The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-28
he IS INDICATED
BY COLLEAGUES
Senate Says Stephenson Is Not
Guilty OF Corrup-
ton.
VOTE STANDS 40 TO 81
Forecast OF Committees Action
Favorable to Victory for
Senator Lorinler.
VOTE STANDS 40 TO 81

Washington. March Ex-senator
Stephenson, OF Wisconsin. octogenarian
millionaire. banker and lurnbcrman.
retains his seat. BY vote OF 80 to
81 the Senate to-day declared his cleo
ton valid. and rejected the charge that
Sl0IIs3. which the Senator admitted
spending in the Wisconsin primaries.
had been used corruptly.
Twcnty-eight Republicans and twelve
Democrats voted to hold Senator
. stephenson's election a valid one.
Eighteen Democrats and SIXTEEN Re-
puhlicans voted 10 declare it corruptly
obtained. The ballots wero cast as
follows:
For Stephenson-Bradley. Rrandegee
Briggs, Rurnham. Burton. Clark. OF
Wyoming; Crane. Curtis. Dillingham;
Du Pont. Gamble, Hepburn, Lippitt,
Lodge. Lorimer, McCumber. Mclean.
Nixon, Oliver Page. Penrose, Perkins,
Richardson. Root. Smoot. Sutherland,
Warren and Wetmore, Republicans
Bankhead, Chiffon. Fletcher. Foster,
Johnston. Newlands, Overman, Pom
creme. Rayner. Smith, OF Maryland;
Watson and Thornton. Democrats
Against tephenson-Borah. Bourne.
Bristow. Brown. Clapp, Crawford,
Cummins, Dixon. Gronna. Jones, Ken
yon. La Toilette. PoindeNter, Smith.
of Michigan; Townsend and Works.
Republican,: Bryan. Chamberlain, Cul-
berson. Gardner, Hitchcock, Johnson,
Kern. Lea. MARITIME, Myers, O'Gorma n.
Owen. Percy, Shlvely. Smith. OF Geor-
sia: Smith. of South Carolina; Stone
and Williams. Democrats.
The pairs were: Nelson with Bacon
Gallinger with Clarke. of Arkansas;
Gugsenheim with Davis: Cullom with
simmons: Payntcr with Gore and
Bailey with Reed. the first named in
each case being favorable to Stephen
son and the last named against him.
The Senator'S unrecorded and un-
paired were Martin and Swanson. Tir-
ginia: Taylor, of Tennessee: Tillman,
South Carolina and Mr.. Stephenson,
who. of course, refrained from voting.
For Senator Taylor, Mr.. Lea explained
that he was too i'll to be consulted.
Never Spent Dollar wronEfuliy.
Senator Stephenson declared he felt
vindication was due TO him.
81 never spent n dollar wrongfully
in my life" said he. I'm sixty years of
active management of largo instttu-
tons I have employed several thou
sand mcn--threc generations OF them
and never had "A strike. I never used
a dollar for fraud OF any kind"
Senator Lorimer. whose vote for SEN
ator Stephenson was greeted by an out
burst of laughter in the senate gal
lar'es. Is under similar charges.
The vote came ut the end of a days
spccchmaking by Senators Pomcrene
and Sutherland for Mr.. Stephenson, and
Senator's Cummns, Lea. o'Ciornan and
PondeXtcr against him. Mr.. POND ~
ter declared Senator Stephensons al.
legged offense greater than that charged
against Senator Lorimer. Senator Lea
declared that Senator Stephenson's
workers had violated the rules of ordl :
nary decency and propricty and wept
because there was nothing left to vio-
late.
In Favor of Iorimcr.
The special committee of eight SEN
ators which has been investigating tho
election of Senator Lorimer to-day in
dicatsd In a test vote that il stands
. to 8 in his favor. The majority of
the committee has adopted the conten-
ton of Judge Hancey. Senator Lori
mer's counsel, that the Senate, having
passed upon Senator Lorimer's cas-,
once and declared his election valid
cannot try him again on the SAM.
charge. Such n result will be reported
by the majority of the COMMITTEES,
y stormy session to day prccipita ted
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