Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-27
STEPHENSON HAS
WON SEAT TITLE
Preliminary Vote in His Favor
20 to 81, Lorimer Being a
Supporter.
FINAL STRUGGLE ON TODAY
Progressives in Coup, Forcing Test
Ballot During Absence of Six
of Friends.

Washington, March Ex-senator
Isaac Stephenson OF Wisconsin will
retain his seat in the United States
senate. He escaped defeat by a ma
jority of two, the Jones resolution
declaring his seat vacant being de-
feated 20 to 81.
The roll call came Unexpectedly.
II was a parliamentary coup. 1t had
been planned that the vote should be
taken tomorrow, but the opponents
of Senator Stephenson, knowing six
senators favoring the Wisconsin man
were absent at the funerals Of Rep
resentatives Foster and Bingham,
succeeded in outwitting Senator Hey
burn of Idaho in charge of the case.
It had been Heyburn's desire that
the senate, at the close of a speech
by Mr.. Borah, should take a recess
with an agreement that at o'clock
tomorrow evening the voting should
commence.
MOVE TO OBTAIN VOTE.
Senator Bristow of Kansas refused
unanimous consent TO the motion
made by Mr.. Hepburn for recess.
When he was induced TO withdraw
his objection, Mr.. Poindexter of
Washington. another progressive. re-
newed the objection.
Sc ator Lea of Tennessee and
Senator Pomerene, democrats, had
declared their intention TO speak and
both were present. They remained
silent, however, when the presiding
officer, Mr.. Brandegee of Connecti-
cut, a Stephenson supporter, was
forced to announce that the question
was on the adoption of the resolution
which had been offered by Senator
Jones of Washington, declaring that
Mr.. Stephenson is not entitled to oc-
cupy a seat in the senate.
VOTE on RESOLUTION.
The following was the vote on the
! Jones resolution:
For Stephenson Republicans:
Bradley. Brandegee. Briggs, Burn
ham, Burton, Crane. Cullom, Curtis,
Gamble, Hepburn, Lippitt, Lodge, Lor-
inner, Mclean, Nixon, Richardson,
Root, Smoot, Sutherland, Warren
Wetmore. Democrats: Chiffon
Fletcher. Foster, Johnston, Newlands
Pomerene, Raymer, Watson.
Against Stephenson-Repub
Borah, Bourne, Bristow. Brown
Clapp, Crawford, Cummins, Gronna
Kenyon, Poindexter, Townsend
Works. Democrats: Bryan, Chamber.
lain, Gardner, Gore. Hitchcock. John
son, Kern. Lea, MARITIME, Myers
O'Gorman, Reed, Simmons, Smith o.
Georgia, Smith of South Carolina.
The senators who did not vote bu
were paired we're: Dillingham; anC
Tilman, Nelson and Bacon, Page anC
Taylor. McCumber and Percy, Olive,
and Owen, Clark of Wyoming ant
Stone, Dupont and Culberson, Gug
Senheim and Davis, Perkins ant
Overman, Penrose and Ws,iams
Smith of Michigan and Shively
Bankhead and Dixon, Gallinger AM
Clarke of Arkansas
Mr.. Stephenson, who vas present
did not vote.
A murmur spread over the senat
when the name of Mr.. Lorimer wa
reached. The senator whose title I
seat will be voted upon in commit
tee tomorrow recorded himself as OF
posed to tine unseating of the Wis
: consin senator.
: Friends of Senator Stephenso
r claim he will have majority of fou
when the final struggle over the Hey
5 burn resolution sustaining the legaI
T ity OF his election is reached. prot
ably late today. To expedite the cas-
the senate convened at II o'clock.