Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-28
illinois Senator Speaks to
Colleagues on
Charges.
BLAMES NEWSPAPER
Declares Deneen in Conspiracy
to Give Tribune Control
of State.

Springfield, Ill.,, May 2S.-GoVernor
Deneen, when notified of Lcrimer's
speech today, declared he would not
reply to Il until he had read a full copy
Of the speech. He intimated he would
Issue a statement tonight.
Lorfmer In Denial.
Washington, May 2S-Strenuous de-
nial of the charge he had obtained his
seat in the senate through bribery and
corruption was made before that body
today by Lorimer Of Illinois. Soon
after the assembling of the senate
Lorimer arose to a question of per-
sonal privilege and began his reply TO
charges that have aroused wide in
terest.
Blames Tribune.
Foremost in Lorimer's answer stood
his assertion it had been formulated
by the Chicago Tribune with purpose
of destroying a new banking associa-
ton in that city which Lorimer has
organized. Concluding he offered a
resolution calling for a senatorial in
vestigation of the charges against him.
Stands with Browne.
Lorfmer detailed the Tribune's pub
ncation of Whites story of alleged
bribery. He said Representative
paid bribe money 'Is entirely above
participation in such proceeding
Says He Was Threatened.
He declared that Mccormick of the
Tribune Had threatened that that
bank never should open,' and asserted
White did not write the bribery story,
but that it was prepared by a ~trained
newspaper hand, skilled in the art of
creating .scandal, OUT of lies, when it
is thought necessary to blacken the
character of one whom the newspaper
cannot control"
white, "Poor, Low Creature."
Lorimer 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 Sc
cure money to satisfy his instinct for
debauchery, sold what little was left
of his manhood and became the plant
took of the Tribune"
Defends Luke.
Lcrimer defended the late Represen-
tative Luke against the allegation he
had accepted money for his vote. He
declared Link and Beckemeyer had
not made confessions.
"Knew 1t Lied,
The senator vehemently asserts the
Tribune Lied and knew it lied when
It charged the use of money in his
election" and asserted mot one dollar
was paid a single member of the legis-
lture" to vote for him, and declared
the publication of the whole story was
part of a conspiracy to ruin him politi-
cally and financially.
Blames Deneen.
Lorimer said he entered the sena-
torial race at Governor Deneen's sug-
gestion and declared that later Sena-
tor Hopkins, Deneen and Mayor Busse
entered into combination with others
to destroy the political organization
controlled by himself with the intent
to give the control to the Tribune.
Breach over waterway.
He traced his breach with Deneen
largely to a difference of opinion as to
the wisdom of spending independently
of the national government $20,00O,000
for a deep waterway; that the gov
ernor advised in preparing the White
story for the purpose of deceiving the
people. and to defeat those favorable
to federal cooperation in iexpen6ng
that $20.0o0,000.
"PIundering Treasury"
The senator made other charges
against the'Tribune and declared the
object of the charges was to discredit
him and "to come into absolute con-