Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-10
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR SUPPOSED
TO KNOW SOMETHING OF
LoRIMER ELECTION.
MANY CONFERENCES HELD
PRIOR TO ELECTION
Better Element in Senate Will Push
Fight Against Senator, Eve" II
Question Goes Over to Next Session
Report That lorimer Will Resign
Resented by His Friends.
Especial correspondence

w dSllllS lOll, Oail. AV'-0O's
S. Deneen, OF Illinois. will be put on
TIE witness stand ii there Is further
.uvestlgaulon OF the charges OF bribery
in connection with the election OF The
4.lnoIs senator.
ANS Is the assertion made by friends
VI senator Aofllner AAsy say eoae
,LuNer1vr DeAeeA Wal have " go oe1ote
.ue committee Oh privileges anu
elections, or rather Its SuD-conWlttee'
anu tell All ne AnoWs ABOUT the cleo
.4on ot Senator Aorllner. AT the ume
.ne subcommittee was conuuctlAs
,4earl,.ss IN Lnlcago last Iall. Lnere was
laik VI having Governor OeAeen sud-
yoeuaed out ~ was not done. one rea-
son given why II was not done was
mat prominent politicians feared II
ln4snt compncale the pollt1cal SITUATION
Al 1il4nois Tor the republicans, who We're
.rouDleo a. The time over the elect
outlook.
Deneee and Lorimsr Diekered.
Prior to tne election OF Senator Lori
Mer, there We're frequent conferences AT
Springfield between Deneen and Lori
uler. Inc inwardness OF tnese Is not
lully understood. 1t was clear that both
ttltu were OlShS11hS Az l4AS ossSAApS W
ue1eat Hopkins, VINO mad the primary
endorsement. or course, Governor
Ueneen is not in any way connected
with the bribery OF certain members OF
the legislature but it is thought he can
throw lot OF light on the Dig politics
tnat was being played at Springfield
ABOUT the time OF the election.
That Senator Lorimer himself may
bo mi
privileges and elections investigate the
case further is a possibility. Some OF
his friends say this move is likely. II
Is argued that the senate can not re-
fuse TO order the committee to in
quests 1t and If he says ne wants adj
ditional witnesses examined. Members
OF the privileges and elections commit
lee who do not want the committee to
take the case up again would be placed
in position Of not being well able to
prevent this il Senator IIorimer should
say that he wanted more witnesses
called and additional testimony was to
be had. Some Of, the members OF the
privileges and elections committee have
taken the position they would oppose
taking further time In inquiry unless
there was good reason to suppose more
evidence could be had which would be
worth while.
Fight to Be Kept UP.
It ia recognized in anti-Lorimer
quarters that request from Senator
Lorimer for further investigation might
be a shrewd move on his part and
might succeed in gaining time. At the
same time, the anti-Lortmer elements
in the senate say the fight is going to
be kept up and that II the matter
should be thrust over to next session in
any way, 1t will do Lorimer no good.
AS to the talk Of Lorimer resigning.
the friends Of the now much beset IL
linois senator say he will not do 1t, that
he Is not that kind OF a man. that he
has wrested victory from defeat too
often to quit until thrown out. One
reason why 1t Is said Lorimer will not
quit is that he is extremely fond Of his
family and would do nothing that
might be construed as an admission OF
the charges against his election, thus
leaving a stigma on his name. It is one
Of the qualities that has made him liked
by his constituents that Senator Lor-
liners relations with his family have
been peculiarly happy. He Is said never
to go anywhere away from his family
that he does not call his wife over the
long distance every evening and fad
out how she and the children are get
ting along. No matter how hard the
senator may play the game Of politics.
he never forgets Mrs. Lorimer and the
young Lorimers. And that Is said to be
a large reason why he Is bent on fight.
ing in this case to the very last