A BRIBED SENATOR.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 779, 31 March 1910, Page 5

A BRIBED SENATOR.

ALLDS AND CONGER. NEW YORK REPUBLICAN METHODS. : . SENATE'S DECISION. : By Tcleffraph-Preaa ABaoclatton-OoDyrlElil (Eec. March 30, 10.10 p.m.) New York, Maioh 30. The Senate of New York State, by tt votes to 9, found that Senator Jotham P. Allds accepted a bribe of'looo dollars (,£200) to, suppress legislation. . Allds, earlier in tho day, had resigned his Senatorship.. j Senator Cobb introduced a resolution demanding a formal charge against Senator, Conger of .bribing Allds. A REPUBLICAN LEADER. Tho entire Senate of New Xork State Sat as a committee to consider the charge. The matter is a very serious one for the Bepublican.party, for not only ore both Allds and Conger Republican senators, but Allds was the leader for, his party in the Senate. Senator Conger accused

Senator Allds of. having accepted' the money in 1901, while leader of the House, for exerting his influence to prevent consideration of a Bill. This, Bill restricted the power of town officers with respect to bridge contracts, and would have seriously business of.bridgebunding companies with which Conger was connected. His disclosure was made to a group of seven Senators opposed to Allds, and, Conger says, was made in confidence. But ■ the story was published, und Allds's denial and the present investigation followed. It is: said that it must lead to ' a larger investigation extending into transactions in other years, ■and involving other senators of New York State. _ . ... ;, .;'■ Aivriter in a New Xork paper 'states: "The full facts in ■ the bribery charge must bo brought out,vagree the political leaders, and the decision, whatever it is, must be based on' the evidence adduced in this case and on that alone. • But one and, all realise that- the responsibility of the pariy .does not stop here. If any facts having .any semblance of truth or made on the statement of any man whose word carries' responsibility, are brought out, they will bo mado the basis of a further inquiry; which, whatever it develops, will at any rate be. heralded as evidence that the men at present in control of the Republican State organisation are determined to wipo out every stain that has, been left by the , misconduct of the leaders of the past, wh»th»dead or alive. : This inquiry, it is held, must be undertaken if: the party; is to enter the coming State campaign with any chance, of success. .-.-:■ ■ . ■ . "If thore is evidence rthat thero were corruption funds, in .other -years-and already it has been admitted that there was one such a fund in :' 1903—that fact will be looked into. The history of the ion?*i a cL S j ln the :session s of '1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905 points unmistakably ■ TV 6 , that 'similar: methods were ;used to defeat the bills in those years"