The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-24
Galleries Applaud indiana Sena.
tor viii Continue His
Speech Today
No Voc Reached Yesterday --Beyeridge De
MES nolislaWs Deposit Slip Was For
cry-.Iniimates Investigating Com
nitlee's Report Was Altered
Before Presentation

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Washington, Feb. 23.---No vote was
taken on the Lorimer case in tho
senate today, rcr co:ld date for
such a vote be fiGed Senator Reves-
iige, of Indiana, spoke fer four hoars,
but did not conclude. lie anncuacet
that he would resume tomorrow.
This was his second interruption 4
bis speech which already had coz
sumed nine hours.
Just fef5re the fenate went i1,o
executive session Senator Burrows a
tempted fer the scecnd time to hava
time for a vote fxe,,, SIS eslrs
that ii he before adjournment tomo.
VOW. Senator Store objected, pe-
cause he desired time in which to bo
leari On The case.
with congress within eight days or
el30rcol sdiarrnme-t aEl with ITS
loair crowded with important
measures, tie senate adjourned in
an!@l,Es hut an agrl catle state CT
mind
Ordinarily tscrs weu have been
10 cbjec,ion to M Beveyi :sas
ecprse II announcing taat be wouss
resume his sreeeh tomorrow, ba. ua-
Ger tae circumstances there ya4
Eaay manifestations OF .npalicace.
eons ssGatcrs who 81 9port Senator
I1rimer vert 50 far as to charge
II buster to Prevent a vote in the
case, but MI Bo5cridge and h
friends reonted this charge.
Insists on Cor.in:6ng.
q dent care a hang when We
vote at;cr get through he said to
Senator Gallinger On the floor just
before adjournment
lie insisted tha, lie must have or
portani!y to conclude his speech
which lie promised would do tomor-
row.
II his remarks today thc Indiana
senator made somewhat extended
reference 10 Senator Lorlmer',
speech CT yesterday, Earning scnltor1
against beirg carried away by sym'
laihg lie confined his ANALYSIS OF
the teltiraony in the case with ta3
Wow to convincing tie senate thai
the senator from Illinois had PRO
cured his election tArongh bribery
lie also charged that the commit
tee on priVilsgts ard elections had
acted with undue haste on the ewi-
dcnee in reaching its ycrGict.
This allegation was made in cor
nectoa with q sharp colosuy VITA
Senator Ecfes, Of New York. He
taxed the NGes York reuator with
having failed b read the testimony
and in addition int,mated that tie
report which originally was agreed
TO by the committee on privileges
and elections was rot the same docu.
ment that ultimately was presented
to the senate in he l-oI:mer case.
Several Ro;i Calls.
Several times during the seaat-r's
speech Senator Owen, of Oklahoma.
WHO seemed determined to have an
audience for his colleague, cor.
pe,led a roll call Of the senate. AL
ways enough senators drifted in from
TIC resting and smoking rooms to
make up the necessary quorum.
These repeated roll calls greatly ex-
tended the duration of Mr.. Bever-
ijge's srceeh, and still further de-
ferrcd tie possibility Of vote on the
case.
80 help me God!" cried Mr.. Bev-
eridge, q wouldn't vote to sustain
the election Of my own brother under
such circumstances =s are here pre-
se.sted. The question is that OF the
people, not a matter of sentiment%
net d question of sentiment on the
one hand or On the other of those
two things with which rumpr Is rife
and the presz is full. Ts have
duty ~ discharge and 1t will nov ASS
away the day we vote. The record !
we make is one that must so down to
cur children"
The Galleries Applaud.
The galleries meanwhile had fiilel
rp, and the crowd there was almost,
If not quite, as large as 1t was yes