Show CASE OaSE Senator Lorimer will probably be accommodated in his demand for an Investigation at the hands of ot the Son ate committee on privileges and elec olEc elections elections Formal charges against the tho senator have Neon been made mado by the tho president lent dent of ot the Illinois Legislative Voters Motors league which can hardly be bo Ignored An interesting feature of ot tho the Illi Illinois IllinoIs Illinois nois bribery scandal Is the attempt of Lee Lete ONen Browne the Democratic loader leader l ader who is alleged ed to have handled handl d the tho money to t escape trial It has haa been claimed in his behalf that whoa whon a legislator entered a joint session of ot the tho house and sonata senate for tor the purpose of ot electing ol cUn a 0 United d States senator s he ceased to be a state official and be became became came camb a federal agent or official So far the courts have havo declined to tako take this view habeas haboos corpus has hIlS hen been denied and Brownes bond for tor forfeited forfeited felted The right of ot appeal remains however and the attorneys wilt wll doubt doubtless Ions s keep on going up until unfit they reach the court of ot last l lt resort In the meantime Lorimor holds the fart fert and wears the toga The Senate has tried bribery cases cas os before son gen generally orally with negative results Whether the LorImor Lorimer case C Je will wm pan out differ differently differently differently Is a question for tor tho the future but it will wm holp help enliven the tho of Congress next winter r at all an events |