Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-23
BEVER|DGE SAYS
LORIMER'S PLEA
WAS IRRELEVANT


the remote prospect of an early vott
became still more remote.
MI. Larimer himself did not listen t
the Indiana Senator's speech. He ha.
sat through most of the other attack:
upon his election, but he does not III.
tend to speak again, in any event
There, were 81 good many people In the
galleries today, but the crowd vas never
to he compared with that which sai
yesterday through Lorimer's defense OIL
himself.
senator Beveridge addressed himself
at the outset of his remarks to the
speech delivered yesterday by Senator
Lorimer in his defense. Mr.
Beveridge recalled the attention of the
Senate from the ~eloquence of Mr.. Lori
I.ler to the record of sworn testimony
before us-testimony given under OATH
and searched as by fire with fierce
REORGANIZATION" n ne added, II
shall nothing e%xtenuate nor naught set
down in malice l shall nothing eX-
tenuate' because / ought not; nor shall
| 'aught set down in malice because /
have no malice.
Indeed" he continued. lin my ex-
animation of the evidence If l mis-
state any testimony or fail to give It
fairly and fully, l will take 1t as d
personal favor If any senator better
posted than / will correct me, for l say
to the Senate that l had far rather be
shown to be in error than to be per-
mitted to make any misstatefent of the
facts.
II go further and say that I would
far rather find that the testimony es-
tablisheS tho validity of this election
than that tho testimony vitiates the
election. The VALIDITY of the elect on Is
the issue and the only issue, and, as
l said the other day. it is the gravest
issue that can arise under free H.
stitutions, because our government de-
ponds absolutely on the purity of the
elections"
Had Listened with Sympathy.
Mr.. Beveridge said he had listened
with peculiar personal sympathy to
Senator Lorimer's story of his rise
from humble estate to this high place.
There were many senator's, he said, who
from ar ven earlier youth had borne
ever heavier burdens, but they had
asked nothing of the world on that ac-
count.
But, while ! was affected as a man
by that appeal" said the speaker, II
was curious Us a judge that the sitting
member did not recite these things be-
fore the Senate's committee If he or
his attorneys thought them material
or relevant. . His account of his popu-
larity is interesting and explains much
of his political strength. but 1t is not
relevant to the question of bribery
which we are now considering.
His newsboy experience and the de-
voted friendship between himself and
'Hinkey Dink' resulting therefrom are
engaging, but they are not material
as to the corruption OF Holstlaw,
White. Beckemeyer, Link and others.
'Hinkey Dink,' according to Mr.. Lori
nler, delivered Griffln's vote, but Crit
fin swore he had not been asked by
anyone to vote for Mr.. Lorimer, and
Henry Tirrell swore Griffin suggested
that he vote for Lorlmer and said there
was $1,000 in it anyway. Yet in reeit-
ing this phase of his life, the sitting
member, without knowing it, has
thrown light upon one portion of the
testimony to which hereafter I shall
call attention.
Senator Beveridge went on ia take
up various Incidents recited yesterday
by Mr.. Lorimer, illustrative of his acts
OF KINDNESS to constituents and others.
suppose the owner OF many tracts