The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-04-21
ASK BILBG TO RESIGN
SENATE FAILS TO EXPEL HIM.
6 LONE VOTE SAVED HIM.
Bilbo's Counsel Offered Resolution Clear
ing Senator Percy of Any
Charge of Fraud

spectacle legislative body"
A resolution, introduced by Senator
Mcdonald, counsel for Blbo, clearing
Senator Leroy Percy of the charge that
his office was secured by fraud and cor
ruption, and announcing TO the people of
Mississippi that each of the senatorial
candidates conducted his campaign in a
proper manner, was unanimously adopted.
The vote to expel Bilbo was taken at
6:35 pm. Twcnty-eight members, con-
stituting within one of the required
majority of two-thirds of those present,
declared that their colleague should be
expelled from the body.
The vote taken on the Leftwich reso-
luton declaring that Bilbo should be
expelled because he is unworthy of be-
lief, was as follows:
Yeas-Adams, Anderson, Baird, Banks,
Burrus, Cunningham, Darden, Dean,
East, Engle, Parish, Franklin of the
Twenty-ffth, Franklin of the Thirty
first, Gibbs, Harrcll, Hibbler, Leftwieh,
Logan, Mahon, Mcdonald, Mcdowell,
McGehee, McIaurin, Mcmillan, Pierce,
Price, Thigpen and West. Total, 2s.
Nays-Bailey, Breland, Bush, Harper,
Hebron, Owen, Pollard, Potter, Rowan,
Sanders, Seawright, Simmons, Simpson,
Tucker and Vance. Total, Is.
Alessrs. Anderson and Leftwich pre-
sented TIE following resolutions:
Resolved, That Theo. c. Bilbo claims
to have played the role of decoy, bribe-
tGker and informer by Encouragement
with prominent friends of ex-tiov. Var
daman, and claims in this role to have
secured complete evidence of bribery
weeks before the senatorial nomination,
but admits that he failed to disclose the
information he is alleged to have OBJ
tanned to eX-Gov. Varda man, or to any
of the Vardaman leaders, until weeks
after the nomination had been made and
a senator had been elected This con-
duct on his part is utterly unexplained.
Resolved, That in view of the uneX-
planned Inconsistencies and inherent i'm
probabilities in the testimony of Sena-
tor Theo. G. Bilbo, his established bad
character and lack of credibility, and his
failure to corroborate his statement on
any material point, py any OF the repu-
table witnesses introduced by him' thae
the senate of Mississippi does hereby
condemn his entire bribery charge and
ms statement OF the roles piayed py
himself as detective and decoy as
trumped-'p falsehood, utterly unworthy
OF beliei'
"Roselved further, That as the result
OF the conduct OF Theodore u, Biibo IN
this matter and the testimony INTRO
duced IN TINS investigation, the senate
OF Mississippi pronounees the sad Biioo
as uhht TO SIT with hohest' upright men
III respectable legislative pouy, ana
he Is hereby asked 10 resign
senator vance oilefed as a SUBSTITUTE;
whereas, IL Is the sense ana opinion
OF the senate that the actloh OF senator
Iheo. ". biloo as ADOPTED ana USED III
the senatorial contest during TINS SEES
SION was marked by eohduct uhpecom-
ing TO member OF the senate, ana car
cuiated TO prlhs repfoach ana lower the
standing OF the membership Oh 'his pody'
therefore, De ~
Resolved mat eensure ana repri-
mand De VISITED upon senator Dido 'or
eoholet III 'ioia'ioh VI soou oiuei anu
morals OF TINS BODY
Inc SUBSTITUTE was Voeeu GOWN % W
II, and the vote was then taken on .he
original Anuersoh-Leitwich resoiu.io,
demanding b,loos resigiialion' "l,en
was adopted by 20 yeas 10 l nay D'i.
DOS supporters, WIN the eA'eP.io" Vi
Senator Breland, declining 10 vote.
Senator Mcdonald VINO had acted as
counsel Tor Bilbo throughout the ihVes-
tlgation, then ohereu inc ioiio"ihs'
whicfi nave oeel circulated 'o''n'ns 'ne