The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-23
DENIES he ONCE CONSENTED TO
BECOME CANDIDATE ron
SENATOR.
IDEN0UNcES COALITION
Had Its elimination in Election OF
Lorimer-Governor 54ys Bi-
partisan Agreement Was
TO Unseat Him.

neen tonight made the followin,
statement on the speech Of Seaa;o
loiinar in Washington. today:
i Il have only such meagre Informs
ton regarding the speech made b.
! Senator Lorlmer today as appear Z,
in the afternoon editions or u.
/ Springfield papers. notice, however
that he followed the courses which
have often observed Is followed bI
men charged with serious oifenses Il
/ Cook county when | was states attor
ney there, of trying to escape an ex
planation of The facts against then
by making charges against men who
are nct on trial.
tMr Lorimer says, first, I consent
ed to become candidate for senator
and then Immediately witadrew. This
is not true. I never gave my conseh,
to him or anybody else, to become a
candidate, but On the contrary refused
to do so.
He charges that Edward ShurtlefI
became speaker because \, tDene en)
threatened to deprive representatives
of patronage should they vote foy
him, and that | tried to elect one ci
my friends as speaker Neither o,
these charges are true.
"1hre3: Senator Lorimcr says tact
| Icould have elected Mr.. Hopkias sen
ator at any time. In view Of tie IA \
that he charges in the same breath
taet could not elecf a speaker. TIL.
Estatement falls by Its own weight aac
needs no frrther refutation.
"Fourta, he says That Mr.. Stur,l Il
vas one Of Mr. Hopkins Managers
This win he news in lincis.
Fifth Ie added to tie list q
candidates when nc claimed in III.
speech of May 2S, 1910, that he sub
mitted to mo the name OF Mr.. Ceor5c
T.. Fo2s, of Chicago. My answe
made on May 20, the day after .:r
Lorlmer's speech "A the senata. sas@.
nov as to MI i'oss.
Sixth: Lorimer says; urged hlA
(Deneen) TO become a candidate. tell
ing him / believed lie would reur itt
our party, torn asunder by factona
strife The proposal to elect ne
senator was not made by RepuD.ic1l
senators alone, but | was assured b.
him that would get practically t''
entire Democratic vote in t, e hou;e
No Democrats offered me support an
the assurance of that vote came Ell
tireIy from Senator Lorimer. who ha'
undertaken at that time to nave au
thori.y to speak for the Democrats Il
tnis matter.
seventh: rotce he liyes asol
why the Democrats would supror
him. | looked in vain in his speecl
for reasons why the Democrats woui
support me or any other man b
named in his speech today, none .
whom could have gotten q majorlt
of the Republicans, because the ms
jority felt bound by the primary yot
to vote for Mir, Hopkins.
"The truth is, the bipartisan coal
tion which reached its climax in tn
election of Senator Lorimer, wa
formed In the general assembly whic,
preceded his election, for the pll
pose Of defeating me. II was the UT
derstandlng tnen that If the effort I
defeat me at the primaries failed, tn
Republican members of this bipar:
san coalition would in turn join wit
the Democrats to defeat me at tn
polls, q program which was folloTe
to the letter.
"Alter the election It became a
parent tnat the Republican wing 0
this bipartisan coalition would joi
with the Democrats to cleo, spcaHe
and organize the house on bipartisan
lines. This was done. X was under
stood that the first fruit Of this COAL
ton would be To unseat me as co.
ernor, and the public is familiar VIII
| the long drawn out contest, vhcr
the plan was to unseat ne withon
counting votes, but on trumped u
general charges affecting every coun
| ty in the state,
ut was after this that was ten
dered the nomination for the senator
] ship by men who had waged this IN
relenting warfare against me for $.
long time. What interest the N
Democrats who. voted for Senator
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