New-York tribune., 1910-01-20

sion, on Monday evening next. shall be
! compelled TO rest content with such &C
! ton the Senate sees fit TO take,
! because. certainly, there should be a full
/ attendance of the entire Senate.
When the record of the two men
/ lives, as it has already been written.
| shall have been determined. the pres
! ence or absence of motive will necessar-
! iiy be the touchstone which shall deter
mine that which at the present moment
must stand on the issue of veraci'y
SENATOR CoNGER TALKS.
Hardly had Senator Aids finished
ahen Mr. Conger sprang to his feet.
II too. favor an immediate investiga-
tion of this entire matter" he said. in
even. colorless tones. II should he glad
to appear before a properly constituted
committee of this Senate to substantiate
any authentic statements made by me"
Senator Cobb, who was regarded as
the Aids candidate for chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee, spoke next,
declaring that what ne said was said
wholly on his own initiative.
Il feel that We owe 1t to ourselves, to
Senator Aids and TO the people of this
state to proceed with as much speed as
we can to complete and thorough in
vestigation of this matter" said ne. 1T
may be a matter of inconvenience to
bring some of the absent Senators back
here, but in a matter of this magnitude
we should not hesitate ] move that the
clerk be instructed to inform absent
Senators that there will be call of the
Senate tomorrow at IL a M
tion that some of the absentees had been
excused by the Senate and so were not
subject to a call He thought 1t would
be wise to proceed in orderly fashion.
Nothing could be gained by haste, said
he, and the matter well could wait until
Monday night. Senator Cobb could not
see any reason for delay
II have had experience enough with
such Investigations" ne said, Ito know
that this will mean three or four weeks
interruption of the business of the Senate
Nothing can be of greater Importance
than a speedy and proper investigation
of this matter l must insist on my
motion
BRACKETT FOR DELAY
Senator Bracket also counseled de-
lay, that a proper course of procedure
might be mapped out u can see in this
nothing but a duel TO the DEATH" he
cOnfded to his colleagues Il for one
shall be glad to have an opportunity to
search for precedents. The offence al
legged to nave been committed is said to
have taken place when both parties to
this controversy were members of an
other body 1t is necessary to ascertain
whether the Senate has any jurisdiction
to take action on the expulsion of mem
bers or otherwise. The Senate of course
can act, and then it would rest on the
honor and sense OF propriety of the
member against whom the report was
made to withdraw from this body. But
i'll a matter of this gravity examination
OF precedents and analogies will not
render Improbable a delay of day or
two. / hope in the mean time each Sen
ator will hold himself as nearly as pos
sible in the attitude of judge, and give
ear neither to considerations personal
nor political.
Again Senator Cobb pressed his mo-
ton, declaring that tomorrow the Sen
Senator Aids said he wanted the Senate
to decide promptly what it would do
Bracket said emphatically that every
Senator had determined that there must
be the fullest investigation, but that the
question of procedure might prove
mighty vexatious. Finally Grady, his
patience gone by the threatened parlia-
mentary tangle, served notice that he
himself would give a call of the Senate
tomorrow, ana the clerk on rollcaIl
took due notice of the absentee Senators,
that they might be summoned.
Senator Conger had little to say to-
day, avoiding the public gaze as much
as possible. He declared in answer to
queries that bridge companies with
which he was connected had been in
dicted as charged by friends of Senator
Allds-the Boston Bridge Company. in
Massachusetts, it was said, on a charge
of conspiracy, and the Canton Bridge
Company of Canton, Ohio, for making
alleged illegal contracts
Il am a stockholder in both these con-
Germs" said Senator Conger, but both
these indictments were against the COM
panies not against individuals The in
dictment against the Boston company
was a blanket Indictment, and after a
trial last fall the company was acquit-
ted. The Canton affair was about five
years ago, and after trial that company
was acquitted"
It is known that the case which is be-
ing prepared by Senator Aids and his
friends is based in part on these affairs.
Report has it, however, that it goes be-