Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-25
Reported He Hopes to Get
Evidence in Lori
mer Case.
FIGHTS FOR A DELAY
Claimed He May Be Able to
Connect Lorimer Directly
With Payment of Cash.

: Washington, Feb. 25.-"With the
Lorimer resolution on the calendar
as unfinished business I shall press
It to the utmost" said Burrows this
morning. He said that at 2 O'Clock,
If by that time Senator McCumber
has concluded his reciprocity speech.
he will ask the senate to take up the
LorirCer matter and keep it before
the senate until when it will be
displaced by a special order for
enlogies upon the late Representa-
1iyes Lowering and TirreIl.
The Lorimer program shows Stone,
owen, Crawford, Root and possibly
LaFollette are yet to speak.
LA TOILETTE 4 MYSTERY
LaFollette's attitude is considered
mystery. When last night he OBJ
jected TO fixing a day for a vote he
intimated there might yet be i'm
portsnt developments, but did not
indicate their nature. Some of La
Follette's friends said today the SEN
ator hoped to procure statement
from a man "high in political cir
cles in Illinois" who is reported to
have information and data tending
TO connect Lorimer directly with the
payment of money TO former mem
bers of the Legislature who are al
legged to have been bribed
MAY NOT GET II,
The name of the man in question
has not been disclosed and It was
said LaFollette had no assurances
he would be able 10 compel the pro-
duction of data even if it should be
in existence.
MUST VOTE OR FLIBUSTER-
Washington, Feb. 25.-The case
involving the right of Lorimer TO re-
tain his scat advanced yesterday
10 a position where the senate must
fubuster or vote upon it.
At the conclusion of the three
days speech by Beveridge, the leader
of the anti-Lorimer forces, Chairman
Burrows OF the committee on cleo
tions made several Intellectual at
tempts TO have a day fixed for
vote. BY a vote of the senate com
mittee on resolutions the Lorimer
case was made unfinished business.
ANTS OPPOSE.
All Of the opposition TO setting a
time for the vote came from sena-
tors who have announced that they
intend to vote to deprive Lorimer of
his seat.
Notices of future speeches in op-
position TO Lorimer were given by
Stone, LaFollette, Owen and Craw-
ford. all anti-Lorimer men.
DIRECT VOTE ADVANCED.
Washington, Feb. 25.-After less
than an hours debate the senate yes
terday voted the Sutherland amend
ment into the resolution providing
for the election OF United States
senators by direct vote OF the peo-
pie and fixed next Tuesday as the
time for voting on the resolution
itself.
When Senator Burrows concluded
his speech in opposition TO Senator
Lorimer Senator Hale asked that the
unfinished business be laid before the
senate. This was the resolution pro-
Niding for a constitutional amend
ment for the election of United
States senators by popular vote.
AMENDMENT VOTE so TO 81.
Almost before the senators re-
allied what was taking place the vice
president directed the beginning of
the roll call on the amendment Of
fered by Senator Sutherland elimin-
ating so much of the amendment as
takes from congress the right 10
supervise senatorial elections. This
vote resulted in favor of the amend
ment. 80 TO 81
OF the Affirmative votes only one
was cast by a democrat, senator
Clarke OF Arkansas casting that one.
Seven republicans--MessT BoTah. .
Bourne. Bristow. Brown, Cummins,
Gronna and LaFollette-weT re-
corded with most of the democrats
in opposition 70 the provision.
BACON RAISES OBJECTION.
Immediately after this announce
ment Senator Bacon of Georgia de-
clared his opposition TO the resolE-
tion as amended While he had ia
vored the measure as reported from .
committee. he said il now would be
impossible for him TO vote for Il. and +
he gave notice that on Monday he
would address the senate in explana-
tion of his position. Il is understood ,
that the adoption OF the amendment +
viii have the effect OF alternating the /
votes OF number OF southern dem
ocTats. !.