The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-02
BY Associates Press.

Washington, March William Lori
mer retains his seat in the United
States senate. BY a vote Of forty-six
to forty that body today defeated the
resolution of Senator Beveridge de-
claring the junior Illinois senator had
not been elected legally. The end of
the case which had been before the
senate for many months and provoked
one of the most bitter fights in that
body in years came soon after 1889
O'Clock this afternoon. Promptly at
that hour the vice president brought
the gavel down, interrupting the speech
Of La Toilette in opposition to Lori
mer, and called for the vote. The floor
and galleries were crowded and the
most intense interest was shown during
the roll call.
When at IL o'clock the senate con-
vened with large attendance of mem
bers. most of the senators appeared
anxious to expedite business with a
view to getting at the Lorimer case at
the first possible moment. Senator
Stone was an exception. He insisted
upon the full reading of the long jour
nal of yesterday and paid Esost minute
attention to all details.
SPOKE AGAINST LoRlMER.
On the conclusion of the routine
business. Senator Owen of Oklahoma.
secured the floor and began speech in
opposition to Mr.. Lorimer. The Illinois
senator was among the members on
the floor while Mr.. Owen was speaking.
He occupied a chair against the wall
Of the chamber and appeared to be
giving the closest attention to the
Oklahoman.
Before Mr.. Owen began his speech.
Mr.. Beveridge had shown disposition
to hasten rather than impede the pro-
ceedings. He refused to permit the
transaction of any other than neces
sare business
7 am sorry for William Lorirner.
said Senator Owen hapressively. as he
took the floor.
Elaborating upon his sympathy for
the Illinois senator, Mr. Owen still
maintained that a stain had been left
on Lerimer's good name by the manner
OF his election to the senate. There
has been corruption and bribery in
that occurrence, contended the Okla
homa senator, and he said that it was
impossible not to believe that Lorimer
had not known what was transpiring.
Mr.. Owen. following an interruption
BY Mr.. Hepburn. then read a telegram
from Gov. Deneen OF Illinois. It was
a categorical reply to all of the Illinois
senator's allegations concerning the
governor.
DENEEN's TELEGRAM.
The charge that the governor had
entered a conspiracy to obtain the pub
Hcation of Whites confession was pro-
nounced by the telegram to be entirely
without foundation.
Gov. Deneen also wired that after
the primaries he had been for Hopkins
for senator; also that when approached
by Lorimer to become a candidate for
the senate. he had refused the use of
his name and had advised the holding
Of q caucus. Therefore it was not true
that he had consented to be candl-
date and had then withdrawn his con-
sent
Therefore it was known that he hal
consented to be a candidate and hal
then withdrawn his consent. He had
advised his friends. he declared, not to
vote for Lorimer for senator.
Nor was it true, the telegram went
on, that the governor sought to elect
speaker of the Illinois house or had
opposed Mr.. Shurtleff. If Mr. Shurtle4
had been nominated by the Republican
caucus. the governor would have sup
ported him. The governor made the
point against the Illinois senator that
IL he could not have elected a speaker
as charged by Lorimer. he could not
have elected Hopkins, as Lorimer had
said he could have done.
Gov. Deneen also declared in the
telegram that Lorimer's proposition to
elect the governor to the senatorship
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