The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-23
TELLS
Continued from Page One,

ABOUT u cOHcluSlOH' lucy were uppic
hensive that the opposition might
flibuster to force the issue over to an
other session.
I'm a moment shall ask the senate
to return to the consideration of the
record of sworn testimony before us
given under oath and
cross examined said
Beveridge.
"And in my treatment of this
testimony, l shall nothing extenuate
nor aught set down in malice But
before / go into the testimony and
the law. 1 shall say a word upon
the remarks of the sitting member
made on yesterday.
"I listened with peculiar personal
sympathy to his story of his rise
from humble estate TO this high
place. other senator's were as much
touched as l, by that moving story.
For there are many senators here
who from an even earlier youth
than the sitting member have borne
even heavier burdens than he bore.
But they have asked nothing of the
world on that account.
"But while l was affected as q
man by that appeal. i was curious as
a judge that the sitting member did
not recite these things before the
senate's committee, II he or his at
torneys thought them material or re-
levant.
Ellis account of his popularity is
Interesting and explains much or
his political strength; but 1t is not
relevant to the quetsion of bribery
which we are now considering.
"His newsboy experience and the
devoted friendship between himself
and 'Hinky Dink' resulting therefrom
is engaging; but 1t Is not material as
to the corruption of Holtslaw, White
Beckemeyer, Link and others. 'Hinky
Dink' according to Lorimer, delivered
Griffn's vote, but Griffin swore he
has not been asked to vote for Lori
mer and Henry Terrill swore that
Griffin suggested that he vote for Lor-
inner and said there was $1,000 in It.
THE sitting members account OF
his aid to Gallighan when that mans
wife was i'll. touched me deeply. Lori
mer's conduct in aiding poor Gallighan
many years ago Is worthy of all praise,
yet IL Is not relevant to the issue OF
bribery because Gallighan's vote is
not challenged on that ground or any
other ground.
$50 while my sympathy and 'ap-
proval as a man were aroused by this
picturesque and praiseworthy incident
the issue we must determine was not
touched. That issue is the validity OF
the election, challenged here on the
ground Of bribery. on that grave
charge no light was thrown.
"The sitting member says that every
Republican from his district voted for
Hopkins; that he urged the election
OF Shurtleff; that he tried to get Gov
ernor Deneen to run; that all this took
place before he himself became can
didate. All this is important politica,
history. no doubt; but what has 1t TO
do with the alleged bribery we are
now considering.
"I shall not spend moment on that
but / should remind the senate that
the record shows why II was desired
to elect Governor Deneen senator
Browne tells US that they would have
been willing to elect Deneen in order
to get rid of him-eliminate him.
Why did they want to get rid Of and
eliminate Governor Deneen? AS to
Hopkins and Shurtleff, while 1t Is OF
no possible consequence, II may be
suggested that wise political man.
ager would throw votes to Hopkins
when they could not elect him be-
cause that would mollify the real Hop
kins votes for any future plans. The
support of Shurtleff when he could
not be elected. would have endeared
him still more than he was already.
1 make no complaint of this view OF
that transaction, for IL was permissible
strategy in that kind of political ma
nipulation which appears to be be-
coming so usual in the election of Uni
ted States senators.
"All of us were interested at the
sitting members analysis of the bell
wether; but the sitting member made
one mistake In that. He attributed
the invention of the term 'bellwether'
TO the senator from New York (Root).
The senator from New York needs
no defense; and II he did. there is no
man so competent to make that de-
fense as himself. Yet both the sitting
member and the senator from New
York will pardon me II I point our
that TIE person who first called
Nanny Abraham the 'bellwether' of
the Browne faction. was Browne
himself, as the records show.
"On purely party votes. when a sem
ator comes In from work in commit
tees II is the loose practice to vote as