Two-Edged Compliment of South Carolina's Senator cee, SPECIAL SERVICE
Washington, Nov. 3.
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska to-day offered a resolution before the Senate providing censure for Senator Hiram Bingham fof Connectieat on the ground that his action in employing a "tazift adviser" in the employ of the Connecticut Manufacturers' Association, fand bringing him into secret tar hearings, tended to bring the Senate 2 dishonour and disrepute.
Senator Bingham formally refused to apologize for bringing this em-eye, a Mr. Evanson, into a Senate executive session, and. for this reason Senator Norris decided upon this action in bringing forward the resolution of censure.
Testifying at the hearings of the Senate lobbying sub-committee today, Mr. James Arnold, vice-president of the Southern Tariff Association, placed on record letters dicating that the association attempted to force Southern Senators to vote in favour of the pending taritt bil.
In one letter, Mr. Arnold sug. rested that his associates would each their goal through "higher Ups among the carriers."
Another letter, received by Mr. Arnold from G.'S. Fletcher, pres-the Florida East' Coast rowers' Association, promised. to deliver the vote of Senator Fletcher of anda," adding that no Senator had ever had hotter fires built under him, The writer promised to "come up and see my friend Hoover again" in the event that things did not go Exciting Nov. 2.
Lobbying, the tariff and the Tiquor traffic are at present the most important problems before the Senate.
Senator Hiram Bingham's friends are secking Senator is special ut it is generally believed that Senator Bingham's colleagues will censure him.
Senator Smith Brookhart is appearing before the grand jury on Tuesday in connection. with his ensations that Senators participate ina liquor bout. 'The jury will also Rear a case against' one James Cassidy, formerly known as "the man inthe green hat," who was arrested last Friday on the steps of the Senate office building as he was about to enter and deliver a quart of liquor.
Cassidy declined to name the customer who had ordered the Forbidden A of Censure Nov.
Alter considerable debate in the course of which Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut insist that in employing a Connectieat Manufacturers Association to protect the manufacturers of his native state, the Senate to-day voted 54 to 22 to censure Senator Bingham.
The vote was upon a resolution to this effect introduced last by Senator Norris of Nebraska.
The Senate had previously reject-oda resolution brought forwanl by Senator Smoot of Utal, wh ould have, modified. the original Senator Cole Please of Soutn [Carolina urged the Senate not to adopt the Norris censure resolution, saying that every time the Senate censured a monther, that Senator was insured of re-election for life.
Responding to questions aft adoption of the resolution, Senator Bingham said that he does intend to submit his resignation from the Senate.
Te declined to comment upon the sation of his Senate colleagues.
At the Last moment before 30 vote of censure against Senator Bingham was taken, Senator Norri sponsor of the resolution, consented toa modification absolving Senator
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