Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-28
SENATE IN STORMY
ALL.NICnT SESSION
CONTINUED From Page IL

OF events would have no show.
Deep, subtle politics are at the bot
tom Of 1t all.
There is one element. commanded by
Senator Burrows on the republican side
and Senator Bailey on the democratic.
which ought to force a vote on Lori
mer The Lorimer case Is the order OF
unfinished business upon which vote
may be had at any moment those SEEK
ing to prevent it are caught mapping.
Late last night Senator Bailey made
a motion-which was carried-to have
the Lorimer vote taken by the yeas and
nays when reached without the inter-
mediate viva voce proposition. This
means that If at any stage the roll call
be started and Mr.. Bailey. third on the
list. registers his vote nothing can stop
the finish.
cumn,ins Leads One Fight.
Senator Cummins leads fight that
has for its object an agreement to vote
on the tariff commission bill before
anything else is allowed to come to
head. Senator Bailey is as determined
that nothing else shall be done until the
Lorimer case Is decided.
Senator Hale. with five more days to
serve. is determined to block the con-
less there are developments which will
insure the defeat of the measure II
vote is taken.
There have been various attempts to
take recesses and adjourn. all without
result thus far. Frequent calls are
made for a quorum. the absence OF
which gives the filibusters breathing
space.
Taft Stands Pat.
AT the White House President Taft
Is receiving frequent reports on the
progress Of affairs in the senate. and
he has Strengthened his determination
to have a fair and square vote on reci-
proc.ty or else call an extra session. No
trick vote will satisfy the president or
be taken by him as an excuse for re-
versing his extra session program.
While the prelim!raries to the big
fi,ibuster were occupying attention
Yesterday afternoon Senators Burrow
and Hale had a clash. Senator Bur-
rows started out with the idea Of hav-
ing the senate sit all night II neces-
sary to obtain a vote on Lorimer.
Senator Hale declared he had UNDER
stood no vote on that case would be
taken until Wednesday at the earliest.
and argued in favor OF keeping the
case open 50 as to get rid of speeches
on various topics and be ready to go
ahead with the appropriation measures
the last three days OF the week. Sem
ator Hale's real object Is to stave off
the consideration Of reciprocity until
he can dominate the situation pertain
Ing thereto.
President raft Scored.
A terrific arraisnment OF President
Taft on the charge Of "bribing and in
timtdating" members OF congress by
the use Of federal patronage was de-
livered on the floor Of tho senate last
evening by Senator Bourne. Of Oregon.
Tho denunc1ation Of the president
tones. but the terms were such as
caused ordinarily imperturbabls sena-
tori to catch their breath and the n.y.
ing rumors Of which resulted in empty
Ing the cloak rooms IN short order
Senator Bourne who 10 the president
Of tho newly organized National Pro-
greesive League took as his text the
letter which Charles D. Norton. secre-
tary to the president, wrote during the
campaign last fall, explaining that Mr..
Taft no longer intended to withhold
federal patronage from the republican
progressives as he had done prior to
the primaries.
c.iis Letter Coercion Confession.
It was explained In this letter that
the president had refused to recognize
the progressives in making appoint
ments 70 federal offices on the ground
that the progressives were fighting his
program OF legislation in congress. But
while the president justified this course
Of favoring the regulars before the
primaries, he announced that he would
discontinue that policy.
The Oregon senator declared that
this letter was a confession OF the
president to "coercing congress by the
usage Of patronage" and violation
OF the letter and spirit Of the consti-
tuition which provides for the preserva-
ton OF the freedom Of the law making
branch OF the government"
While It might not be an actual vio-
lation of the letter Of the statute
against bribery. Mr.. Bourne said, he
thought 1t was a violation Of the spiri,
Of that law. Whereupon he quoted the
federal statute on the bribery Of public
officials by the use Of money. promises,
or any other valuable thing.
Cites the illinois Scandal.
1.-THE purchase of votes in the Illinois
legislature" ne said, was not proved
by outsiders, but by the confessions OF
the bribe givers and brtbe takers. The
same Is true of the purchase Of votes
in congress The Beverly letter Is the
confession Of the president.
THE natural inference from the Nor
ton letter is that the president OF the
United States used federal patronage
to influence the action Of members Of
congress. This is a charge which no
citizen can discuss without regret, yet
the whole subject is Of such a vital I'M
portance in the preservation OF repre-
eenta tive government that I would feel
remiss in my duty II failed to call 1t
to the attention Of the country and
place in available form such informa-
ton relating thereto as may come to
my attention.
1.-THE undenied statement indicates 4
deplorable and despicable subservience
upon the part of the legislative branch,
and a dangerous and demoralizing
usurpation upon the part Of the execu-
tive.
All Men Equal Before the Law.
"Our government was founded upon
the proposition that all men were equal
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