The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-04
Illinois Senator Declines to Be
Reimbursed for Expenses In
Cured During Contest.
ITEM IN DEFICIENCY BILL
Democrats Insinuate That it Was
Put in Without knowledge of
Committee Members.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-An item
penses in defending his title to his
seat was struck out of the general de-
ficiency bill by the senate tonight, on
motion of Senator Lorimer himself.
Even after Mr.. Lorimer had made his
motion several senators protested
against the item ever having been put
in the bill. Senators Culberson and
Clarke (Ark) and Borab, the former
two with much anger, suggested that
some members Of tho committee on ap-
preparations had not known that the
item was in the bill.
Just before the reading clerk reached
the item in the bill Senator Lorimer
arose.
1.-The next item in the bill, - he said,
provides for my endorsement in de-
Tending my right to seat IN this cham.
ber. The expenses were heavy, OF
course, and were incurred unjustly. But
/ feel that / cannot permit this item
to be passed upon by the senate and,
therefore. ] ask that this item. which
is an amendment to the house bill, be
not agreed to.
Some Surprise Shown.
Senators Culbcrson and Overman
were on their feet in an instant. They
were members of the appropriations
committee, and each said he knew of
the appropriation.
In response to demands to know how
the item got in the bill, Chairman Hale
said it had been put in in the usual
way, following the custom of reimburs-
ing members and senators in contested
election cases.
The same custom also was followed,
he said, in allowances to widows of SEN
ators and members.
'Thc -hole trouble" said Senator
Hale, sis that somebody is disappolnt,
ed at the course the senator from H.
lnois has pursued. ] think he has
acted wisely in not accepting this
money He has acted wisely all
through this case and in a manner that
has won him friends. -
Senators Borah and Clarke Of Ar
kansas, demanded to know upon what
facts the committee had based the pro-
posed reimbursement. Senator Hale
said the matter was offered in commit
tee and put INTO the bill.
Bitterness Still Exists
The furry, which served to show that
much of the bitterness engendered by
the Lorimcr case still exists, soon was
over and the item formally was dropped
from the bill.
a second discussion of the Lorimer
item arose when Senator Bailey, few
minutes after it was stricken from the
bill, had read to the senate list of
appropriations made in former times
to members who had defended their
seats.
Senator Clarke suggested that it was
not a question Of precedent, but how
the committee happened to arrive at
the sum Of $25, 900 as the amount to be
appropriated in this instance, Mr.. Mar
tin, minority member of the commit
tee, was called upon by Senator Over
man for information about the Lor-
inner item
"This item was never before the
sub, committee or the full committee
during my presence, said Senator
He said he had no knowledge
it.
Senator Hale replied at length to the
objection made by Senator Overman
about not being notified of committee
meetings, but he did not touch upon
the source of the committee Is informa.
tion concernin~ Senator Lorimer's ex.
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