Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01

| would not stulify himself by giving his
| vote to the doctrine laid down by the
| committee on privileges and elections'
| Believing that doctrine to be immoral. ne
would have none Of It. not even II ne
Apparently in the face Of much oppo-
| sition from his own state, Senator SIM
mons Of North Carolina delivered a
brief address giving the reason why ne
would support Mr.. Lorimer. He said
| that on the evidence taken he could not
| justify himself In voting to displace him.
notwithstanding he thought there were
fraudulent schemes for legislation prac-
ticed in the Illinois legislature.
II do not believe that the senator from
Illinois bribed anybody to cast vote FOL
him, and I do not believe that the evi.
dence is sufficient to warrant us in be-
lieving that anybody was bribed by any
one for that purpose" said the North
Carolina senator. Il cannot give my
vote to destroy the character Of any man
on the testimony that has been adduced
by the committee. To do so 1 should be
compelled to perjure my conscience and
lose my self-respect Before I was Sena-
tor / was a man Jealous of my integrity
OF conscience. and without regard to the
effect on me either as a man or senator
l intend to preserve my own self-respec..
Feeling as I do. holding myself re-
sponsible to my God as we'll as to my
constituents. 1 shall cast my vote In ia
vor Of Mr.. Lorimer."
Mr.. Lorimer's Last Word.
When Mr.. Simmons yielded the floor
Senator Lorimer himself addressed the
chair. evidently to the surprise of most of
the senator's He rose only to speak of
Gov. Deneen's telegram to Senator Owen.
Taking up that message in detail. he de-
clared that an examination of 1t would
verify all of the statements that he (Mr.
Lorimer had made to the Senate. Men
tioning his reference to the selection of
a speaker and to Gov. Deneens position
concerning the election of United States
senator. Mr.. LOrimer said:
Il made no statements here which
would not be justified by an examination
Of the official journals Of the Illinois leg
lslature, except those regarding the use
of patronage by the governor, which are
substantiated by the telegram from
Speaker Shurtleff. Representative Brown
back and Mr.. Ford. which I had read
into the record yesterday"
Declaring that much Of Gov. Deneen'S
telegram had dealt with questions which
did not concern his election, Mr.. Lorimer
referred to the portion of it dealing with
the alleged effort to unseat the governor,
and stated that that question had been
by a committee of five re-
publican members of the Illinois legis-
lature. all of whom were friends Of the
governor, and four democrats, whose YER
dict had not Endorsed the governors po-
sition. He did not believe, he said, that
in the face of this fact the governor 8
proof of conspiracy was such as would
be accepted by a court.
Mr. Lorimer stated that Senator Owen
had been very Industrious in an effort
to procure kilograms in refutation of
his (Mr. Lorimer's) statement in the
Senate a few days ago. and quoted a
message from State Senator Hearn to
the Oklahoma senator. which. he said.
Mr.. owen had been careful not to read
In his message, as read by Mr.. Lorimer.
Mr.. Hearn verified most Of the Illinois
senator's statements.
Il do not know why" said Senator
Lorimer, that telegram was not read
into the record. if we are going to try
may receive"
All fairness. Mr.. Lorimer added, re-
quired that all kilograms be read.
II take it that no senator is searching
for evidence to convict" said he, "but
for evidence of the truth. the whole
side be put into the record, but all evil
dence sh ruld be produced for the benefit
of the whole body of senator's.
Senator Smith of Michigan succeeded
Senator Lorimer in addressing the Senate.
The senator told of his profound respect
the judgment of Senator Burrows. How
ever a perusal of the record Of the case
had led him to differ with these gentle
men. Moreover he expressed convic-
ton that the committee had not gone
far enough in it's investigation; nor was
the country satisfied with the extent of
the investigation.
Senator Smith declared that counsel
who had appeared before the committee
on behalf Of Senator Lorimer and others
had done all in their power to thwart
the purpose of the Senate to get at the
facts