The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-23
Counsel for Senator Wants TO
Postpone Probing Until
After Election.
ALLEGES UNFAIRNESS TO
PUSH MATTER NOW
Committee Takes Question I'm
der Amusement and Adjourns
for a Day.

CHICAGO, Sept 22-Aner hearing ar
guments for and against a postponcment
or the Lorimer investigation until after
the November election, tho senatorial
committee adjourned its FIRST formal ses-
sion today until tomorrow morning with
out deciding any OF the questions pre-.
scented to II.
The plea for a postponement OF the
nearing was made by Attorney Elhridse
lianecy. counsel for Senator Lorimcr. and
was based on the assertion that TO con-
tinue the hearing while two criminal
cases arc pending involving similar sub
jects would be unfair to Senator Lorimer,
who wished TO call the defendants. Mi
nority Leader Lee O'NeIl Browne. and
State Senator John Brodcrick as wit
ncsscs before the committee.
Reasons for Delay.
Attorney Hancey also urged that many
OF the state legislators who voted for
Senator Lorimer we're now seeking re-
election and TO compel them TO leave
their districts TO testify before the COM
mittcc would be hardship on them, and
that tho testimony given before the com
mittee would be used for political pur-
poses and not simply TO arrive at the
truth
Attorney Clifford W. Barnes OF the Leg
islativs Voters league who filed q petit
ton with the United States senate en-
bodying the charges of fraudulent meth
DDS in the election OF Senator Borimer
opposed the continuance. declaring that
the senatorial committee had solemn
duty to perform to help purge the state
OF its disgrace
Counsel for Senator Lorimer touched on
the political dispute over the Illinois deep
waterways project, lie asserted that not
only were legislators being attacked be-
cause OF their having voted for Senator
Lorlmer but because they had voted
against spending Seo,000,0 900 for deep
waterway purposes.
Political Plot Charged.
This portion OF the argument was in
line with the speech OF Senator Iorimer
in the senate when he characterized the
political plot in which the governor of
Illinois had joined hands with the news
paper which printed the confession Of
Legislator Charles a. White.
Attorney Barnes in opposing the CON
tinuance declared ne was surprised at the
demand for a postponement and asserted
that ii was the duty OF the committee 10
proceed
"You gentlemen have the power TO help
tho state clear out a lot OF Tascals." he
said.
Tho attorney for the Legislative Voters
league asked that Attorney Alfred s,
Austrian, representing the Chicago Trib-
une. be allowed TO speak TO the motion.
Attorney Austrian prefaced his argument
with a request that the newspaper which
he represented be allowed TO appear In
the hearing by counsel
He told Of the investigation which the
newspaper had made and It's prcscnta-
tou Of evidence TO the states attorney
of Cook county and called attention to q
statement which he said was made by
Chairman Burrows when the sub-commit-
tee was appointed that tho investigation
would proceed with "all due dispatch"
lie also said that the newspaper had
supplied the committee with q list OF wit
nesses which would occupy at least three
weeks with their testimony and asserted
tnat III there was political conspiracy
against Senator Lorimer the committee
can readily ascertain it," No ruling was
made by the committee on the PROPOSE
ton to permit Mr.. Austrian TO take part,