Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1910 — CONGER NAMES NIXON [ARTICLE]

CONGER NAMES NIXON

Speaker Nixon, Deceased, Received Third Envelope. Startling Developments Are Expected When Senator Conger Resumes Testimony Today. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 18.-—The third boodle envelope containing SI,OOO was handed to Speaker Samuel F. Nixon, of Westefleld, Chautauqua county, according to the testimony of Senator Conger. It was further testified to by Senator Conger that a demand for SIO,OOO to kill the bridge legislation in 1905 was made from Albany and that representatives of the bridge companies at a conference in Syracuse refused to meet the demand and the antibridge legislation was passed. The name of the party or parties making this SIO,OOO demnd will be required of Senator Conger when he returns to the stand today. The possibility of the names coming out of those who demanded the SIO,OOO in 1905 because they are likely to be alive, was perhaps the most important development. The statement caused a sensation when Mr. Conger admitted he knew who made the demand.