Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-28
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BRIBERY ACCUS[RS
SENATOR DELIVERS TO coLLEA-
CUES LoNG.DELAYED AN
sWER TO CHARGES.
pEvorEs MUCH OF ADDRESS
TO ATTACK ON NEWSPAPER
es.s That Chicago Tribune Manu-
factured Story in Order to Prevent
Sopsnins Of New Banking Institution
JeRefers to White as "Poor, Low
llSetreature" Who Committed Forgery.

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! f?reature" Who Committed Forgery.
II Washington. May 2S.-Strenuous de-
3al of the charge that he had obtained
is seat in the senate thru bribery and
corruption was made before that body
Today by Lorimer, of Illinois.
Soon after the assembling of the
{senate Lorimer arose to question of
personal privilege and began his reply
( to the charges that have aroused wide
interest. Foremost in I.orimer's an
swer stood his assertion that it had
been formulated by the Chicago Tri-
bune with the purpose If destroying a
new banking association in that city
(which Lorimer has organized.
~ Calls For Senate Investigation.
I Concluding. he offered a resolution
FALLING for senatorial investigation CT
he charges against him. Lorimer
Retailed the Tribunes publication Of
Whites story of alleged bribery. He
kaid Representative Browne, who is
charged with having paid bribe money.
| IIs entirely above participation in
! Such proceedings"
ACCUSES newspaper.
He declared that Mccormick, Of the
Tribune, had threatened that the bank
never should open," and asserted that
White did not write the bribery story,
but that it was prepared by "a trained
creating scandal out of lies when it is
thought necessary to blacken the char
acter OF one whom the paper can not
control Lorinner spoke of White as
that poor, low creature White who
does not hesitate to commit forgery for
a few dollars. and to whom perjury is
no crime, who Is part OF the lowest
fringes Of depravity, and who. to se-
cure money to satisfy his instinct for
debauchery. sold what little there was
left Of his manhood and became the
2iant tool OF the Tribune"
4 Denies Confession.
~ Iorimer defended the late Repre-
sentative Luke against the allegation
that he had accepted money for his
vote, and denounced Mccormick for
making such a charge. HE declared
that Link and Beckmeyer had not
made q confession.
Says Chicago Paper Lied and Knew Il.
Lorimer, with increasing vehemence,
asserted the Chicago paper Lied and
was used to purchase his election.
: "Not one dollar was paid to a single
member of the general assembly for
his vote for me-" the senator declared,
Ian dhe added that when the truth was
known everybody would understand
that the publication of the article by
White was Part Of a political con-
spiracy to drive, me out Of public life.
to ruin me financially because I will
not do as other republicans in Illinois
have done-place myself under the abb
solute control and dictatorship Of the
Tribune"
Uraed to Be a Candidate.
He declared that by subservience he
,could at any time have made his peace
wkh the newspaper. Senator Lorimer
gave his version of his senatorial cam
paign and election. He declared it was
upon the suggestion of Governor Den
cen that he had entered the field. and
then only after he, and the governor
had be sought others to make the race.
He declared that "All the power Of the
city, county, state and federal admin
istration, under the leadership of
Senator Hopkins. attempted his defeat
His only disagreement with Governor
Deneens was largely due to a difference
wisdom Of spending independently of
action by national government the
$50 900 pledged by the state towards
the deep waterway to the gulf project.
which the governor favored and he op-
posed. He asserted that the governor
personally advised in the preparation
Of the White story in the Tribune.
Now Accuses Deneen.
He went on to say: "The governor
1ofned this campaign OF slander be-
cause he saw an opportunity to throw
dust in the eyes Of the people, and use
the conspiracy to defeat those who
stood for federal cooperation in ex-
pending the $20,0o0.000 and thus Sc
cure control of the next legislature.
why he persists in his efforts to get
control Of the $20,oOo00O when he we'll
knows It in Itself is not sufficient to
construct the waterway, is a mystery
that can not fathon1."
Tariff Question Enters.
Lorfmer further attacked the Tri-
bune's policy in opposition to the
Payne-Aldirch tariff, attributing it to
the failure to put in the free list wood
pulp, which would save it $4,000 per
year. This" he said, 'is the only tax
we have any retord of in which the
Tribune had logged him all these
years because it had not been able to
Lash him into subjection. ''The pur-
pose Of these charges he declared,
"was to disgrace and destroy my
friends and myself. whom they can
not control, and to come into absolute
control Of the republican party in Illi-
nois and to secure themselves in con-
tinued plundering Of the public treas.
ury."
Resolution is Referred.
Iorimer's resolution for an investiga-
tion OF his election to the senate was
referred under the rules to the COM
mittee on contingent expenses.
psneen 10 Make Answer.
Springfield, H., niay ssSS.-GGnverrc- ~ ! !
Deneenss when notified Of Lorimer's