The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-24
BEYERIDGE and DEPEW CLASH
1T WAS OVER THE TESTIMONY
~ THE LORIWER CASE.
The Indiana senator Charges Tint Dcpew
signed the Report E>oncrating Lori
mer without Heading the Record.
which the New York senator Denies.

which the New York senator Denies
WASHING roN. Feb % Senator Bever-
dge charged Senator Depew on the
floor OF the Senate to-day with having
signed the report Of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections which cleared
Senator Lorimer without having read
the record Of the testimony taken by
the subcommittee which conducted the
investigation The charge led to an eS
change of words by the two Senators in
which they accused each other with play
ing to the galleries
1t was the btterest personal colloouy
that has occurred in the Senate this ses-
sion. Senator Beveridge challenged the
Senator from New York several times TO
say whether he had read the record Of
the testimony. but MI Depew avoided a
direct answer. Senator ReveridRe occu-
pied nearly the entire session of the Sem
ate with his speech against Lorimer. 1t
was the second day Of his speech and the
end is not yet. He will resume tomorrow
Many Senators are inclined 10 believe
that the Beveridge speech is part OF a
plan to prevent the Lorimer case coming
to n vote al this session An attempt was
made to-day by Chairman Burrows Of
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tons to fix time for vote on the Lormer
case, but II failed. Senator Burrows asked
for a vote to-day. and when this was OBJ
jected to by Senator Lodge he sought
unanimous consent for vote tomorrow
or Saturday and finally on Monday night,
but in each instance was blocked by the
objection Of Senator Stone.
Senator Burrows announced then that
he would move Tomorrow morning
TO make the Lorimer case the unfinished
business of the Senate, displacing the
resolution for the direct election of Sena-
| tors. This will bring on "A test vote in
the 1.orimeI case. 1t is apparent that
Lorimer's supporters now have a ma
jority of the Senate in favor Of vindcat-
ing him.
The belief is growing that several Of
the insurgents are planning to continue
the talk on the Lormer case ana prob
ably the direct election of Senators until
the Senate leaders as a matter of neces-
sity will be compelled to drop everything
clse and take up the general appropria-
ton bills. Ten of these bills are now
nung up in the Senate. Several of the
Insurgents believe Lorimer will be ousted
If the case can be- thrown over into an
extra session of Congress.
The row between Senators Beveridge
and Depew started when Senator Bever-
idge asked the Senate or from New YORK to
look at a bank deposit slip of alleged bribe
money and give his opinion if 1t was a
forgery.
Il have not made up my mind to that, :"
was the reply of Senator bepew. Il have
read the testimony, but ii has not taken mo
as long 10 digest it as it has the Senator
from Indiana
senator Beveridge then started out to
inquire how. when and where senator
Depew had read the testimony.
senator Depew said that he had read
parts OF it that had been sent TO him. to-
gether with briefs 10y the lawyers for the
prosecution
senator Beveridge wanted to know
what Mr. Depew would think Of a Judge
who would make up his mind on an ab-
stract of testimony made by counsel
The galleries applauded and Senator
Depew referred 70 the audience which
the Indiana Senator had ana later ac-
cus.d him of playing to the gallery
beveridye ratorted that he was only fol-
lowing the New York Senator's example
who had teen playing 10 them all his life.
MIR D"pew was plainly nervous and EN-
barrasst-t over the attack which senator
Bsveridge was making upon him. He
explained that he had accepted the views
of the seven members of tho -ubcom-
mittee of the committee on Privileges and
Elections he"aus- they conceded exactly
with hla own. which he had reached
through reading briefs and extracts of
testimony made by the lawyers OF the
prosecution
There apparently Was some occurrence
in IN" committee. room on the Saturday
morning when the subcommittee : rt-
port was presented that senator Depew
dld rot care to make public.
Il shall not go into what occurred at
that morning meeting" said senator
Beverdge. "urless the Senator from New
York gives his consent
Mr. Dcpew remained silent. A moment
later he declared that the only reason he
had violated III. rules of the Senate in
disclosing anything that had occurred
n, a committee meeting wa, because the
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