Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-06-02
DID NOT ENTER
into CONSPIRACY
GOV. DENEEN SAYS ACCUSATION
MADE BY LoRlMER is
UNTRUE.
ADMITS HE ADVISED FRIENDS
NO TO VOTE FOR ACCUSED
SENATOR.

Springfield, May 30-Governor De-
neen, in a statement regarding the
attack made ON him by Senator Lori
men in the senate yesterday, declares
that Lorimer's charge that he entered
into a conspiracy with the Chicago
Tribune to have Representative
Whites confession published is with
out foundation. He says the facts
are as follows:
About midnight of the day before
Whites confession was published, he
was asked to come to the Tribune
Office from the Union League club on
matter the Tribune declared OF
great Importance He says he went
to the Tribune Office where he was
told of Whites confession and was
asked for a statement. He says he
gave a brief interview. He says he
stated in substance, without express
ing an opinion regarding the truth
of the charges, that a full eXamina-
ton of the assertions should be
made
Stood for Hopkins.
He says Whites confession was in
type and on the press. He declares
this was his first intimation of the
bribery charges OR that White con-
fessed. Regarding the senatorial
deadlock, Deneen says that after the
primaries he stood for the election
Of Senator Hopkins and did not know
that Lorimer, Speaker Shurtleff and
their friends were against him until
a minority of republicans, who were
in harmony with Lorimer and Shurt-
left, had effected the organization of
the lower house with the aid Of the
democratic members
After the deadlock, says Deneen,
Lorimer called on him repeatedly.
He says he assumed from the con-
versation they had, that it was en-
t1rely with view to effecting recon-
Citation of the republican factions
and the governor says, notwithstand-
ing that he felt he had suffered I'M
justly by reason of attacks made
upon him by Lorimer and his friends.
he was willing to lay all personal feel
ing aside in the hope of bringin
about party harmony.
lie says lAorlmer Informed his
friends that under NO circumstances
would he vote for Hopkins and as it
was impossible to elect a senator by
republican votes, without the votes
of Lorimers friends, Deneen saws he
suggested that they go into a repub-
ilcan caucus to select a candidate
who could secure the majority of the
caucus and thereafter the full vote of
the party.
Deneen says this was the view TAX
en- by republicans throughout the
states and a number of names had
been mentioned in this connection by
various friends of the candidates.
among them being Colonel Frank
Lowden, Congressman Mckinley A.
e. Bartlett, Roy o. West, w. A. Ro-
denburg and others. Deneen said
that Lorimer opposed the plan of
nominating by caucus. Later Deneen
says:
Declines Senatorship.
| Later | was informed by him
| Iorimer) and his friends that |
could be elected senator. | refused
absolutely to consider it. Neverthe-
less, shortly before his election an
effort was made by Lorimer and his
friends in the general assembly to
elect me. | called together the re-
publicans who supported me in the
| senate and who had gone into the
republican caucus in the house and
stated this movement was without my