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The Commoner.
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Entered at tho Pontofllco at Lincoln, Nebraska,
. nccond-clann matter.
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A REMINDER OF 1008
Tho following Associated Press dispatch from.
Now York provides a reminder of the 1908
campaign: "After a jury In general court ses
sions had considered tho evidence for fifteen
minutes it brought In a verdict of guilty of
forgory against Broughton Brandenburg, the
magazine writer, and Judge Swann sentenced
him to Sing Sing prison for a term of two years
to four years and six months. Tho defendant
almost collapsed when sentence was pronounced.
"Brandenburg, who was charged with forging
and. cashing a check for $50 last summer, has
figured in court proceedings for the last two
years, notably in connection with the sale, under
alleged false pretenses, of an article purporting
to havo been written by tho late Grover Cleveland.-
It will bo remembered that during the 1908
presidential campaign tho New York Times
printed a letter said to havo been written by
tho late Grover Cleveland, in which letter Mr
Cleveland urged the American people to defeat
Mr. Bryan In his candidacy for the presidency
Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, promptly denounced the letter
as bogus, but tho New York Times assured the
public that it was genuine and the republican
managers gave the letter widespread circulation.
After tho election it was shown conclusively
that the letter was a forgery, and had been
sold to tho Times by Brandenburg. It had
however, accomplished Its purpose for the 1908
campaign, but tho New York Times haB never
yet apologized to its readers for the publication
of this fraudulent letter, nor has it expressed
Its regret that it became a party to an effort
to mislead tho American people durine a
presidential campaign.
APPROVED
A citizen of Spokane, Wash., making a tour of
the world, writes from Colombo, Ceylon, to sav
that Mr Bryan's book, "The Old World and Ite
Ways has been found correct, and that all
other gnldo books havo boon discarded It in
gratifying to have tho boot justify its' public
cation. " w
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The Commoner. - yam ui mm
Lorimer of Illinois Holds His Seat in Senate
William Lorimer holds his seat in the United was to be taken, not only was every seat filled,
States senate by the combined vote of republi- but there were crowds in the corridors,
cans and democrats. The vote stood as follows: "Most but not all of the senators, appeared
1 " qfi anxious to expedite business with a view of
Republicans for Lorimer 35 Lorimer v w of
Democrats for Lorimer 11 moment. Senator Stone was an exception. He
4G insisted on the full reading o the long journal
RepubHcans agkinsY Lorimer! '.22 of jgg and the most minute attention
Democrats against Lorimer. . . . 18 4J am for wm,am Lorimer said gena-
Tnf ni APilnat . . 40 tor 0wen impressivly, as he took the floor,
lotai against ..... '" Elaborating on his sympathy for the Illinois
The story is old by the Associated Press in memb 0wen ainJaIned .
this way: "Washington March 1. William had been left on Ms d namo b J
Lorimer retains his seat in the United States of his election to tte senate There had b e
senate. By a vote o forty-six to forty that corruption and bribery m occurrence, con
body today defeated the resolution introduced tended the Oklahoma senator, and he said that
by Senator Beveridgo declaring that the junior ,t wag imposgible not to believe that Lorin
senator from Illinois had not legally heen had not known what wag transpirlng
elected. The end io the case that so many ilMp 0 then produced but did t ,
months had been before the senate, and which medlately read a telegram from Governor De
had provoked one of tho most bitter fights in neen de m Senator Lorimer's statements vl
that body for years-a fight in which the per- d himself As a k preparing
sonal equation served to heighten and intensify to comment on e telegram, Senator Heybum
the feeling-came shortly after 1:30 o'clock. ht to mak objeotlo eyourn
Promptly at that hour the vice President M wm th t Oklahoma yield"
brought his gavel down sharply upon his desk agked the chai , noma ?lQia'
and called for a vote on the resolution. The T wlll f , flofi .,, j r
agreement entered into by the members called q5 L In n ?n 3 L d, MfnWen
for the shutting off of all debate at that hour Hflvhrn SadiSSS'riM Sff ?LPriVileg?'
and tho settlement of the Issue by a vote. SSS Tho S.R i?i ? message should
"Senator LaFollette had the floor at the time ?!a rXd' , wl J?8?011 Wa? noJ
and the rap of the gavel forced him to an abrupt 2? LSnal PrivlleS .but Mr- Owen relieved
termination of his auti-Lorimer speech. The mliwWiS tS,,Se?fiS rGad the dCU"
ayes and noes were sounded, and the crowded S nrovJ t hp L W? T7 Ug;
floor and galleries followed the roll call with LP a. cateeorical reply to all of
Interest most intense. the Illlnois senator's allegations concerning the
"Upon tho conclusion of the roll call and the "Tiii , tw 1, 1 x ,
announcement of the result applause was heard t ? th Sovernor d entered
from the galleries while on the floor Senator K w u n.SpiraCJ ? btain the Publicatlon of
Lorimer's friends hastened to tender their con- J? Wnite s confession was pronounced by the
gratulations. Senator Lorimer was not present S?m as re, without foundation. The
when the vote was taken. The vote: governor wrote he knew nothing of the confes-
"Nays-(pro-Lorimer) , republicans: Brad- UnU1 !t WS ln preSS and UuA- he never
SStiSS I n THEY V0TED 0N B 1
Heybum, Keane, McCumber, Nixon, Oliver, Pen- to QnQrnAT1VT v. ' " , S
rose Perkins Piles, Richardson, Scott, Smoot, ' RepuWicansN I
Stephenson, Warren and Wetmore. - Brirtlpv -"epuDnqans
"Democrats: Bailey, Bankhead, Fletcher. Branofgee . oSSSStrfm
?Sr8Kr' JohnBton' Paynter Simmons, Smith Brings ? "' Sff &m' n
ie.1" d Wataon.'. Total. BulfSiy. ieyburn I
"Ayes--(antl-Lorimer), republicans: Beve- S? ' 5ea?' "3"
ridge, Borah, Bourne, Bristow, Brown, Burkett, Carter ' Cumber,
Burton, Glapp Crawford, Cummins, Dixon Chirke (Wvo V n n ' '. " ' S
Gronna, Jones, LaFollette, Lodge, Nelson, Page Crane - ? Slivor -
Root, Smith (Mich.). Sutherland, Warner, cSlom ' ' -
Young. ' J p '- - vt'v Perkins, v
"Democrats: Bacon, Chamberlain, Clark Denew ''& ' S?t8'. "" S
(Ark.) Culberson, Davis, Gore, Martin Money, 5fPkeW' " ' Richardson,
Newlands, Overman, Owen, Percy Ravnr JnT' 0. - Scott ' '-
Shively, Smith (S. C.'), Stone Swansn, TaXl gSSSf ' ' Z' ' '
Total, ayes, 40. "" iSp?nt' Stephenson,
"Absent Aldrich, Frazier and Terrell. ' Sjj?' Warren, " 0
"Senator Lorimer did not vote becauqp nf SrS' - Wetmore.-
his interest in the case, and Senator TaHafer?o Gallin .. "
was in his seat but did not respond to Ms nan Democrats
name. The vote of Senator Cullom, Mr. Lor" ll"?l ?' Simmons, -
mer's colleague, was awaited with great interest I Bankhead, . ;. Smith (Md.), 0
a,S'uo ja vrjsrsskjrx I && ' - . WatBn-4G 8
Senator Terrell, botU being absent on account I ' 0 WSBAT .
of Illness. Senator Taliaferro's silence inav ! Republican " .
"There is one vacancy caused hv h a i. Brown, Noiann .' a
"The position ol Senators Frazier and Tarr.li S CummtoB WaIr" ' 1
wereToTSTDr ann0Unc" 1 . SSfc'- T 6
anatrtbVeeZenrtiU' Sft, ' S '
cbanco for Mllbuster on elSer lfln J'S H Culberson- ' " 50rcr' - -' - n
lessened thS intensity ot flelln 'tt2rlilly Davta, ' - Sa7n,r' ' ' o
characterized the sene during tt, W e ' ' ' 7!a hv I
days. There was ln fm-t Mrn-rTi last fow Martin Bmltli (S. OJ,
of attention on the senate flo 'reiaxaUon mSu' ' . itono-
mtaemanyseatsTer6r,lantlnett0 vSS&b, fc. 1
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