The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-30
Bribery Charges Sustained by
Legislature.
VOTE in CASE DECISIVE
Council Calls It 4 Mockery Of Justice
Senator coneef Is Nov Likely
to Be Put on Trial
Next.

Albany, n. y. March 80. The Senate
yesterday, BY sote II 90 % q sustained
.he charge that senator Aids had az.
manded and taken bfibe. lt was an.
able 70 punish Ards however ior yes
tefday morning, before the vote began.
BE- resigned HE position IN tie Senate.
The question Of what shall b. don.
with Senator Crane, Aids accuser, siill
remains Majority Leader Cobb intro.
dueed resolution providing for the
formal presentation Of charges against
Conpcr based on the evidence brought
ont BY The investigation that he gave =
bride to influence legislation.
The senate postponed action on this
proposition until to-day and adjourned
for the day. after formally adopting ths
report AZ ire committee 81 the whole.
81 which the question was FIRST decided.
DE senate vote was 3S to 5.
Aids was not IL the Senate chamber
bat Senator C0neer sat an through the
proceedings with Dis wife ot bic side.
When the final vote was announced. De
turned Is biz wife and smiled
A statement given out by counsel for
Aids yesterday afternoon declared that
Aids resigned on the advice Of bis at
torneys because the latter were salts.
fed that biz case was not 10 be decided
hy the evidence but By political expedi
enoy and influence brought 10 bear from
WV shingtou and elsewhere"
Aids resignation makes IL possible for
Governor Hughes 10 call 8 special election
for me Immediate selection Of Aids
successor.
Provision for general investigation
of alleged legislative corruption win now
bc made with n Peed.
Half 20 hour bpsHe his colleagues were
scheduled q begin voting on The question
of whether be- took a bride, Senator Aids
resigned from the Senate. III view ST
frequent declarations that be would not
take this course ard would stand Or fan
81 the decision 81 his colleagues bis az.
ton came as q thunder clap
His resignation, fled with the score.
tary Of state at 1851 yesterday morn,
ing, reads as follows
Hon. Horace White. lieutenant gov
ern0r 81 ihe state Of New York and
president of the Senate
Dear Sir. f lothian P. Aids do
hereby resign the Office 81 senator rep
resentne the 9th senatorial district Of
The state Of New York. which I now
hold.
3rhis resignation to take effect imme.
diately.
Dated March 20 1910.
Signed lothian P. Aids
Before Adds sent bis resignation to
The secretary q states office, he went
70 the financial clerk of the Senate and
signed for bis salary to date
The battle that coHfronts Canger q
no longer to prove his charges To this
extent the Senate indicated him ves-
terday, when forty Of its fartv-nine
members voted that the charges had been
sustained by the evidence brought before
them during the past seven weeks. II Is
believed that Conaer came TO the Senate
yesterday prepared to resign AS soon
a. be received this vindieation However
this may be, he didn't Re IGN, and develop
ments make it likely that he will not
do So The cause Of this Is resolution
By Senator Cobb. the major
ity leader providing for The appointment
81 9 committee to present to the Senate
charges against Conger growing ont Of
his connection with legislation aud the
use Of funds to influence the members
Of the legislature Or other person with
reference thereto" Even Conqers en.
emies admit that he Is fighter. and
the belief is that he viii oppose this at
tempt to deprive him IF office IL vigor
oHsly ard with as free an expenditure
of money as be attacked Aids.