Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-06-03
EIGHT SENATORS
TO INVESTIGATE
L0R|MER CASE
Senate Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections Will
Meet Tomorrow to Start
Inquiry

Washington. D. c., June 2.-The
senate committee on privileges and
elections will meet tomorrow to con-
slider the Lorimer case. Notw1th-
standing the absence of definite
agreement the committee will proceed
to choose subcommittee OF eight
members to conduct the inquiry as
suggested yesterday In the open SEN
ate. y, hen the selection Is made the
names will be reported to the senate
which will either confirm or reject
them. b It Is not believed there will
be further debate as all concerned ap-
pear anxious that the inquiry shall be
undertaken as speedily as possible.
Lorlmer Probe Plan Adopted.
Senator William Lorimer faces an
other investigation at the hands of his
colleagues. The inquiry will be con-
Quoted by a subcommittee Of the
committee on privileges and elections,
composed of four republicans and four
democrats, four of whom voted for the
conviction and four for the acquittal OF
the senator last session. The method
selected is regarded as the latest
thing in jury trials.
It took. seven hours' debate to agree
upon the system, which finally was
adopted last evening by vote of AZ
to 20, being substituted for the plan
urged by Senator La Toilette of turn
ing the case over to five senators who
were not members when the case was
voted upon before and therefore were
supposed to be unbiased.
Kenyon Makes Maiden Speech.
Senator Kenyon made his maiden
speech vigorous effort in the senate
late yesterday afternoon In connec-
ton with the Lorimer case. Briefly but
strongly he set forth the reasons why
he did not want the privileges and
elections committee. Of which he is
member. to conduct the investigation
of the Lorimer bribery charges and
why he favored and would vote for
a special committee as provided for
in the LaFollette resolution.
Senator Kenyon spoke Immediately
after Senator Lea of Tennessee had
spoken. It was also the first speech for
Senator Lea and in opening Senator
Kenyon said he realized that a new
senator ought to follow the advice OF
st. Paul to the Corinthians, regarding
women, LET them keep silence In the
but he said Senator Lea
had spoken and he felt he should do
so.
"That senator from Idaho" said he,
alluding to Hepburn, has said that
this case is beoing tried everywhere
else. That is true, Recently l have
been in the south and find 1t is being
7 va
In Iowa where we know nothing OF at
tempts to get senatorial seats by
or bribery and find 1t is be-
Ing discussed there. 1t is being tried
every where. Public sentiment, at
which some may sneer, has decreed
that this investigation shall be thor
ough.'
Hot Shot at Hines.
Senator Kenyon fired hot shot at |
Hines, the lumber trust" representa-
tive. He said it was an abhorrent
thing to him that the heads OF the |
lumber trust" In an aroma Of cock |
tails and cigars should boast Of spend
Ing 100000 to put over" the election |
Of a United States senator. "If Mr..
Hines has this information, said he, |
we want to know It,"
He declared that he had the great |
est respect for the committee on priv
Ileges and elections and especially for
the great lawyer, Senator Dillingham;,
who is at the head of 1t, but If the sub
committee in the last investigation |
should not discover that Hines had
something to do with the election of
Lorimer when the matter was up in |
the air, then its inquiry was not thor
ough. The question, he declared, went |
to the very roots OF representative
government.