New-York tribune., 1910-09-09

| smile of the Senator was shade more
pronounced as he said:
This telegram is about another mat
ter gentlemen. ! really do not know
| if any such telegram as you speak OF
has been received"
| He turned TO his secretary and asked
Has any telegram come for me con-
cerning the Hamilton Club"
NO, sir was the reply, there has
been no telegram"
Again the unruff1ed brow Of the Sen
ator and bank president was turned to
the waiting reporters.
There is nothing for me to say, gen
tlemen. 1 have no. exact information
concerning the incident, and l shall not
discuss it
A copy of the newspaper dispatches
| from Freeport was offered. but Senator
| Lorimer waved it aside.
Thank you, l do not care to read it,
he said. still with a smiling countenance.
Are you going to the banquet" was
asked and parried with the skill of an
! expert.
Really came the calm voice of the
! Senator Il must find out whether L
have a ticket. Mr.. Wade he said, turn
| ing to his secretary, how about that?'
"Yes, sir came tr- nror 1T reply from
the secretary, you received an invita-
ton and q ticket to the banquet.
We'll, l was not sure about that"
said the Senator. Now l have nothing
whatever to say" And the interview
closed.
Another edition went to press flash
| ing the Rooseveltian demand broadcast.
| Newsboys in the street beneath the bank
windows shouted Extra Roosevelt
slams Lorimer."
The Newspaper Men Still Waited.
Still the newspaper men waited for
statement. and still the Senator re-
mained at his mahogany desk.
Again the door opened. and, still smil-
ing, the dictator of the 9th Congress
District greeted his questioners,
Doesn't this put the Hamilton Club
in peculiar position, turning down
one of their one members" was vent
ured
Are YOU trying to get me to make a
speech" Senator Lorimer said in calm
even tones. Il have nothing to say"
AS the newspaper men retired. Sen
ator Lorimer said, IF I decide to make
a statement I shall be glad to give it
to you"
The news of the refusal of Mr.. Roose-
welt to attend the Hamilton Club ban
Quet created a furry among those Gus
toners of the bank apprised of the oc-
currence, but all the officials Of the in
stitution copied the attitude of their
chief and conservatively had nothing
TO say
Shortly after o'clock. while the train
bearing Mr.. Roosevelt and the Hamilton
Club delegation was speeding to the
city. Senator Lorimer returned.
Still cool. still comfortable, still smil-
ing, the Senator passed by another group
Of newspaper men, held short confer
ence with some of his subordinates and
turned to the door. He paused long
enough to say to the potential ques-
TONERS:
Il have not a word to say"
One or two questions were started, but
were cut short by a repetition of mot
word, not a word" and the Senator
strolled down the stairs and up the street
in the opposite direction from the ban
quet hall in the Congress Hotel
May Have Returned to Summer Home.
Diligent questioning revealed that the
Senator banker was believed by his
office assistants to be going back to
Pfstakee Bay On an early evening train.
When the delegation of Hamilton Club
members arrived at the Wells street sta
ton they were informed that Senator
| Lorimer would not attend the banquet,
The comforting intelligence did not
come officially. but was accepted as final.
The delegation breathed a sigh of re-
| lief and the incident, for them, was
| closed.
BANQUET Has Beautiful Setting.
Rarely has there been a more beauti-
! full setting for a banquet than was pre-
sented by the gold room of the Congress
Hotel tonight. Flags ten feet long
| were draped gracefully about the walls
and galleries. interspersed with the coats
of arms of all the states At the west
| end of the room was a large United
States flag in colored electric lights. At
the left of the ex-President sat Judge
Batten and on his right sat eX-Fice-
President Fairbanks, while others at the
speakers table were Governor Deneen,
| Governor Stubbs OF Kansas, Mayor
Busse, Representative Nicholas Long
worth, Charles d. Norton, secretary to
the President; Senator Smith, of Mich
! igan: Speaker Cannon, James r. Car
field. Chief Stewart of the Chicago po-
| lice force and others of local prominence.
At the close Of the dinner the tables in
| the gold room were removed so as to
permit those who had been forced to
| dine in the Pompeiian room and else