The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-04
Allds then denied each ana every other
ir~r or,an' allezati on tina, Conger made

wv p,v6H ruE tIIEGED HSIHE
4 Nost OF the afternoon vas taken up
by Senator Aids detailing his actions on
April %. lsoi The day Conget and Deacon
: Moe cay they distributed 'he three en-
valopes containing The corruption fund
Alids said A. that vas Vhe last day the
Legislature vas ~ session the closing
hours brought a rush - work on hun
part Harvey Daniels took n hrs al airs
on thar day becasee Stenographer Oibhs
OF the WAYS and Means Committee wae
sick a. rhs rirre Gshbss work feil upon
Daniels
Twas ,he custom 81 Gibbs 10 20 TO the
errands Which Alldr accompanied by
Daniele had 20 do himself on thie Ear.
ticular day Aids said that he got 20
the Ways and Means Committee room
earlier than usual He remembered 'hat
AseeInblynaan Costello Mas Barry the
stenographes and Danieie we're there
and that the fret hing he did was 20 tell
Daniels Of the mass OF work TO be handled
because Of the illness OF Gibbs saying rhe
nokraphers services that day also He
said Re told Daniels 10 he within reach
a. any moment
Aids said NJ locked through his mail
and then turned his attention 20 the
told Daniels 20 accompany HIM 70 the
Executive Chamber % Get emergency
messages 20 assure the passsg &C OF the
financial bills on the last day OF the
session 4fter stopping AZ he Senate
Finance Committee room Aids said
that no and Daniels went TO tho Executive
Chamber ard sot tho emergency mes
Iilds explained tina, Daniels was sent
TO the senate with one of the nneeaaEes
and he kept tho othsr 20 bring 20 the
Assembly kimsst Danisls reyoined HIM
IN the Capitol midway and both pro
cSedcc. "a the Assembly chamber Leav-
ing Dan,sls az the entrance Of the Assem-
wh,lc h despatched Daniels around 20
the Ways and Mems Committee room
for Additicn nal papers
senator ConEer and Deacon Moe say
that they met senator Aids IN the md
way and that he had gone around 70 tho
n aeon Moe slipped HIM one 81 the
envelopes containing 81 600 senator
Aids insisted thst he was not IN the
Ways ard Means Committee room az oT
anywhere near the time Conger and Moe
cav thew were there with him
NEVER sAv pFAcoS nor
Asked directly - 20 The truth OF the
sta .eucnt ~ senator CongeT that Aids
Moe aud himself had gone 70 the Wavs
and Means Committee room 20 awe
Aids the money Alds answered
'Thers u nov n single word ~ truth
mt
o Did ~ou ever see Hiram & Moe 4
Never un''l No a. - 'h,s han. =" nv
knowledge
Q Dad vou meet Benn Conger IN that
Corridor thsI morning and have any con
versar'on with HIM 4 Icorld not possibly
have rie' HIN ~ ne nr''doT tha' ne DO.
teribed
o You never rad srv rorvsr.s,ion WITH
him never "a
NO RAILROAD STATION rALK
Discussing the Highway lA~ framed by
the legislative com mission 81 which
senator Aids vas chairman. Mr. Little
ton sskSd the Stiffness II the statement
Of Congar 20 TIE effect that he met Aids
IN the Central station AZ Albany and Aids
told him there was some pretty damn
bad 'hings going Into that law for YOU
fellows. and you better come up ana see
about " Was tr'Ie
That - absolutely false never did. .
rephsd Aids
Apds ADDED ,ha, M never had a con
versrtIon On Highway leslslation a. 81
notice,, thar there vaS no limitation
clause m the highway bill as originally
drafted and thA' he insisted that Festric-
/ ton upon town boards should be pun
IN 1he bill " was agreed lily that the
hrr,tatIor town boaEds could make for
bridge CONSTRUCTION without the approval
81 the vote II the reople should be 81 500
a. n - to-day
AlIds then related how he had opposed
tho H~arock hill which Aids said had
gotten nv him IN the senate The
~i-nesz 'hen related how he opposed
the hisi a. told IN tho Testimony of Speaker
Wz6s~ orth nc Assembiynlan Merritt
Even IN 1910 Senator Aids said he nevsI
hEi a-v intimacy With ConRer. Whils
h was IN r r-c 'ptiv~ mood for IN" leader
ship. h. new y asked any one TO vote feI
hlni FOR - h 81 II S1ra tors WSinwrIRh
Iad H. milton had spoh % to HIM about th'
Cong charges mai dksins' him =
AlIds th..n rotated hoN the Naw Horl
nevspapsr which hr~i published ths
char g.s had brought them TO hs 1T .ntioI
and of he sssuring the editor Of thE
pap~r tha' N" Cone'T stat m.nts wsr'
sentative of m newspaper called ~ IN
Fort Orange Club srd -xId he had a l~tte
from MIR Willard giving warning that tn
ConRnr story was 40 b published or th'
day following stnator Aids tod r.
Nha, will I do with the Iett.r- askc,
the representative Of Mr. Wizards papfr
Give It to N" Night cl-rk,- rsnllec
-Hptor Aids and The witness sddes
thhn vent hack 80 nd
NEvEr rooN ANY MONEY
4 ask you, Senator said Mr LIttletou
rave you ever received any money 70
your aCtiCa. ans act ion on r IN conn~c
ton with highway or bridge bills an'
me Legislature ~ thn STATE
. Never replied senator Aids
Aids Nv his point 70 the investigation
, dragged = big black saechel upon ~
stand with him into which he fredusnti'
>f"lv~d into later for records
ALLDs's RANE RgCoEDs
Examination OF Aids > finances showeS
: rnai or December ~ 1901 he had bal
aure IN the Norwich Bank ~ S17 as III
totnl deposits vha, wear we're % a1i as
He 2 Ap,aired that these deposits include
none Of HE oWn and ~ clients ~,
balance On DscemeeT 81. 1877 was sSs 20
and TOO total deposits si.S17 ts
On December 81. la0a the balance h.
had ~ the Norwich Bank vac sisI y
and the total Of the years fun /. die
'rihnted by checks Was o.. Ss5 - ~
December 81 Isos the balance was $40 u
and the total dspostts during the veal
sli pos 90 The balance on December u
1905. Nas $751; - and the total paid o,i
during she wear y AS - The balance II