The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-21
FACTS IN The loRlMER CASE

Az ! , IN ! ftE IOhlMEh CRSE,
When a man is charged with guilt
the laws says he must be presumed
to be innoncent until his guilt Is
proven beyond any reasonable doubt
but the evil thinking, sensation loving
public, which is the majority of the
public accepts the charge as the
proof unless it Is shown TO be false
beyond reasonable doubt.
Without being thoroughly familiar
with all the facts of theease, We have
expressed the opinion that Senator
llorimer should not be unseated, A
days ago Senator Fletcher ably
reviewed the case in convincing
speech n the senate arriving at the
same conclusion that we had formed.
Senator Fletcher placed the evidence
in condensed form and these are the
facts stiil further condensed
Mr.: Lorimer was elected to the
senate Hay 26, 1909 Neither of his
competitors contested the election
MOI a word was said about any cor
ruption until April &c. 1910-more
than eleven months after the election
AllN ltai So NAEAtH lllWWlHE hitti HE
had taken his seat in the senate
The charges were made i'm an article
in the Chicago Tribune written by
one Charles A. White-a member OF
the Illinois legislature White had
borrowed money everywhere he could
and when he could borrow no more
conceived the idea OF writing out his
legislative experiences; and. TO get
good price for them, he made them
as sensational ais possible I'm all
the Investigations that have follow
ed, counsel for both sides have treat
ed him as man absolutely devoid OF
honor
White claims he was promised and
paid $1,000 for voting for lorimor
and promised about as much aud paid
5000 from a general corruption fund
this IN addition to sums be borrow
ed lie does not claim that Lorimer
paid him either sum lie says Il was
promised him by ONeil Browne. mi.
nority leader of the house. thar Mt
Browne himself paid him the $1,000
for voting for Lorlmer, and that a
MIR. Wilson acting Tor Browne paid
him at a hotel In ST. Louis his share
IN The jackpot or general cprrup-
lion fund Browne and Wilson both
on oath deny having ever paid him
anything
Az the ST. Louis meeting. where
the jackpot not The Lorimer money
was divided, other members Of the
Illinois leg stature link Shenhard.
Clark, Luke and Beckmeyer were
/ present White says he was taken
from his room where these men were
assembled into a bath room, where
\ the money was given him He does
NOT claim 20 have seen any money
( paid to any of the others or 10 have
seen any OF the others except Shep-
hard go with Wilson into the bath
room Shepard and Clark both swear
they received no money and Luke Is
1 dead BecKmeyer and Link each say
he was paid $500 at this ST. Louis
meeting This however, was the
/ Jackpot money and had nothing "a
20 with the election OF Lorimer, and
Wilson denies having paid any money
at an
Beckemeyer also said that he re
/ ceiyed at this time--uearly a month
4 after Lorimers election an extra
$1,000 with the statement that it was
/ Lorimer money.
Why did these men make these
statements Both denied II at first
both We're placed in custody and kept
IN charge OF officers a loag time;
! one was indicted and the other was
threatened with Indictment. bott