Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-01

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without concluding that behind the OF
sanizatiop and the activities OF that ies.
tsIature was one single powerfui mlhu'
Events Planned Deliberately.
Things did not just happen in that
legislature Events were planned anu
worked out with deliberate care ana pre-
cision The mind. the controlling praiii
behind the scene was the mind ana oraiii
Of Mr.. Lorfmer himself He knew that
Mt Hopkins could not be defeated IN =
.ucus. he knew ii was impossible to DE
elected BY republican votes alone oe
rause a majority OF the republican votes
were pledged. and so confessed .hen
selves To be. by the popular vote az ".
urinary In favor OF Mr.. Hopkins IL vas
barefore necessary. imperatively neces-
<ary to get votes from some othei phi'
than his own. The first step 10 reael
The other camp was TO Cooperate WI
fhe men i'm the other camp in the uistI
n,,tian OF the spoiIs arising from the or
.anization OF the house OF represeh''
"Shurtless was elected speaker by the
,il If democratic votes This part OF tne
Ian had two-fold purpose. 1t not Only
divided the republicans, because
5ublican speaker was TO be etecteu' ~. 80
reld and bound those democrats Mno ".
to share in the spoils OF the Org nc two
This left IIorinler in charge OF ,ht -
halves az both parties. and 50 iohS aS
the other halves Of the two paf'ies ia
maiped separated eventually r ne ,h moo of,
sand a reasonable chance TO GET t.e "
nee he wanted. the one he no" mas
Admissions by Witness.
Passing on next to the testimony OF
uitnexs Browne. accused of offering
money for vote for Mr.. Lorimer. that
no had frequent conferences with Mr..
r.or,uer during the days just prior TO NJ,
! orimer.s election. Senator Brown aue.eo
,ov,;,pnny of witness Browne and ceh'in
ued: md CON
This demonstrates the close Gnu eI III
slant Association of MIR. LorlmC ;,r,a
agent Browne during the yb.t were
dfateiv preceding his election 10 cor.
they consulting about? Jne! VIZ VII, -,
tainly not exchanging arg .ine % e,nrern
another on any of the To'ieies 1;Seussino
ment. they were certaniy not olscussne
mem. ..t az +bess conferences. some
~. Gs -. = dozen in a. evening. There We're
only thirty members IN tne DIV
zion. il would vot have taken SO 'laS
1to, s,ne of them lasting hours
a;.',,'sS ~. names of the thirty men
1850 rotae Lorimer wanted. what were
,hasa corerences about! Every man
49, Ln.Ws those conferences relateu "
Tho wrys and means necessary
for Lorimer. If Brownies leauer-
- was alone necessary to lead theH
no the I.oriner camp no repeated III
<rences were necessary. because III .ns
event the followers would nave loIo
Browne independent of anything l1ofiiner
might have said to him or he to Lorlmer.
We must conclude from the fact !hA.
these conferences were held, first tnaI
they were necessary. secohu' .heS
necessary because Browne was naVNhs
trouble to lead his followers and Lorimer
was the only man to whom Browne was
reSnonsihle for the failure OF the tmrS
c7Ilowers to vote as he directed.
Lorimer Probably Informed.
ON no rational theory can anybody con-
Glide that Lorimer was unadvlsed ny
Browne of anything that Browne olu ior
him. ard whatever Browne did and what
ever difficulties Browne encountered IN h1s
canvass for support among his foiio"ers
for Mr.. IIormer must have been mace
known 10 him at these conferences, anu ~,
independent of any direct tesunony Vi,
that question il must be concluded IN all
good reason and conscience that Browne
concealed nothing from Lorimer ana that
Browne did nothing to further tne eiec
ton OF Iorimer that Lorimer did not
know about at the time. This conclusion
i supported by every undisputed circum-
stance surrounding the transaction.
But. Mr.. President, we do not need 10
RELY on the logic of circumstantial evil
dence and we do not need to rely on the
fact of these continued and repeated as
sociatiops and conferences between the
beneficiary and the agent to reaeh con
clusion in this matter. We nave .Iie
direct and positive and undisputed testi-
mony in this record that MIR. Browne
kept Mr. Lorimer informed of everything
he did to advance his election. ms testi
mony does not come from the NOUN VI
Mr. White, who is a bad man, or OF MI
Link, who is a bad man. or from MT.
Holslaw, who Is a bad man. or from MI
Reckemeyer. who was another witness Ut
terly unbelievable and discredlDle IN the
view of our committee. ms direct anu M
positira testimony that Lorimer knew all
and everything that Browne did. comes
from the mouth of the witness for whose
Integrity Mr. Lorimer vouches In ms
statement 20 the Senate ana whose IN
teerity some members of the committee
making the majority report in this case
have given a good name. This direct testl-
mony comes from the mouth or the con-
fidential agent and associate of Mr.. Lori
.ner. Browne himself
Necessity for Conferences.
THAT was the reason it was necessary
20 have so many conferences between
LOO
f,s his report TO his chief, and it is ut
rly unbeiev able that he kept from Mr..
Lorimer the information about the bribery
of Beckemeytr. White. Link and Holsaw.
I.orimer is bound by the testimony OF
this witness: the Senate Is bound by 1t.
Ii has a compelling force that cannot be
resisted in the light Of this record. and
Mr. President. when il is established in
the proof that Lorirher knew what
Browne was doing II is established that
the bribery of at least four members OF
knowledge and with the consent of Mr..
i.orimer. and when that fact is establish
ed all disputed questions of law are taken
out of this case.
The only theory on which the election
If Mr.. Lorimer can be sustained is that
10 one was bribed by Browne 10 vote for
him. If Browne bribed nobody Lorimer
knew it. IL Browne bribed anybody
l.orimer knew il and consented to il. and
thereby forfeited all title TO the Office.
And when the committee agrees that
With four votes bribed by Browne Lori
mer's election is still valid, the conclusion
must fall. because under the direct and
undisputed evidence OF Browne, as well
as under all the other convincing circum-
stxnces and proof. II is obvious that Lori
nIer knew all that Browne did
Senator Root to Speak.
Senator Root Of New York today gave
notice that he would speak next Friday
On the Lormer case. 1t has been COM
monty reported that he would oppose
4 orivraor hut ho has M, corn NIT