The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-15
EFFORT ID VOTE ONLOR|MER CASE
 AGAIN AT ALLURE Senator Bailey Resumes His Sensational Speech in
 Defense
VIRTUALLY CHANGES
 FORGERY TO A BANK
Senator Explains Why Committees Had Not Investigated Alleged Forgery-Says Senate Is
 Not on Trial


 fix a day for vote in the Senate on the Iorimer case was made today. but once more it failed. Assurance was given,
 however, that ultimately vote would
 be permitted
 Upon the conclusion of Senator Bailey's speech in defense of MT Lorimer, whien
 he had resumed after he had talked
 three hours yesterday, MT. Beveridgs tried to obtain unanimous consent to fix date for the vote. Objection was forth coming immediately from MT. Burrows.
 chairman of the committee on privi- leges and elections, which had presented the report In favor of Mir. Lorimer after its investigation of his election by the
 Illinois legislature.
 Tempering his objection with soms
 measure of balm for the opponents of the
 Illinois senator, MT. Burrows said that
 in time there would be vote. This
 was taken to mean that later during the
 session the friends of MT. Lorimer con- sidered they might face a vote with less danger to him than now. Bailey Resumes Argument Senator Bailey was prompt today in re-
 suming his argument In the Senate ia
 support of the report of the committee
 on privileges and elections, clearing the
 election of Senator Lorimer of Illinois from allegations of bribery. The Texan entered upon sensational grounds by prao- tically charging forgery against the llli- nois State bank of Chicago, in which he said Governor Deneen was interested. MT. Bailey returned to the considera- ton of his charge that the bank deposit slip evidencing State Senator Holtslaw's deposit in the State bank of Cb'Tago had been a forgery. He<.ete--N the fact
 that yesterday kS' < :, la slmins had
 sought to intrt,up the original slip.
 which, 1t was clseusl, had been made out | by Chief Clerk} ton of the bank. | MT Crmminaesy' Bailey said, had per- omitted him tor take the paper and added
 that his examination of 1t had only had
 the effect of confirming his theory that | the slip had been a forgery. He was l sure that the handwriting shown in New | tons signature was not the same as that on the slip. Mr. Bailey expressed sur prise that the slip only and not the books of the bank had been introduced in the testimony and declared the slip was the only paper on the bank files that could have been forged He appreciated. he said, the seriousness of such charge as this, but he seemed to find possible explanation in Governor Deneen's connec-
 ton with the bank.
 Bailey Explains
 When Senator Cummins made in- ouirv as to why. if there had been sus- picion of forgery, the Investigating committee had not investigated the ,tt.... hxarn T. taslh been no ground for such 'a theory un- til the appearance of the prosecutions brief.
 MT. Bailey declared it was not friend ship for Senator Lorimer that was actu- ating him. and added that 1T It were he would want to sec Lorimer unseated. for he was dead sure in that event Lorimer would be immediately returned to the United States Senate by the Illinois legislature as 1t had not been as corrupt as 1t had been charged with.
 MT. Roots point that there is no law governing the Lorimer case. Mr. Bailey refused to agree to- The IeNan asserted 1t Is law and not fine point of ethics that must govern the Sem ates decision.
 He refused to agree that the Tor inner case constitutes A trial of tho Senate and that to acquit the Senats necesSitated the conviction or LOTiiHtT. An attempt Q set a specific date for a vote on whether Lorimer should be unseated was unsuccessful. Senate Not Involved ue would not admit that the Senate was on trial In this case and that the only way to procure the Senates ac- ouittal was to convlct Lorimer. Ha would not consent that a man should be convicted by a public not one Of whom in a thousand. he said. had read the testimony.
 If might that his own constituents did not agree with him regarding the case but he declared he would not be worthy the state If he allowed others to direct his vote. He did not believe the Senate to be venal.
 When MT. Bailey concluded Mir. Root announced his position on the Texas senator's proposition of yesterday. re- garding the invalidation of senatorial elections He accepted the first DOT ton of the proposition but changed the latter part and added somewhat to 1t.
 The New York senator's proposition was as fololws:
 "If the officer whose election Is chal- lenged did not personally participate in or encourage or sanction the bribery then his election cannot be voided un- less 1t appear that the result had been affected materially by the bribery shown. If, on the whole testimony. the Senate he of the opinion that but for influence of the corrupt meth ods oc practices employed the candidate would not have been elected. the election should he declared yoid'