The evening world., 1911-02-22
Illinois Member Makes Final
Defense Against Bribery
Charges He Faces.
BRINGS IN GOV. DENEE\
Declares Executive Urged Him
to Accept SenatorShip and
Denies Any Corruption.

WASHINGTON. Feb. - W.t. no
honor Of the Senate AMI tI, uI'inl 90
stake witt tense Interest anon iHe
statesmen ana the eager curiosity "
great throng Of SPECTATOR 'Itr S'ul'"
wing OF the Capitol was set for h.s.or
action to-day. when tho mai dfJWl'i
scenes In the case ot senator NiliiIH
Lorlmer of Illinois. charged wit. ua,lir-
Ing his scat hy bribins lrg ,sli'prs ui lu-
nois. wore enacted.
Lorimer. like n man on trial Tor his
life. presented his defense. Hardened
by the knocks tina come In % lies and
trained In the concenlmcnt ~ his cmo-
lions. he appeared to be az cool a. tine
most dlsinierestcd spectator. lie COM
tested the arguments made by tIo
ablest lawyers In the senate and do
ciared that his election to i.li IHd'
was not brought about hy 90 apt
means.
lorimer Asks Questions.
Dramatic silence fell owe. the crowd
ed galleries as Lorimcr arose. lie stood
at his seat at the extreme en-. Of ;hc
last row on the Democratic side. Inn
~ liately behind. standing along il"
wall. were Iicprcscntltivc MpNlcy, his
chief lieutenant. and other members
Of the Illinois delegation In the llou'c.
Scores of other Representa- .cs filled
the space hack of the senator seats.
Halo suggested that Lorincr come 10
the centre or thc Senate. Bcvcridgc
and Taliaferro offered their seats. Tai
iaferro's was accepted and Lorimor
moved to the middle Of the auditorium
MANY suggestions have been present.
ed In his dela te," said Lorimcr "Mdrv
OF them refer to my election. Did ! OF.
ranIze the Illinois Legislature AGAINST
senator Hopkins. WHO sought the seat
! now hold in this Senate? pid ! elect
Shurtlef Speaker OF the Illinois Legs
lature which sent me here? DID I mako
Lee OMEN Brown my chief represents.
tivef Did ] induce the Democrats In the
Illinois Legislature to vote for me?
Il propose TO tell the Senate exactly,
how my election was brought about I
will answer these questions and answer
them correctly.
Shadow OF Suspicion.
Efforts have been made to cover THIS
whole case with a SHADOW Of suspicion.
1t was sought to make II appear that
some man Of surprising ability organized
the Illinois Legislature Ia defeat Hop
kins. Some have declared that this man
OF o~vorshadowing genius and wonderful
power OF organization was none other
than myself. II is sought TO prove that
not only was I elected by corrupt pr1c-
tices. but that ! arranged their employ
ment and made them effective"
Iorimer first took the declaration OF
Senator Crawford. Representative from
South Dakota, that he had organized
the Illinois Legislature against Hop
Hint and Gov. Deneen.
tt organize a Legislature with a
mixture Of Republicans and Democrats
Is not a matter that can be accom-
plished by u wish or "A thought. | did
not have the desire Ia organize the
Legislature. and could not have done
so. | was stricken with sickness early
In October. and Until the middle OF
November ! went to my Office for an
hour each day just to show that | was
stin alive. Immediately after the cleo
ton ! went to the Pacific Coast for my
health.
Hits at Denccn.
Edward Shurtlen was elected Speak
er because of n condition tlut had
arisen in the state GOV Dcnccu wa
opposed 20 him. The Governor under
took to dictate 10 the General Assem-
bly, who should Ice elected speaker"
Senator Crawford asked why that
statement was not put I'm the record
and Gov Deneen called a. a witness.
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