Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-15
EXPECT [OR|MER
BACK IN CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, July 15.-William
Lorimer declares he has formulated
no plans. He will leave early this
week for Chicago. He will consult
his political and business friends be-
fore indicating the next step in his
career. 1t is expected that, ass he
announced n the floor of the Senate,
to convince the people that ne isas
been wronged.
Officially. now he is ex-Rep-esenta-
tive Lorimer, not ex-senator Lori1ner.
| According to the verdict of the Sem
ate he never has been a member OF
that body.
His arst desire is to get back his
strength so as to give attention to
his business. He will discuss with
Judge Hanecy, his counsel, the oues-
ton of bringing legal action against
certain of his enemies. ,
Lorimer is bearing up we'll after
the great strain, but vexed st the
smallness of the vote in his favor.
| The opinion is general that he will
continue to be a political force in Illi-
| nois, especially in Chicago, and will
be sent back to the House. probably
two years hence. That he can get
back from his district, where he is
personally known to every man,
woman and child, and is popular, is
not to be doubted.
1t is expected that back home Lori
mer will pose as a martyr. He would
like, of course, to return to the Sem
ate, but he cannot make any fight for
the Senate Immediately. The candi-
dates for the legislature already have
been nominated and the selections for
the Senate made in the primaries. He
might enter the race for the Senate
two years hence. but to do 1t would
have to make a Statewide campaign
before the primaries and obtain the
! Endorsement of the people.
ELorimer was automobiling yester-
day. His clerks spent the day clear
ing up personal effects.
The ousted Senator takes the view
that he may ask to have his case re-
opened. on the ground OF newly dis
covered evidence, at any time he
wishes. He feels that the Senate. in
reopening his case after 1t had ono
declared his title valid, established
a precedent it cannot iginore. His
closing words in the Senate Satur--
day We're that the flight would go on
and on while he lived"
Vacancy Raises . Point.
While Governor Deneen, of Illinois,
is going over his list of available
friends to select a ~ccess to Lori
mer, old senators believe that the
vacancy thus declared to exist cannot
be filed by executive appointment.
This would mean that for-the remain
der of this session and until the State
Legislature elects Illinois would have
only one representative in the upper
chamber.
The point hinges around the date
when the vacancy began. The reso-
luton adopted Saturday merely de-
clared Lorimer's election invalid"
and that would seem to mea that
the vacancy dates previous to the
election of Mr.. Lorimer. The nub of
the matter is that the governor of a
State may not appoint a senator after
the Legislature has had an oppor-
tunity and failed to elect one. That
is the situation now in Colorado.
where. since the defeat of Senator
Hughes. two a ago. Mr.. Guggen-
helm has served alone in the Senate.
Beyond question, the Legislature of
Illinois has had an opportunity to fill
the original vacancy in the Senate.
And the Senate's resolution declared
the Legislature. had failed to do so.
That makes 1t appear that until the
Legislature does perform hat duty
the seat will remain vacant. 1t must
be remembered that MI. Lorimer was
not expelled from the Senate. That
would have taken a two-thirds vote,
and the majority lacked just one Of
that proportion. The Senate merely
declared that he had never been
elected, and that ended the matter.