New-York tribune., 1910-03-23
PLEAD FOR ALLDS
STRONG APPEALS IND
C4USTEC FILINGS.
LittIeton and Carr Flay Con-
Ger and Noe IN Summing
Up Speeches.
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Albany. March 22.-With impassiOred ap-
peals 20 shut out the babble Of the street
and the clamOr OF the throng Tor a victim"
and adnnonition 20 the senate 20 render
precise justice. stripped OF prejudice or
partisan considerations. Martin ". Littleton
and Lewis r. Carr to-day summed up the
defence Of lothian p. Aids in the Senate S
bribery investigation. Under their skilled
pleading the case presented by the lawyers
Tor Senator Benn Conger. who made the
bribery charge against senator Aids, ap-
peared 10 be torn 70 tatters BY bitter
tsidicule ana oaustic denunciaron Of the
charges as smelling 10 heaven Of mechan-
ism" they attempted TO laugh she complaint
out OF court.
Afercness was the oastisation which Sena-
tor Conger got az the hands OF AR. Little
ton in the course Of his summing up.
Thief" ''freebooter' and CRATER were
some of the ulildest terms spplied 10 the
little man with nerves Of steel who plunged
the Senate into this morDeutous trial, and
who has fought II Through with as LITTLE
semblauce OF emotion as he showed under
Iittleton's batteries to-day. His wife by
his side. Alr Conee7 sat TINS afternoon IN
the extreme rear OF the Senate chamber
during al OF Ar. Ldttleton's donunciation
of hin. The record OF his hrige company's s
and his own course toward Senator Aids
ThrouEhout the torrent OF cery words he
hardly blinked
According 70 the procedure adopted BY
she Senate committee on plan and pro-
oecure, each side in this clse Is 10 have
the services OF two lawyers IN the sum-
ming I'd Therefore. Ar carr and Mr
Iittleton divided the day between them
While they covered the same ground 10 a
large extent n their speeches, their treat
neut ~ the material was widely different
Carr pisseets Evidence.
ri carr. q grim veteran OF the old school,
had the morning. He took Up the record
q evidence. anslyzed and dissected H.
pointing out what he considered weak spots
in the stories Of Sem Conger and Deacon
Hiram 6. Moe. senator Alds's course IN
connection with the highway legislation, he
said. was the only possible course when
United states senator Thomas {. Plat
Hsked him 10 help Kill II. Platt's wish Was
AUds's law. he said. in eject. There was
10 use trying 10 measure the propriety ot
such a condition by modern notions That
was tho proper thing al that time, and any
departure from The custom would have been
political suicide for Aids.
so Mr. Carr went on through the record
70 q conclusion Of genuine eloquence, ruSgeC
like las own personality
"You are nor here tc search Tor some one
% be thrown overheard 10 stin tho waves
~ an angry sea-" said Le. "or an0ther ear
81 hand 10 be tossed out 10 appease The ap-
retites of those who clamor Tor q victim
You are here - search for and md the
truth. guided and governed by such rules
end principles Tor the redress Of human
wrongs and the protection OF human rights
az. since the reign OF law began. have
proven 10 be efficacious and adequate 20
that end.
I'm the carly DAYS the church AFFORDED a
sanctuary 10 the pursued. and II the painting
fugitive could bring himself within the
shadow ~ its doorposts aud enter its por-
tails be WAS -aVcd.F went on Mr.. Carr.
Into tEIs senate chamber Jotham p. Aids
came for his sanctuary, not 20 be shielded
Und protected regardless Of ms guilt OF in
roC-nCe. blt 10 be tried as other men ar-
tried. 10 he judged as other men are judged.
p o -he doors OF this chamber the waves II
pursuit may come tlt from them they
should and Viii go back in tretted foam.
70 them ,ray come che t-hb.e Of the street.
the C.Gmor Tor victim bv th0ughtless.
frivolous tongues and Tie demand OF the
reaiot tor pur-6CstiCn by example. but from
the-n -hsy should and viii drift away. rs
v-eigAtless as dsad leaves That are the sport
ct c1pr.-ous winds