New-York tribune., 1910-02-04
ALLDS DENIES ALL
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some one else. whom ne does not name,
gave me the money, The Evening fost
made public the information whlch nad
peeh brought to it by Senator NeNeoliip-
thereafter, at the earliest OppoftulhtS, |;
upon question of privilege, denidiueo
OF the Senate that an investigator pe
mad ot the charge made by the salo @ oehIi
Cohger Senator from the 4lst DIsll sIcl ~.
that he had paid or given me iloiIeS
W1en ne was member OF the AS9eiiiufs
Inc senate, in response To sdIo az
Inand' promptly appointed eoIihiltleo
10 formulate rules goyerhlhs ~
cedufe which should govern salu lIiN
cation. and when the committee reported
sucIi rules, adopted them anu ue elel 'iiIlieu
lnal the investigation snouIu DC Io4i
quoted by a committee OF Ihe "npl0
senate, which rules required penn In
ger Senator from the list Dlstrlctr 10
reduce The statement which ne hsld lliaIe iI
concerning me, in the conference, OH @ 1l'e
fth day OF January. 19lo at the leu
Eyck Hotel, to writing anu 10 81
detailed and complete specincalloiIS
thereof. Pretending to comply there
with. the said Renn Conger, on January
81, 1910 filed with the clerk or the sen sen
ate a statement. in which he says lnat
Jotham P Aids, on s0r ABOUT lne
oay of April, 1901. while a melhoel %
the Assembly OF the state OF Ne" 81 ~
received and accepted the sum or oi'V0'
in the presence of the said Benn CohSei
at the CAPITOL in the said city OF Al
bany, and that the said sum was ue
nanded by the said Jotham T. Alius anu
paid to and accepted by him as the cor
sideration for his having Tefralned from
pressing the passage OF a certain OH oe-
fore that House
Notwithstanding that the said Benn
COnger, Senator from the list D1slrlCt'
has abandoned the original charge mace
by him in the conference at the len
lot al +hn I
1910, that he personally gave to me the
alleged sum of money while / was
member of the Assembly as a consldera-
ton for my action as a member OF the
Assembly;
Notwithstanding that the said Benn
COnger. Senator from the 41st District,
has so changed his statement as to re-
lieve himself from the responsibility OF
a bribe giver. and yet has failed 70 state
whT the brihe gfver was, and While the
said Benn Conger has failed and refused
to state in his charges what the bill or
legislation was for which the alleged
sum of money was demanded ana re
ceived by me;
Notwithstanding that the said Benn
Conger in all essential particulars has
changed his statement upon which this
investiga tion was demanded and evaded
and avoided the rules of procedure re-
quiring him to specify in detail com
pletely and definitely the particulars OF
member of the Assembly. nevertheless:
/ Jotham P. Aids, intent upon nav
ing an honest and full investigation OF
the matter, in which my official ana
personal integrity was impeaChed. bN
the said Benn Conger, Senator from the
41st District. made on January 4. I9lo
at the Ten EyCk Hotel do. upon my
cath, say: On
That I did not. on or about April p
1901. while a member Of the Assemhl\
of the State OF New York. receive and
accept the sum of 900. or any other
sum Of money. as consideration for
having refrained from pressing TO pas
sage a certain bill, or any bill, pend
ing before the House.
And first. / do say, upon my oath~
that the original statement made on
January + 1910, by the said Benn Con
ger. Senator from the 41st District, az
the conference al the Ten Eyck Hotel
in which he stated that he paid a sum
of money as d consideration for my ac-
ton in the Assembly is untrue.
Second. that the last statrnent of the
said Benn Conser. Senator from the 4!s5
District, which he has filed with me
Senate in which he says that he sd"
nle receive a sum Of money from -olnt
person whom he does not name, is IN
true.
The answer is signed by Senator Aids
and by Lewis E Carr. Martin ". Lit
Teton. Lewis L. Griffith and Danforth
f. Ainsworth Of counsel, and is sworn
10 before John Z. Mclean, notarI
public of Albany County. The investiga-
ton will be undertaken by the Senate
On Tuesday next.
The New York Evening Post" made
the following official statement yester-
da afternoon:
Josiah T. Nevcomb, Senator from the
10Th District. is not and never has been
a stockholder in The New York Even
ing Post as Aids stated in his charges
to-day: nor was Newcomb ever en-
ployed permanently as an editorial
writer on that paper, although he con
tril,rlted occasional editorials"
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