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HOUSTON DAILY POFT: THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 22.1910:.
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M L. MORRIS Agent. D. S. PHILLIPS Assistant Agent
He'll Be Sure to Appreciate
Any of the following gift hints you
choose to select for him for Christmas:
Linen Handkerchiefs s x in
a pretty box for $1.40 : oilier
Handkerchiefs six in box.
75c
Silk Handkerchiefs 25c 50c
$1.00 to $1.50.
Neckwear In any s;yle lie
wears 25c 50c ?5c. $1.00 to
$2.00 ; put up in fancy boxes.
Combination Sets Handker-
chief Tie am.' hW $1.00
$1 50 $2.00 and $2.50.
Mufflers Bratl'.ey's and oth-
ers in silk or wool 50c $1
$1 50 to $4.00.
Hosiery Silk. Y.x)l or Cot-
ton 25c 50c :o $1.50; 'our
pairs "Xot-a-enie" Lisle
Hose in a box. $1.00.
Glove Kid or V col. 25c 50c
$1.00 to $4.00.
Fancy Vests $1.50 to $8.00.
Bath Robes $3.50 $4.00 to
$12 50.
Hutchinson & Mitchell
PANAMA TOLLS
Miy Be Provided For In a Rider
oo Mido Reortiruzitioo BIIL
A LEGISIAHVE PROGRAM
It Discussed by the President With
Senators and Representatives in
a Series of Conferences at
White House
J
'practice enough vote were obtained
.tar htm to chance the reauit of the el-c-ttton."
. Testimony was quoted by the report
'( ahow that at the outset of the Inves-
tigation counsel for th Chlcaaro Trloun
;wh conducted the Inquiry against Sen-
;asar Lortmer announced that he did not
'Charts Senator Lorimer with any ltd
. krlbery.
j LORIXKR DID NOT TESTIFY.
J Attention ia directed to the denial
; '.Made by Senator Lorimer In the open
anata of any act of bribery on bis part
;Sa connection with his election and to
TV demand for an Investigation. In that
;ooenection the report quotes the' reaolj-
;tion after which the following; is set
:forth:
""It should further be stated that there
:was no testimony offered during- the In-
vestlgation which would tend in th. re--ssotest
degree u implicate Senator Lori-
. sner In any personal act or attempted
.bribery or corrupt practices of any na-
Tba report aays that Uie investigation
was chiefly directed to the claim mat
eveiai meenbers of the legislature wer I
bribed to vote for Mr. Lorimer and j
whether if these charges were eatab-
fnabd "a sufficient number were br.l4 I
!to rote for Senator Lorimer to render
t his election to that office invalid '
Browne the democratic leader of the as-
sembly. Senator Broderlck and Repre-
sentatlve Wilson should be excluded. The
committee however according to tl'.e re-
port "can find no warrant In the "sti-
mony for believing that either one of the
said legislators waa moved by any cor-
rupt Influence."
The testimony of the men named was
cited as evidence of their motives In
voting for Mr. Lorimer.
The report says further that the fact
that many members of th minority party
voted for Mr. Lorimer creates no well
founded suspicion that they were bribed
to do so. As to Senator Broderlck it is
declared that there is no testimony that
he was bribed and In the case of Wilson
it is declared that 'if he was guilty of
any act of bribery it was not in connec-
tion with the senatorial election."
The committee says there is no good
ground for deducting the votes of
Browne Broderick and Wilson from
those received by Mr. Lorimer.
Much of the testimony the report says
related to the alleged payment of money
to members of the general assembly by
Robert E. Wilson and this comment is
made:
;! DEMEAN OK OF WITNESSES.
The committee says that lf took Into
i account the demeanor ot witnesses w hile
'testifying their apparent candor or want
;.of candor and other indications of the
truth or falsity of the stories they were
; telling. The report sayi:
"!'. 'Tour members of the generaj -em-l.'bljr
which elected Mr. Lorimer testified
to receiving money as a con5UrvratR.il
Sor their votes. The members who thus
confessed their own Infamy were Charles
;;A. White. Michael Linn. H J c Beck- i
jjeaoeyer and Daniel W. Holts'.aw." -
The report roes on to name Charles 1
'"A. White a member of the lower hou.e
pot the Illinois legislature "i"- chief of
.'those self-auccusers and the- or.e "n
I "whose testimony the who fa one of tt.e
'.accusation largeiy depends." ar..J accuses
;;hrm directly of corruption throuhoutliis
; .'legislative career.
It is stated that White "at. peart to i
!?have conceived the par. of claiming to !
;.navs been bribed in connection w ith ti e
;:aenatorlal election is a basis for ex-
t'.tortlDf money from Senator Lorimer."
; TESTIMONY OF WHITE.
The conclusion in regard to testimony
jjef Whit is as foliows.
; "It may be said after seeing observing
i'and hearing this witness It was the opln-
$on of a majority of the subcommittee
lthat co credence ought to be given to
-any part of hla testimony tending to es-
:tabMah the fact of bribery
31. The report quotes the testimony of
;2Unk. Beckemeyer and Holtslaw and
Jjoonunenta thereupon In part as f.low-f
j; "After a careful examination and r.-
.edderatlon of all the evidence (ubmltted
;Uhe committee is of the mion that
- ; oven though it be conceded that the four
Bombers of the Illinois general a.-sem-
; -.sly before referred to received rr.mey for
tbetr rotes for Mr Lorimer. there ar
: sw facts or circumstances from which It
eould bo found legally Inferrel thjt ary
.-Other member or members uf the said
general asaembly were bribed to vote for
J Ifr. Lorimer.
"The majority for Senator Lorimer in
. 4 the Joint assembly of the two houses of
- the general assembly of the State of n.i-
5 sjois waa fourteen t'nless. therefore a
J officiant number of these votes were
1 obtained by corrupt means then deprive
i him of this majority Mr. Lorimer has
5 a good title to the seat he occupies In
the senate. If it were admitted that
four members of the ser.eral assembly
j wae voted for Mr. Lorimer were bribed
to do so he stilt had a majority of the
' votes cast in ths jeneral assembly apl
. his election was valid."
LORIMER NOT IMPLICATED.
"Whether the sums of money claimed
! to have been paid were or were not paid
j that fact had no relevancy to the matter
I which the committee was appointed to
I investigate. If any money was disbursed
by Wilson It Is evident that !t was from
a f und which waa neither raided nor ex-
1 pended to promote the election of Mr.
Lorimer as a senator nor to reward those
who voted for him for that office. It was
i therefore no part of the duty of the sub-
' committee to inquire Into either the
origin of the fund or the purpose for
1 wh'ch it was used That matter was and
' Is one for the proper officials of the State
of Illinois to take cognisance of and one
i with which the senate of the United
States has no concern."
The report conHudes as follows
I "The committee submits to the senate
the testimony taken In the investigation
with its report that 'n Its opinion t ti.
'Itie of Mr. Lorimer to the feat in the
senate has not been sn-nvn to be in-
vaiidr.ted by the ise or empiovr'ent of
corrupt methods or practices and request
that it he discharged from further con-
sideration of senate resolution No. 34."
lAsfeiitti Prtsi XrSerO 1
WASHINGTON December fL-Proal-dent
Taft baa begun a aeries of confer-
ences with various senators and repre-
sentatives looking to the formulation of
a legislative program for the present ses-
sion of congress.
President Taft has reason to believe
that such rapid progress has been made
with th large appropriation bills that
congress will find Itself in a position to
take up at least three or four of the va-
rious subtests of the legislation he recom-
mended In his annual message. It is too
early to say upon Just what measures the
legislative sentiment will crvstalllie.
President Taft hopes to take a real
holiday following the recess adjournment
of congress. All of his family will be at
the White House during the hoii.l.iy sea-
son. PANAMA CANAL TOLLS.
Action on the Panama catial toll prop-
osition may be expedited by putting a
rider on the Mann Panama canal reor-
ganisation bill that passed the house and
is now before the senate. While the
president is having a bill drawn to pro-
vide for the whole question ot tolls along
lines recommended in his message to
congress a motion to recommit the Mann
bill m the senate has opened the way to
putting a toll amendment on that gen-
eral canal reorganisation measure In the
senate th house having an opportunity
to set on such amendment when the bill
is sent to joint conference. The pill in-
volves the question as to how much tolls
are to be collected and In what way
whether foreign and coastwiso vessels
would be charged alike for passage
through the canal whether the coaling
station to be established there shall be
maintained by the government or pri-
vate enterprise and other issues. Some
of those who hay been conferring on
the question hold that inasmuch as the
canal has been built by the government
the onterprlse might be made an entirely
government affair in minor and major de-
tails alike.
LEGISLATION WANTED.
No conclusions have been reached as to
the order In which the program will be
brought up In congress but thi regular
republicans have warned the Insurgent
members of their party that they must
accept the result If they put any ob-
structions in the way of the proposed re-
publican legislation. The mail subsidv
the tariff commission plan for collation
and assimilating tariff data. Panama
canal fortifications and the tolls and a
bill to regulate the issuing of injunc-
tions In equity without notice in accord-
ance with the best pracUce in vogue In
I'nited States courts are all matters upon
which the president especially wants ac-
ESTABLISHED A KEC0ED.
Congress Passed Five Big Appro-
priation Bills.
(Houjtan Fost 5-c-ijJ.)
WASHINGTON. December "1 Al-
though congress has Leen in session i.nly
two w-eeks the house established a record
for work especially in the matter of ap-
propriations. Five appropriation bills have
been passed. These bills carry an aggre-
gate of over 1:20110.000. This has been
done in fourteen legislative working days.
The average has been J14.9.".:S5 per
working day. $2.$5..7 an hour reckon-
ing five hours to each day s sess.on. $47.-
547 a minute or S 7 ' 4 for each second of
work the house has given the nation since
It met. The pension liili carries appro-
priations of J "..l.-iu o '.'. the ri.ers an 1
harbors hi!! t:'..4.'il t'ie ln-'.iap Li i
i .':7.45.-.. the legislative b'l' Jf$.3:l..t7
and the uretnt defi ien. v biil is S 1 ."'. '.-
The urgent deficiency bill Is the
only one that has rasseil both houses.
ANNUAL REPORT
0( the Interstice Commerce Com-
mlssloo Submitted to Ion jr ess.
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CONFLICTING FEATURES
Of Various deifications It Is
Stririns; to Harmonise Num-
ber of Passengers Killed
Was 227 the Past Year.
Its
(.AuttiaUd Prtu Report.)
WASHINGTON. December 11.
twntyfourth annual report submitted
to congress today the Interstate com-
marc commission gives particular promi-
nence to th consideration ot Eastern
and Western' freight rate cases which ara
now pending before th commission. The
case have been assigned for argument
on January and succeeding days and
the commission will announce Its decision
at the earliest practical date thereafter.
In the first half of lt10 numerous car-
riers gave notice of an Intended Increase
In rates. The tariffs have been suspend-
ed until February 1 1911. Prior to that
time It Is expected the commission will
announce its decision. -
Since the last annual report the com-
mission has announced decisions In -
proceedings and 125 cases otherwise have
been disposed of. 1
CLASSIFICATION BUREAU.
Special reference Is made In the report
to the work of the commission looking
to the establishment of a bureau of class-
ifications of freights. All rulings and
regulations of separate classifications
have been revised and unified by the
commission. The carriers the report in-
dicates are making a sincere effort to
harmonise the conflicting features of the
various classifications.
Since December 1 1909 forty-four In-
dictments for criminal violations of th
act to regulate commerce wre returned.
Forty-three prosecutions were concluded
and thirty-one pleas of guilty were en-
tered The aggregate of penalties assess-
ed was JtSS.SOu. Two verdicts of acquittal
were rendered. Of the forty-four In-
dictments twenty-five were against car-
riers and nineteen against shippers or
passengers. Of the forty-three prosecu-
tions concluded twenty-one were against
carriers and twenty-two agalnat ship-
pers or passengers.
TELEGRAPH TARIFFS.
By the act of June 18 1910 telegraph
and telephone companies doing an inter-stats-
business were placed under th Ju-
risdiction of the commission. Steps al-
ready have been taken for the formula-
tion of a system of operating the tariffs
for these companies and it Is expected
that this system will become effective on
July 1. 1911.
The wisdom and urgent need of proper
legislation for the control of railway
capitalization are urged upon congress.
Provision for the valuation of railway
property Is pointed out as necessary to
the solution of the railway people. In-
quiry Into railway accidents during the
year ended June 30 1910 shows that the
number of passengers killed In train ac-
cidents was 227 compared with 131 for
the previous yar. The total number of
employes killed in coupling accidents in-
creased from 161 in 1909 to 207 in 1910.
it is pointed out that notwithstanding
the Increase in the numoer of casualties
a marked improvement is noted In the
practice oferallroads in guarding against
the violation of the safety appliance
laws.
An alarming number of accidents hap-
pened to employes by falling from cars.
From this cat'se there were 579 deaths
and 13244 Injuries.
SAiiJTE-NECHES PE0JECT.
Senator Bailey Introduced Amend-
ment in Senate.
t Houston Post Sptiiai.)
WASHINGTON. December IL Senator
Bailed today introduced his amendment
to the rivers and harbors bill providing
for an appropriation for the Beaumont-
Orange project. Senator Bailey stated
thit he had not offered his amendment
eailier fur the reason that he was wait-
ing fur the submission of the report by
the board of eneineers. Senator Bailey
and Senator Culberson will remain in
Washington during the Christmas holi-
days renss.
THREE HUNDRED OR
MORE DEAD IN MINE
UNPAID RAILROAD FARES
i Of
CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Roosevelt on Two Roads Said to I McCord and Myer Acceptable as
fint Ann i
(Continued from Pae One.)
DISCREDIT WITNESSES.
Th report says It la claimed that if
1 1 Che four witnesses named were bribed
t that those who bribed them were equally
I frailty and that the votes o( Lee O'Neill
;' f . .i . .
s
J Stat of Ohio. City of Toledo. (
1 Lucas County. f
t Wank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
' sjsaior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney
! A Co.. doing business in the City of To-
5 lado. County and State aforesaid and
' that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
i HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
arrry case of Catarrh that can not be
aatfas by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
..i FRANK J. CHENEY.
to before me and subscribed in
Frfus.0
! (Seal)
this 6th day of December
A. W. GLEASON
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aad acts directly on the blood and mu-
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saaHmontal free.
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' Bold by all Druggists 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
came up from the pit affr twilight ex-
pressed the opinion that there was posi
tively no hope for the imprisoned ones
The rescuers succeeded in penetrating
r.ly 200 yards hecause of the 1. hns '
whi'-h so completely choked tue passage- !
sv They uncovered a number of
bodies.
TWO MORE RESCUED
Late ton'ght the colliery far.s were
started again and the air was found to be
fairly good Arrangements were made
for relays of rescuers to go Into the
mine erery three hours throughout the
night. Toward mldnlsh; two more
miners were found alive They were
terribly burred and are in a critical con-
dition. It was announced that forty bodies
had been collected at the bottom of the
shaft and they will be brought up as
soon as possible A Ticker of hope still
animates the resouers that more men
may be found alive. Doctors nurses
and ambulances are still on the scene
and relatives mostly women are linger-
ing in the vicinity.
Among the incidents waa th death of
a resucer who anxious to reach his two
sons ;.o were entombed got in advance
of his comrades and forfeited his lif
from after damp.
The king has sent a touching message'
of sympathy.
Be $195000
l.ltsociatii Press Report.)
' WASHINGTON December 21.-A diler-
; mined P.ght will he made by Representa-
' tive Ra:nev of Illinois one of the demo-
! cratic leaders to. bring the question of
former President Roosevelt's traveling
! expenses g'.'.iarely before c -ren'S. One
' of the sto. kiiohier of th- S-uthrn rail-
! "ay today wrote Mr. F.ame tliat if Mr.
Roosevei; had paid for all the transport-! -
tlon furnished him on his orders while
he was in the White House !t would have
cost him $75.04) on that line alone and
data furnisncd Mr. Kainev he says in-
cludes an estimate of J'.in.myi as the
amount that Mr. Roosevelt as a matter
of right owes the Pennsylvania railroad.
Commerce Commissioners.
j (Asxociatid Press Report.')
WASHINGTON December II. C. C.
j McCcrd of Kentucky and B. H. Myer of
! Wisconsin were conrmed today by the
senate to be members of the Interstate
! commerce commission. Mr. McCord by
! the acfion of the senate becomes a mem-
1 ber at once of the commission and he
was named to take the vacancy cause!
i bv the transfer of Mr. Knapp. Mr.
Mver assumes the duties December 31.
when he will take the place of forniir
I Stnator Francis M. Cockrell.
FINAL ANSWER TODAY
Will Be Given the Engineers ty
Sixty-One Railroads.
(Associated Prtu Report.)
CHICAGO December 21. The mana-
gers of sixty-one Western railroads to-
morrow will give their final answer to
the demands of their engineers for a
w-age Increase. Labor Commissioner
KeliL who has been acting as mediator
in the dispute tonight informed the rail-
road managers' committee that the en-
gineers refused to concede a single point
in their demands. Commissioner Nelll
held an all day consultation with repre-
sentatives of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers.
Adjourned for Holidays.
iAssoti'ited Press Krrori.)
WASHINGTON. December 21-Aftr
brief sessions licth the senate and houss
adjourned today for the holiday recess.
Thv will convene again January 6.
Practically all the time tii house was
In session was devoted to consideration
of the bill codifying the judiciary laws.
Tift today to urre
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WASHINGTON. Dei-en:br 21 .Another South
rn crTirreMnnil rlf-lpaTi-.n railed i.n Preslilnt
!rau.' actl n or th I nitM
riailimion igalnpt Gorinaor becaiut
of tb! iriTeasr! ?iiort lctT tftnibMl by tht
country on potua iti'j-pM to the roiul State.
President Taft. tt 1 repsortrxl. has decldei to
.appoint H. Claj Iluwarrl ot Parli Kj. as min-
uter to Peru.
On motion of 8nitrir Bourne the ewnate twin
adopted a rt)loti-.D nlilnK upon th president
for a atatr-ment showing rh- entire . numler
of ctrll aerrire emloyea of the Korernment
including poatmastera.
Pre I dent and Mra. Taft. member of the cabi-
net and practically ali of the officii; and diplo-
matic W aMnrton attended tMnr the funeral
of Don Aanibal Crux the late Chilean minister
at &t. Patrick's Roman Catholic churtn.
Loo is F. Weber who enjoyed the distinction of
ha Tine I'd tfl or'htr at the inaugural ball
of President Buchanan In 1K"7 and that t
President Lincoln in 161 died at his horn
htrt lt nlxnt of apoplexy aged 70 years.
President Taft will plaj Santa C!au as uual
this year in giving away Chrlatmaa tdraevs to
all tn married rnployeti about the White
Hooao sod eiecuttre offices. Including tli
policemen on duty In the White House gronnds.
RpraeotatlT Morrlwm Indiana Introduced
a bill In the house today to DroTfrie a iwrvlt'e
pension to ctrll war survlTor of the navy and
MAY ADMIT -THIETEEN
Of 20 Kussian Jews Being Held at
Galveston.
(Associated Press Report.)
WASHINGTON December 21. Secre-
tary Nagle has ruled that thirteen of the
twentv Russian Jew Immigrants being
held at Galveston. Texas as likely to
become public charges may be admitted
to this country. Ths other seven will re-
ceive further consideration.
Texas Fostoffioes.
(Houston Post Special.)
WASHINGTON December II. The
following Texas postofflces will become
international money order offices Janu
ary 8: tftessina. urecaeiirjuKo. xuri5
Hasungton
Jasper Kllgore Oralo
la the boute today-to provMe . nervloe
marine corps. Tue pension is to be paid rea-ii-
l.rly on the baftW of 50 cents each month lor
erery roootb that tile aurrlvor aerred in the
cUll war. aad it I. to be in addltloa to already
disability pension now paid.
Arraigning tbe soTernment for repeatedlr rais-
ing tna pay of conKreaamen senatora cabinet of-
ficer judges and "otfcer favorltea and farored
officials" wblle virtually condemning clerks and
minor employee to atarratlon wages. Representa-
tive Carey of WbKonaln today Introduced a hill
li rlnr 25 per ceot increaae of salarr to all ruv-
erament employe receiving less than $2500.
Twenty-three State participated la the dl
rialoo of moneys received from the aales of
pnblle land during tbe past year according to
flfures given out at the general land office
today. To total amount received from tbe
Enlle land aalea totaled tl2.186.tev of which
.28T.TTW waa converted Into tbe United State
treasury as set proceed of sslea; $6.ti7sstV4 waa
turned over to the States aa their a bare of tbe
preceeda. Only fifteen State participated in
the division for the reclamation funds.
MALARIA MAKES PALI 1LOOD.
-The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonc. drives rat malaria aad builds tss tbe
tot grown. feopie ana children.! toe.
A - " '
Koby and Minard.
MAN'S B0DT IN BARREL.
Montreal Police Puzzled by a New
Mystery.
(Associated Press Report.)
MONTREAL December 21. The dis-
covery of the body of a man in a barrel
in a cold storage warehouse today has
furnished the police with a mystery
which they have been unable to solve.
There were now outward marks of vio-
lence and until the body thaws out
which will require forty-eight hours the
coroner's physician will be unable to de-
termine the cause' of death. Meanwhile
the police have learned that the barrel
was shipped from Jarvls Ont. by John
McSorley to I. H. Bousefield St. Law-
rence Toronto. Bousefield declares he
never received the barrel and knows
nothing of Its subsequent reshlpment to
this city.
JARVIS Ont. December II. John Mc-
Borley said tonight that when the barrel
consigned to Toronto left hers It con-
tained turkeys. He denied that he had
anything to do with Its reshlpment to
Montreal from Toronto.
Three Texans Injured.
(Houston Post Spedal.)
NEW ORLEANS December IL Mrs.
C. H. Adama her UttU daughter Mar-
garet aged 3 years and Mrs. A. E. Love
all of Texas were thrown from the top
of a New Orleans Transfer' company bus-
Wednesday morning when a wheel cams
off the conveyance at tbe corner of Camp
and Julia streets. All three were but
slightly injured.
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHK.'
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ViLWS OF FRAZItR
BELIEVES LORIMER WAS NOT
LEGALLY ELECTED SENATOR.
Votes of the Confessed Bribed and
Alleged Bribe Givers Should Not
Be Counted He Said.
Ins for. or aa a consequenoe of having
voted for Lorimer. One senator and
three representatives admitted under
oath before the committee that they were
- (.4 rsocialed Press Report.)
CHICAGO December II. The state-
ment of. views of Senator James B. Fra-
zier of Tennessee on the Lorimer case
was made public here today. In hla
statement Senator Frailer declares that
the four confessed bribe takers impli-
cated three other members of the legis-
lature who bribe them; that these three
votes were also corrupt which would
make seven tainted votes f Eliminating
thsse seven votes. Senator Frailer holds
would make the vote received by Senator
Lorimer less than a majority.
Senator Frazler'a statement follows:
It is with great reluctance that I dif-
fer with my colleagues on the subcom-
mittee but I feel impelled to do so and
I beg leave to state briefly my views and
conclusions In this case.
LAW ON SUCH CASES.
As I understand the precedents so es-
tablished by the senate and other
branches of congress and now recognised
as the law governing such cases they
are:
First If the arof established the fact
that the member whose seat Is In ques-
tion because of alleged bribery or cor-
rupt practices resorted to In hla election
has himself been guilty of bribery or
corrupt practices or knowa of or sanc-
tioned such corrupt practices he may be
unseated without reference to the number
of votes thua corruptly Influenced.
Second. If the proof falla to show that
the member knew of or participated In
or sanctioned such corrupt practices then
in order to Justify unseating tb proof
must show that enough member! of the
legislature voting for him were bribed
or Influenced by corrupt practices that
deducting their votes from the total vote
received by him would reduce his vote
below the legislative majority required
for his election.
LORIMER NOT CONNECTED WITH
BRIBERY.
While there are soma facta communi-
cated in this case tending to ahow that
Senator Lorimer may have heard of or
knew that corrupt practices war bains
resorted to and while Senator Lorimer
failed to avaU himself of ths opportunity
of going on the stand as a witness and
denying any such knowledge or sanction
of corrupt practice if any auch were be-
ing practiced still I am of the opinion
that the testimony fails to establish th
fact that Senator Lorimer was himself
guilty of bribery or corrupt practices or
tl-at he sanctioned or was cognisant of
the fact that bribery or other corrupt
practices' were being uaed by others to
Influence votes for him.
This being trde the Question then
arises was Bribery or corrupt practice
used by others In his behalf to Influence
vdtea for him. and if so were enough
votes thus tainted with fraud and cor-
ruptly Influenced when eliminated to
reduce hla vote below the legal majority
required for his election?
The legislature of Illinois consisted of
20( members. There were present and
voting on the occasion of the election of
Senator Lorimer 202 members. A quo-
rum of both houses being present. In my
opinion he must have received a majority
of all those present and voting or 101
votes to have been elected. Senator
Lorimer received 10S votes or six more
I than necessary to elect.
NOT ENOUGH VOTES TO ELECT.
. Ths testimony taker by the commit-
tee satisfied me that 'tour member ot
tns legislature were paid mosey for vow
paid money and the admissions and the
facts and circumstances surrounding the
transactions satisfy me that they re-
ceived it aa a bribe for or In consequence
of their votes for Senator Lorimer.
The four aelf -confessed bribe-takers
implicated three other members of the
legislature who voted for Senator Lori-
mer as the persons who bribed them. The
testimony satisfies me that three alleged
bribe-givers were guilty of that offense.
To my mind ths man who bribes another
is as corrupt as the one who is bribed
and by his corrupt act of bribery he dem-
onstrates the fact that he Is none too
honest to receive a bribe If offered him.
CAN NOT AGREE WITH MAJORITY.
While the proof Is not clear or con-
clusive that these three alleged bribe-
givers were themselves bribed or cor-
luptly Influenced to vote for Senator
Lorimer. when I take Into considera-
tion their corrupt conduct aa bribers of
others together with all the facts and
circumstances surrounding this case I
can not bring myself to agree with the
majority of the subcommittee that their
votes are free from taint or corruption.
These three votes added to tbe four con-
fessedly bribed would make seven talntf
ed votes. Eliminate them and th vote
received by Senator Lorimer was less
than a majority of the votes cast.
As stated above. It is with hesitancy
and great reluctance that I differ with
my colleagues upon th subcommittee but
I have felt impelled to do so after a
most careful and 1 trust unbiased study
of this record. In view of the fact that
I appear to stand alone In the views
herein expressed I make no recommenda-
tion to the committee but I do ask that
the members of the committee not mem-
ber of tha subcommittee carefully read
all the testimony before forming an
opinion.
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Two- Hay Be Made One in Missouri
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(Associated Press Report.)
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ceremony to Sl.SS. He has caused to be
Inserted Into newspaper in this section
of the State an advertisement which says
in part:
"Weddings reduced to 11.98. During th
holidays and until further notice Judge
J. A. Tinsman will performv marriage
ceremonies for tl.SR cash In hand.'.
The justice then goes on to aay tnat he
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to make the two parsons one.
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