New-York tribune., 1922-01-05
100000 Film
.Bribe CHARGE
Denied by Lusl1
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me stamp of approval on this kind of
CHARACTER assassin or whether there
IS still enough red blood, manhood and
decency and pride in this body and
us members to once and for ali give
the lie to this man.
And IT it is not lie then | say
that YOU and | and each of us, as rem
resentativc individuals, arc entitled to
know the name of the man or men
VINO made this offer. If any such
tender bride was offered or insinua-
tion was made. then we ought to know
the name of the alleged or admitted
brlber or br;bcrs, and if not this most
mlserab'e OF all creatures ought to be
given the lie here. without paying any
further attention to him.
Senator Lusk, with AL eyes upon
him, said:
Mr.. President, I believe the Senator
from the 18th Walkcrl is becoming
unduly agitated over the language Of
this particular article, possibly be-
cause of some things that have hap
pcned in the past. AS he was talking
here there were running through my
mind similar statements on the front
pages of the large New York news
papers. My recollection is that during
the last session of tho Legislature I
saw on the front page of a New York
I newspaper statement after statement
about Doodle funds of $780, 900. and half
millions and those things. Now there
is Il statement in this article. as un-
derstand it. that | might have had, or
possibly might have had, some money
Oh ght have got some money That
is mild statement compared with tie
statements that have been made, abso-
lutely groundless, with reference to the
sttitude of legislators on legislation
here for years past. 1t all comes back
to the proposition that if a man %es
fit to serve in the Legislature he should
not be thin skinned"
Senator Lusk then resumed his scat
and Senator Walker jumped to his feet
with a demand that the reply be made
more specific.
Senator Lusk answercd
'Jhis is not specific charge There
is no charge at all The statement to
which the Senator refers is that un-
doubtedly | could have gotten certain
money by conducting myself in a Ger
tain way, and then he asks me to say
whether 1t is true or not. | don't know
whether it is true or not. never of
fered to conduct myself in that way; |
was never asked to conduct myself in
that way, and whether ] could have got
100000 or any other amount of money
for conducting myself in that way |
don't know. The Senator is in fully
as good position TO know that as
am"
Again Senator Lusk sat down and
again Senator Walker taxed him for a
direct answer
did anybody.' he demanded, ever
make a promise or attempt to influence
or affect your vote on the censorship
bill for a financial consideration?
am satisfied the answer is No But |
think you ought to mako it. If you
say NO | am going to move to deny
this man the privileges of the floor for
making such an unfounded statement
at is not necessary for me to state
herc,' replied Mr.. Lusk, that nobody
ever offered me anything to influence
my vote on censorship, because if they
had we would have known Of it at the
time, if that is the question the Scna
tor wants answered."
Senator knights blocking Of Senator
Walkers resolution to deny Miller the
privilege Of the floor then followed