El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-04

Browne Was Acquitted.
Lee O'Neill Browne, who was charged
] with distributing 'LOrimer money
/ was acquitted by jury and other in
! dictments were quashed- Charges of
/ jury bribing in the Browne case were
/ unSuStained in court.
] A committee of the United States
! senate reported that the charges of
/ corruption were not proved and held
/ senator LOrimer's title to his seat valid
! hmm eo1ately thereafter the Illinois SEN
I ate appointed a committee of its own
/ to investigate, and this committee re-
| ported that LOrimer would not have
! been elected without bribery and cor
! ruptiOn, and the Illinois senate by a
I vote of SO to 10 endorsed that view.
In the meantime, after a series Of
notable debates in the United States
! senate, LOrimer was indicated there
46 10 40, with five senators not voting.
/ The quota Of senators was 90, with one
vacancy in Colorado.
Are % To Vote on Case.
Since then, by the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona. the quota has in
creased to 90, but the Colorado vacancy
still exists and there are 50 men to vote
on the case this time. But of the 40
who voted to retain LOrimer, Il are not
now in the senate and four of the five
who refrained from voting are also no
longer members The ranks of the 40
who voted against LOrimer have been
depleted by only five, and there places
have been taken by men who seem to
have indicated that they viii follow the
views OF their predecessors.
Senator Curtis. Of Kansas. who voted
for LOrimer before, is said to be ready
to vote against him this time. but this
is cOunterbalanced by senator Jones of
Washington, who voted against Lorimer
but VIII vote for him ehis time.
Balance Of Power With New Men.
This alignment seems to throw the
balance of power mainly with the new
senator's
The second investigation brought out
the charges that Edward Hines the
millionaire lumberman. had raised a
fund of 100000 TO put LOrimer over"
committee exOnerated Hines as well as
Lorimer- The senator's election. the
majority report holds. was due entirely
to political conditions in Illinois which
made Mr.. LOTimer the only candidate
who could muster a majority.
After Beef Trust.
The house judiciary committee in ex-
ecutive session today decided to uider-
take a preliminary investigation Of the
beef trust"
The committee agreed to report the
Edwards resolution, calling for the in
VestigariOn, but before doing So a
private inquiry viii be made. The
committee does not purpose now to
cali any OF the men interested in the
packing industry or to undertake any
sensational investigation
The department of justice will be
asked for all books and papers and
other Information gathered in recent
prosecutions of the beef packers and
the department Of commerce and labor
will be asked for data on the meat in
dustry.
The committee expects to get from
the government bureaus the prices to
consumers of meats and the relation 10
the supply Of cattle and meat animals
in the United States and the prices
paid farmers for them.
Chairman Clayton will appoint a
subcommittee TO make the prelin1-
of "a SIT
Money Trust also to Be GriIIed.
The money trust investigation viii
be taken up IN New York Thursday.
The bank and currency committee Of
the house today came to that decision.
Preliminary hearings will be held in
the clearing house and the stock ex-
change.
Representative Thomas of kentucky
and Joseph Amin, a reporter engaged /
in a fight in the corridor Of the house
office building today over a newspaper Z
story which Thomas claimed was in
accurate and misrepresented him. An
nin's friends separated the two men
before much damage was done.
The house interstate committee to- /
day reported the Hamilton bill for I
bidding the shipment of calves under /
six weeks of age. Representative I
Smith. Of Texas. succeeded in get
ting an amendment authorizing the 4
secretary of agriculture to SUSPEND the !
law in emergencies. He VIII sign a I
minority report fixing the age at four 2
weeks. instead of six.
To Regulate Ocean Traffic :
An all inclusive bill to be termed I
the ocean safety act of 1912" de- ]
signed to cover all the navigation les 7
sons drawn from the Titanic dfsas-
ter was introduced yesterday by sem
ator Nelson of Minnesota, Chairman
OF the commerce committee, which. /
through a subcommittee, investigated
the disaster.
tons for better wireless equipment
continuously operated on ocean and
great lakes vessels carrying 90 or more |
persons, Just as provided in a bill
Whlch passed the house yesterday and
almost identical with a bill already |
passed by the senate. This wireless !
secJlon vests control of the apparatus [
IN the master of the vessel and TO I
avoid the wireless communication be-
ing smut off by failure of the engines. [
requires a powerful auxiliary mower I
supply that can communicate 100 miles 1
at an times
The Nelson bill would recognize for
o Isn steamship laws, would equip (
1o.y passenger craft leaving an Z
1IAIlleIlcan port with sufficient life
9Sals 10 accommodate everybody
LIZARD together with other safety
y, i e-LlpIInent and would create a com
,,ll,I'olh OF five persons to inves tigate
and abroad.
would require rigid port exam
49, zion, boat drills. define Qualifica- ]
e.oli9 OF steamship, penalize failure to
1s2isl any person in distress at sea.
tu make criminally liable any mas
- VI, managing owner. steamship com
law WIN S
Henry Retires From judiciary.
representative Henry of Texas /
chairman of the house rules commit
zee and member of the judiciary com
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