New-York tribune., 1910-03-23

Needed. as may not doubt Il viii be. 'and
you do 50 deliberate and decide. need
not fear that the result viii be 10 seat'er
the shaows that for these many days have
been about his footsteps, remove from the
pages Of his oficial life the blot and STAN
this foul accusation has MAZE. and restore
20 an aged mother. whose anxious eyes
have been hither turned during the weeks
Of this trial. a son 20 be 70 her in the future
as in the past. the pride OF her heart ana
the SOY OF her remaining life.
Far different was the treatment OF the
case by Mr. Littleton. lie was distinctly
the advocate. the pleader II was an ap-
peal 20 the human side Of the men who
viii have TO vote one week from TO-
day on the question. Are the charges
sustained?" He called 10 their minds their
days OF association with Senator AIDS
before he became the defendant In
bribery investigation. Subtly the lawyer
described the bonds arising from mem
bership in the Senate and the feeling OF
Senator Alldss colleagues Tor "one whom
they delighted 10 honor"
Then, taking smother tack. Mr.. Littleton
portrayed Senator Benn Conger as vim
dictive, malicious conspirator. the rep
resentative and head II a big criminal
combination. attacking senator Aids for
a definite reason and with a definite pur-
pose in view. Enlarging on this point, he
asserted that this was a damnable con-
spiracy 20 fasten guilt on the defendant
conspiracy so transparent that James
". Osborne, chief counsel for Senator
Conger. himself grew suspicious. and had
the cheek stub tested by an expert
Rurls Darts at Moe.
For Deacon Hi" Moe-"Moe. the lit,le
ferret Of Groton'-the lawyer had nothing
but contempt and bitter ridicule. He
treated the story Of the bribery told by
Noe and Beun Conger with intolerant
contempt
Bribery with bands and ffes. bribery
with circus parades and calliopes. bribery
with shouts Of glory from the Capitol
roof" declaimed AR. Littleton Aids the
mighty man Of graft" he declared. was
a ngment Of the prosecutors and the half
:renzied imagination Of the man in the
street. The real Aids was the man who
for the last ten years had lived on about
$4,000 a year. and 10 prove his innocence
Of this unonstrous charge had exposed his
every act and every shred Of property for
the inspection OF the senate and the world
Just az the end of his argument Mr.. Lit
tleton's feryor Of utterance led him into
veritable political roration.' With pas
sionate iteration the Aids lawyer de-
msnded:
rs there enough in this case 10 justify
you in coming 10 a conclusion which
means the expulsion Of this man? Would
YOU do II If il meant the curtailment Of
his liberty. If II meant that he would be
shut cat from the recognition of decent
society? Mould you hazard your own life.
your own liberty. your own property. on the
certainty OF that conclusion
Mr.. Littleton had his audience with him
as he has had many a political audience,
and the swing Of his words carried him on.
Il know you sit in double sense as
court and Legislature" he continued. Il
know you cannot be unmindful of the per-
manent virtue of the government of which
YOU are part. and yet you must not be
Unmindful OF the glory Of the Institutions
Of law, OF the administration of justice by
virtue Of tie Law. and under the procedure
Of the law. / know that YOU cannot be
unmindful Aat the hands OF the govern
ment must be upheld: but the best way
civil and criminal justice which have so
often been vindicated in the process Of time.
and which have so well been established IN
the experience Of mankind.
THE Voice Of the Mob"
Il know that as patriots" the lawyer
went on, YOU may say our country must
be free from scandal but. first Of all,
YOU must say as judges, my soul must
be free from an accusation of failure 20 do
my duty ] know how YOU would heark-
en-. as al or us 90. 10 the cry outside the
door. bat still ] know that De- who heark-
ems 10 the voice Of the mob instead OF lis
tening 10 the philosophy OF the law and
learning the justice of the facts will. IN
the END, bring himself and his government
into irreparable ruin. I know how the ten
dency is iu this particular case 10 say,
Well Jet rs get rid Of il in some way.
cannot we set = compromise OF IL: can We
keep one and throw the other. can we
throw tlem both. OF cen we keep them
both
i know how those reflections must run
through vour mind b." went on Nr Littleton.
hut this I do know. TOO. that the perma-
relt fabric Of the government OF which
sou are a part tins. the largest legislative
branch. here within this Senate chamber.
demands OF YOU that the idea OF justice
regulated by law shall be the ideal pursued.
And. after sll rs said and done. II justice IS
done on each occasion With courage and
resoluteness. we viii come no that time in
which liberty and peace shall go up and
down the nations Of the EARTH building
their cause ia the hearts of men and
gathering the harvest Of genius and to.I;
in which liberty and justice shall End their
abode in the conviction Of indi, iduals. in
which reasoa shall strike from the hand of
force the sword of hate, and plucz from the