Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-03
LOR|MER FIGHT
BEGINS TUESDAY
Poll of Senate Shows Probable
Vote Against Him of
50 to 80.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The fight over
in the Senate tomorrow, when Senator
Kern, leading the forces which seek to
unseat the Illinois senator, Will make the
hrst speech in what promises to be TT
least a two weeks debate.
The majority of the members of the
investigating committee have reported
that the charge that Mr.. Lorimer's cleo
ton was brought about by bribery aud
Dillingham;, chairman of the committees
will lead the defense and support the
contention that the Senate having once
exonerated him cannot try him again on
practically the same charges.
Senator Lea, of Tennessee; Senator
Kenyon OF Iowa and others are expected
TO speak against Mr.. Lorimer and many
will speak for him. Senator Lorimer will
be In his seat and expects to speak In
his own defense.
A poll shows that on the resolution de-
claring Lorimer not entitled to his seat,
offered by the minority of the investigat-
ing conlHiittee, tHe oehhte viii foto Us
follows:
FOR THE RESOLUTION AND
AGAINST LORIMER.
Republicans-Borah, Idaho: Bourne,
Oregon; Bristoe. Kansas; Brown. Ne
braska, Burton, Ohio: Clapp. Mime
sofa; Crawford. South Dakota; Cum
minis Iowa; Curtis. Kansas; Dixon, Mon.
Dakota; Kenyon. Iowa; La Toilette,
Wisconsin: Lodge. Mp massachusetts,; Nc
Lean, Connecticut: Nelson, Minnesota
Page. VERMONT; poindext tth M Mcsihlas-
Sutherland. Utah: Townsend. Michigan;
Works. CALIFORNIA;.
Democrats-Asburt, Arizona; Bason'
Georgia; Bryan. Florida; Chamberlain
Texas; Davis. Arkansas; Gardner,
Maine: Gore, Oklahoma; Hitchcock, Ne
praska; Johnson Mains Mains X X;Tgin, 1ndl Mar;
ties; Ssw N sS = oolyesoTman, New;
York: Overman. North Carolina. Owen
o%klahopa; Percy; Miss asd Reed aSlnef Mis-,
douri: Shively. Indiana smith 9eorgia
smith, South Carolina: Stone, MissonrlI
Swanson, Virginia; Williams, Mississippi
AGAINST THE RESOLUTION AND
FOR LORIMER.
Republicans-Bradley. Kentucky; Bran
dese, Connecticut: Briggs, New Jersey;
Burnham. New Hampshire; Clark, wy
omIng; Crane. Massachusetts; Cullom'
Delaware; Gailinger. New Hampshire;
Gamble. South Dakota; G~uggenheim.
Colorado; Hepburn, Idaho; Jones, Wash
ington; Lippitt. Rhode Island; McCnmm-
yer, Pennsylvania Penrose, Pennsylva-
MIA; Perkins, California; Richardson
Delaware; smoot, Utah; Stephenson,
wisconsin; Warren. Wyoming; Wet
more. Rhode Island. Total-25.
Ai nfa9G cRiiton, West Virginia;
Fletcher, Florida: Foster, Louisiana
Johnston, Alabama; Paynter, Kentucky;
Simmons. North Carolina; Smith, Mary
land; Thornton, Louisiana; Tnlman'
South Carolina; Watson, West virginia.
The men classed as doubtful, or rather,
upon whose decision no line has been OBJ
tained, are:
Republicans-Catron, New Mexico;
Sanders, Tennessee. Total-2.
Democrat-Smith, Arizona.
a study of the poll shows that all the
| Senators who voted for Lorimer's re-
tention in the Senate in the winter OF
1911 intend. with one exception, Curtis
of Kansas. to go down with him. Cur
tls's detection from the Lorimer side
offsets that of Jones, who switched In
Lorimer's favor.
Senator Lorimer arrived here today
from Chicago. He declined to answer
directly when asked II he had any inten-
ton of %resigning, and when asked about
the reported poll of the Senate, which
is said to be against him, replied he
knew nothing of 1t. The senator declined
TO discuss his plans further than to say
he expected to speak in his defense.