El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-19
STEPHENS0N'S
EXPENSE IS
TOO HEAVY
Minority Repot Says the
Senator Is Not Entitled to
His Seat.
ALLEGES VOTERS GET
MONEY AT THE POLLS


Washington. D. c. Feb. 1s.-United
States senator Isaac Stephenson Of Wis
consin Is not entitled to his seat. IN
the opinion Of five members Of the
senate committee on privileges and
elections, who filed a minority report
with the senate today. The majority
report on the investigation Of senator
Stephenson's campaign expenditures
was submitted Feb. y. In substance
II held that the charges OF corruption
IN the primary OF 1908 were not proved.
A minority report is signed by sena-
tors Kenyon. Clapp and Jones. Republi-
cans; Lee and Kern, Democrats. 1t
contends that enough evidence was ad-
duced by the inquiry to warrant the
senate in declaring senator stephen
sons seat vacant
Referring to the fact that the sena-
tor, through his lieutenants spent s107,-
. oidates for the state legislature spent
proporuonately large sums, the report
quotes from the majority report:
Too Much Money spent.
such expenditures were In viola
ton of the fundamental principles un-
DERIVING our system OF government.
which contemplated the selection OF
candidates by the electors and not the
selection Of the electors by the candl-
date"
The minority report then proceeds;
We concur in this statement and IL
Justines Us in opposing the conclusion
OF the majority How a seat IN the
senate can be secured in violation OF
the fundamental principles underlying
our system Of government with the
evidence showing the use Of such a
large sum OF money, and not be tainted
by, corruption and practice we are un-
able to comprehend
The question now squaTely before
the senate is whether methods and
practices In violation OF the funda-
TEN OF government shall be denounced
by our words and approved by our
votes"
Quoting again. from the majority re
methods of senator Stephenson's cleo
tlon. declared that If they had been
used by candidate for a state office
in Wisconsin, 1T would be very diff
cult to justify such conduct under the
continues:
This statement We endorse. It war
rants our opposition to the conclusion
OF the majority. If it would be diff
cult to justify a campaign like this by
a candidate for state office, why Is
the part Of senator Stephenson He
was not compelled to go into the pri-
mary He elected to do so and he
should be held to the same degree Of
in that primary.
IF he used methods-and the ma
Jority says he oid-that II would be
difficult to justify in behalf Of q state
candidate. then it is equally difficult
for the senate to justify such conduct
on the part OF g candidate for seat
and honor. In our judgment II cannot
do It,"
The report sets forth that the evil
dence showed conclusively that voters
were paid at the polls, that eXtravag-
ant sums for entertainment were eX-
pended and records and papers con-
corning the campaign were shlIted
from one place TO another and original
records were destroyed
"An this IS admitted, said the re-
port, and we feel we have a right to
assume from these admitted facts and
actions that corrupt methods and I
practices were used in connection with
said primary election. To hold other
wise is to established a precedent that
would authorize an expenditure Of
hundreds of thousands of dollars to de-
bauch the electorate in order to secure !
a seat in this body To 90 this IS to ]
notify the world that we are careless /
as to Whather seats in this body are 10 /
be bouglt and sold as so much mer- /
chandise to the man with the largest |
Tariff Puts Lead Price Down.
The price OF lead has declined four /
tenths Of a cent pound since the I'm /
derwoOd steel tariff revision bill passed 4
the house according to lead producers /
who appeared before the senate finance ]
committee today. They said the profit 4
on q pound of lead was only ] cent so 4
most in half Frederick Burbridge. Of 1
Spokane; Arthur North, of Salt Lake /
City, Utah, and John A Rock, OF KEEL /
logg. Idaho, protested against the lead /
schedule.
Unanimous Report For Pope.
The confirmation Of William II. PoDe
as United States district Judge for New
Mexico was recommended BY the senate
committee on the judiciary todsv
Judge Pope was on the bench in fbe
Philippines when president Taft was
governor general and later he served
as judge and chief justice Of the Nevv
Mexico supreme court. The contest
over the office brought out numeror7s
charges which the committee Invests
gated
The Day in Congress-.
The senate convened at D. m
Both the majority and the minority
reports OF the Stephenson invest - 80,
were presented and consideration 81
the case promises TO hold attenfio,
through the week
The house met at noon
General AinsWorth appeared ibefore
the war department expenditures corn
mittee. but the hearing was POSTPONED
until Tuesday.
The chemical tariff revision bin was
taken up for passage. A vote is not
until Friday.
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