Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-01-20

AoA q AS1AS w o0S"po from The Lori
mer report without humiliatinp w.
committee. The report of the NOV
ity of the committee was the kinS =,
a report which the system senate.
desired. 1t would never have No.
presented if it was not believed +hn.
it would be adopted before the bo,;
day recess.
Lorimer Report Obnoxious.
The recess gave time for study ana
reflection upon the evidence. EverH
one who has studied that evideno.
and approached it with an unbiased
mind has reached the conclusion tho
there is no justification for the ~
port. President Taft let it be undor
stood that the administration coula
not stand for the adoption of the ~
port. The attitude of the president
made few of the old liners sea tbo
error Of their ways and thew let
Aldrich know they could not vote n
sustain the committee.
Senator Beveridge concluded bis
study of the testimony and preparo3
minority report That report wen,
to greater length in it's conclusion.
than did the summing up of the testi-
mony made by Senator Frazier. II
was not content with stating thot
there was bribery in the Illinois legis.
lature, but it went to the extent of
saying that the evidence warrants
the conclusion that Senator I,orimer
had knowledge of what was doing in
the legislature. This is further than
any other member of the committee
or Senator Owen in his ANALYSIS
of the testimony, went. Senator Bey.
eridge in his report represented the
views of the Progressive senators.
Senator Borah and Senator La Fol.
lette, who have studied the evidence
are convinced that the facts disclosed
in the evidence warrant this conclu.
sion and that, instead of making a
real investigation, the committee ran
away from information every time It
was on the trail of real evidence.
Argument for Direct Election.
From appearances the Lorimer re-
It is certain if vote can be had upon
the direct question of declaring the
Lorimer seat vacant a majority of the
senate will go on record to vacate the
seat. A motion to eXpeI will not carry,
because such motion requires two,
thirds vote and it is not possible to
get such a number of senators to so
record themselves.
The Lorimer controversy Is loaded
with great consequences. Nothing
which has come up in the senate in re-
cent years furnished the PrOgressives
with such powerful argument for
the direct election of senator's Sen
ator Aldrich is credited with a desire
to have the matter referred back to
the committee. From the r3actionary
viewpoint great mistake was made
in ever letting it get out of the COM
mittee.
The Progressives will join Senator
Burrows in fight against recommit-
ment. They will join Senator Bever-
idge in an effort to have the Lorimer
seat declared vacant. In this they
will not have the support of all the
Democrats, but they will be joined by
a number of Republicans not in any
sense Progressives.
The longer the Lorimer discussion
continues the better the ProgressiveS
will like it, not only for It's campaign
| influence upon the country but be-
cause it will serve a good purpose in
| the senate. The Gallinger ship sub
sidy bill is the unfinished business, 1t
will be fought by the Progressives. So
| long as the senate is discussing Lori
mer's case it will not have time to
take up ship subsidy.
Norris Proposes Two Changes
| While the senate has the center OF
the stage with the big issue, the house
Progressives are preparing for the
| fight which they must make In order
to nail down the victory won in the
| last session. Uncle Joe and his Or
ganization have monopolized calender
| Wednesday and suspension day Dy
| ridiculous rulings, one being tna'
| when a bill is taken up it must Do
read ut length Mr.. Norris OF NebraS.
ka proposes that the rule be changeu
so as to permit of reading bill by
title.
More important is the other chans0
| proposed by Norris, which Is to tne
effect that there shall be no executive
sessions of any committee OF In0
house and that a record be kept anu
published of the proceedings OIL an
committee meetings. This cuts ueep
Unto the systems hold upon IegiSi"
ton. The executive session OF CON-.
mittees is the cloak which enaOio'
the putting over of deals by "ni'n
the public is kept out of its rights
1t will be two or three weeks DeioiI
the fight will come upon these anlenu
ments to the rules, but 1t is the intIu
ton to force the fight and MAKE tno
rules as nearly right as possible al Ini LIZ
session. The votes upon this Nolin
resolution will give another oppol 49,
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