Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-26
MARITIME GETS
HIS BLOOD UP
New Jersey Senator Rsssnts
Insinuation in Sen. Bailey's
Remarks in Caucus.
ON l0RIMER MATTER
Farmsr Orator Thinks His
Democracy Will Compare
FayorzbIy With Texans.
lFrom the NEWS Correspondent

SFrom the NEWS Correspondent.)
Washington, May 26:-The bitterest
and most acrimonious exchange of
views between Democratic Senators
since the opening of the extra session
of Congress occurred yesterday in a
conference of the minority members
when Senators MARITIME, of New Jersey,
and Bailey, of Texas, INDUCED in verbal
passages bordering close to personali-
ties, as each other inferentiaIly reflect
ed on the Democracy of the other while
declaring their attitude on the ques-
tion of an investigation into the right
of Senator Lorimer to hold seat in
the Senate.
AS result of the row, Senator Mar
tine made it plain to his Democratic
colleagues that he proposed to stand by
Senator LaFollette in the latter s de-
mand that the Lorimer investigation
be conducted by a special select com
mittee, the members of which are nam
ed in his resolution now under consid-
Grafton and none of whom had any part
in considering the case when it was
before the Senate last winter. The New
Jersey Senator also made it clear that
he does not propose to be bound by
any action of caucus of Democratic
colleagues, although he is perfectly
willing to participate in conferences on
subjects of legislative nature when
it seems advisable to have an exchange
of views among the Senators of his
party.
Clash With Bailey.
The clash between Senators MARITIME
and Bailey came yesterday afternoon
when the Democrats had been together
since 10 a. m. considering the question
of how the Lorimer investigation is to
be conducted. Three resolutions are
pending on the subject-the one intro.
duced by Mr.. Dillingham;, chairman of
the Committee on Elections and Pr1vi-
leges, which provides for an investiga-
tion by the committee composed large
ly of members who last winter white
washed Lorimer; the second by Mr.. La
Toilette, and the third by Mr.. Martin
Democratic leader, which proposes
about the same thing as the Dillingham;
resolution in that it authorizes the in
vestigation to be made by the regular
standing committee. The Martin reso-
luton is designed to afford Democratic
Senators an opportunity to nominally
vote for Democratic proposition while
In reality turning the ease over to the
Irregular" Republicans.
The Democratic Senators had been
threshing out the Lorimtr case for over
two hours in their meeting yesterday
when Mr.. Bailey took the floor and
made passionate defense of the Com
mittee on Elections and Privileges of
which he is a member. Bailey declared
that the members of the Committee on
Elections were honorable men and could
be depended upon to consider the Lori
mer case in the present circumstances
in fair and just manner.
Texas Senator Wrought.
The Texas Senator was especially
wrought-up over the possibility of pre-
cedent and custom in the Senate being
upset by regular standing committee
being ignored. The suggestion that
Democratic Senators might not be guild
ed by precedents and customs of the
Senate, and particularly the idea of a
Democratic Senator voting for LaFol-
lette's resolution in opposition to the
one offered by Minority Leader Martin,
seemed to intensely arouse Mr.. Bailey.
''If there is any Democratic Senator
who will vote for a resolution offered
by Republican in preference to one
submitted by our chairman, (Mr Mar
tin) then I say I don It want to be
classed with that kind of Democrat -
declared Mr.. Bailey, as he added. I" He
is poor sort of Democrat. -
Although he had not formally declar-
ed himself on the subject, Senator Mar
tine was understood to be inclined very
strongly to support the LaFollette reso-
l,,fin
time for him to advise the conferees of
his purpose. The intimation of Mr.,
Bailey that any member of the confer
ence who would vote to support La
Toilette for an investigation of Lori
mer by a new committee was not a
good Democrat, the New Jersey Sena-
tor interpreted as a thrust at his stand
ing as a Democrat.
MARITIME Heard From.
"When L came to this meeting,'
said Mr.. MARITIME as he jumped to his
feet at the conclusion of Mr.. Bailey's
remarks, it was not my intention TO
say anything. [ cannot sit here, how
ever, and allow to pass unnotieed the
aspersions upon the Democracy of those
who have it in mind to support the La
Toilette resolution. I have felt all
along that it will be a proper thing to
vote for the LaFollette resolution not
only in the matter of authorizing the
investigation, but also to approve of the
idea of having it conducted by the
special committee proposed by the reso-
luton. Holding such a view, l resent
the declaration of the Senator from
Texas that 1 am not worthy of the
company of true Democrats if I adhere
to this conviction. l have been a Dem
ocrat all my life, and 1 venture to say