The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-29
He Wins Complete Vim
dlcation at Hands Of
Committee.
ZIMMERMAN HINES
ALSO ENUMERATED
Investigators Find That Mem
Der From Illinois Used No
! Fraud in Securing His Seat
! in Senate and Had knowl-
edge Of No Corrupt Prac-
tees in His Behalf.

Z
{: l-orimer. of Illinois to-day won an
! overwhelming vindica,ion at the han1s
! Of the special committee Of eight SEN
! stors who have finished a second i'm
! rostigation Of mia election By the hi
noIs Legislature In 1909
! Twice challenged and once acquitted
the committee By votes OF i've to three
On all vital points. completely exon
Grated him of any knowicdEe 81 Icris-
laiire corruption.
Edward Hines, the millionaire lum.
herman. referred 10 in tho invcsti-
cation as the man who put Lorimrr
over also got "A vindication by the
committee. 1t hal been charged tina,
lines raised corruption fund o!
100000 to elect Lorlmer TO tho sen
ate. The najority rcrudiates that and
passed resolution tina, the evidence
Had shown that lie DID not raise or
contribute any sum Improperly
No Jew Evidence.
The majority held that no new cvi-
dtHcc had been a'!duced TO justify re-
Nsrsal OF the Senate's previous action
in senator Lor'mcr's favor, that there
WAS no evidence OF a jackpot in tho
luinos General Assembly OF 1909 in
connection with his election. and final
Is that no corrupt practices had been
shown by the investigation.
The case VIII be squarcly before the
senate probably next week, when :.
protractei debate viii begin. Neither
side has made q thorough runvaas Of
the situation. Republican leaders
roint out TINT there viii he abou,
iwcnty-sevcn new Senators TO vut. on
tho case in addition to these who have
:lrchGy voted on substantially the
same charges
Tho basis OF the committees action
was tho plea raised by I.orimcr's
counsel that tho previous action OF
tho Senate bars consideration.
'rhe majority report on tho main
proposition Will bs signed by Senator'S
Dillingham;. Gamhie. Fletcher. John
ston and Jones. and the minority by
Senator's Kenyon. Kern and Lea. sen
ntor Jones was against Senator Lor-
imcr on the nrst Investigation To-
day no reversed his position and pre-
scented three of. the leading RESOLUTIONS
10 cEoneratc L.or!mer.
The contention Of the minority mem
bcTs VIII be that the Senate passed
unon the question of the former adjudi-
cation when IT ordered The present In
Testisation. and that II res judicata
we're to prevail. il should have been
before a second exhaustive invcstiEa-
tluu at n cost OF $50. 600 was begun
They contend that the acw nvestiga-
ton was ordered largely because the
former committee had nct made !. fun
investigation and the country demand
I'd all the facts.
BcfoSGinE Heal Issue.
Their viewpoint is that the new In
lrAstigat!on has developer much pcrtin-
ont to Lorimcr's election. which the
old committee failed To discover. that
doubts as TO tho correctness OF state
Senator Halstiaw's confession have
RI L. =.
WayNan, of Chicago, has clearly re-
fn,od the claim that coercion was used
10 eNtort confessions. and thar Repre-
sentative Whites confession was cor.
roborated in many particulars. They
claim that the res Judcata plea is
lawyers supterfuSe 10 befog the real
Issue
The committee was ~ session almost
three hours. Senator jones offered a
resolution that nothing had dcyclopcd
! In the investigation 10 Justify reversal!
OF the Senatc's judE meni holding validi
the election OF Lorimci as "a United
States Senator. This was carried. TO
3, senators DILLINGHAM;, Gamble. Jones
Johnston and Fletcher voting for 1t,
and Kenyon, Kern and Lea against II.
The adoption. however WAS not un-
I'll after several amendments had been
voted upon senator Kern offered
substitute declaring that in the
op'iio!i OF tnc committee there We're
used aud employed in the election OF
William Lorimer to tho Senate corrupt
methods and practices, This suhSti-
tute was lost by the same vote as was
an amendment by Senator Lea to the
Jones resolution. which would have
added that the committees invc4tit.a
ton shows that corrupt methods and
practices were cnpioycd.
Mr.. Lea followed this W with q point
OF order that the Jones resolution was
moi responsive to the Senatc's rnsolu-
tion instructins tho committee 10 in
vestigate and report whether corrupt
practices were used.
Appeal Is TEiich.
Chairman Dillingham; ovcrruied this
Senator Lea Appeared from the chair
and the appeal was tabled.
Senator Jones then offered and the
committee adopted by the same vote
resolution declaring that there was
no proof of the existence OF any jack
pot or any other fund during the forty
sixth General Assembly Of Illinois in
connection with the election of Sena tor
Lorimer. other than tho statements oil
White. BccHcmcycr, Liirk and IIolstlaw,
that they were paid money after the
election and mono of them except White
claimed to have received money forl
voting for Senator I.orimer.
The committee lso adopted a reso-
luton by Senator Gamble declaring
that this investigation had not shown
that corrupt methods were used la
Lorlmer's election
Senator Kern offered resolution de
claring that a fund was distributed i'm
st. Louis to certain members Of the
Illinois Legislature who had voted for
T,nr if1n nd tny toll