The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-30
Roll Gall Begun In New
York State Senate.
SENATOR'S EXPLAIN VOTES.
Question as to Guilt of Accused
Member to Be Settled Before
Night-Wider Inquiry
Next.

AlDdny, n. T., MarCn 2J.-1he vote
on the decision of the senate regarding
the charges of Senator Benn Congel
| against Senator Jotham T.. Aids began
about noon today and dragged along
| during the afternoon hours.
The general opinion is that it would
not be finished before nightfall. There
are forty-nine senators-thirty-th
Republicans and sixteen Democrats
to vote on the question, and there are
at least thirty of them anxious to ex.
plain their votes.
The question on which the voting is
being done is Are the charges made
by Senator Benn Conger that Senator
lothian p. Aids demanded and re.
ceived $1,000 to kill certain legislation
in 1901 sustained?"
The Hughes senators have made a
canvass of the senate and predict the
conviction of Aids by vote of 35 to
IA.
Senator Aids friends say that their
canvass indicates a vote of 2S in favor
of Aids and q against him. As there
are forty-nine senator's, it will require
twenty-five votes to convict
This forecast of the vote was pre-.
pared by an Aids senator who has
made careful poll:
For Conviction-Agnew. Allen, Alt,
Bracket, Brough, Burlingame. Coats.
Cobb, Cordts, Davenport. Davis, EN-
erson, Gledhill, Griffith Hamilton,
Hewitt, Hill, Hinman. Kissel, Macken.
zie, Meade. Newcomb, Platt. Rose.
Schlosser, Travis, Wainwright, Repub-
licans; BaylIe, Caffrey. Gardner, Wag-
ner, Schulz. Democrats total, 80.
Against ConvictiOn-Cu Cullen. Cronin.
Frawley, McManus, Grady, Ramsper-
ger. Stillwell, T. ID. Sullivan, C. d.
Sullivan, Democrats: Grattan. Hea-
cock, Holden, White and possibly
Hubbs. Republicans; total, 10
Senator Gledhill of Kings said:
During the recess my telephone bell
has been rung over 800 times by con
stituents. who before | had chance
to say anything, gave me warning.
You know Aids is guilty. Fire him
out, and throw Conger out too"
Senator Alt of Kings recited a sim
liar tale. He said: My district asso-
citation adopted resolutions practically
directing me to vote to throw out both
Aids and Conger. / never was so
hombarded as | have been during the
past seventy-two hours"
The legislature now faces the prob
lem of ordering a broad investigation
of charges of alleged legislative cor
ruption in recent years. AS soon as
the verdict in the Aids case is rem
dered it is expected that either the
Newcomb or the Wainwright resolu-
tion providing for an inquiry by a spe-
cial legislative committee will be called
up.
Senator J. Mayhem Wainwright's
measure provides for the appointment
of committee of three senators and
five assemblymen to inquire into the
intimation by Senator Benn Conger's
counsel that certain bridge companies
raised corruption fund in 1908. The
committee would be the appointees of
the lieutenant governor and the
speaker.
Senator Josiah T. Newcomb's resolu-
ton of investigation names the mem
bers of the committee, including Sena-
tors Davis, Wainwright, Davenport
and Schulz and Assemblymen Wei
inert of Erie, Dana of New York, Rob
erts of OnOndaga, Short of Richmond
and Chanler OF Duchess. 1t provides
Said committee shall, among other
things, examine the testimony and re-
ports Of all investigations within the
state under the authority OF the legis-
lature or either branch thereof or of
the governor during the last ten years
or which may now be in progress and
shall make separafe finding in the
case of each of said investigations
whether any corrupt practices to influ-
ence legislation i'm the state OF New
York are disclosed by the testimony
and reports aforesaid"
Prominent members OF the Repub-
lican party have placed themselves on
record in favor of searching inquiry
into every charge Of corruption in con
nection with the Legislature in the last
few years. on the other hand, a sub
stantial number of members of the leg
islature will oppose a subsequent ill.,
Vestigation unless the inquiry involves
members of the present legislature or
is designed to form the basis Of cor
receive legislation
Surely the Limit.
A friend was once talking with a
crazy woman, when a stingy man
passed by. do you see that man."
said she, with cunning smile, You
could blow his soul through a hum
ming-bird's bill, into mosquito's
eye. and the mosquito wouldn't
wink"
Some single suits to clean up
stock. at Menner & Co. IS store, will