New-York tribune., 1910-02-05
RECORD BOOK GONE
M4T AFFECT ALLDS-
CONGER CASE.
Contains Data Of assembly
Committee in I90I-BM OF
Particulars .1sked.
tRr ro,.-rnnn % The rr.buae-l

,o- senator Conger TO look up the MS
,or,. Of certain legislation peF''heh' -
,he .uds-Conger bribery charges 'o-u7
-e--..led trr fact that the record oooh
~ III. Assembly Internal Affairs Coii-
~,.i..ae for 1901 had disappeared. SO far
,e- he ascertained its disappearance
occurred after the charges asai"s'
,.o- Aids had been made public Ihd'
.s tbe wear in nhich Senator CoIeei a
,,pes The Aids bribe was taken
T-,,;e hook -,-ould contain the record OF
tho MaIt,y and Stevens highway oiiis'
which we're referred 10 the ln'erhoi Al
@sire Committee that year and slulii-
,.ared there until the Rules Coinhli'tee
took over all legislation IN the as IN
s-,x Of ,he session. The entries In thls
hook might be very important IN rleipiiie
- es-sblier the truth or falslty OF Sen
u.,-,o,,e.-.e charges Of bribery
ROCKS SELDOM DISTURBED
mil recently these old committee
-o.,o-6s have been kept on shelves III
,Ioee-s around the Assembly hpraFE'
The mere seldom disturbed Therefore
.on,e wonder was aroused fe" Gays
.ec u.hen il was found that the DOCKS
- the Internal Affairs Committee Tor
more than 4 decade back had peeh
,,,,Iled ont Of their resting places ana
u,ere living tunhled around the moor Oh
she Assembly library. They were per
rri+te6 10 lie there for time ana tileH
.,,o,1,. u.ere sen+ 1Jpstairs TO the state
library
When Senator Congers lawyers 'ii'N
- obtain q transcript Of the recoIus oi
,e-tsin highway legislation to-day 'heE
discovered that the 1901 book was mss
ing although the books for 1850 anu
1000 v7e-e there Mr- Conger's lawyers
cersrted. considerably exercised over
.heir discovery. So far as their lnEesu-
cations have gone they have been uh-
.y'e n discover how or precisely "nen
-he tooI, for 1901 disappeared IheF
take i for granted that il was removed
7-en al foe record books were tumbled
cut of their places.
BILL HAD CHEChERED CAkhbh'
e-na-o- Conser's sworn charges
.-sirs+ Senator Aids recited that on
or about April o3. 1901. Senator Aids
demanded and received $1,000 for fa1iins
20 press 70 passage certain ieglsiatloh-
The Legislature adjourned sine ole on
ANIL % 1891: therefore. all legisiafion
in tho Assembly was in charge or the
Rules Committee Senator Malby's blll
relating 70 highway and bridge improve
rrents had been passed by the upper
house and referred to the Internal Al
rsirs Committee OF the lower house,
p-hicb also had in its keeping bill prac-
+icallv Identical introduced by Assembly
man stevens Of Franklin County.
Both Of these measures would have
been taken over by the Rules Committee.
with Hhicn BODY recommendation ol
Nr. Aids. then majority leader in the
lower house and . member of tn" COM
r77it1ae a uoUid have had great weight
certainly enough TO bring out \ bill for =
, ote In the Internal Affairs Committee
the stevens bill had a cheCkered career,
being amended and reprinted and re
ported for other amendments several
times. Tho nature of these amendments
aud the identity Of the men proposing
-hem-in fact every detail Of the his
-ory Of these hills-wCuld be Of great i'm
Tor1snce 10 this case if the general as
sumption he true that this is the legisla
1ion 70 which Senator Conger referred in
his sworn charges.
Messrs. Carr and Griffith Of counsel
fer senator Aids. to-day served on Sen
a-o- Conger a formal demand for q bill
Of particulars to supplement his sworn
charges OF bribery.
SENATOR ALLDS'S NOTICE
The Aids notice vas served on Sen
ztor Conger while he was at the Capitol.
Il is addressed TO "Benn Conger," and
SAYS.
In your verified charges against me.
flied with the Senate, you state that you
Saw ne receive and accept the sum Of
3 400 or or about April 23. 1901. at the
capitol Of the State Of New York but
.o2 do not state the name Of the per
sou rs ~hon7 such money was delivered
or paid to me, or the name of the per
Son or persons from whom the payment
was demanded by me. You also state
;he sum Of money mentioned was de
T1anded and received by me = the con
sideration for my having refraincd from
pressing for passage 4 certain bill pend
ing before the Assembly, but you 90 not
state what the bill was. or in any way
indicate what il was or 10 what it re-
lated
You will take notice that ] hereby de
r71and that you file with the Senate and
teliver u myself or counsel q specific
statement: !. OF the name Of the per
son you state you saw deliver 10 me the
sum Of $1,000 on the date named =. OF
The name Of the person or persons from
whom the payment of money WAS de
1aanded by me as the consideration for
my having refrained from pressing for
passage d certain bill pending in the
Assembly ,. OF the bin pending in the
Assembly ] demanded and received
81 900 as the consideration for having
refrained from pressing for passage.
To the end that your statement may
conform to the rules adopted by the
Senate with reference thereto and that
may be enabled to prepare my defence
TO the charges made by you.
The notice is dated February {, 1910.
and Is signed by Senator Aids and his
counsel.
The Aids lawyers have no particular
expectation that this bill of particulars
vii be forthcoming. They explain that
this step was taken so that when the
Senate inquiry begins they viii be able
70 ask for an order directing the filing
Of this information. They seem to want
10 have il go on the record in this form
rather than TO obtain it through exam
inafion Of Senator Conger as q witness.