The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-24

geant-at-arms will be instructed to clear the galleries"
 "I sincerely hope that will be done,'' re- marked Senator Gallinger After this exchange of left-handed con- pliments. MT. Depew volunteered an ex- planation concerning the documents which had come to him before the Satur- day meeting of the committee on priv ileges and elections.
 He especially emphasized his assertion that not only the briefs but the abstracts
 of testimony which he had examined had been prepared by counsel opposing Lori mcr.
 q don't care,'' shouted Mr Beveridge, raising his voice so that it penetrated to the corridors outside the chamber, "I don't care by whom those documents were prepared. it was the senator's duty to base his conclusion upon the testimony and not on briefs or abstracts prepared by anyone.
 Depew Speaks a Rising then to further explanatio MT. Depew called attention to the fact that the subcommittee which had made the investigation for the full commit tee had consisted of seven of the best lawyers in the Senate. He said he had been content to accept the verdict of these seven members especially when IL ndQ dCcOrQeu W1tn lne VloW lndI Hd F had reach ed through his own investiga- tfon.
 From this point Mir. Beveridge sought to press home still further the fact that there had been no adequate opportunity to study the testimony and then undertook to reveal some of the proceedings in the committee on privl- leges and elections, again pointing out that the testimony had been laid be- fore the full committee only on the Saturday preceding the Tuesday on which it was called upon to vote.
 Turning then abruptly from this point the Indiana senator asked whether the privileges and elections and signed by its members had been the same docu- ment which afterward was laid before the Senate.
 That took place some time ago." responded MT. Depew. "and my memory Is not up on every detail: I suggest that the senator from Indiana call some other witness"
 He then declared that-he had not brought up the questioH and asserted that MT. Beveridge had been responsi- ble for bringing 1t to the surface as an excuse for revealing the secrets of the committee
 In reply Mir. Beveridge said that the proceeding was matter in which the entire public was interested and he jus l.tifed his course on the ground that the committee was the servant of the Senate
 The strained situation that developed from MT. Depews Interruptions of Mr. Beveridge was dissolved in smiles whe MT. Depew announced he was lone of the seven or eight senators who throughout the speech of the Indiana senator had listened with an open mind"
 Smile Disappears But Mir Beveridges smile of ac- ceptance of the implied compliment quickly disappeared when the New York senator stated that after the clos est scrutiny of the signature of J. o. Newton, chief clerk of the bank and the name "Holstlaw." Ns 1t appeared on the deposit slip, it would require an effort of the imagination to say that they hSd been written by the same man. Lee O'Neill Browne was taken up In character sketch by Senator Beve- ridge, who ridiculed his having been designated the Abraham Lincoln of the twentieth century," He quoted letters of Browne to White showing the re- lationship of utmost friendliness that had existed between them prior to the exposure made by the latter. "Declaring that the goods had been found in the possession of Halstlaw and Link, MT. Beveridge asked what under similar circumstances would be the in- ference in the case of thief.
 MT. Beveridge declared that Joe Clark of Vandalia had been the worst of the buhch," although the "nerviest."
 He contended that Clark's purchase of diamonds was significant. Men don't buy diamonds every day." he said.
 Senator Beveridge ended for the day at 4:50 o'clock with the understanding that he would continue his speech to- morrow.
 Libel Suit Filed Chicago, February 23-Charles E. Erb- stein, lawyer, today filed suit for libel against Governor Deneen. The libel is alleged to lie in an interview in which Nthe governor is quoted as commenting on Senator Lorimer's defense in the Senate. Erbstein was counsel for Lee O'Neil Browne, the democratic minority leader, who on his second trial was acquitted of a charge of bribery in connection with MT Lorimer's election Following this trial Erbstein himself was tried and &C., quilted of bribery in the Browne trial. ---------.s.--------------- No Owl Cars Atlanta, February 23.--The state railroad commission today refused to compel the Georgia Railroad and Elec- tric company to give Atlanta an all might street car service. Improvement in the schedules were ordered. how