Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1911 — SECOND PROBE IS ASKED FOR [ARTICLE]

SECOND PROBE IS ASKED FOR

LaFollette Introduces Resolution to Recpen Lorimer Case. MAHER TO COME UP MONDAY Day in Senate Devoted to Putting in New Bills, and Nearly Three Hundred of Them Are Presented. Washington, April 7. —In two hours, which was the total length of time the senate was in sessi<% 297 bills and ten joint resolutions were introduced. The presentation of bills was, in fact, the principal business of the session Among the important resolutions introduced was one by LaFollette call ing for a reopening of the Lorimer case and naming a committee of five senators to conduct an investigation into charges of corruption in connection with the election of Mr. Lorimer as senator from Illinois. The proposed committee is composed of the following senators: Works of California, chairman; Townsend of Michl- ' gan, McLean of Connecticut, all Rerub- ■ Ikans, and Senators Kern of Indiana | and Pomerene of Ohio, Democrats. The resolution will be called up Monday for consideration. Senators Lodge and LaFollette each ’ introduced a bill creating a tariff com- j mission

There were four resolutions proposing amendments to the federal constitution providing for popular election of senators. These were introduced by Senators Borah of Idaho. Bourne of Oregon, Bristow of Kansas and Culberson of Texas. Senator Heyburn of Idaho introduced an elaborate bill regulating the sale of cold storage products. Senator Root was the author of an important bill providing a solution of senatorial deadlocks. His bill enacts that after the legislature of a state has balloted unsuccessfully for a senator up to March 1, preceding an adjournment of the legislature that thereafter any candidate for senator receiving a plurality of all the votes cast shall be declared elected. Senator LaFollette aeain introduced his bill directing the interstate commerce commission to ascertain the physical value of all the property of interstate carriers as a basis for adjusting freight rates. The house was in session only a short time. A gavel forwarded by his Missouri constituents was presented to Speaker Clark, who made a speech from the chair in acknowledgment