The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-12-22
FIGHT ON LOR|MER
IN UPPER HOUSE.
Senate Delays Action on the
Election Inquiry.
SECRET METHOD RESENTED
Movement Is Started to Postpone
Exonerating Report Until After
Holidays to Give Time
for Study.

Washington, Dec 21.-Opposition
that may block the adoption of any
report clearing William Lorimer as
the result of the investigation of bri'
berry charges in connection with his
election to the senate has developed.
Several senators are declared to
have agreed that they would compel
postponement of the whole subject
until after the holiday recess in order
that all members might have an OPP
portunity to digest the testimony as
we'll as the, report of the committee
On privileges and elections. ...
Advocates of the cause OF the junior
Illinois senator in that committee,
moreover, did not have things all
their own way at the meeting called
10 formulate a report. There were
votes against the proposition to give
Mr.. Lorimer a record devoid of spot.
Minority Report Seems Assured.
1t seems to be virtually assured now
that there will be regular minority
report, or. in its absence, not only one
! statement of disagreement with the
findings of the committee, but sew
eral
Chairman Burrows called the COM
mittee together and soon after the ad-
j0urnment it was reported that he had
been authorized to report the Lorimer
matter to the senate in accordance
with the findings of the majority OF
the subcommittee.
Great dissatisfaction was expressed
because of the failure to have printed
the findings of the majority of the
subcommittee. 1t is asserted that
there never has been an investigation
in which such diligent effort has been
Differ on Effect of Vote faint.
Most of the members of the sub
committee were agreed in declaring
that the charge that Senator Lorimer
had been involved in purchasing the
votes of individual members of the
Legislature was mot proved but that
there is difference of opiniGA as to
what would have been the result il
all the votes against which there was
faint had been eliminated.
1t developed also that some mem
! bers of the full committee believed
that the subcommittee should have re-
ported merely whether bribery had
been resorted to in the election in
which Mr.. Lorimer was successful and
that the instructions given by the sen.
hn hnr i1in "a
investigation had not called for a re-
port of exoneration for Mr.. Lorimer.
Several senators not members OF
the committee on privileges and cleo
tons are reported to have said that
pressure has been brought upon indi
vidual members of the committee to
not file minority reports.
Knapp Confirmed by Senate.
The nomination of Martin A. Knapp
now chairman of the interstate com
merce commission, to be a Judge OF
the new commerce court was con
firmed by the senate Immediately
! after a favorable report was received
! from the committee on the judiciary
| President Taft was responsible fol
the prompt action on this appoint
ment. 1t had been reported to hin
! that Mr.. Knapp might be legislatet
out of a position if C. c. McChorC
were confirmed as a commerce com
( missioner in advance of the court ap
pointments. Senator Borah, mem
Der of the judiciary committee, wa!
called to the White House and soor
afterward the favorable report on tn,
nomination was made to the senate
| No action was taken by the com
mittee on other nominations for cir
cult judgeships, as it is the custom t.
leave all such cases in the hands O
a subcommittee for at least a week.