolution while II rested under Sen.
ator Bracketfs insinuation that It's
members had been debauched By the
use Of yellow dog" funds. Senator
Cassidy referred TO Senator Depew's
active critics az fomsnting public cen.
sure In order under the cloak Of 70.
form, to steal his oficiai position"
the resolution was defeated By a
vote Of 81 70 I. The IA democratic
senators were excused from voting on
the resolution, though the motion TO
excuse them was opposed by Senator
Bracket, who expressed his desire 20
"put every senator on record on this
moral issue" Senator Grady. the dem
ocratic leader, said the democrats re-
garded the Depew issue as purely q
republican affair. Moreover, said Sen.
ator Grady. they ala not regard u a.
Senator Bracket said he ala, a. q
1reat moral fggue.