Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-24
DEADLOCK ON LORIMER CASE
hdieahons hat Vote Nay Be Delayed
Indefinitely.
ANSWER BIZ AZ BEvERDGE
indiana Wan HrplIc- at Ienwth - a.
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teu-r Consists 90 Trr-as-
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: WASHINGTON. FEB. L-Ths vaHdirv %
the election OF senator LoriIner % illinois
4 VIII not come 90 a vote 10 the reuats to-day
and probably not Tor several DAYS ~. n
81 au at this session. That vas made
evident IN an interchange which preceded
the long anti-Lorimer speech delivered this
7 afternoon BY Senator Bevsridrs % Indiana
senator Burrows of NUrmEzln. chairman
Of tho COMMITTEES which iF-HsriEared the
csse and eEunerated M Lor5ner o. the
charge of being the bensrrlarv 1f bribery
IN the Illinois Legislators. sought 20 Ok BY
unanimous consent an hour Tor q vote
! Senator Lodge objected he said IL VS.
Of the utmost Importance hat me senate
so into executive session az the earliest
{ possible moment presumably having IN
mind the japanese treaty
! Senator Stone Of Missouri said he desired
I to make q few remarks on the r.orirner
case himself lfr. Burruws suggested that
a vote be had st . O'Clock on SATURDAY
Nj Stone said he had no objection TO a
vote be objected only 70 fixing a par
ticular hour for II. Mr. BsvsrfdEs. who
had the floor. thsrsuDon refused to Yield
early vuts became still more remote
Mr. L0rirnsr himself did not listen % ne
indiana senator's speech. He has sat
through most o. the other attacks on his
election but he does not intend 70 SPEAK
again IN any event There were q good
many people IN the galleries to-day buC
the crowd was never % be compared with
that which sat yesterday throuEhout
L0riners defense Of himself
Il 10 no part OF the intention Of the
I friends Of Mr. Lorimer 20 allow his enemies
10 close the debate. Senator's GauInEar
and Burrows are among those who will be
heard on that side
Bitter feeling has arisen among the con
tending factions. 50 the prospect is that
from 1his tins on the debate viii be more
lively LG-sEiers friends now claim fifty
four votes cut Of ninety--One votes in the
senate The opposition 20 Lorimer Eives
no figures
In the course OF brisk interchange be-
tween Senators BsveridEe and Depev dur.
ing the formers speech, Senator Dspev de-
clared he had formed his opinion OF the
case. not on the whole printed record bur
from an abstract Of the testimony made
by counsel
But it vas made by counsel for the
prosecution he added.
Senator HeverfdEsru address.
Senator Beveridgs addressed himself az
the outset q his remarks 10 the speech
delivered Yesterday hr Senator Lorimer in
his own defense Mr. Bsvsrfdgs recalled
the attention Of the senate from the eio-
qusncs OF Mr. L0rirner to the record OF
sworn testimony before United States. tes-
timOny given under cath and searched as
by fire with fierce cruss-examina11on. and
he added. Il shall nothing extenuate nor
nauEhr set down in malice I shall moth
ING eztsnuRfe' because L ought not. nor
shall 'aught set down in malice. because
( I have malice
Indeed. he continuea in my exzmIna-
ton OF the svidencs. IL I misstaizs any tss-
timony OF faii to give IL fairly and fully. I
I viii take q q personal favor IL any
senator better posted than Z VIII correct
me: Tor I say to the senate that I had far
rather be shown to BE- in error man to BE-
permitted To make any misEtatement OF the
factA.
Purity OF Elections.
I 90 further and say that I would far
rather find that the testimony establishes
the validity Of this election than that thu
T testimony vtrares the election The val
AA-AH "a AA4H elHAA44A ~ AAE ISSUE anu Nle
only issue. and as I said the other day il
I Is the gravsst issue than can arise under
free institutions. because cur government
I depends absolutely on the purity OF the
elections
MI Bsveridgs said he had listened with
peculiar personal sympathy TO Senator
/ Lorimers story OF hts rise from humble
estate to this high place. There we're
many senator's. he said. who. even
from earlier youth had borne heavier bur-
dens. but while I vas affected as a man
+ BY that appeal, said the speaker. Il was
curious as q Judge thar the sitting member
did not recits these things before the sen
ars's COMMITTEES. Il he or his attorneys
thought them material or rsievant
His newsboy experience ana the de-
voted friendship between himself and
'HinAy DINA resulting therefrom Is en-
gazing but Il is not material az 70 the
corruption OF H0lstlaw, White Beckmeysr
Link and others. 'Hiniry Dfnk. according
T To Mr. LOrimer. delivered Grfcfin's vote
but Griffin swors he had not been asked
by any one 70 vote for Mr. Lorimer. and
Henry TirreIl sWore Griffin suggested thar
he vote for Lorimer and said there Wa
H.0o9 in Il anyway. Yet on the rscftfn1r
this phase 81 his Hfs the Illinois sitting
member without knowing II has thrown
light upon one portion OF the testimony
10 which hereafter I snail call attention
Senator Bevsridgs went on 10 take up
various incidents rscited yesterday BY M
LOrimsr Illustrative 0f his acts OF kindness
10 constituents and others.
Yet Trustworthy as * -. such conduct
il not peculiar 70 the sitting member. he
declared, FOR there are senator's here and
thousands Of private citizens evsrvWhers
who have done much the same thing The
sitting members generosity which All q
Us admire and approve Is not pertinent TO
the case for no one doubts his benevulence
~ hile my sympathy and approval a.
man we're aroused b. this picturesque ana
praiaeworthy incident. my Judgment as a
member o. this court vas not afrsctsd
fur my judgment vas not appealed 70. The
issue Ne must determine ls that OF tbe