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WWWW DECEMBER 30, l$l0 The Commoner. A -V 11 w . "" " fr1 L&)u-. . s .3W 1 w-t "V-U - r ,V ." ".J ii?T . ' ' ' ty """""""ii Washi mgton News 4MiJf0".ta,xB?v,ng8 bank wI11 bo es tablished at Nebraska City, Neb. v. TkGsenate overruled Vice Presi dent Sherman in his ruling that ah 'ltnt 1mmbers of the pair announced should be counted to make a quorum. Positive denial is made that Sec retary of War Dickinson would offer to resign as a result of a tilt with Chairman Tawnoy of the appropria tions committee. - . Chairman Tawney of the house committee on appropriations an nounced that. public buildings al ready authorized will be taken care of;in the sundry civil appropriations Dill. Senator Burrows presented to the senate the report completely white washing Senator Lorimer. The con clusion reached by the committee was as follows: "That In their Congressional investirratinn in "LT." ul ? r M! Lorlmer -to a transportati6n expenses naid i v ' L "LL ,!?. s .not Deen 53 J!L5!55S . KM X corrupt modTo? pr appointments to tho interstate com merce commission of C. C. McCord of Kentucky and B. H. Meyer of Wisconsin. Edward D. White took tho oath of office as tho ninth chief Justico of tho United States supremo court. Louis P. Weber, 7G years old, who. iuu me orcnestra at President Bu chanan's ball in 1857 and that of President Lincoln in 18C1, died of apoplexy. was subject of a resolution offered oy congressman Rainey of Illinois. A Washington dispatch to the Chicago Tribune says: "In spite of the deluge of opposing petitions with which congress has been inundated, there is a good chance that tho law providing for a rural parcels post system will be passed in this session. As the situation sbapes up at the present time, the enactment of the proposed legislation will be assured if President Taft brings sufficient pressure to bear upon the leaders to carry out the recommendation of the rural system contained in his mes sage. There are a score of rural parcels post bills pending, upon all of which there were extended hear ings 4ast winter. The house com mittee on postoffices and postronds fs in possession of all the necessary in formation on the subject. Repre sentative Weeks of Massachusetts, the chairman of the house commit tee, favors the inauguration of a par cels post on the rural free delivery routes, and. moreover advocate the reduction of the postage rate on mer chandise and other fourth-class mail matter from 16 to 12 cents a pound. If a bill embodying this combination should be passed it would be possible J.6 send the parcels under fofer pounds' weight anywhere in tho country for 12 cents a pound, while on the rural routes packages weigh ing up to eleven pounds could be despatched at the same rare. This is the international parcels post rate." The senate has confirmed the nom ination of Martin A. Knapp to be United States circuit judge; also the tices." Charges that four mrnnhorn of the Illinois legislature were bribed and that three other members paid bribes are not ignored by the com mittee. The report declares that those who confessed to receiving bribes should not bo believed and that the votes of those who woro charged with paying bribes should be counted. In relation to tho charges that there was a corruption fund used in the IlHnoiB legislature and that it was disbursed by one Robert E. Wilson,- the report says tliere is no evidence that it was uned for the benefit of Mr. Lorimer. The committee suggests that any in vestigation of the use of such a fund should be made by authorities of the state of Illinois. The report as pro se nre.d was not s'gned by all mem bers of the committee, although it did not appear that there was any minority. On the floor of the sen ate, however, Mr. Beveridge made the statement that 'he had not been able to concur witn or dissent from the findings because of the volumin ous character of the testimony. He said he would digest the proceedings of the investigating commltteo dur ing the holidays. "He asked that a specific time be named for acting on the report, but objection was made by Senator Gallinger on the ground that the matter was privileged and could be called from the table at any time by any senator. The statement of views sent to the committee by Senator Frazier, who was a member of the sub-committee which consid ered the case, was not filed with the report. 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Senator Fra zier s statement follows: "As I un derstand tho "precedents bo estab lished by tho senato and tho oUior branch of congress and now recog nized as tho law governing such cases, they are: FirstIf tho proof established tho fact that tho member whoso soat is in question becauso of alleged bribery or corrupt prac tices, and resorted to in his election, hns himself been found guilty of bribery or corrupt practices, or knew of or sanctioned such corrupt practices, ho may ho unseated with out reference to tho number or votes thus corruptly influenced. Second If tho proof fails to show that tho member knew of or participated in or sanctioned such corrunt nrnntfrnn. then, in order to justify unseating uiin, mo proor must show that enough members of tho legislature voting for him woro bribed, or in fluenced by corrupt practices, that, deducing their votes from tho total voto received by him, would reduce his voto below tho legislative ma jority required for hio election. Whilo there are some facts and com munications in tills case tending to show that Senator Lorimer may havo heard of or know that corrupt prac tices were being resorted to, nnd while Senator Lorimer failed to avail himself of tho opportunity of going on the stand as witness.nnd denying any such knowledge or sanction of corrupt practices, If any such were practiced, still I am of tho opinion that tho testimony fails to establish I tho fact thala Senator Lorimer him self was guilty of bribery or other corrupt practices woro being used by others to influence votes for him. This being true, tho question then arises, was bribery or corrupt prac tices used by others in his behalf to influenco votes for him, and if so, were enough votes thus tainted with fraud and corruptly Influenced, when eliminated, to reduce his voto below the legal majority required for his election. The- legislature of Illinois consists of 204 members. There were present and voting on tho occa sion of the election of Senator Lori mer 202 members A quorum of both houses being present, In my opinion ho must havo received1 a majority of all those present and voting, or 102 Totes, to havo been elected. Senator Lorimer received 108 votes, or six more than necessary to elect. Tho testimony taken by tho committee satisfies mo that four members of the legislature were paid money for voting for, or in consequence of hav ing voted for Senator Lorimer. One senator and three representatives ad mitted under oath before tho com mittee that they were paid money, and the admissions and the facts and circumstances surrounding tho trans actions satisfy mo that they received It for a bribe, or In consequence of having cast their votes for Senator Lorimer. The four self-confessed bribe-takers implicate three other members of tho legislature who vot ed for Senator Lorimer as tho per- sons who bribed them. The test!- iuuuy biiuaui'b mo mm. luu i.ji;u Al leged bribe-givers were guilty of that offense. To my mind the man who bribes another is as corrupt as tho one who Is bribed and by. his corrupt act of bribery he demonstrates tho fact that he Is none too honest to receive a bribe if offered him. While the proof is not clear or conclusivd that these three alleged bribe-givers were themselves bribed or corruptly influenced to vote for Senator Lori mer, when I take Into consideration their corrupt conduct as bribers of others, together with all the facts land circumstances surrounding tne case, I cannot bring myself to agree with the majority of tne suo-cora-mittee that their vote are free from taint or corruption, inese uiree votes, added to the four confessedly bribed would raako seven .tainted More Comfort for Motorisfs Tho 1911 Dotroit Electric Brougham sots a now standard of nutomobilo comfort. 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