Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-03

clared, in response to suggestion that
you can't cash dreams. Yes, but you
can cash votes.'"
some of the testimony. which has been
| quoted a number Of times by other SEN
ators in discussing the case.
80 Mr.. President. l say, continued
Senator Root 1.-The air of Springfield was
! murky with suspicion. a suspicion that
Is justified by the unimpeached testimony
| Of witnesses"
1T may be-" said Senator Root. that
| all these men swore falsely; that they
| all perjured themselves; but we are not
at liberty to reject their testimony un-
| less it is overcome by countervaifing
| testimony of sufficient weight. or unless
| it is found to be at variance with ac-
cepted fact One great fact is the relation
| of Browne to Lorimer and to his follow
| ers.
"It happens that there were two events
| in which the testimony fixes the payment
| of money under such circumstances as to
| indicate bribery.
Senator Root then went on to relate
the meetings. in st. Louis, which have
| been described several times in previous
speeches on the Lorimer case.
Witnesses Did Not Agree.
| Mr. Root said that the testimony of wit
nesses differed. The New York senator
showed that three witnesses testified to
receiving $500 each. and one witness,
| Representative Wilson, who was charged
| with making the payments on behalf OF
| Browne. denied that any money was dis
| tributed.
Mr.. Root ridiculed the testimony of
Wilson that this meeting was held for
| the purpose of discussing the question VI
giving a banquet for Browne, and showed
| that two men were indicted on charges
| Of periury before they would admit that
| they had been present.
| The senator said that Lorimer's lawyer
| tried to shut out all testimony concerning
the Jnlv meeting on the ground that the
gathering was for the purpose or dls-
| tributing a legislative Jackpot. Whlcn
had no connection with the election OF
Lorimer.
Joked About Corruption.
"rhink of it!'' exclaimed MI ROOT.
| corruption having been going on SO
long that minds had become accustomed
! to it. men in the legislature had become
SO calloused to the iniduity OIL II tha'
they joked about It,
"They nicknamed their corruption iuhd
as admitted by Mr.. Lorimer,s own law
yer.
| that Browne had intended TO attend tue
July meeting, but was prevented py
case of ptomaine poisoning Mr.. Roo1
said this disproved absolutely that the
| meeting had been called TO discuss tue
| question of banqueting Browne.
Leadership One of Corruption.
| Declaring Brownies leadership was one
of corruption, Mr.. Root said:
| "Acepting the general relationship OF
Browne and his followers what arc the
probabilities? Can any man resist the
moral certainty that there was corrup-
| t;opo There can be no stronger cor
| robora ting testimony than what we know
| of the character and relations of Browne
no stronger testimony OF specinc acts
] of bribery
/ Taxing I'D the case of Holtslaw, MI
| Root said that there had been no occa-
sion for his going to Broderlcks place or
business except to receive money. The
| money was said to have been deposited
in Holstlaw's bank in Iuka and Mr.. Root
urged that the banks papers should have
been examined as corroboratfve testl-
mony, but even as the testimony stands,
he contended that it is sufficient to show
that at least one of Lor1mer votes hao
been procured by bribery.
Tainted by Bribery.
Now what is the effect of the facts
plainly established that four OF the votes
were cast under the influence of money
received and three others under the in
f1uence of money paid?" asked the
speaker.
II put it to the conscience of any sena-
tor to say whether If it Is shown that
Browne and Broderlck and Wilson bribed
White, Link, Beckemeyer and Holstlaw
to vote for Lorimer they themselves were
pure and free from the corruption they
were employing to bring about the cleo
ton? How can any one reconcile their
innocence with his knowledge of human
nature?"
1t was further contended that If four
cases of bribery had been proven there
must inevitably have been other cases
concerning which it naturally had beer
impossible to obtain proof.
Mistaken in His Agent.
Mr.. Root recalled sarcastically the
SDeech of Senator Inrin1er in tla Senat h