The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-04-04


sassador to Great Britain, was accord
ID a civic reception Wednesday even-
ing by the lord mayor n municipal
authorities Of Belfast.
pot in the Illinois general assembly
of 1909 in connection with his election
and, fatty, that no corrupt practices
had been shown by the investigation.
The case will be squarely before
the senate probably next W, elk when
a protracted debate will begin. Meth
er side has made a thorough canvass
of the situation. Republican leaders
point out that there will be about 81
new senators to vote on the case in
addition to those who have already
voted on substantially the same
| charges.
The basis of the committees action
was the plea raised by Lorimer's coun-
sci that the previous action Of the
senate bars reconsideration.
The majority report on the main
proposition will be signed by Senators
Dillingham;, Gamble. Fletcher, John
ston and. Jones, and the minority by
Senators Kenyon, Kern and Lea.
Senator Jones was against Senator
Lorimer on the first investigation. He
reversed his position and presented
three of the leading resolutions to ex-
onerate Lorimer. - s
The contention Of the minority mem
bers will be that the senate passed
nm tho n1Incfinn ne fha fnryaar I'd
judication when it ordered the present
investigation. Their viewpoint is that
the new investigation has developed
much pertinent to Lorimer's election,
which the old committee failed to dis.
cover, sc that doubts as to the correct
ness of State Senator H~olstlaw's con.
fession have been dispelled; that
States Attorney Wayman of Chicago
has clearly refuted the claim that CO.
ercion was used to extort confessions
and that Representative Whites con.
fession was corroborated in many par
ticulars. They claim that the res
pudicata plea is a lawyers subterfuge
to befog the real issue.
Washington, d. c.. - Senator
Stephenson Of Wisconsin, %octogenar-
ian, millionaire banker and lumber
man, retains his seat. BY a vote of
40 to "a the senate declared his cleo,
ton valid and rejected the charge that
$107,793 which the senator admitted
spending in the Wisconsin primaries
had been used corruptly.
Twenty-Five Republicans and eleven
Democrats voted to hold Senator
Stephenson's election a valid one.
Eighteen Democrats and sixteen Re-
publicans voted to declare 1t corrupt.
ly obtained. The ballots were cast as
follows:
For Stephenson: Bradley, Brande-
gee, Briggs, Burnham, Burton, Clark
of Wyoming, Crane, Curtis, Dilling-
ham, Dupont. Gamble, Hepburn. Lip
petit, Lodge, Lorimer, McCumber, Nc
Lean. Nixon. oliver. Page. Penrose.
Perkins, Richardson, Root, Smoot,
Sutherland, Warren and Wetmore, Re-
publicans. Bankhead, Chiffon, Fletch.
er, Foster, Johnston, Newiands, Over
man, Pomerene. Rayner, Smith of
Maryland, Watson and Thornton, Dem
ocrats. - @Th
Against Senator.
Against Stephenson: Borah, Bourne,
Bristow, Brown, C1app, Crawford,
Cummins, Dixon, Gronna, Jones, Ken
yon, La Toilette. P%oindexter, Smith
of Michigan; Townsend and Works,
Republicans: Bryan, Chamberlain, Cul.
berson, Gardner, Hitchcock, Johnson,
Kern. Lea, MARITIME. Myers, o'Gorman,
Owen, Percy, Shively, Smith of Georg.
la, Smith of South Carolina. Stone and
Williams, Democrats. /.
Senator Stephenson declared he felt
a v~indication was due to him.
Il never spent a dollar wrongfully
in my life." said he. I'm sc years of
active management OF large institu.
tons l have employed several thou.
sand men-three generations of them
and never had a strike. 1 never
used a dollar for a fraud Of any kind. .
Senator Lorimer, whose vote, for
Senator Stephenson was greeted by
an outburst of laughter in the senate
galleries. is under similar charges.
The vote came at the end Of a days
speechmaking by Senators Pomerene
and Sutherland for Mr.. Stephenson
and Senators Cummins. Lea. O'Gor
man and Poindexter against him. Mr.
Poindexter declared Senator Stephen
sons alleged offense greater than that
charged against Senator Lorimer. !,
Senator Lea declared that Senator
Stephenson's workers had violated the
rules Of ordinary decency and pro
priety and wept ; because there was
nothing left to violate.