New-York tribune., 1910-03-30


IN accordance with she rules OF law.
Under such circumstances IL was en-
tirely clear 20 his counsel that IL was
wise on his part TO withdraw himself
from the jurindiction OF a body so in
fuenced, and this he could only 90 by
resigning his place as Senator.
For those reasons his counsel did so
advise, and they are satisfied that the
advice SO given was not only proper. but
was wise
eilds's Resignation Read.
when the Sena.e's short business ses-
sion was finished this morning a recess
was taken until IL o'clock. AS soon as
the Senate reconvened the Aids resigna-
ton was read. II was IS follows:
Hon. Horace White. Lieutenant Governor
of the state OF New York and Pres
ident OF the Senate.
Dear Sir: ]. lothian p. Aids. do
hereby resign the Office OF Senator rep
resenting the 37th Senatorial District OF
the State OF New York. which i now
hold.
This resignation 10 take effect imniedi-
ately. JOTIAM T. ALLDS.
March 20. 1910.
There was a gasp OF surprise from
many Senators and the spectators when
the resignation was read. Senator
Cobb moved that the Senate go
into committee OF the whole TO vote
on the charges. Senator Bracket
wanted an hours recess 10 afford op-
nortuni1y 10 look up precedents. Cobb
pressed his point. declaring that there
was no possibility OF escaping the re-
sponsibility Of a vote on the question
whether the charges had been sustained.
and attempting 10 make il appear that
any move for the recess was 10 avoid a
vote on that question.
we have reached the point now
where a vote should be taken said he.
Now there is a suggestion TO postpone
the termination of this case. There is no
possibility that the Senate can escape
the responsibility OF recording judgment
on this case. The DUTY rests on us now
10 act according 20 cur consciences ard
best judgment"
Motion for Recess Accepted.
Bracket declared that il would be
'grotesque. almost indecent not 10 take
an hour TO see whether the Senate was
doing the right thing. Others agreed
with him, and he moved that an ad-
journment be taken until 12:l5 o'clock
On that roll was called. The adjourn
ment motion was adopted. - 10 u. The
lineup indicated nothing except that
Senator Cobb was beaten on his first at
tempt TO exercise his power as majority
leader in an important affair. The vote.
which showed a curious alignment OF
Senators, was as follows;
Ayes-Alleii, Bayne, Bracket, Caffrey,
Coats Curdts Cronin, Cullen, Davis,
Frawley, Grady, Grattan. Hamilton,
Harte. Hill. Holden, Mackenzie. Nc
] Manus. Meade. Newcomb. Ramsperger,
I Schlosser. Schulz, Stilwill Y. n. Sulli-
van, Wagner, Wainwright and White
IS
Noes-Agnew. AIT. Brough. Burlin-
game, Cobb. Davenport. Emerson. Gard
ner. GledhiL. Griffith. Harden, Heacock,
Hewitt. Hinman Hubbs KisselL PlatL
Rose, c. d. sullivan, Travis and Wittcr
-2l
AS soon as the recess was declared an
i informal conference was held. At this
there were present Senators Davis. Hill.
/ Hamilton, Emerson, Davenport. Agnew,
T Bayne. Wainwright. Brough. Coats, Hin
man. Burlingame. Newcomb and Meade.
Lewis L. Carr and MIR. Van Hoesen,
4 counsel for Aids and Conger. respective
~, were invited 10 attend. Senator
Cobb refused to go into the conference.
There the question whether the Senate
had the night to vote on whether the
charges were sustained WAS thTashed
out. Carr contended that when Aids re-
signed tho charges fell 10 the ground.
just as did a litigation when one Of the
parties 10 1t died. Others disagreed. and
II was finally decided to take vote.
The Senate Reoonvenes.
Jhereupon ;he Senate reconvened, and
! Senator Cobb offered a formal resolu-
zion that a committee Of five be ap-
pointed TO formulate charges against
Conger for his part in the Aids affair.
based on his own testimony. Senator
Hinman objected, saying that considora-
tion Of this resolution would interrupt
the vote on the main case. lie asked
that il be laid over, saying he wanted 10
discuss il in detail Finally. he and Cobb
agreed thai il should be referred 10 the
judiciary Committee. which viii meet
tomorrow 10 consider il.
Then Cobb presented another formal
J lESoiAl III ItN4i4lls tA.dN lie Af4 -Ait-lA
charges against Aids had been sus-
tanned ON that the vote was ordered
Without break. the rollcan went Oh
+. until The name Of Senator Caffrey, Dem
ocrat. Of Manhattan. was reached. He
rose 70 explain his vote. He analyzed
slightly the evidence in the case. He
said that lie never saw any witness take
such a griEing as did Hiram 6. Moe and
Beun CoRger and stand il so well.
Maybe Moe and Conger were liars, -
he said, but my experience leads me 70
believe that those TWO quiet men who
- calmly answered all those trying
questions were telling the exact truth.
cannot believe that they were lying, be-
cause facts and circumstances in the
case corroborated them"
Coats Explains His Vote.
Senator Coats came next with 4 speech.
He read an explanation OF his vote say
ing that he considered The Senate a jury,
and he had been unable 10 bring himself
10 "a point where ] can say the charges
are sustained" He said he realized il
might be 10 his personal and political in
tcrest if he could vote the other way, but
feeling as he did he could not respect
! himself or expect the respect OF any de-
c.,,t man ~ he yotad against Aids He