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A y NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, 8 saa eR shin ED yer nee iL Wa af heavenward, anda loud roar | by fleecing its customers, He had very little ay! Girectors shall be citizens and residents of the | that posit least fear vempting to secure attendance Brad: ‘him from all sides, athy for them, but if they were bona fide siock- | United States, 3} Decors cra A nd ay would Jey! - this investigat! that he had Tecentis Tele tne FOR THE aeyararane, olders and desired to manage the road in the - SENATOR DEN AGAIN. bolls open as long as votes were ready to by 4 State and was and would continue to be absent e" le waxed warm in his eloquence and mad terest of the peopie he woula ‘ob; Mr. MADDEN moved to strike out the sixth section, | ceived, and who would not close them alter the | therefrom for some time. In tie course of the eXa f . the newspaper =. the New | It. He said he understood that Gould hi and protested again against special legislation. He | votes were all im. It seemed to him that the amend- | mination of Mr, Gould the following questions were : ne York, Bailroad, Pe and same Saint ; tag Re. ned done before bo = tues '. bili of abomina' ‘The motion was | meut was entirely unnecessary. put to him:— GRAND FIELD DAY W THE SEN TE. mr, ton, te ve oe ara po iKnow prods he ree Seen age te | foes dae. ‘Venth, eighth and finth sections were Mr. MURPHY considered that this was an import. Q. If Senator Wood had been an avowed opponent ac! Madden ‘The Brig Classification Bil} Debated in Com- as Persistent Important Amendments to Bill. Tall ten: we thas tne 1s =~ RET ae oly de thant wears : The Governor, Comptroller and Vote Was on Mr. ’8 motion to sirike out all . MADDEN that the situation haa filgs “coakiog it gupig-a bil’ te repeal tue Giassti- | “Ms Lown (lems) auld he wat surpelsed at the mo ’ 1e - i RD j ~ Attorney General te Appoint cation act wi regard to tie election of ai. | ton of tue Senator from the Nintn (Mr, Robertson}, rectors. I herew! ite He. was m favor of the bully unless it was to be Inspectors of Election. © ERLE VorR, shorn of 1s good features. | He 8 johnson, Lord, Mad- ator shoul *<teat Adam Allen, Baker, Beneaic, Bowen, | sapecior a ection of tho" Bie Barons r jaya: }ams, » , edict, n, ipector lection of t le road. Cock, Dickinson, Graham, Mi ted to see the Attorney General, one of the Fe ee a nn Cone” | vis, Mei Warne, Danse ier, Per | Ge tron. me # eoniean oo Ge iw, , - tien Case. Wood and Wi 2 , MR, ROBERTSON'S “AMENDMENT OARRIED. REPORT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE, The Investigated Senator's Conduct Inconsistent with His Position as Senator, POLITICAL CLAP-TRAP. ALBANY, March 13, 1872 Ya'the Assembly to-day a large number of bills ‘were read a third time and passed. Mr. Alvord, the leader of the republicans in the Lower Housa, | , oi, ROBES attempted to make some political capital for his_ party in view of the New Hampshire elec Mon, by offering @ resolution to the effect that the recebt glorious news from the Granite ~~ Btate forbids any other thaa the most passive action ‘im the future by the late democratic party. “But as Mr. Jacobs, the active democratic member from | Mr, Brooklyn, proposed to debate the question the reso- Yutéon was laid over, and wiil probably not be brought up again, Mr. Alvord’s purpose being prac- tically accomplished by Its introduction, Mr. Dixon, representative of the Beach Pneumatic Ratiroad Company, appeared before the Railroad Committee of the House this morning, and denied the statements that his company was loaded down With $5,000,000 indebtedness, There was $170,000 Sppertioned te seventeen directors, and the com- ‘pany owed besides only $200,000, and this was all Mr. D. P. Woop, then said he no she tadebtedneas of the company. learly, THE FIGHT OVER THE ERIE BILL. Brie’s. Fire-Eater ow the Rampnge—Odjec- pemet ae me sites <i adhe abe cpaeenesitetred Nar. Robertson’s amendment was then adopted. $ ALBANY, March 18, 1872, ‘Phe great sensation in the Legislature to-day was ‘the Erie bill, which was made the special order in the Senate immediately atter the reading of the Journa). Long. before the regular hour for the ‘Opening of the proceedings had arrived the lobbies ‘Mr. Map! adjoming the Senate Chamber were crowded with oungers and ethers who were anxious to Beoure séate outside the ‘they Could hear and see all that would be sald and done. There.was ® very large attendance of the | 20% necessary. @Avocates of ‘the dill who live in “New York, and ‘Who, ‘aa goon as the entrances to the cnamber were Glearéa, made.s grand rush inte the chamber and wacecetied, after deal of pushing aad elbowing, im the dest seats opteinable. jwhen the ‘Was called to order every passage way in the lobby and eyery inch of: available space on the floor lass whe do all the suggestive talking behind ‘e members’ chairs, and give nothing but promises for good conduct in the future as Jegisiative rewards, ‘were on Band in. scores. Lawyers from New Yory and lawyers from the various courts im the city, who had an idea that their advice and counsel ‘would be of value during the fight, trooped io by the dozen and crowded into tne Senators’ seats, and made themselves at nome generally. Bad the bottom not fallen out of the Erie tub in New Senator. York on Monday of bands would have ter what THE FUN IN THE LOBBY ‘would have been undoubtedly uproarious. But as # was, we looked in vain among crowds that thronged the Chambers on every side for tne ‘well known faces of the gentry, paid and unpaid, ‘who had up to a few days ago been the ont- aide henchmea “of the Erie Ring, and to whose | tne road. He had no connection whatever with the efforia it looked for final suecess, ana whose checks, @rawn to the account of “Legal Expenses,” made ‘she hungry bone hunters in both houses hag them- selves witn joy in anticipation of the good time that wasin store for them. Where they had gone moone knew; but i¢ is pretty certain that the over- throw of Gould in New York was too much even for their- steadfastness to principle, ana Bhat they had, before the fight came on, been forced to’ go “where the woodbine twineth,” probably ‘withost having themselves been able to secure even a week’s interest on the gross amounts they had @ blank check balance in pocket agaiust for | | Mr. greasing the wheels of legislation. The scene was certainly an exciting one, and everybody seemed to feel that the time had finally come when a show to be made, no mat. had happened in New York, to tarn the tables on the “men of September.” Tnere ‘were a few of the Senators who had determined to make & fight for Erle before the crash came about in New York, but they looked chopfalien and down- fast when the Senate opened, for all the world like | nag, if they had not conciiiated the people in this men who had lived in expectation of the death of ® sickly rich old relative who had got suddenly wured when least they expected it, While the prayer was being said ‘Dat was unsuccessful, on Woodin’s brow that trolling voice in its management. This bill may be | legislation and inv Uren rf was the ‘Ceppiene man a ee Feyolurionary and extraordinary, he said, Dut’ the nob Foor. but tnat circle, judging from his general looks, Even un to | bill sought to be repealed was revolutionary | & bill to seminars ous yesterday ‘was apprehensive that some move | and extraordinary and fraudulent, It made | distinguished friend, tight be made by Nis skiliul oppon ents to postpone | MO difference iw this easure did put in | Midiaad road. ‘the battle and probably stine every attempt to | power the Me or alluded to by the Senator bring it about, and now that the question had at | fromthe Tenth (Mr. Madden). ‘The diderence be ‘was all wrong. last been brought squarely up and there was no | tween the agement of Jay Gould's road and the | against him, but he did not care for that. avenue for i to those who. were at | road of that “family” was lifted up as a bugbear crushed to earth wiil rise agata, lant to take sides one no wonder he appeared in excellent humor, ’ It fell MADDEN, THE ERIE FIRE EATER, took his seat and looked about him with a deflat air, ‘and Chatfield, who loves the old road with a won- » @erful affection, lay back in his chair gioomy and pensive, Johnson pretended to feel particularly Jolly, and aid his best to joke Woodin into a laugh, for there was a cloud 1o the lot of Rovertson to 0) 80 hy moving that the bill should diately after the third reading. The question was 0 @nd & two-third vote carried tl em came tne fight. the bill by its one or two of them got through in Committee of the Whole, they were reconsidered in was and, althou; offered for ‘the Senate and final denouncing thi sharora in the plance trolled who men that wouid Terence of the declared that he -he scray as best ng could, Is nen Mad man, than is that tried ‘the bill, Every seotion that was read he moyed to 7 amend in the subject for a was ” denounced ag ”~ hi some way what Erie was, a ae nd, finally, nd der voved down. i¢ along the line of the roa ia r of the thieves who had con- UN aught Chatfield to his fee too! the remark a8 @ person: one, For a time 1t looked as though there was to ve A nico little row between the two gentle tually require tne farere was not personal, an way out of the dimecult; ate ie Takes ere a le 100! his usual wont; in fact everybody saw.| Ns pi ho. meant mischief, to. make all he with ng was unedual to an 16) 7 ry jumus will fy from thei i O00 De iaikis thelr base as soon ag J,” he way or tne other, it is ‘A motion for amendment | the bed slong the Ime have shared in their or other, aud he made each one | amondm speech, in w ‘infamous,’ mass t vali a a of abominations; his remarks ives, He in’ describing Worked himself into a fought like a tiger against the friends of the bill, and natnraily had to dght as hard as those Who might have fought with him by Treason of there sympathy being with him had not the courage to come forward and take nis part. {he road wnt aih - Section by tepiteg ori Aden tous clog the way of i hia AF Pee at nought thése, men had a great deal to answer Dittee the bill 30 ati 38; in ‘Wie | ior, and then we might not gramble because they i of the Whole and Reported. some way Md De ruggle tay ils | did some things well. LU they have wronged anys ent progress in But ertson | body they have their remeay. ne quietly feugit and good joredly jomed O'BRIEN PUTS A POSER. with Madden the ayes: noes On every Mr. O'BRIEN (dem.) asked the Senator from the Attacks by an Erie | smendment to tie bil, Finding that it was } Tenth (Mr. ‘Maadei y DI of the bill in amy way, or get | and parcel of the Tammany Ring? te and the vote on every the Ring, William M, will be seen to the Erie if Tweed and the 5 Eg A g z g g i ennent Amie, Hardenbergb, Lewis, Tweed, J, urnsl the Senate went 7 called fore the first section had been substance autho! such which shi Mr. ROBERTSON: to strike out in the seventh | torney, and line, the words companies’ and insert. ‘Erie | the manner provid oy Railway vom; ‘He said the objeot of the | proof or acknowledgment of deed amendment was. ject the bill; that if the bill | sufficient; provided, Were passed tn ite. present shape it would condlct | person #h with the constit Which provides that no local | under proxy made or nl shall a more \han one subject substan- | passage of this act.” Mr. Rol ally exproanes its title. Ifit is desired to repeal cation act as relates to these other com- panies it could be done by other bills, Mr, » Wi remarked thatif the actin the shape in whick % was reported was unconstitu- Mr. uonal, then the jal Classification act was un- | amendment, constitutional for the same reason, ‘said the Classification act did not Telate to Eyed matters, tt related to several rait- roads, The h prentn bill was @ private bill in regard to the Erie way Company, and yet several other companies have been lugged in. There was @ vast difference between this bili and that which is sought to be repealed in part. Ir there was any doubt in regard to cons! nauaaliey, the Legislature ought Not to do an: which might involve the Erie Railway Company in further litigation, |ADDEN said he was opposed to the pent to p be, form of the proxy, go that ‘to that form wouid be roje Mr. MADDEN then moved iniquitous and the interests of the “AN UNOONSTITUTIONAL BILL! Mr. ROBERSTON replied that, in justice to the At- torney General and Mr, Southmaya, they drew the bul precisely 10 the Way tuat it 13 ROW proposed to be amended, Mr, MADDEN asked yer for mentioning these entlemen’s names, ‘The papers all referred to this | @ little brief authority. il as the Atéorney General's bill. He aid not | were know much aveut it; had not read it until ts pi as Morning. He moved to report progress on the bill. ‘o have hi ‘The motion was put and lost, possible Ww saw more the latter part of the bill, of Mr. Robertson; but that if iu Were not that the latter. part of the bill applied exciusively to the Erie Raliway Company there would be no foree-in the argument, It would meet his views better to al the Olussification act ental because he thought it was wrong 1p prin- about Bill Tweed. Mr. RoBERTSON moved further to strike out in the Jourvh line of the sec@nd section the words ‘Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals” ana inert “the Governor, the Compéroler and Attoraey General.” He thougnt the Onief Judge of the Court of appeals should not be called upon to perform any duty out side of his Office, dae said there could be no objec- uon to the officials named ia his place. else. It is just ao wilh DEN moved @8 an amendment to strike | said he glor' out the entire second section. He said it was a » Th most extraordinary section; it was too, if the “A REVOLUTIONARY AND &XTRAORDINARY BILL,” and never should be put on the statute book. The events of the past few days hau proved that it was He wae surprised that an inteill- roperly. railings, When vurned ‘caval in Wall It have been a ‘ball if 4b pas the ; fete after it was ‘wasted and made @ Dersouul ‘ th sleeping Hamgign not’ a. Bill Btriking, eb simple, o was at one time speculated in any w: ~ bal th Y charge. He wished tl mark, They alw: one standpoint. He had always made it a to ‘This Was @triune government and the legisiauve department should not encroach upon the others. He claimed that the Erie road had geueraily been well managed as regards the public, He reterred to the opening of the road and its past iustory, He said it had come to be a mere football of the bulls and bears in Wall street, ‘The company had never made auy dividends, ex- cept once, a iew years ago, and then they borrowed money for the purpose; they did that to put up the price of stock. The stock was all in the hands of stock gamblers. The interest of the people along the line was the main thing. They ask the Legiala- | Mr. D. ture not to legislaie the road into the nands ot a foreign monopoly, He said he knew nothing about | _ Mr. the alleged frauds of these men who now control that standpoint. drew J, Green was honest. never got into those road, All he knew was that they had put the road | laughter) Mr. Madaei i splendid order and were running it forthe in- | he cid not thtal terests of the people. He protested IN THE NAMS OF THE PEOPLE ALONG THE LINE of the road, in the name of equity and justice, in the name of good nore ~ this iniquitous gud damuable specia! legisiat! He thought the course of the press during the past month or two in Tegard to this matter had been specially reprehensi- bie. They talked abont the corrapt lobby, but tnere | MT. D. was not half as much corruption as they would make out. He warved the committee that in legis- lating the present management of the Erie road out of oitice they might be legislating into power the family which has already acquired such enor mous power in the railroad system of the State, ENEDIOT SAld there was no other road in the State that had such an experience as the Erie, and there was no reason for including any other in this Tepeal. He said we must not hesitate to correct the anuses in that road because it would be cadea special legislation. If the law sought to be repealed ‘Wwhs passed for corrupt purposes, then it should be repealed. We saw the errors of this management; it was tho business of the logialators to correct them; we must not hesitate do this because the road has been 80 managed as to ve satisfactory to the people ee the line, Ir ‘was necessary to get a character for running the road well, that they might steal all that the road actual cash cost of the Upon the inhabit ing the past year, passage of the bi in the HERALD, Way every time one of them went over the road he would have beea gelzed and napged, We should consider .; nt ' p THE RIGHT OF THE STOCKHOLDERS and the rights of the State, which are immense; we should do something to secure fair elections, This was not special legisiation in any proper sense of the term; it was legislation for the benefit of the whole State—norta, south, cast and west, Honest Mnspectors should be appointed and properly exe- cuted and acknowledged. proxies should be pro- vided, and penalties should be attached to dishon- esty in connection with elections, Mr. D. P, Woop thought the committee were losing sight of Bs simple question presented, whether the owners of the stock of this road shall have the con- and Oompany bill, bat or would not go, ao was that the one is managed exclusively in the interests of the stockholders and ‘8 large divi- dends, which the peeple have a right to complain of, while the other has been managed ry interest of the southern ter of counties, but in the interest of the managers of the road, although Mr. MADDEN—Yes, sir— - n the fight, and he di ‘be passed imme (Lauguter. opponent, under. In order to conciliate the inhabi- money along the line of the roa receipts of the road justified; that they plundered the stock- holders and the people along the line, He wished to cal) the attention of the committee to the fact that there is one proposition to be considered—that was, wheiner & bill should be passed to enable the stockholders to control the road, or whether they. should be deprived of all power which they have ha i the last four or. the misman ent of five y Ww men under the protection of this iil-ad' statute assed in 1! He said that he would prefer to Pave the Classification act wiped out entirely; not (Lond laughter.) of the other roads had ever availed themselves oF Mr. Madden’s motion wi rovisions. It was an act which enabled | to add to the filth section directors to perpetuate themselves in power in defiance of thestockholders, but he was willing to vote for Unis bill just as lt was presented, with such cannot be evaded, and when Mr. BENEDICT—I will THE PLEA OF UNCONSTITUTIONALITY cannot be specifically raised in the Courts, flesnid the second seclion was the backbone of the biil, and to strike that out would defeat the purpose of the Fisk, JT. DP. hoa La tigations, He governing as Arts; but mortal Webster:— contentes cs and certawly “he could to defeas Dill “damna- bat this road runs Other ' equally -chotoe State Jrom the management. Passion spendia road the oir. MADDEN said he had never received anything | the State as a matter of conventen dads that lus | from the rond except @ pass, an Mr, D, P. Woop moved to amend the he had never asked for that, There | should ve citizens of ihe United States, was & great deal said about these poor, un- if stockhoklers, They were the gamblers of Wall street, the sharpers who live upon the hard CARRIES OF Lhe SOUUAUDE ues Ae A Laro DARK lives 47am she Sous Lom $e not care, exe men do not Diana ge properly they are accountable for their acts, The Senator from the Fifth (Mr, Benedict) almost com- plained thac the nresenr —“snagers had conductad pend - ily to the people along the line, n) ifthe Erie Ring was not a part impossible ing, in Saini Raee sat be desired, Mr, DEN said in respouse that four years ago THE 10N TOOK TO eee. his friend Senator Ramsay asked him to come here a to prevent the Erie Railway Company from ialling into the hands of Vanderbilt; he found here, work- ing for Vanderbilt and against Gould and the Erie Tweed @ad his adherents; they were shoulder to shoulder with the Central clique oj “i, ‘. Woe nquired if the status was not changed— t_ of the Tammany King bad not hea the supporters ana abettors of the Erie ‘The motion of Mr. Robertson \—be woras “Cnief Judge of the Court of Appeals,” and insert “ine Comptrolier und Attorney General, ' to strike ont the , | Mr. ROBERTSON moved to amend furvher by In- following :—“And any such proxy which oung by Afiter the xeadina st the tae Ghshenciaaia acetone | Mae mt published in The reading of the bill | serting after the word “law,” in the tenth tl all be authenticated in ed law for the Mr. D. P. Woop offered as @ substitute for the Bey section an enurely new section, providti | Meat We rates pf fare and transmortation should no Ue llltavascs vil Wide of 127%, saying that hé did | so to-prevent any possiollity of the people along the holders. lune being fleeced by the foreign stock Seca regulate che on ads, fin Mappgn hoped the amendment would be adopted; but he would hike to have it amended fur- ther, 60 As to make it apply to way freigts only. Mr, D. P. Woon accepted the amendment. Mr. PALMER thought it would be unfair to make the Erie Ratiway Company adhere to all these way rates, some of them being special rates. Mr. Mappen said he might talk an hour and not jive a8 good reason for the provision as the Senator ad for the amendment propos He thought it Was an act of justice to the people along the ling, They should never bo allowed to charge for this Yast amount of watered stock, He saia it was none of his Ri) the Erie managers gambled in stook~ He asked the Senators living along the line of the Central to come up to the work and regulate these rates of freight. He-wished that nis voice could be heard t! hout the length and breadth of the Stace inst What he called this “INIQUITOUS AND DAMNING LEGISLATION.” He claimed that the present rates of freight were unremumerative to the company and they should not be changed. » Mr. PALMBRE Said he was informed that Jay Gonld had established special rates for certain coal mines with which he Was connected 10 New York. Mr. D. PF, Woop said we could not legislate in M @il these particulars, He was aware that perltints So sute tpt ”t D 8) Vv to the inhabitants on the line of the road; but they eould come to the ature and get provisions suited to their necessities, Mr. MADDEN said the Senator from the Eleventh (Mr. Palmer) had made hia (Mr. Madden's) case much sti ir by his suggestions in regard to spe- cial rates, The rates for coal were reasonable, He had purchased coal from one of Gould’s mines, also from another mine, and the rates were alwaya the same, Mr, BENEDICT satd he would vote for the amend. is, shall however, that no other be entitled to vote at such election ranted: A Baie vo the fe) this because It might be the policy of the direction reser! ‘some by; jaw oF ered. MADDEN said that he was opposed to the The amendment, however, was adopted. section, He said he did not wish to take a course which would be considered captious, but he must enter a solemn protest against legislation of this kind, not only for the Erle road, but for any road. He reiterated his ipeotons against what he called this jamnaple special leg! tendeuty of which was to throw the ralli Stave into the hands of one managemen' people of the State, ‘Would legislate millions into the hands of ment, He thought i wan very strange iT. THE BULLS AND BEARS Southmayd and Attorney Geheral had, alter all | of Wall street. te said he was taught young that ‘Weir labor, brought here that government was best which red twat and he believed all this special ‘islation. a wrong, What we have heara during the past two or three days praved that the bul was presented entirely in the interest of those Who desire to get possession of the road to gratify the ambition of one or two men who happen to be ne ‘ He said that we legisiating ourselves by bills of Tammany Rings and Erie Rings, and all that rung into our ears until every man you meet looks out with holy horror when these words are Mentioned. Bill ‘weed is thrown into our faces— @ man who is dead and buried. thata gentleman salu 1n regard to a certain bill that Tweed was connected witn that, Hi that he was tired of and disgusted with hearing He said that when he was @ bo; he read in Engish history that Edward the ‘Thr left directions in his will that his bones, should be Ty 1p asack and carried at the head of th the purpose of frightening the Scotay It might ig irignten the women and chilaren, but no- BILL TWEED AND THE ERIE RING: ‘men who he knew had fattened on tne Wiiuam M, 'i'weed had asked him if the Senate was going to allow him to take his seat; nat lived on the drippings from his tab im the downfall of the Ti ese men would be hurled from did not manage the fe appealed to the Senate not to ys but like men; to let the aggrieved stoc to the judiciary. There bad bat nt Com! like the J a should | some Senators seemed ve consented to report i. He was op- | unless there was some posed to the orginal Ci ication bul, considermg | On this subject “the seein ree tant eo aga al «aE IN FA SSIPICATION, 4 Vhus beliewng That the directors of @ rauroad | men to use positions of public ‘pany spouid not be Out at the dictation of a pose to allo it So ranameat, He was wilting to piace jument aia Slaw that no omficer of any rall- interested in the furnishing of any supplies, or have any interest in any milis or factories, or any lines of drawing room cars or cars, or anythin; el with the operation of the Toads He wou to all railroads, and make it a penal offence if they im the property they nad in Tallroads up to the 8 looked at these questious from ‘ney did not follow THE GOLDEN RULE, int to put himself into the other man’s boots and look at a question from Yon} the point of holuing all the a ROBERTSON asked who was wronged by this Mr. MADDEN responded that good government was wronged and the people were wronged by plac- ing in the statute books such a damnabie prec: He said he had refused on the second day cf the session to establish a bad precedent, because An- He would govern py genera! and not by special laws. P, Woop—I suppose the Senator was in the boots of a stockhoider of the road? (Laughter.) MappeNn—! was there fifteen or twen' ago, but I got out as quick as { coul joots again. went on to say it bil rei amounted to anything. The stockholders would rule any way. He thought the bill shonid be amended, if it was golug to be made a law, so that the new management should not plunder the people @long the line. He advocated a provision that the road should pay only a certain percentage upon the Pe P, Woop said if there was any grounded fear that the road would fall into the Dands of re nee -who would make reprisals ants to make up for the loss sul- fored by them on account of previous Mismanage- ment, he would support @ provision that the rates charged by that company for treights and passen- gers should not be greater than tuose cuarged dur- tr. ROBERTSON sald the late Erle management Was at anend, snd the new management desired the The Cierk, by request, then read a communica- tiom from the new Board, enclosing the resolution passed by them to that eifect and already published The motion of Mr, Madden to strike ont the third section was lost. He then moved to strike out + THE FOURTH SECTION, and again entered his protest against this kind of legislation. He wished that the gentleman who Inu- troduced the bill (Senator O’Brien) would consent to any, Nt ae making it a general instead of a A " Bate said he had such a bill, and would introduce tt at the first opportunity, Mr. MADDEN was glad the Senator was opposed to special legis:ation. He would also ff provision regulating freight tarlifs. the committee not to act the part of cowards, Gout had already been turned out by @ coup detat, He knew the Attorney General was @ brave man. There was a regiment of brave boys from his (Madaen’s) district who fought under him, and they worship} Was @ brave man aad ougit not to ag nt to leave the matter to the courts. The Legislature was runping into all sorts of wild igatiou, of the President (Mr, Littleonn was sitting by Mr. Madden.) He protested that this special legisiation He saw there was a Vast majorit! Mr. D. P. Wood—Can’t the gentleman fluish it? THB ETERNAL YEARS OF GOD ARE HER’S, , He said that he tnougit it wisest to aahere to the old Jeffersonian maxiin that the best government was the one that governed least. 1t was NOT MANLY TO KIOK A DEAD DOG jants of the southern tier they have spent moro (ecencer or to be afraid of the ghost of James d t the (Renewed laughter.) Tanning into all sorts of hens legislation and inves- always little as possible, Vhose views when he was @ member of the oid democratic party, ata time when there were good men in it; men Who were not constantly runnin after false gods, J remain (continued Mr. Madden: now where I was thea, In the language of the im- He said we wero From thelr tia bade ae soon aa” lost.’ He then moved person shall be elected @ director of this company who is not a resi- dent of the State of New York.” Mr. 0’ BRIEN—I am in favor of that. go for a provision that directors shall be citizens of the United States; portion of New Jersey and it would be hardly fair vo exclude that through & Mr. MADDEN —We simply ran through a corner of re, that directors oR to the amendment of nth (Mr. Madden) @ foreigner was (hep adopted providing shat Meat, because the Legislature would have the er to correct the provision i{ 16 worked any m- venjence. The ameadment was lost by a vote of 13 to 14, Mr. MADDEN offered an additional section, roviding that hereaiter it snould not be wil for the Erie Ratiroad Company to tax com- merce to pay stockholder# or to pay aividends on any stock mot actually paid invo the treasury of the company. He said THE OBJECT OF THIS LEGISLATURR ‘was merely to seize the road for a short time; di- minish the expenses by letung the road run down; increase the earnshgs by enormous charges: pay divideuds on the Stock, and to get an oppertunity to slide it off on “Wall street at a profit. He said the bill was dicéated by stock jobbers. The people should be procected agaist these sharks and harpies, who imtend to run the read for to fill thelr own coffers, eaven’s name for some protection bulls” and ‘bears’ of Wall street. He said if this bill should pass tne road might fail into the hands of the great manager of the New York Centrai and Hudson River Raliroad. He thought some iegisiasion was needed to prevent fhat result. i Mr, Madden's amendment was loat by @ vote of 8 10 1 Mr. MAvDEN then moved to strike out the entire bill alter the word “repealed” in the first section, making it simply ‘‘a repeal of the Erie Classificauon act.” ‘This amendment was lost. Mr. BowEN moved to amend by inserting a pro- vision in the second section, to the effect that the Ppollsshould open at seven o'clock on the morning of election day and close at sundown. Mr. MappBN hoped this amendment would pre- vail. Mr. ROBERTSON suggested that as the number of svockholders was very large 1t might be better that the election skould extend over several days, Mr. MADDEN was opposed to that. He din not want ve any opportunity to inspectors to stuf the ballot boxes during the uight, He thought there should be some lumit, and ge espectally desired that the votes should be ted as 8000 a¥ the polls were closed, He thought thas the MINIONS Of WALL STREET STOCK JOBBERS shouid be pi from depriviig the stockhold- era of thetr ri by ballot box stuffing. ROBE! moved to amend go that the halls from ten to four on one day only, consultation with gentiemen matter, it could all be done in one ‘The ent was lust. “MADDEN Moved to amend the title by adding the end oftne following words, “and to enable jobvers in Wail street to fli their coffers 6x) ‘of the people on tae line of raul- the Sena ». Wi in the Senat ‘was past he oa fis amhament to fx ve or fares Gnd freight the wame as that of dere ths iby a vote of 14 10 18, ‘Mr, MADDEN then renewed his amendment in re- bo iy to diviaends, which was lost by a vote of 7 Mr. TIEMANN moved to reconsider the amendment that nad been adopted in relation to fixing the rate of fares and freight. The motion was adopted, and the amendment finahy lost oy a vote of 12 to 12, Tiemann and Woodin changing their votes. Mr, MADDEN moved to strike out ull after the word “repealed” in the first section. He hoped this @mendment would be adopted. It see:ned to be THE WILL OF THE MAJOKITY. here, he said, to do all they can to put this road into the hands of ber to be under their influence, and to be controlled by British gold just as the Briush gold controls the question of the tarim, He knew and could prove that they have sent their money to influence legislation at Washington. The Free Trade League 1s run under thear contro), just a3 Wis road has been Tun in the interest of stocknoiders backed up by British gold, He hoped that we would have some little protection; that we would not be entirely at the mercy of these men, Mr. Madden's motion was lost Mr. Madden renewed his motion to amend the title of the bill by adding the foliowing:—*And to enable the stock-jobbers in ‘Wall street to fill their coffers at the expense of the people residing along the line of said road.” Of course this amendment was lost also, Mr. Madden alone voting tn favor of it, . PALMER Offered @ resolution as an amend- ment to the second section relaung to the time of hokding the election, providing that there should be no limit to the time when the election should cease, Mr. MADDEN said he thought there was a deter- mination to hold tne polls open, so that these inspectors could stuff the ballot box. He was opposed to the nation to recommit, and op- pl to striking the amendment out. The older of 10,000 shares, ne said, Is entitied to but one vote, and thé stockholders can all vote in an Nand; but these people are all ‘fal that rey, wili not own the stock. That is the difficulty, we are to lave this kind of legislation, for heaven’s sake let us have honest eiections, ese men are permitted to elect- just as they pleased, to elect whom they please for directors, He maintatned that this Legislature had no right to give a minority of the stuckbolders and tae inspect- ors the right to stuil their ballot boxes. He hoped these amendments would not prevall and on we question he demanded the yeas hnd nays. Mr. PALMRR understood the proper motion was for him to move to strike out the amendment made by the Senator from the Twenty-ninth (Mr. Bowen), fixing the time at wilch the polls would open and Close. Sir Bowen did not desire to embarrass this bill. If this was stricken out be said then there would be no restricuon whatever. These inspectors can close the hatls in thirty minutes, and the parties owning stock Will have notning to say as to how long the hails shall remain open, it seemed to him that ten or eleven hours would be asudicient time in which to ALLOW ALL STOCKHOLDERS TIME TO VOTE. He would give them until nine o’clock, Let us have this election closed and tie vote canvassed and announced in one day. Let us have an honest election, Don’t let us have a night intervene between the time of the closing of the poils and the counting of the vote, Let us have this vote can- vassed by daylight, No one could flud any fault with a provision of this kind, Mr. MADDEN desired to say that these men did not Wish an honest election. Why, in the name of Heaven, 1f you are iu favor of reiorm in this road, do you not allow them to have an honest election? He believed there was @ sinister motive concealed in the very strenuous aud very urgent advocacy of the provisions of this bill. But he would not impugn the motives of Senators upon this floor. He believed they were sincere. le believea there was 4. GREAE HIG; OOLORED GUNSLEMAW' RIDDEN Ix THE NO ‘The advocates of this measuro are afraid that Jay Gould and his friends own the stock, and in order to uefeat him they want a chance to stuff the baliot box. He believed if Jay Gould owned a majority of the stock he was entitled to the benedts accruing from the ownership. ~ Mr. BENEDICT thought there was great foree in the objection offered here that there is no iimit to the action of the inspectors, He thought that the section ought to stand as it is; that there ought to be some limit, Mr. Palmer stated that in the experience of other railways it took more than one day to com- plete their election. Bach siockholuer votes on hig Dumber of shares, ana it was all nonseuse to talk about stuMag the ballot pox. The vote was con- fined to the number of shares found on the books of the company. Mr. WIKSLOW Was inclined at first to favor the amendment as offered by the Senator irom tne Ywenty-ninth, Mr. Bowen, but on reflection he was satisfied it might work Injury to the stockholders; each vote 19 registered, and no more can vote than is entitled to vote, There is no possible chance for stuMng the ballot box, There is no possible chance for fraud to committed, except where pamties might be opposed to certain measures and make factious opposition, and thus prevent parties from voting until after the time hat expired, Mr. D, P. Woop sald that, with due deference to the Senator from the Twenty-nintn district, this amendment should be stricken out. It 1s impodat! le to sec any benetit to come fn i There could be no suct thing as stufing the ballot box. We have incorporated the names of the Attorney General, tlesignate ine inspectors, and Ik wefakr fo prentian design e inspectors, and 1 ir to preaime that only hixh minded men Wi) be avpoinied i@ of the measures in the passage of which ki interested would you have made him the loan? “— Ishould not, of course; { make loans to none but my friends; and I think any one who is friendly to Sn alae nt to Senator Wood requesting pe [it it i) Pratt A. No, sir; 1 did not press it, and don’t propose to press it now. BIRDS OF & FEATHER, It appears that when Mr. Wood first came to the Senate, in January, 1670, Mr. Wiam M. Tweed, then & member of the Senate, and Mr. Wood were strangers to each other; that. they goon became acquainted, and Mr. Wood during the session of that year supported in the Senate measures brought orward and urged by Mr. ‘Tweed known a8 the tax levy and the city charter. Afver the close of that session Mr, Wood applied to Mr. Tweed for @ loan of money, which Tweed granted, and advanced: to We Tweed ant question, The Erie Railway ey | was one of tne largest corporations in the largest in point of stock, havi & capital Ot ” $80,000,000, with $ 8, ‘ ory Sum with 800,000 shal It was hot "SG houitd ataif 6” hold ai “electloit of @ company holding such an amont of stock. It was not the election of a county banking institution holding shares to the amount of $3,000 or $400,000 to vote upon. We know from expe- rience that it has taken several daysto poll. the votes of one of our largest companies, He believed the Central Road, if he was correctly informed, tt took four days to canvass the stock, In the case of & contested election it becomes the duty of the in- spector to inquire into the validity of the shares Yo to be voted upon, He could see very readily that It might require several daya to accomplish ao election in this company in ee was contested. The polls should pen at @ reasonable hour, say at ten A. M., aud ‘ood, as 1a Aug ‘Tomain open until four oF five o'clock ia ihe aster. | states, in September, the sum, of $15,000, noon, and be kept open from day to until the | Which it is claimed 0; ‘vote was completed, at which tle the Insnectora | Tweed Mr. shall close the poll. 1 move to adjourn in order to prepare an amendment in relation to this subject, The motion was lost and Mr, Palmer’s amendment was opted, ‘Tenth National Bank or the Mr. ROBERTSON then moved that the report of the | York. Wood and Chamberlain both state that committee ordering the bill toa third reading be | $15,000 was, immediately upon its receipt agreed to, The motion provailed, and, after a little | W00d, paid over by bim to Caami filibuatering shone the question © A gerameat, hin used ins aah ee re and that it e Sen: row | used. Seosity ee: SEALE: SAREDRE, WEEE (EEO maturity of that note It was given up to tate—the . Ei 3c if i ae a mow note given for same, as three months, and that there were fuur OF REPORT OF THE WOOD COMMITTEE. | avo successive renewals of “the same, of three months each, down to some ti im ee i when oe et po 80 ye = aime: ein, Mat wi fe How Jay Gould and Boss Tweed Helped Sevator | claimed by thei, maturey, Which, Mr Trion Will appear by reference to the testimony; that Tweed James Wood in the Whiskey Businese—Gener- | SFA) oua voit testify. that at each renewal, a ous Treatment of a Friend of Erie—Possible Items in the Tax Levy and the ‘Con- tingent Fund’—Wood’s ‘Conduct Inconsistent with His Po- sition as Senator.” THE COMMITTEE ASTONISHED, ‘That the said last mertioned note now remains past due and unpaid; that before Ekin the said advance of $15,000 by Tweed and the $10,000 by Gould, neither Gould ner Tweed made any such in- quiry 9% men of ordinary prudence in the Log Ment of their own affairs would make un ordinary circumstances, at the time when they respectively advanced said moneys to’ Mr. Wi im regard to his credit or responsibility, nor did ext! of them ask or require of Mr. Wood any security of any sort for the repayment iat mgneys 60 ad- vanced, nor was it any part Of thelr ular busi= ness to Make loans Of Money upon security; the 1st ol January, 1870, and upto vhe time of Mr. Wood's first appearance in the senate his reputa- tion tu regard to buyiness credit generally was not good for sums such as itis clauced was loaned to nim by Gould and ‘Tweed, although it ts shown by Mr. Chamberiain’s and Mr. Wood's testi mony that at that time he (Wood) was worth from $25,000 to $30,000, That the committee was unable to ascertain by any evidence other than that of Mr. Wood the source from which he received the other sums deposited to his credit in the Bowling Green Savings Bank, bei $5,000, $800, $4, ana $4,000, except that Chamberlain testifies thas ne depoulted the $800, and that it was received by him out of that liquor business, Mr, Wood testifies that he borrowed the $6,000 of the same Alonzo Bradner referred to by Gould tn his evidence, about the time it appears to have been deposited, for which he gave nas ak ae tes was borrowed of radner a submitted to him he had not had time to peruse 16 (Wood) to” purchase certain mortgages then in its entirety, and theretore he considered it but | guistanding, given by one Rael Blake, wien mort- right that he should be allowed to bring in a sepa- gages he subsequently obtained, paying therefor rate report after he had examined the evidence | Sout $4,600, and which he assigned to Bradner ag carefully in print, ALBANY, March 18, 1872, Atthe close of the debate on the Erie bil: in the Denate Senator Allen, who haa, previous to the de- bate, endeavored to get permission to make a report, but was ruled out of order, presented the report of the special committee appointed to inves- tigate the charges preferred against Senator James ‘Wood. As soon as the report with the evidence ‘Was sent up to the Ulerk’s desk, a motion was made to adjourn; but after a little by-play and counter motions had been indulged in by those who were hungry for their dinner, a motion that the report be read prevailed. Senator Lord, the democratic mem- ber of the committee, then rose and explained why bis name had not been appended to the report. He said that the geasions of the committeo had been held with closed doors, against his earnest protesta- (ons, and that he had not peen able to attend all the meetings. Although the evidence had been further security tor such loan; aud which securities alr, Wood caused to be produced to the committee, by which it appeared that though they were origi- nally trausferred to Mr. Wogd, yet thas short Uiereaiter they were transier@d by him to Mr, Bradner, and go much of that $5,000 was used by dur. Wood lor that purpose. A JUDGE VANDERLIP appeared before the committee and prodrced such. secures at the request of sr. Wood aud also a note of $5,000, signed by Mr. Wood, payable to Mr, Bradner, beating date about tne time of the deposit Ol toat sum; and also produced said securities and assignments thereof to Bradner, Vanderlip testily- ing that they were all placed 1a lis hauds by Brade ner a8 hig attorney aud counsel, whtie Chamberlain vestifes that he kuows of no other deposits bei made in that or any oiver bank to the cred: of Mr. Wood, Mr, Wood testifies that at or before the time when they were deposited he (Chamber laiu) pala to Bice (M opal a sams of einen evidence:—Senator James Wood was Grat elected to | $4,000 at the tlnes when they were respectively the Senate of this State from the Thirtieth district | cP Fo hora LS EN se in November, 1860, at which time he resided in | 1 that ba ‘apne post Geneseo, in the county of Livingston, where he nas | therein, between the ist day of Aprih 1970, and tue resided, with the exception of one or two short in- | lt day of May, 181, to the credit of Mr. Woods tervals, for twenty-five years and upwards, During | $2435, ae Seed be su bg ay og credic that period the relations of Mr, Wood and one Henry | therein $2, ny he ‘une fib ate pe Pg the ac Chamberlain were and up to tue present time have | Count was at any 5 been of the most latumate character, especiatly in A Jetter written in July, 1871, was proanced, their business transactions. In the year 1846 Cham. | Which contained in tv erg partially printed, par berlain, having previously resided at York, near | tally written, purporting to have been sent by Geneseo, remot to the latter place and some bank in New York to Mr. wood, MOU! to the lattor, piace and entered. | fim (tweed) that Mr. Wood's tote for $15,000 would winch ‘was continued there {- 14) dug om tue day named tu the ally. “The until the spring of the year 1858, at which time LETTER FROM TWEED TO WOOD Wood and Champeriain formed a connection wita | 8% notice that he (Woud) would sec by the enclosed one Norton for the purpose of carrying on the law | DOlice taut hia (Wood’s) note would {all due at the business im the city of New York. This latter ar- | time therein stated and requesting tim to provide rangement continued only about one year, when, | forts payment, Mr. Wood also produced before for some reason, Mr, Wood left the concern and re- | the comuiittee, In Tweed’s handwriting, except the turned to Geneseo, and there continued the law.| Signature, a promissory uote, dated in September, business, Chamberlain remataing in New York and | -1870, sighed by Mr. Wood, for $16,000, payable as conunuing the law business there until about isuz | three months irom its date, which Mr. Wood stated or 1848, When he commenced the business of Was the note waich he gave Mr. Tweed atthe time ‘DISTILLING OR RECTIFYING WHISKEY that Mr, Tweed originaily advanced him the $15,000, and dealing in liquors, and continued In that busi. | 824 -whloh he claimed he hid taken up by re- ness until the present time, with the exception of | newal. THE REPORT was then read. It Is as follows:— To THE SENATE:— On the 11th day of January last a resolution wae adopted by the Senate, of which the following is a copy:— Resolved, That Senators Ames, Allen and Lord be and they are hereby appointed a committee to investigate aud Teport uvon the charges contatned in the New York Z'riduic Of the 4th inst., axalnst Senator James Wood, with powcr to send for persons and papers. In pursaance of that resolution the committee at once proceeded to the periormance of the duties thereby imposed, and summoned before it a nun- ber of witnesses, Who are ali the persons who had any information upon the subject, so far as (he com mittee was able to ascertain, WHAT THE EVIDENCE SHOWS, The following case appears to be established by the about one years Dur the course of Messrs, Horace Greeley and William HH. Kelsey, the ‘employment of Chamheriain in that | Upon being com.nunicated with vy the committee, whiskey business two companies were | DOLn assert that they have no 1uformation except by formed uuder the General Manufacturing | Bearsay 1 relation to tue subjects or this tuvestiga- tion, and they were not, therefore, examined. ‘Tne Bowling Green Savings Bank, tt is found, at the time said moneys Were deposited therein was man- aged by a presjdent, two Vice presideuts, @ secre. tary add sixteen trustees, Among such officers and trustees are found Henry Smith as President, Walter Roche as Vice President; Timothy Brennan, Owen W. Brennan, Thomas J. Barr, E, A. Wood- ward aud William M, Tweed, Jr., trustees, PERSONS OF LARGE NOTORIETY law; one styled the New York Company for Purily- ing Liquors, and the other the National Company for Purifying Wines and Liquors in the United States, England and France, vy some patented process, of which companies Chamberiain ior several years was the treasurer. One of these com. fis ‘was organized with & nominal capital of , and the other with @ nominal capital of 100,000, with only a portion of the capital of each paid ip. The companies mentioned were substan, Ually one business or interest although nominally | in connection with developments and (ransactfons different, and in tne course conducting | growing out of the governmeutal affairs of the cit the same Chamberlain contrived to secure | of New York. No greater rate of interest was ab in the name of Mr. Wood, $47,009 of the stock of the | lowed by twat bank upon deposits of tne Character the New York Company and $34,000 of the stcck | of tho-one ts question than is customarily allowed of the Nationa) Company, all of wich, however, did | by all Of the best banks of tat city; aud Mr. Wood Not cost much in excess of the sum of $50,000,and | states inat ne was nei aware, Wien he made. the &l! of which now stands in the name of Mr. Wood. | deposit, tnat he would ve allowed any taverest on Itis claimed, a8 appears by the testimony of Mr. | them. It appears by the testimony of Mr. Hugh Wood and Mr. Chamberiain, that it was in the busi- | riastings that shortly before Mr, Wood obtained the ness of these companies that the money hereatter | said advance from Mr. Gould Mrs Wood remarked mentioned as having been obtained by Mr. Woou of | to Hastings ne desired to do some bank- Messrs. Tweed and Gould respectively was used, | ing business in New York, and requested except that about $3,000 01 the Gould money was | to be advised as to what omni he used by Wood for his private purposes outside that | should apply for that purpose; that Mr. Hastings, business, It appears that as he says, knowing sir. Wood to be acquain' IN KEGARD TO THE WHISKBY_ with Henry Smith, casuaily suggested that Mrs business there was no agreement or understanding | Wood should apply to that bauk. Tue reputation between Wood and Chamberlain as to the amount | of Messrs. Tweed and Gould 1s too well kuown to either should advance there‘or, or what interest | make it necessary for the committce to Inquire of either should be entitied to own in the said stock | or comment on the same for the Pigs of this in- held by Wood, But it seems to be understood by | vesugation, ‘The transactions of Mr. Wood with tnem that they shail share equally in the profits, 80 | these men herein de.atied do not appear by the far ag that stock #lall be entitled to profits, Cham- | statements of the witnesses to have any express berlain, at the time of the tramsactious oy Mr. Wood | connection with any specifie acts by Mr. W asa with Jay Gould and William Mh. Tweed, hereafter | meinbver of the Legislature; yet ta applyig ordinary detailed, were had, was and now is entirely irre- | tesis and seeking jor inducements warrauting the sponsibie, and the said whiskey and liquor business CONCESSIONS MADE BY TWEED AND GOULD has been @ Josing aud unprofitable oe. | to Mr. Wood, as iv ts thought is justified upon an Hy e ey, dence fhows that prior to January, | investigation of this character, it séem3 that but one 870, and while the subject of the nomination Of @ | consistent conclusion can be arrived at, which is candidate forthe Senate was being canvassed in that Mr. Woo. has received frou those men mone; the Tnirtieth district, Mr. Jay Gould, the then and | in large amounts, which they would not have ad now President of the Erle Rullway Company, volan- | ygneod {2 bim had they not believed that they tarily contributed and paid to a Mr. P, Humphrey, | could thereby respectively dertve advantages the then 8 batt v aha y that district, the sum of | through Mr. Wood's action or position as a legisia- $6,000, to sé by him for the purpose of secur- | tor, of @n improper Character, and which they could w ing his renomination for that position as against Mr, Wood, Mr. Humphrey fuiled to accomplish that opject, Mr, Wood being ihe successful candidate, soriving the rromination, followed by his eiection. JAY GOULD'S INGESUOUSNESS. Shortly after Mr, Wood appeared in the Senate as member in January, 1370, Mr. Gould, being in Ale bany and desirous to overcome In ar. Wood’s Mind the natural effect of his action la attempuung to secure the nomination of Mr. Humphrey, sought and obtained an introduction to Mr. Wood, through Senator Chapman, @ director of Erie, at which in- terview Mr. Gould s'ates he explained to Mr. Wood what he (Gould) had done with reference to Hum- pares vo which Wood replied “ne was perfectiy ie not otherwise accomplish through him, and at least lace him in a dependent aud embarrass.ng position, ‘Although it does not appear that Mr. Wood was cailed upon as Senator {o, or did take any action Upon an, be oy e pending in that Legislature in which Mr, Gould or the Eric Kaliway was inter- ested, Bri he (Gould) states that he desires to do away With the effect of wttémpting to secure Mr. Humphrey's nomination as against Mr. Wood, and, therefore, sought Mr. Woou’s acquaintance. THE QUID PRO Quo. that he makes loans to none but Nig frlends—con+ sidering ‘the iriends of the Erie Raliway as bis friends; that He would not nave advaiced the money to Mr. Wooil tf he had been an-avyowel oppo- Batisied, 80 far as ne was concerned; he | nit of projects in which the rie Railway was had always been friendly with us.” ‘And erested; th he has not pressed tepayment by eitner at that time or subsequentiy and :. Wood, nor intends to. in Albany, Mr, Wood stated to Mr. Gould that a Trend of his (Wood's) was about going into or nad embarked In business connected with the manufac- ture of Iiquors in New York, and requested Gould to assist Chamberlain, who was the friend referred to by him, ‘This, Gould stated, was very soon alter the interview had with or through Chapman, and he thinks immediately alter the introduction, The oe big heid Le ee eee — ee by ver ae te Gould, as he says, and he then informed Wood that the reputation 01 he would Joan him (Wood) $10,000, shortly fk Jot nay ie apast ‘sougae to be given after which . Wood went to Gould's ofiice that transaction becomes more iucredi- in New York and Gould then and there advanced to | jie, Considering Mr. Wood's situation at the Mr. Wood $10,000 in currency. Is is stated by | time, and finding him after having supported Gould and Wood that at the same tine Wood made | jn the Legislature measures now almost universal and doliverea to Gould his note for the $10,000 pay- | condemned—measures introduced, advocated able im one year, with faterest, which sam Mr | y, by Tweed, they being of con impurity Wood states he on the same day deposited in and notoriously connecter with corrupt legisiation THE BOWLING GREEN SAVINGS BANK and other offences of great ote gy BY to his own credit, procured a check book, in which | qweed upon the eels of such support for pes ry he signed checks payable to the order of Henry | penefts and advantages, phy hg esitation Chamberlain, blank in amount, and delivered the | peng paid the sum of $16,000, Tweed only checks to Chamoeriain with the underscanding that | requiring the execution and delivery of @ the said $10,000, less such part thereof as Wood | note Mr, Wood, what other conclasion might desire to use personaliy, should be used by | can reasonably be arrived av than that in 0 esignated the liquor business, N Itis sworn to by both Mr. Gould ‘and Mr. Wood | as a legislator, and must necessarily embarrass his that Mr. Wood at or about the expiration of the | action as such in regard to auy measure which may ne year from the time he obtained the said money | be brought before the Senate in which these meu from Mr. Gould paid to the latter the interest on may be toterested? a Te ee een an aeotpave been g10N | toelr uapleasane but Linperacive, ducy ia f manner dorsed all to bavi imperative dui theretor,, oijelas paadating Just to Ai interested, and herewith submit the evi- THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE COMMIITER It is impossibie to couclude otherwise than that the transaction witn Tweed ts counected with mat ters ald mducements which do not expressly ap- pear in the evidence; for who, as a simple business proposition, and who is in fair credit, could hope to Accomplish’ what Mr. Wood did, especially when we consider that Mr. Tweed makes It no part of regular business to joan money? And when it ap- 1D TO THE COMMITTES dence taken, With their finding of fact conclu. by dou oar te eee that he had delivered the Hong uhereod, Feapectfully to tue conmderaion. of same to one Alonzo Bradner, of Livingston Pag ag the Senate, SAMUEL AMES. Who held coniidenual relations with Gould, Manu 5, 1872, 3». M, ALLEN. t if Used up there for some DUIPONeE, ent witn General | | The Sonato adjourned immediately alter the reads payment; and that Bradner still has | ing of the report, without taking any actlon upon the note in Iiis_possossion, no Part ol (ne Same OX: | 4 The {dewis, however, that it will be saved all cept sald interest having Veoh PAs, way | Proubio in the matter by Mr. Wood sending ib his 3b wap aqoer by the commited, Upon at- | resianation to the Secretary of States