New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
FOR WIDE INQUIRY
PLAYWRIGHT -1NL
NEUCOMB FITOR II.
Senate Likely to Force Issue on
assembly. Leacing Respon-
sibiIity There.
rBr Telegraph 70 TIC Triernc.

tu6r Of opposition OF the PART OF Speaker
wsSsu-orth 10 any general investigation
OF alleged legislative corruption has no.
extended 10 the Senate. and there is
every Indication that the upper house
viii force this issue on the Assembly and
lei responsibility for its decision rest
there Senators J. Mayhem Wainwright
and Josiah T. NeNvconb, both OF whom
have resolutions for such an investiSa-
tior rending. to-day said they would
press them vigorously. They VIII walt
however. until the Aids bribery case is
ended
I have seen no reason 10 change my
mind regarding the necessity for gen
eral Investigation TO set at rest All ques-
tious about legislative corruption de-
CIared Senator Wainwright Speaker
Vadsworth's opposition has not affected
nv position In the least II anything
wrong exists or has existed, il is due
10 the great number OF honest. conscie-1-
tfo1Is legislators who serve their state at
considerable sacrifice to show that cor
rupticn extended only 20 a very few Mon
here and was not general. It is due to
the people of the state moreover. 10
take such steps as may be necessary to
prevent any recurrence of conditions
such SIS have been testified TO in the
Aids investiga Certainly We can
rot and should not hesitate at this time
to 90 70 the bottom.
We may have stopped over somewhat
CT this Aids Investigation. not that any
harm has been done IN my judgment,
bv 7fatever has been brought out only,
there is Z necessity for finishing this in-
vestigation before beginning any other.
and any divergence from the straight
lire IN this inquiry will make II difficult
70 finish il promptly
HAD NO TALK WITH WARD.
Senator Wainwright said he had not
SPOKEN about his investigation resolu-
ton to National Committeeman Ward.
7 did talk IT over. though, with Otto
= Bannard. and I don't think there is
the slightest objection 10 saying So he
added
Mr. Barnard was one Of those pres
eut at the conference Of President Taft.
Governor Hughes. Speaker Wadsworth
s-d state Chairman Woodruff. ar Lloyd
z. Griscom's home. in New York After
that conference he said in effect:
This Is q time for drastic action. If
patient is dying Of d cancerous growth,
the only remedy is the knife
senator Newconb believes the Senate
I'll adopt one or the other Of the reso-
lyticns pending. and thus put the issue
.-1z-cly up 70 the Assembly and its
leaders
We must finish the Aids inquiry
first said he. Then 7 shall push my
RESOLUTION now in the Finance Commit
tec. and 7 assume that il or the VAIN
vright resolution VIII be adopted In my
judgment. 2 general investigation IS I'M
r,orztf-e to protect honest legislators
= well as 70 disclose crookedness and
the methods Of crooks in the Legislature.
# there have been such
20 ven believe that this Aids case
Rs revealed all the questionable iegis-
I..rive transactions Of recent years.: he
vss asked.
10. I do not" came his emphatic re
r. I don't believe We have scratched
Tic surface
IEMAND KNOWS NO PARTY LINE
Those expressions indicate with fair
r-rD-acv the views Of e large number Of
legislators Of both parties in both
ror,ses There Is TO party line in this
earnest demand that the Legislature
.-ka steps 70 yindicate its members and
the members Of past legislatures, ana to
remove toe stain which. in a sense, has
been placed on the Legislative branch OF
+r- state government. Neither Is II q
question Of insurgents or insurgency
r either house. Especially IN the senate
ere there men who are proud to call
themselves machine Republican, rs urg-
tue On inz-estiga ton 10 % as deep IS
ma be necessary TO dispose Of any
L-cper question rega riding any question
anle rfrc,Ira stance. They believe that the
Republican organization attacked as it
fas been. and the Legislature, dominated
- II has been IN past years by the Re
publican organizs ton. should be NindI-
.z+ed or proved 10 be wrong. IF proved
- bc wrong they think it Is time to
change legislative customs and methods
zud 70 rcorgauize the ma chine" to make
them right.
These in general are the views of Sen
stor Hiunan. Hho may be clessed ds an
irlsurgent here. but Is considered
hard headed organization Republican IN
Brocme County. IN general, they are
me views Of Senator Davis. who IN al
f.-ooa bIiitv vii Re elected temporary
president next week. They are the views
of rnsnr another Senator, who knowing
himself to be honest has been stirred
to bitter anger al more or less indls-
,riu7inste Pronunciation of Legislators and
-rcls-icians for alleged corruption
MANY SIDE WITH sPEAhEF-
on the ether hand. there is 4 consid-
a~abJe r,urnber ot legislators vino. like
Srea,ze- EEeLsworEh ash. -N mats the
cooz of investigating ali legislatures
baek 10 the year ." They say that IN
NOS; cases corruption. # found. would
le tirpunishs bic, and the work and eX-
t3euse would 20 for naught- The. main
tsin rf1st since Speaker Nadsworths
.'houseclearing ~ 1866 the Legislature