The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
.LOR|MER ATTACKED BY SENATOR STONE Does Not Sanction Lori mer's Speech in Senate MUST JUDGE FACTS Missouri Senatuf Says Lorimer's Speech Was Eloquent and Full
 of Pathos, But Bare
 of Facts

Washington, February 2S-Reviving the accusation of complicity on the part of Senator Lorimer in the alleged corrup- tion accompanying his election in the Senate Senator Stone of Missouri, today addresses the Senate in opposition to MT. Lorimer's retention of his seat.
 MT. Stone found himself unable to sanction MT. Lorimer's appearance be- fore the Senate as a pleader in his own behalf in lieu of his appearance before the Investigating committee as a wit ness in the case.
 'He made no attempt to defend him self under the sanctity of an oath but preferred to remain silent while the in- vestigation was in progress and came here to defend himself in a speech before the Senate" asserted the Missouri sen ator.
 He should not have waited to have made his defense as an orator or advo- cate. pleading his own cause before the forum which is trying him. His ad- dress was indeed replete with eloquence and pathos, but the Senate is obliged to judge the case solely on facts de- veloped by the testimony delivered un- der oath. It was Iroper for him to ad- dress the Senate, but that was not the opportune occasion nor that the most convincing way for him to offer his tes- timony."
 Declaring in another connection that l. had been obligatory on MT. Lorimer to 'hravely take the stand and tell all he lvnew' MT. Stone asked:
 Why did not MT. Lorimer take the witness stand, speak out like man question propounded to him and tell ev- erything he knew about the case? Does this attitude of silence comport with innocence?'
 Replying to his own questions, he said:
 If it was shown that Beckemeyer, Iiolstlaw and White had received money for their votes; if it was shown that other legislators had also been the re- cipients of tained money; and if it was shown that still others had been ap- preached with corrupt overtures, didr this volume of inculpating testimony shift the burden of proof on MT. Lori iner and make it imperative that he
 
 it is within the scope of things prob- able that if Brown paid this money to Hastlaw, Beckemeyer and the other men in the way they alleged, that Brown alone was guilty of offending against law and public decency and that Lori mer wended his way through a maze, always the dominating and directing in- fluence and still remained snow white and unstained?"
 Three times in the course of his ob- servations did MT. Stone find it con- venient to challenge the correctness of the conclusions of his democratic asso- ciate, Senator Bailey of Texas. He would not agree with the Texas senator that Hopkins unpopularity was sufficient to become an important factor in Lormer 5 success and he took that senator severe ly to task foy< his criticisms of Chief Clerk Jarvis 70. Newton of the Illinois State bank of Chicago and of State Sem ator Groves
 Admitting that Hopkins might be ''irascible and somewhat vindictive" and conceding that the ex-senator might have personal enemies in Illi- nois, the speaker said "Eten gentle men with such placid, serene and ami able dispositions as the junior sen ator from Texas are known to have enemies in their states" He declared that having been nominated by theNpri- mary in his state. Hopkins was en- titled to the election by every rule of fair play. He added:
 "William Lorimer is a republican. He has been repeatedly honored by the people of his state. He was not a can didate before the primaries for sen ator. He did not cross swords with Hopkins and ask the voters of his party to choose between. Instead of do- ing that he went to Springfield and there organized a bolt among repub- lican senators and representatives against the election of MT. Hopkins I say he organized the bolt If he did not, who did? Can there be any req sonable doubt that his was the master influence and force at work which or ganized the revolt and directed its op erations?
 "Confessedly his business at Spring field, primarily at least, was to defeat the election of Hopkins; and he was there from the beginning of the fight to it's ending. He was the general in command, pulling the strings and di-