Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-28
HAS SEAT BY RIGHT
Senate indicates Stephenson
by Vote of 40 to 81.
ENDS AN EXCITING CONTEST
Division Not on Party Lines-Ap-
plause in Galleries on Announce
ment of the Result.

| BY vote of forty to thirty-four taken
| shortly after o'clock last evening the
| Senate declared that the SLOT 900 spent
| by Senator Stephenson in his election was
not used corruptly. and thereby decided
| that the oldest member of the body held
his seat by right.
| The vote came at the end of an exciting
| day, during which there was much de-
| nunc1ation of the methods used in the
| primaries in which Senator Stephenson
| was Endorsed. and much work on the part
| of Senator Stephensons friends to insure
| a vote in his favor. So close had been
| the vote of the day before that not a
| stone was left unturned to roll up as
| large a vote as possible for the Wisconsin
| solon.
| Senator Stephenson was plainly touch
| ed by the vindica ton at the hands of the
| Senate
Il never spent a dollar wrongfully in
my life" Mr.. Stephenson said. I'm sixty
years of active management of large in
sand men-three generations of them-and
never had strike. | never used a dollar
| for fraud of any kind"
Division Not on Party Lines.
The vote was not party one, for IS
republicans and ~ democrats voted for
Senator Stephenson and is republicans
and IS democrats voted against him. The
vote was as follows:
| For Stephenson: Republicans-Bradley
Brandegee, Briggs, Burnham, Burton,
Clark of Wyoming Crane, Curtis, Dilling-
ham. du Pont. Gamble, Hepburn, Lippitt,
Lodge. Lorimer, McCumber, Mclean, Nix
on, Oliver. Page, Penrose, Perkins. Rich
ardson. Root, Smoot, Sutherland, Warren
| and Wetmore.
Democrats-Bankhead, Chiffon Fletcher,
Foster, Johnston, Newlands Overman
| Pomerene, Rayner, Smith of Maryland,
Watson and Thornton
Against Stephenson: Republicans-Bo-
ran. Bourne, Bristow, Brown, Clapp,
Jones. Kenyon, La Toilette. Poindexter,
Smith OF Michigan. Townsend and Works
Democrats-Bryan, Chamberlain, Gull
berson, Gardner, Hitchcock, Johnson,
Kern, Lea. MARITIME, Myers, O'Gorman.
| Owen, Percy. Shively, Smith of Georgia,
Smith Of South Carolina, Stone and Will
liams.
The pairs were Nelson with Bacon, Gal
linger with Clarke of Arkansas. Guggen-
helm with Davis, Cullom with Simmons,
Paynter with Gore and Bailey with Reed
the first named in each case beinng favor
able to Stephenson and the last named
against him.
| The senator's unrecorded and impaired
were Martin and Swanson of Virginia
Taylor of Tennessee Tillman of South
Carolina and Mr. Stephenson who, of
course, refrained from voting. For SEN
ator Taylor. Mr.. Lea explained that he
was too ill to be consulted.
La Toilette Returns to Vote.
| Senator La Follette's appearance i'm the
| Senate was one of the features of the
day, for he had been out in the campaign
| for many weeks and was not expected
until yesterday afternoon. Before he
| came in the chamber. his seat was &C.
| cupied, at different times, by Senator
| Stephenson and Senator Lorimer Both
| senators have been fought by Senator
La Toilette.
| When tine vote was announced there
| was a big outburst OF applause in the
galleries. 1t was evident that Senator
| Stephenson had many SympathizIng
friends in the galleries The Vice Pres-
| dent quickly rebuked those who applaud
| ded, saying they were guests of the
| Senate and should observe its rules
| against demonstrations.
| The vote showed what great efforts
were made to insure victory for Sena-
| tor Stephenson. Several senators who
have been paired most votes of the
| session were specially released for yester-
| days roll CALL and all of them were
| friendly to the Wisconsin senator.