Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-14
ATTACKING ARGUMENTS OF oP-
PoNENTs ON MATHEMATICAL
GROUNDS, BAILEY SAYS sENA-
TOR CANNOT BE ousTED. n
SUBTRACT ELEVEN
AND HE STILL WINS.
ARGUMENT MADE THAT TAINTED
VOTES MUST NOT BE COUNTED
IN TOTAL AND THAT PERSONAL
BRIBERY MUST BE SHOWN.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 13.-By re
sorting to the bold device of asking his
antagonists in the senate to stand uI
and testify, Senator Bailey Of Texas to-
day developed dramatic situation in
his discussion of the case of Senator
Lorimer of Illinois. Mr. Bailey is "A
and elections and conceded with the
report declaring that nothing invali-
dated Mr.. Lorimer's title to his seat
had been developed by the committees
Investigation. His argument in support
Of Mr.. Lorimer had been anticipated
with much interest and when present.
ed today received the thoughtful at
tention of many senators.
The Texas senator's remarks were
devoted largely to the substantiation Of
his contention that sufficier : number
Of votes must be shown to have been
bought to affect the result unless it is
proven that the official whose election
is challenged personally participated
in the offense. Senator'S Root, Cum
Minis and Borah, all opponents Of Mr..
LOriiner,s were each iii turn requested
to stand up and express their opposi-
tion as to the legal soundness Of this
proposition. IS,
Lays Down Two Propositions.
Dealing first with the general as
poets of the case, Senator Bailey en-
tered upon the consideration of the
law involved. He laid down these two
propositions:
First, if the official whose election
is challenged personally participated
in, or encouraged, or sanctioned the
bribery, then his election is void with
out reference to the extent of the bri
berry.
Second, if the official whose cleo
ton is challenged did not personally
participate in, or encourage, or sane
tion the bribery, then his election can
not be declared void unless it is shown
by sufficient evidence that enough
votes were bribed to affect the result"
The first of these propositions was
dismissed with the declaration that
there was not a word in the testi-
mony to show that Mr.. Lorimer had
had any knowledge Of the bribery in
his behalf. He asserted that the Chi
cago Tribune had been compelled
through its testimony to exonerate the
accused senator in this respect, not
withstanding an unusual effort to con-
meet him with it. True the senator
said, in the heat of debate some sena-
tors had sought to connect Mr.. Lori
mer with the alleged wrongful trans
action. but he was sure they would re-
pent of that course.
Deducts Seven; Still Has Enough
Mr.. Bailey contended that even the
seven votes of White, Browne, Linke
Wilson, Holtslaw and
Broderick were not counted, Mr. Lori
mer still has been legally and properly
chosen.
"Deducting these seven votes from
Mr.. Loriner's 108 would leave him
LOT, and deducting these seven
votes from the total vote of 2O2
would leave 1876, of which the 101
votes received by Lorimer would con-
stitute clear majority. and he was
therefore duly and legally elected" in
sisted Senator Bailey. He ridiculed the
contention of his opponents that these
votes could be subtracted from Lori