New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-02
ALLDS TRIAL HALTS
CAN SENATOR BE
.HDGE And WITNESS?
Testimony about Corrupt
Bridge Com pdnies Regarded
as Befogging the Issue.
rFv Telegraph 20 The Tribune !


agreement Of various bridge companies
IN restraint Of trade. Senator Davis TO-
6sv extended the Aids bribery trial %
III Indefinite period. Moreover. accord
fae 70 Senators Bracket and Hinman
end James ". Osborne. of the Conger
counsel he opened the door for 4 ire
r7endcus quantity of testimony rot ma
+e-ial - the issue-whether in 1901
lothian 2 Aids demanded and received
& 600 brihe.
Martin W Littleton, for Senator Aids.
the defendant said he was endeavoring
h. this evidence to prove that the bridge
rcrnpanies were not being bla ckmailed.
rut were wholesale corruptionists. ard
I,rouine Senator Aids to he incor-
rl,r-lhle laid in wait for him and stabbed
Rim in the back by this bribery charge.
This Is simply shcvellins fog into The
case. and no good can come from il
SAID Senator Human. We will get far
afeid from the question here at issue.
Rut Senator Davis overruled all oh
sections. and not only admitted the testi-
r-onv u-hich first raised this point hut
the Cleveland agreement itself and sub
.equently sustained the Aids lawyers IN
asking various questions about it
Crazy in = Rage.
while this ruling which apparently
-in govern the future conduct Of the en-
fire q s. easily outstripped in in1por-
-srre al other Developments IF the day.
-heee uere not without especial interest
One II thee VAS tart interchange Of
words between Senator Grad. who takes
Trading Part in the proceedings Of the
Senate committee Of the whole. and NJ.
Osborne. Senator Grady was xaminns
Fusere A L8ndon. formerly Manager Of
The Grcton Rridse COMPANY who had
been put on the stand by the Aids law
yers 70 tell about the Cleveland agree
r-ert. Landon was becoming somewhat
confused under Grad y's interrosa ton.
Is thare any such thing as Cross-ex-
.r7irinE 4 witness on YOUR side Of the
case -" asked NJ. Osborne. ostensihly Of
Senator Davis. hut actually for the
benefit Of the entire assenhlase.
Senator Grady few into 2 rag &c at once
81 What he evidently considered an as
rersion on his attitude toward the trial
and IT'S principals
I advise the counsel he had better
rot say that again" he thundered in
his most impressive manner That IL
81 impertinent liberty which he may
take only because Of the personal friend
shir betTeen Us I cav make remarks
cutie IS severe and cutting IS that one
e his
Another incident Of considersb bic i'm
in
q broad investigation Of legislative
corruption vss the failure Of Mr.. Isandon
4 remember ANYTHING about handling
the toodIe funds of 1900 and 1905 re-
serdinE which Senator Conger testified.
Witnesses Judges Also.
re declared very definitely that be
had no recollection Of having handled !.
bridge b IDLE" money in 1aa2 or 1875 /
lie dld not dem. that he had done 80 !
hut said that if any came to him it must
have been in checks. which he imn7edi- !
stely turned over 10 Mr. Coneer Sena-
for Conser's testimony on this point vas
rfat money came IN checks-son1e to
him. some 10 Mr.. Landcn. who turned It
over 10 him. This Vas the money which /
ne gave tt Colonel Dunn, Republican
state chairman in 1915
Ard Just 81 the end Of the DAY came
another Incident of lively importance
nen Lewis Z. Carr. Of the Aids legal .
staff. called Senator Harvey Human to /
the stand. M Carr announced that he (
nored 10 Put on The stand all the Sena-
-ors who attended the Ten Fvck confer .
erce on January !. st which Senator ,
Ccnser first made his charges against /
Aids Rut he recognized that they were
75rors-or. more. jUdsez-in this case and
wanted guidance a. to his course al this
'unctur@
Senator Bracket ~ once said he had (
70 objection to testifving and could see
- irnrrorriety in II. Senator Rayne,
hcp-e1er. conceived II To he mcnstroue .
End "ahhorrent'' 70 contemplate the rcs-
s.hility II Z Senator's becoming 2 Wit
ress and afterward sitting IS Judge
Senator NeNcoulb said that whether or :
rot the we're acting as Judges the Sen
stcrs could not divest themselves Of their
Senatorial powers and duties. II VAS for
then. i am Of them had knowledge Of !
,alue = this invest cation. to give it
agl thev must have vote in deciding
rhe ISSUE thereafter. Senator Schulz
alzr thorent 1he Senators must testify.
ter vote on the guilt o. inn3-ence Of
AIDS - rhe end.
Nj. Osborne and Senator Bracket
Found :egal precedent for this in the
Earl NscClesfeld caee : trial before the
House II Lords. where peers testified
and afterrard voted. So Senator DAVIS
ruled that Senator Hinnoan should he
sworn no should testify
Appeal Goes Over.
Eirnan t7ereurcn was sworn and IN,
n1ediately asked some Of his colleagues
- tak@ en appeal from the ruling of The
chair that the sense Of the Senate might
70 taken Senator Gradv had grave
doubts whether tho testimony Of Sen
a'or WOULD not disqualify him from
voting on the issue. And To give time To
icok il all M the appeal Was held over
sntii Tomorrow morning.
senator Humans statement about
'shcvelli1s IN the fog" ard similar state
illenTs from Senator Bracket and fr
osborne were the first voicing ON the
Hoor ~ the Senate Of al opinion which
has been expressed frequently among /
orners here who have been following the
Aids casa closely Just what the Aids