Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1912 — BAILEY TO REOPEN CASE OF LORIMER [ARTICLE]

BAILEY TO REOPEN CASE OF LORIMER

Gives Notice He Will Discuss Taft’s Activity. SENATE’S RIGHTS INVADED Introduces Resolution to Furnish Text for Speech Claiming President Has Violated Spirit of the Constitution. Washington, July 16.—As soon as an opportuuity for speech making presents itself in the senate the Lorimer case will again be the subject for a lively debate. Senator Bailey has given notice that he will discuss the activity of President Taft in securing the elimination of Mr. Lorimer. Furnishes Text for Speech. In order to furnish a concrete text for his remarks Mr. Bailey introduced this resolution, which will lie on the table until he speaks: “Whereas, The Constitution of the United States makes the senate the sole judge of elections, returns and qualifications of its members; and “Whereas, Every senator is required by his oath of office to decide all such cases according to the law and testimony befor* him; be it "Resolved, That any attempt on the part of the president of the United States to exercise the powers and influence of his great office for the purpose of controlling the vote of any senator upon a question involving the right to a seat in the senate violates the spirit, If not the letter of the Constitution, Invades the rights lof the senate and ought to be severely condemned. ” Thinks Taft ' Influenced Vote. It is the intention of Mr. Bailey to take up the various utterances and statements made by Mr. Taft at the different times expressing the conviction that Mr. Lorimer should be removed from the senate. He will also dwell on the belief that such utterances influenced many senators to vote in opposition to Mr. Lorimer, thus making his expulsion certain. A lively discussion is lively to follow the reopening of the Lorimer case by Mr. Bailey.