New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-02-04
The DA VINWASHINGTON

Democrats that they would lose the cam
paign contributions on which they
counting which led them to oppose Tue q,
yestieation of that trust. Mr.. LihuoeIb"
charges that the Underwood scheme 10 ui'-
tribute the proposed investigation afnohe
the several standing committees OF inc
House would inevitably defeat the purpose
of the investigation, and Represeh'a''e
Henry saws there is no sincerity amons
those who propose his scheme for spe'iai
committee. Mr.. LindberSh says II 10 az
parent that the Democratic leaders are '
termined there shall be no enectl'e NV
tigation, and this view Is shared pS vi
Henry while William Jennings Bryan IN
tinues to rub salt in the WOUNDS ol ~"
House organization with his editorials anu
other announcements castgatihg ''e
Democratic leaders for their course.
PRIMARIES AND sENATORs.-IIa the
Senate a right 10 go hack of the nonhha'ioh
Of Senator at popular primaries 10 Nv
termine whether or not money was ilnPtop
erly used to promote his selection! lhat 10
one of the interesting questions VIM"
seems certain to come UP Vheh inc t''''
arrives for action on the report on the e'e'-
lion of Senator Stephenson, OF Nlscohs,"
Mr. Stephenson's counsel maintain that the
Senate has not the right. and thelr vie" 10
sustained by Senator Hepburn, who says III
the report that any method OF elec''hs
member of the United States Schate o'i''i
than by the Legislature OF the state IL "'-
known to the Constitution and Is not men
toned IN the federal laws from WIN"
facts he draws the conclusion that popu-
lar election or nomination OF seha'o'
amounts TO nothing more than Stra"
vote" is not binding on the Legislature
and cannot come within the purVleW OF 'he
Senate itself He says, among other thlnss'
"There is no law of the United States rec
osnizIng such thing as candidacy TOT
the United States Senate, and no iesaI
status is given to the frame OF mind con-
s,itutine an intention on the part OF the
man himself that he become candidate
before the Legislature. The corihll'ee
which investigated the election oil senator
Stephenson found no evidence OF the cor
rupt use OF money TO promote his eiectioh'
but did find that all the candidates Tor the
Senate spent money with such reckless
disregard for the prophecies as 10 Jusui'
the sharpest criticism" II Is also OF IN
terest that In this, as has been the case IN
all other state primaries in Wisconsin. less
than half the voters took the trouble 10
vote.
LA FOLLETTE'S SWAN SONG.-Those
who heard the speech OF Senator La Fol
lette before the Newspaper Publishers AS
ISOLATION in Philadelphia last night express
the conviction that the Wisconsin patriot
was singing his swan song. Nor is this
view confined by any means to men VINO
are opposed TO Mr.. La Toilette. They de-
clare that he has become so embittered at
the total failure Of his efforts TO capture
the Presidential nomination that he mas
lost all Judgment and all sense Of proper
ton. and that he struck out blindly at the
newspapers last night. with n realization
that he was eliminating those to whom
he owed all his success. with the knowledge
that he was injuring himself and that he
did so In a blind rage which overshadowed
all other feelings Some OF the Wiscon-
sinite's friends express the view that he is,
both mentally and physically. "all in" and
that he will no longer be factor. even In
the Senate When asked regarding the re-
port that La Toilette would withdraw from
the race In favor of Colonel Roosevelt,
Walter l.. Houser, the manager OF the La
Toilette campaign. said tonight that II was
wholly without foundation, that his prlnci-
pal was In the race 10 stay, and that there
would he no withdrawal before the conven-
ton had chosen its candidate. G. G. ii.