Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01
AccuSer White, He Intimates,
Is Crazy BIackmailer.
NEWSPAPER BACK OF IT
Sees Attempt to Defeat His Finan-
cial Projects and Ruin Character.
WEIGHT GIVEN TO CHARGES.
Leg1slator Groves Says He Was Of
fered Bribe-story Of 100000
Spent to Elect to Senate.
an>cSa3 Dianatrh To The Star.


CHICAGO, III April 3o.-Replying to
the charges of Representative Chanes A
White, democrat ,C OFalIon. H., that
he had been bribcd a year ago TO vote
for William Lorimer fer United States
senator. Senator Lorimer tonight 1ssueo
the following statement:
The White statement Is absolutely
false from start to finish. 1t is lie on
the face of it.
What is the matter with White IS
beyond me- What is the matter WITH the
people ,ehind him-the Chicago Tribune
is easier To tell. They are trying, by de-
liberate living, to wreck the financial IN
stitutions which am known to be start
ing. II is an old game with these people
For t=-enty years the Tribune has i'm
asined that it could ruin me. not only
personally and politically. but in every
enterprise with which ] have been con-
nected How we'll 1t has succeeded any
ody in Chicago today may ouoge LOT
himself.
AS to White 7 never had any but
casual meetings with him As it hap
pens | never saw him alone. In general
his story Is so impossible that It's 1aise-
hood is apparent at a glance.
Knew White Casually.
..Anvhodv who was in Springfield during
the senatorial contest, or is at all Ia
miliar with Springfield affairs, would
know i'm A minute that it could not be
true Such fantastic things don't hap
pen. If YOU ask me why White tells
this impossible story. can't tell YOU
some time ago in Washington I got
A letter from him. saying he was gong
to write Il story of his life IN the legs g:.o
latItre lie said he had written 3o,uU
words, for which he had had an ouer OF
SO a word. AS that would mean $'''-
600 ! concluded the man was crazy;
MY secretary suggested that the let
ter was blackmail letter. dld not
believd it at the time Now L can see II
more clearly.
But lust sent White a reply to this
effect Tbat L was glad he was doing
20 well. az, ,-.<o,o
u might say here that little before ore
I received this letter / had peen toio
that White was very poor and neenen
work. and that / asked some frlenos TO
get employment for MN. as .he oi
mad voted for me. However, ne never
appeared to take the place which was
open for him.
Dead Man Quoted.
The premeditated untruthfulness of
Writes whole story is shown by his quot
Ing Charles Luke as his authority at the
onIv point where he attempts to bring me
In. directly. Luke is dead
There is the point to the lie. There
can be no reply from the grave
The trick is so much newspaper
trick that ] can hardly think White did
IT, 7 am confident that the people III the
Tribune office. who made it an object for
him to sign the article. supplied him with
this crooked falsehOod.
incidentally, after reading the dime
novel stuff printed in the Tribune, and
comparing il with the letter he wrote to
me. | can say that White had about as
much TO 90 with writing the Tribune
story as il he had never been born
I'm conclusion, ! would say that the
Tribune animus and purpose should be
plain To anybody who noticed that
Whites pack of lies was printed rlght
n.xt to the announcement that / was to
be president of two banks that L am o.
ganizing."