New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
SENATE TOTRYCAS
ADOPTS Plan ALLDS
F4VORED.
emporary President and Con-
ger Excused from Duties
Speculation as to Counsel.
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Albany. Jan. @.-Investigation of the
Allds-Conger bribery charges will be
made by the entire Senate, following pro-
cedure TO be determined next Monday by a
special committee and adopted by the Sen
ate on Tuesday. This procedure in any
case will provide for counsel to the Sen
ate and the standing in court of counsel for
each OF the two Senators Whether it will
limit the inquiry TO this specific case or
leave the inquiry broad enough TO bring in
other matters is q question exercising the
speculative faculties of many Senators and
politicians tonight The liveliest kind of
interest IS being shown regarding TINS
point in the case.
Meanwhile Senator Aids, by unanimous
consent Of the Senate, has been excused
from his duties Senator from the S7th
District and as temporary president, the
latter passing TO Senator Davis, OF Bunalo
Senator Conger likewise has been excused
from his duties Senator Both men are
engaged in selecting their lawyers and pre-
pairing their cases
Senator Aids to-day consulted with Lewis
r. Carr. of Albany. a well known railroad
attorney: Danforth E. Ainsworth, for
rnerly a deputy Attorney General, who with
ex-Justice Hatch was counsel for Otto kel-
sey in the removal proceedings, and Lewis
T Griffith, of Troy. Il is understood that
he has yet done nothing final regarding the
engagement of counsel. The name of Henry
w Taft, of New York. brother of the
President, has been mentioned in connec-
tion with the post of counsel TO the Senate
In this case.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETS.
Senators Bracket Meade and Grady, the
committee chosen to formulate the pro-
cedure ha6 a two hours meeting this
afternoon TO discuss their task in detail.
il is a hard one because Of the fact that
never in the history of the state, so far as
records show. has there been case pre-
cisely like this one, and therefore prece-
dents hold good only to a certain point
Already a marked departure has been made
IN this case from the procedure in the one
nearest resembling it, the Sessions Bradley
case which was heard before the Assembly
Judiciary Committee, since this one must
he heard according to the Senate's decision
to-day by the entire Senate or the Senate
sitting in committee of the whole. Over
this point already there have been rather
warm arguments, and it remains unset
tied yet.
Sitting In committee Of the whole, the
Senate may perhaps have more freedom
for discussion than would be possible under
tage for that plan Is that in committee a
report has to be adopted on the matter un-
Ger discussion for submission TO the Senate.
Thus the Senate proper would have spe-
ci6c thing TO discuss instead OF a question
formulated on the issues of the case
presented in the evidence brought out.
Senator Grady maintains however that
such procedure would be roundabout and
time killing, making necessary reports Of
the committee of the whole to the Senate,
decisions thereon. continuation OF the work
of the committee further resolving of the
committee into the Senate proper. and the
like. All this the committee of three must
consider. They have gone home each man
TO look up certain laws and precedents
bearing on the case, and viii not decide the
procedure until Monday night, reporting to
the Senate on Tuesday.
ALLDS AND CONGER EXCUSED.
After the opening of the Senate session
this morning Senator Aids obtained recog-
milton from Senator Davis, who was pre-
siding
In view OF the situation presented TO the
Senate growing out of yesterdays proceed
ings," said Mr.. Aids, Il deem it of the
highest propriety that until this matter is
investigated and official action taken by the
Senate the Senate by unanimous consent
excuse me from attendance on its sessions,
and OF course, with that goes the fact that
the duties falling me pass to the second
man on the Rules Committee"
That man is Senator Davis.
For many of the reasons expressed by
Senator Aids declared Senator Conger
mot for all. but for many, L ask also that
1 be excused until this matter which in
wolves my name be settled
mir yvas in,
cases. Immediately after this Senator
Jiil moved that a recess be taken, and
conference OF the Republican Senators
was announced.
Senator Davis as caucus chairman called
this conference TO order and Senator White
was chosen chairman. and Senator SchIos-
ser. clerk. Senators Aids, Conger, Hin
man, Mackenzie and Wainwright were alb
sent Senator Cobb urged an inquiry by the
entire Senate. saying that it would be
more free and full than any other form
OF inquiry. Objections were raised that the
practical procedure would be cumbersome
and rather unwieldy, and Senator Bracket
in particular argued for committee
RESOLUTION DRAWN UP.
Finally. Senators Bracket and Cobb
drew UP form OF resolution providing for
an inquiry by the Senate or the Senate as
q committee OF the whole TO get a specific
proposition on paper about which to argue
Senator Hill moved that the clause proyid-
ing for the Senate 10 sit as a committee
of the whole be stricken out but this
motion was defeated by II to 8, those
voting for 1t being Agnew, Alt, Cordts
Davis, Hill, Holden. Meade, Rose and
Witter. Senator Davis moved that a spe-
cisl committee of seven members be ap-
pointed TO conduct the inquiry. This mo-
tion was defeated by IL to 9, it being the
same alignment as on the previous vote
and then. still by the same vote, the Cobb
motion for the Senate inquiry was carried