The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-02
Election of the Chicago Man De-
clared TO Have Been Legal
and Honest.
CULL0M DECIDES IN
FAVOR OF COLLEAGUE
Vote Is 46 to 40, Eleven Demo
Gratis Casting Their Ballots
With the Majority.

WASHINGTON, March William
Lorimer retains his scat in the United
States senate, BY Il vote of 46-to 40 that
body today refcatcd the resolution in.
troduccd by Senator BeVeridge declar-
ing that the junior senator from llli-
nois had not been legally elected.
The end to the case came shortly
after 1;30 clock. Promptly at that
hour the vice president called for Il
vote on the resolution. The agreement
entered into by the members yesterday
called for the shutting off of all de-
bate at that hour.
Senator LaFoIlette had the floor at
the time and the rap of the gavel
forced hlm TO an abrupt termination of
his anti-Lorimer speech.
Mr.. Lat'ollette declared that "every
line OF the testimony convicts the SEN
ator not only of obtaining his seat by
bribery but of being a participant in
the bribery
He turned, with trembling voice and
hands, toward the seat of Senator IIor-
inner on his left. Persons in the gal
ler-- rose to see what the object of his
denuncIation would do. There was an
instant of tense silence
''The gentleman is not in his seat, y
Mr.. LaFollette said, and turned away
10 face the senate. He went on then
to review circumstances which he con-
sidered as substantlating his position,
and declared it was impossible that Mr..
Lorimer should not have known what
was going on.
"Wc cannot say just where the
money came FROM he said, ''but we
know that a large amount of it was
used. -
Burrows Interrupts.
Senator Burrows, chairman of the
committee on privileges and elections
which investigated the Lorimer case
and its report exoneratcd the accused
senator. was on his feet trying to inter
rupt, He tried TO read from the mi
nority report which declared that the
evidence did not prove completely on
Lorimer s part in the alleged bribery.
"Does the senator yield?' asked the
presiding officer. The hand of the
clock lowered over the half hour mark
people held their breath The chair
man s gavel was IN the air.
"Just minute, just minute, y
cried Mr.. LaFollette. 81 know what
can prove thing like that, but you
know it. ] don t know where the money
came from that was used in an effort
TO defeat my own reelection TO the
senate. but L do know that part of it
came from Wall street.
Bang. The gavcl fell and Senator
LaFolette sank back with the phrase
"Wall street" on his lips. A litter of
laughter ran over the galleries.
"Thc hour Of one-thirty having ar
rived said the vice president, "tbe
secretary will report the resolution" "
Ii was read as follows;
II Il, l,,s IL T ,oo
not duly and legally elected to seat
in the senate of the United States by
the legislature of the state of Hi
nois. Z"
.'The secretary will call the roll
"Mr. Aldrch = and the vote was
Vote in Detail
Nays (pro- Lorime) = Republicans
Bradley, Brandegee' Briggs. Bulkeley
Wyoming. Crane, Cullom, Curtis. Depew.
Dick. Dillingham;. Du Pont. Flint. Frye,
Gallinger Gamble. GuEgephe!m. Hale.
ySrrT herross assn Perkins Pss
son. Scott Smoot, Stephenson. Warren
and WetInore.
Democrats Bailey, Bankhead. Foster,
Fletcher. Johnston. Paynter Simmons.
Smith OF Maryland, Thornton. Tillinan
aud Watson. Total nays SO.
AYES. Lanti-Lqrlmerl- -Repuolicans-
Beverage, Boran, bournG- SriStoW Bur-
kett. Brown, Burton, Clapp. Crawford.
Cummins. Dixon, Gronna. Jones, La
Toilette Lodge. Nelson. Page. Root
Smith Of Michigan. Sutherland. Warner.
Young
Democrats-Bacop. Chamberlain. Gull
berson Clarke of Arkansas, Davis Gore
Martin Money. Newlands. Overman.
owen, Percy Rayner, Shjvely, Smith OF
South Carolina Stone. Swanson. Taylor,
Total ayes. 40,
Absent-Aldrich, Frazier and Terrell.
Upon the conclusion of the roll call
and the announcement of the result,
applause was heard in the galleries,
while on the floor Senator Lorimer s
friends FASTENED to tender their con
gratulations.