Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-03-10
LORIMER KEEPS HIS
SEAT IN The SENATE
DsVsTIdga Resolution Is Voted
Down, 40 to 40.

Mr. Lorimer of Illinois will retain his
seat in the United States senate, the
members of that body having voted
down the resolution of Senator Bey-
eridge declaring the seat vacant on
the ground that portion of the vote
given the Chicagoan in the Illinois
legislature May 26, 1909, was bribed.
The vote was 46 to 40.
Here are the senators who voted
against the resolution and in support
of Lorimer: Bradley, Brandegee.
Briggs, Bulkeley, Burnham, Burrows.
Clark (Wyo), Carter, Crane, Cullom.
Curtis Depew, Dick, Dillingham;, Du-
pont Flint, Frye, Gallinger, Gamble.
Guggenheim, Hale, Hepburn, Kean.
McCumber, Nixon, Oliver, Penrose.
Perkins, Piles, Richardson, Scott.
Smoot Stephenson, Warren and Wet
more, Republicans, and Bailey Bank
head, Fletcher, Foster, Johnston.
Paynter, Simmons, Smith (Md)
Thornton, Tillman and Watson, Demo
Gratis. Total, 46.
The senators who voted in favor OF
the resolution to unseat Lorimer are:
Beveridge, Borah, Bourne, Bristow,
Brown, I5urkett, Burton, Clapp, Craw-
ford, Cummins, Dixon, Gronra, Jones,
LaFollette, Lodge, Nelson, Page, Root,
Smith (Mich), Sutherland, Warner
and Young, Republicans, and Bacon,
Chamberlain, Clarke (Ark), Culber-
son, Davis, Gore, MARITIME, Newlands,
Overman, Owen, Percy, Raynor,
Shively, Smith Is. c., Stone, Swan
son and Taylor, Democrats. Total, 40.
Thirty-fye Republicans and eleven
Democrats thus voted to vindicate
Lorimer.
OF the forty who voted against him,
twenty-five were Republicans and
eighteen Democrats. Lorimer thus
had thirty-fve members of his OWN
party in favor of sustaining him as
compared with twenty-five who voted
against him.
The Lorimer fgbt has been one Of
the most sensational in the history of
the upper house. When the commit
tee on privileges and elections re-
turned a report declaring that no evi-
dences of bribery having influenced
the legislators in the election of Mr..
Lorimer had been found, it was con-
sidered that he was amply yindicated
and that his seat in the senate was
secure.
This report was prepared by a sub
committee and was the outcome Of an
exhaustive investigation both at Wasu-
ington and Chicago, il which the
charges of bribery at Springfield were
thoroughly gone into.
Lee O'Neil Browne. who was acql.it-
ted q the charges bayiRg .prited
Democrats to vote for Lorimer, Leg.
isators White, Link and others were
hailed before the committee and grilled
on their alleged confessions of having
been bribed.
The subcommittee failed to find le-
gal evidence of the alleged bribery
and the report went thus to the SEN
ate. Immediately. however, minor
1ty report appeared This was from
Senator Frazier of Tennessee, who de-
clared he had found that the Lorimer
election was the result of bribery and
corruption.
Senators Beveridge, Root, Owen, Bo-
rah and many others joined in the at
tack On the title Of Mr.. Lorimer to his
seat and the fight waXed warm when
the majority of the committee, which
had vindicated the Chicagoan, led BY
its chairman, Senator Burrows, went
TO the rescue.
Senator Bailey of Texas made the
closing plea for Mr.. Lorimer.