Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23

date and was chosen by that gentle.
mans friends in the Illinois house.
, Shurtleff had pledged his support
for the senate to a personal friend of
his. but notwithstanding this fact, had
been chosen speaker because Of his
standing. Mr.. Loriner also contended
that Shurtleff had been friend of
Hopkins and had supported him In the
first campaign for the senate.
Browne Not His Henchman.
In the election of 1908 Mr.. Lorimer
said Mr.. Foss had carried Shurtleff's
district for senator, thus binding
Shurtleff to him as senatorial candi-
date and he had voted for that gen
tleman on all ballots but two. one OF
the exceptional votes being given 10
Gov. Deenen; the other to Mr. Lorimer
himself on the ballot in which he was
elected.
$50" claimed the Illinois senator.
those are the facts regarding Mr..
Shurtleff and about his being my
lhenchman."
Mr.. Lorimer also dwelt upon the
case of Lee O'Neil Browne. declared
that he had exercised no Influence IN
making that gentleman minority lead
| er. In support of this contention he
said that Brownies rival, Tippet, and
seventeen of his followers had voted
| for him Gorimer). There was, there
/ fore, nothing in the whole history of
the case to Justify the statement con-
corning my connection either with
Shurtleff or Browne"
| Speaking of Governor Deneen's can
didacy, Mr.. Lorimer reviewed the con-
| test for senator saying that If the
Iffteen Deneen followers had voted for
Hopkins he would have been elected
and there would have been no deadlock.
| Al! Of the members Of the legislature
with whom he was supposed to have
Influence had voted for Hopkins.
! It should be borne in mind, Mr.. Lor-
| inner said, that Deneen had been the
father of the direct primary law. He
was for it and he got 1T, and when the
roll was called it was found that all
the members from Deneen's district
had voted for some other person than
Senator Hopkins.
! So the simple statement Of the truth
does away with the charge of Lori
mer's organization for the promotion
i of his own dark lantern schemes" to
defeat Mr.. Hopkins"
Going more into details regarding
the senatorial campaign Mr.. Lorimer
quoted the figures to show that there
had been several roll calls on which
the Deneen votes could have elected
Hopkins.
Deneen Turned Down Senatorship.
ultimately the day came" said the
speaker "the day before I was elected
when the governor called in his men
and told them they must not vote for
Lorimer. He told them that it would
be better to have the legislature ad-
journ without an election. They then
told him that they had signed Lorimer
pledges with Dement'S consent. Those
that broke the pledges voted for Hop
kins.
1t was not a prolonged fight to defeat
Hopkins. He was beaten in the first
day of the meeting Of the joint assem-
bly,. 1t then became question as to
who could be elected to the senate.
Then began the effort to agree. talk
ed it over with the governor and l urg-
ed him to become the partys candi-
date, believing him to be man on
whom we could unite. l labored with
him until about March Is, when he led
me to believe that he would accept the
place. After l had SO understood, one
Of the governors friends came into my
hotel and said the governor could not
be a candidate. Thus 1t was that it was
Deenen and not Lorimer that they
were trying to elect.