New-York tribune., 1910-03-24

siI not show his face IN the Senate Chamber
N All this afternoon. Martin W. Littleton
sst throrrh about half am hour OF Mr..
/ Osbor,e's argument. his face growing red
4 der ana redder as ne saw his adversary
catch nm his own words and twist them
AGAINST him Then he. too. fed Only the
4 veteran Carr and Judge Griffith FOR the
AIds side stood the battery FIRE.
Packed with Listeners.
The Senate Chamber VAS like a huge the
atre while Mr.. Osborne was delivering his
summing up. Handsomely dressed women
almost drove the Senators from the floor.
They sat IN Senator's seats and on stools
between the rows 81 seats. and touched
elbows around the walls and in every va
car; space on the floor. Behind the rail-
I ing we're grouped AssemblyInen. department
employees and spectators with influence
enough 20 squeeze past the doOrkeepers. IN
the galleries were scores OF persons % both
sexes. standing.
All With bated breath hung on The words
of the fiery prosecutor, who marched up
and down the central aisle OF the chamber.
addressing Senator's as he used 10 address
Jurymen, ramming home some argument
with pointed finger. giaring AZ an indi-
vidual senator and apparently talking 10
him alone for i've minutes. or waving an
exhibit deisntly az senate and presiding
officer and counsel for the other side.
theatrical II was 70 the very core. but m
terest-compelling. And somehow Mr. Os-
borne managed 20 convince most of his
auditors that he was sincere I'm what ne
was saying and dOiug-that he actually was
I the prosecutor acting for the people Of
I the state.
Taking up frSt the Ten Eyck confer
ence. az which Senator COnger first made
the bribery charge against Aids. Mr.. os-
borne said that the following day two
/ reputable Senator's told Aids about what
had been said Of him there. That was
I on January 6. But Aids did nothing. said
the lawyer. II was proved that Conger
4 for days thereafter was meeting him IL
4 the Senate chamber.
illustrates on Conssr.
did this innocent man demand an ex-
/ planafion?" queried Mr Osborne. marching
/ over % where Benn Conger sat. a stern
but joyous smile Illuminating hts face
/ You al know the power OF innocence
/ continued the lawyer. showing he face
I within A foot OF ConEer and glaring AZ him
/ II that innocent man had said. 'Conger
.
/ Conger would have shrivelled up. He
could not have faced Innocence. But what
/ did AIDS do2 Nothing. His conduct then
was enough 70 drive that kind old gentle
man. assumption of innocence, sinking
from this room with bowed head. Inn0-
/ oence since the world had history never
conducted itself 50. Where was that spark
of righteous indignation which goes with
innocence9
why. Aids treated this charge just as
a frog would n charged with swallowing 6
a rs. He didn't do one thing until the
facts got into the hands OF the newspapers.
Then he began 70 hunt up Benn CongeTs
record. He did that knowing that Conger
had not yet signed the statement and that
the papers might tell him he'd he ruined
( II he pressed that charge against 10 Aids. "
Senator Aids was absolutely incapable
of realizing that the senatoTship was a
sacred trust. declared Mr.. Osborne. His
conduct had showed that. Just as il had
showed him guilty.
Then the lawyer took up the Walter Cook
episode recalling from the evidence how
this friend OF Aids told him that the com
pany IN which they both were interested
had been asked by Frank Conger 20 con
tribute 10 a doodle fund. Innocence would
have denounced Frank Conger. AR. Os-
borne declared Innocence would have
prompted Aids 20 make public the fact OF
the contemplated brihing OF legislators.
This Aids did not DO. although 70 swOre
ne knew silence would help bring the fund
20 Albany.
Aids as . Nurse.
Mr. Osborne said that one OF the Allds
lawyers had spoken OF Senator AIlds's
nursing his reputation like an infant
The only thing Jo' Aids ever nursed
was that corruption fundr' cried the advO-
cate. humping the desk with hts fist He
nursed Il carefully. lie was afraid he
would wake it-so afraid that he never
whispered one word about T."
lie poked much FUN az Senator AIIds's
.rnpotent efforts 20 get hts name or the
stationery of This concern. the Acme Road
Machine Company.
Think of the impotence % this mighty
Senator. trying for years 20 get this inJi-
mote friend 10 take his name off the com
pany's paper" he said. Then ne Numbered:
Every man here knows that when he said
that he committed deliberate and wilful-
something, Have you a light name for it,
''N0v. were not going % fight this out
knife 20 knife and hilt 20 hilt" ne said a
moment later. rocking Martin w Little
ton But were gong 70 fight IL out
bridge company for bridge company. and
slime for slime-the Allde company against
the COnger company. Here Aids was ad-
nisinE his friend. Cook. manager OF his
company. 20 20 make peace with Frank
Conger. tie collector Of = fund. Don't YOU
think n re had advised his friends 20
make friends with the mammon O; un-
riEuteousnes- ue was quite likely 10 he
friendly wiz Unrignteousness himself?
Guilt would do just what 10 Aids did He
kept his mouth shut. lie said. whispering.
'shi Keep quiet, Let the fund come here.
and We'n get our share.
Conser's Alleged Warning.
Then Nj Osborne took up the oft-re-
peated statement made by Benn Conger
about Aids having said: "Benn, YOU think
you've got yOuT bin bottled up In the In
ternal Anairs Committee But YOU want
10 look out. The Rules Committee viii
take charge soon"
"Benn CouEer has g0t as much irnarins-
tion as q grildstone." he said. You ara
told he invented that He never invented
a.. Le heard IL. He heard that and YOU.
who know h0w characteristic n is OF 10
Aids. know he heard H."
CouEer grimly nodded his head In corroh .
oration.
The death ~ the highway bill vas de-
creed on April ~ Mr. Osborne argued. he
fore Senator Platts influence ever had
been invoked 20 Kill II. This vas proved
Ia .aid ny testimony REGARDING conve-ss