New-York tribune., 1910-02-26
TRY TO DlSCREDIT
CONGER WITNESSES
TESTIMONY OF SPEAK
ER OBJECTED TO.
Counsel Hould Shoe Aids S
dttifude on Recent Bridge
Legislation.
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bridge ,conpanies. and that Deacon Ill
Moe was living when he swore he handed
81 GOO enyeIop. to Speaker Fred Nixon
IN The Sneakers room in April, 1901,
,vas brought out BY the defence to-day
in the Senates investigation OF the
Aids bribery charges. Attempts by Mar
tin "a. Littleton, Of the Aids counsel
t. obtain from Speaker Wadsworth tes-
timony regarding Senator Allds's pro-
tests to the Rules Committee last year
against the Heacoch hili. produced such
& wran ngle of lawyers and Senators that
The question was held over until Tues
Gay morning
Seemingly. The testimony which the
Aids yers are getting from their
witnesses is not worrying Senator Con-
gers counsel in any Gegree. This was
particularly noticeable in the case of c.
s. Bridgeman, who told to-day about
Introducing highway legislation affect
las bridge companies liz 1909 His bill,
IL general way like the Malby- Stevens
bills OF 1901. was reported from the
Internal Affairs Committee. but, he
faid Mr. Doughty. the chairman. had
Il recomnlitted. Doughty said the
bridge people had asked fer a hearing
Oh il and one was to be given No
hearing WAS given. said Mr. Bridge
man. ard the bill died ir committee.
one of the recognized ways of putting
e bin TO sleep is to nave it recon-
-1litted fer q hearing which somehow
OF other never takes place. The drift
Of this testimony pleased the Conger
lawyers greatly.
Senator Davis. who is presiding over
the committee OF the whole, said after
-he DAYS session that he expected the
taking Of the testimony would be ended
next week
MORE WITNESSES BEFORE ALLDS-
Severel other witnesses probably Will
be called before Senator Aids is sum-
moned TO the stand From what has
gone on the record. it seems evident that
his testimony must be relied on to
very great extent to shake the Conger
case. as previous witnesses have done
little in that direction
Mr. AIds's testimony is expected to
do much toward esta blishing the mo
tive" of the Conger assa ult on him. and
70 make perfectly plain the influence
Of Senator Platt III urging him TO work
with the bridge companies in 1861
Rather a startling incident was in
1ected into the days session when Lewis
Z Carr. for Senator Aids. read from
The New York American" what pur-
ported 10 be an interview with the Kew
Ir Charles H Parkhurst, of New York
declaring that the Aids case was al
ready settled in the minds Of most SEN
ators The clergyman. who is here to
write about the trial for the other
Hearst newspapers. was represented as
saving that ne had talked with many
Senator's Of both parties. who told him
thev believed Aids TO be guilty MI
Carr denounced any such publication as
an unwarrantable breach Of newspaper
privilege
Dr. P4rhflurst was In the Senate
chamber IT the time. Senator Meade
Of Rochester. made a hot speech, saying
that any Senator who 80 far forgot
himself as to make such statements was
unfi1 70 sit further on the case. and he
r,4aved that the sergeant-at-arms oe
ordered 10 find Dr.. Parkhurst, and tha, ,
r. got his information. Senator Brack-
cit began 20 protest ''piling investigation
upon investigation. but subsided when
II Was explained hastily that the clergy
nan desired 10 make a formal state
uagnt which would clear up the affair
DR. PARKHUEST ON STAND.
So DR.. Parkhurst WAS called TO the
e1and and was sworn. He said he Was
n much surprised as any Senator or
lawyer in the case 10 see the article and
10 zee il in quotation marks. i Was
entirely false.
There are certain expressions in that
s-ticle-rerv feW-which 1 recognize rs
en1anat:ag from myself" he said Il
arureciate the significance Of a jury ard
the fact that each juror is in honor
hound 70 make no statement Of his own
judgment Of 2 case until both sides are
IN And !. have sufficient respect for
,rvself not 10 ask "a juror 10 MAZE any
such statement. and l have not done So
and no Juror has committed himself
with regard TO this question before the
Senate
He said he did not know who wrote
tie story He had several talks With
newspaper men. he said. bat he could
n"t identify them
- wanted 10 show that that article
Vas false. and wauted the record TO
show IT, and the world TO know that
Senators would not stoop TO such low
and undisnihed AMI criminal action
d. lard Eenafnr Meade
Speaker Wadsworth. Louis McKinstry.
Who v-es Speaker Nixon's clerk: Repre-
sentative George II. Malby. who intro
duced bill identical with that of Mr.
Stevens IN 1901. and several former AS
semIlymen were the days witnesses
SreaEer Wadsworfh said that his at
tentien was trst called TO last years
lIeacock bin by Senator Aids Follow
Ing that he had sent for Chairman
Hooker of the Highway Commission.
vf2c expressed strong disapproyal of the
Iiil Senator Fonger called on him. he
testified. 10 ask that tho bill he reported.
but lle told the bridge man that he be-
leyed The bill gave the bridge COM
liauies too strong q hol2 on the small
country towns. and SO Was against il.
and The committee was against *
ANOTHER LTyELY FIGHT.
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