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Show WASHINGTON, Juue 1. Scuator Lorimer of Illinois faces another Investigation In-vestigation at the hands of all his colleagues. The Inquiry will be conducted con-ducted by a sub-committee of tho committee com-mittee of privileges and elections, composed of four Republicans and four Democrats, four of whom voted for the conviction and four for the acquittal ac-quittal of the senator last session. The method selected is regarded as tho latest thing In Jury trials. Seven Hours Debate on System. It took seven hours' debato to agree upon tho system and It was finally adopted by a vote of IS to 20, being substituted for tho plan urged by Senator Sen-ator La Follotte of turning the case over to five senators who wore not members when the case was voted upon beforo and therefore were supposed sup-posed to be unbiased. Beforo tho vote was taken Senator Brlstow, who favored the La Follette plan, accused Senator Dillingham, chairman of the elections committee, of having capitulated In the interest of a Democratic scheme of turning the Investigation over to a sub-comralt-tee This chargo was based upon the fnct that the author of tho resolution adopted was Senator Martin, tho Democratic Dem-ocratic leader Mr Brlstow also claimed that the old guard Republicans Republi-cans had formed an alliance with the Democrats and that they had placed the "mantle of Aldrlch'' upon tho shoulders of Martin. Committee Shirks Its Duty. That the committeo on privileges and elections had shirked Its duty In the former investigation was charged unreservedly by the supporters of the La Follette resolution. Senator ,Lea of Tennessee said he would no more turn the case over to the elections committee for another trial than he would submit to a second operation for appendicitis by a surgeon who had failed on tho first operation to locate the appendix. Senator Kenyon of Iowa Intimated that tho groat trusts had busied themselves with the elections elec-tions of senators so as to Influence the election of tho United States district dis-trict attorneys, whoso friendship might be useful In the case of prosecutions. prose-cutions. In defense of the Martin resolution wore Senators Dillingham, Martin, Bacon, Stone and other senators from both sides of tho chamber. Insurgents Against Resolution. Most of the insurgent Republican sonators voted against substituting tho Martin resolution. Of tho twenty negative votes thirteen, were enst by Republicans Borah, Bouine, Brlstow, Brown, Clapp. Crawford, Cummins, Dixon, Gronna, Kenyon, La. Follette, Perkins and Polndexter-rand seven by Democrats Davis, Hitchcock, Lea, Martin, Newlands, Owen and Pome-rene: Pome-rene: The resolution adopted merely provides pro-vides that the investigation shall be conducted by the elections committee. commit-tee. It "was In connection with tho understanding on the part of many senators that a bi-partisan and bt-Lorlmer bt-Lorlmer committee was to be named that brought out most of the criticism. |