The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-03-01
|nNAL VOTE MAY
DC TAKEN TO-DAY
FRiENps OF LoRiMER ARE FoRc-
ED TO MAKE SOME CON-
cESSloN-.
sYesterday the Amendment Providing
& for Election of United States Sena-
S tors BY the People Was Lost-The
M Vote in Full.

BR Washington, Feb. 2S.-All night
long the senate struggled with the
Lorimer bribery scandal, friends of
the junior senator of Illinois seeking
to break down the determination of
Sais opponents not to permit vote
sinless important concessions were
made to them in relation to impor-
Stant measures of pending legislation.
SAAt 500 o'clock this morning recess
was taken until II o'clock
# 1t was announced before noon that
0lere was a chance of agreement.
The basis for the proposed agreement
E is understood, is that vote will
be taken on the case at fixed hour
Sd'hursday, and that at a later hour
l4he same day a vote will be had on
.yhe permanent tariff board bill, also
fthat the amendment to the postoffice
appropriation bill proposing increased
postal rates on the advertising Sec
s4ions of magazines will be eliminated.
"A Still other concessions will be made
that an agreement might be reached
8by a division which would permit
vote on the Canadian reciprocity
8agreement, with a pledge in advance
Il THAT enough members pledged to vote
for the commercial pact would absent
themselves and encompass it's defeat
Want to Avoid Extra Session.
The purpose of this session was to
avoid an extraordinary session, if pos
sible. 1t is not believed that there
will be any trade by which the Cana
dian agreement will tie sacrificed, al
though it is not likely that vote
upon this measure can be secured in
the senate.
A filibuster throughout the night
had been the means of preventing a
vote on the Lorimer case. Another
name was added to the list of long
distance takers. Senator Crawford
of South Dakota, had been on the
firing line, and when he yielded to
Senator Bristow at 6:1S this morn
ing. he had held the floor exactly
eight hours.
He appeared good for eight more
. hours, but to conserve his strength
for another attack, if necessary, he
surrendered to Bristow, who demon
strated during the tariff fight that he
was capable of speaking at length.
More senator's were kept in the
chamber throughout the night than on
any occasion within the recollection
of most experienced legislators
Again and again, there were roll calls
TO develop whether there was a quo
rum present. Not once did the at
tendance fall below sixty-six, which is
twenty more than d majority of the
senate membership.
One Advantage Gained.
One advantage was gained in the
night by the Lorimer forces The in
surgent republicans had left the cham
Her for conference. Only the demo-
cratic opponents of Lorimer were on
guard. In the momentary lull Sena-
tor Bailey addressed t1e chair. mov-
ing that when the vote was taken it
be by ayes and noes. Senator Bran
degee was in the chair, and lost no
time in submitting the motion. It
was adopted before a chance Of pro-
test Senators Owen and Stone ap-
pealed, but to no avail
The effect of the Bailey motion was
to remove the last vistige of red tape
in parliamentary procedure that would
stand in the way of vote, if Lori
mer's opponents can at any moment
he caught mapping. The maneuvers of
Bailey may prove an important factor
i'll case no agreement is reached to
vote on the case prior to the expira-
tion of congress at noon Saturday.
Convened Again at II a. m.
When the senate convened again at
II o'clock, it was stated that all eff
forts to effect compromise had fail
ed, and the battle over the resolution
affecting Lorimer's seat was exactly
where it stood when the senate recess
sed at 500 O'Clock, after it's all night
session
Senator Bristow arose to resume his
speech against Lorimer. He immedi-
ately gave way to Senator Money. the
democratic caucus leader, who stated
that the responsibility for the situa-