Sessions
On January 4, the Republican state senators met in caucus and nominated Jotham P. Allds for president pro tempore. Eight senators (Agnew, Brackett, Conger, Cordts, Davenport, Hinman, Newcomb and Rose) did not attend the caucus, and issued a statement opposing Allds.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 5, 1910; and adjourned on May 27.
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) was re-elected Speaker.
Jotham P. Allds (R) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate.
On January 18, the press published that Senator Benn Conger accused Allds of having demanded and received bribes.
On January 19, Allds demanded an investigation by the State Senate. [1]
On January 30, Conger filed the accusation before the State Senate, stating that Allds had "demanded, received and accepted $1,000 on or about April 23, 1901, in consideration for his failure to pass a certain bill then pending before the Assembly." [2]
On February 3, Allds answered the accusation with a denial. [3]
On February 8 and 9, Hiram G. Moe testified before the investigating committee that he had handed over the envelope containing the money.; [4] [5]
On February 23, Allds resigned the Presidency pro tempore.
On March 11, George H. Cobb was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate.
On March 29, the State Senate found Allds guilty by a vote of 40 to 9, but Allds had resigned just before the begin of the session to avoid expulsion. [6]
On April 4, Conger resigned his seat, and retired from politics. [7]
The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on June 20, 1910; and adjourned on July 1. This session was called to consider legislation to abolish party conventions, and nominate candidates for office by primary elections instead. This measure had met with fierce resistance from the party bosses. The "Hinman-Green bill" (which proposed this change) had been defeated in the Senate and in the Assembly. The "Cobb compromise" (amending the Hinman-Green bill) had passed the State Senate, but was defeated in the Assembly on May 27. [8]
On June 30, the "Cobb Direct Nominations bill" was defeated in the Assembly by a vote of 80 to 63. [9]
On July 1, the State Senate also defeated the Cobb bill, with a vote of 25 for and 19 against it (one vote short of the necessary 26 to approve). The Legislature enacted a "Progressive Inheritance Tax bill", and then adjourned. [10]
George Henry Cobb was an American politician from New York. He was the president pro tempore of the New York State Senate and the acting lieutenant governor of New York in 1910.
Jotham Powers Allds was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was briefly President pro tempore of the New York State Senate in 1910.
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