The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-27
STEPHENSON HOLDS
PLACE IN SENATE
Aged Badger Statesman Re
ceives % Votes to 27 for
the Opposition.
BY International News Service.

| WASHINGTON. March 2s.-Issac
stephsins.on; senator from Wisconsin, who
paid 100000 to control the primary that
sent him to Washington. escaped being
ousted d from the senate late this after
noon only by a bare majority of two
votes The vote stood 20 TO 81.
After futile wrapgle over an effort
70 IlS an hour for the vote tomorrow and
NOBODY being ready To proceed with the
discussion the presiding officer put the
pending question; which was on the Jones
substitute for the committee resolution
anu winch declared that Stephenson was
sos graro .esaag ga aS elected; The yeas and nays
before The friends OF Stephenson knew
what had happened. Then the most fran
nc eit0rts were made to get friendly SEN
selves. The vote ran along neck and neck
for a tie vote TO the end of the call
SEN Senator Bradley arrived just in time TO
putting from the effects OF his hurried
journey from the office building as he
responded In vote FOR the Republican
senator. Senator Culberson found IL nee
essary to withdraw his vote because of
the absence of his pair with the result
mat IN the end majority of two In
Iayor OF the Wisconsin senator was Sc
Senator Sutherland tonight claimed that
on the final vote the majority for
Stephenson sbep would be at least four, prob
apiy siN, while Senator Lea, who is man
agints aging the opposition, said the number
Voting for Stephenson tomorrow prob
hply would De less than today II that
Is correct the Wisconsin senator may
yet be unseated.
The vote on this case can hardly be ac-
cepted as a test OF the sentiment I'm the
l.orlmer case. There was a report to-
night that the friends of Lorimer eX-
pected to make their last stand on the
proposition that having been once tried
and acquitted Lorimer cannot again be
put on trial.
OF the total twenty-nlne votes cast in
favor OF Senator Stephenson. twenty -one
we're cast by Republicans and eight by
cast on the other side twelve were Gust
by Republicans and fifteen by Demo-
Gratis. all the Republicans being insir-
gents but Townsend and Brown, The vote
was cast in this fashion;
For Stephenson-RepublIcans. Bradley,
Srandegee. Briggs, Burnham, Burton,
Crane; Cullom. Curtis. Gamble, Hepburn
LiDpltt. Lodge. Jorlmer Mclean Nixon
Sichardson, Root. Smoot Sutherland,
warren and Wetmore; Democrats, Chill
creme, Rayner and Watson, Total, 20.
Against Stephenson-Repubica Bo-
rah. Bourne, Bristow. Brown. Crawford,
Cummlns. Kenyon. Poindexter, Townsend
ana works; Democrats. Bryan. Chamber
l9in. Gardner, Gore. Hitchcock. Johnson,
Reed. simons, Smith OF Georgia and
Smith OF South Carolina Total o.
Senators Bailey. Martin. Painter. Smith |
Of Maryland. Swanson and Thornton, |
pemocrats and Jones and La Toilette. Pc |
pubiGans; We're absent without being |
paired. All the Democrats in this list |
are counted for Stephenson and the two |
fepupllcans against him. This, II is es- |
LiInated. VIII make majority on the final |
vote OF SIX in favor OF the resolution de-
every other senator was paired and Mr..
stephenson did not vote