The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-12
LORIMER'S
LAST STAND
He Begins by Attack on Chicago
Newspapers
SUGGESTS PRISON FOR SOME
Declares That Senate Should Not Fol-
low Minority--A Serious Ques-
ton, Says He; a Turn
to Anarchy.
SUGGESTS PRISON FOR SOME

Washington, July l2.With the pros.
pect of being ousted from the Senate
of the United States staring him squarely
in the faee--in fact, with his unseating
as member of that body believed to be
well-nigh a certainty, Senator William
Lorimer of Illinois at 1886 yesterday
afternoon took the floor to make his
last eloquent and imprisoned appeal to
his colleagues.
He spoke under unusual and dramatic
circumstances. The Senate galleries
were filled in spite of, the sweltering
heat. Nearly all of the senators were
present and most of them sat through
the afternoon listening intently to Lor-
liners plea
MIR President" he said in measured
tones, "this is no joke. This is solemn
and serious question. If the Senate
decides to follow the views of the mi
nority of this investigating committee, it
will be a trayesty on civilized .iuris
prudence. a mockery on Juice. II will
be declaration that the Senate has
decided to follow the red flag; that it
adopted the doctrine of the recall as adj
vocated by its arch-champion.'
The Senate session opened at 10
o'clock, and after 90 minutes, consumed
in getting a quorum, the Lormer case
was opened. Senator Thornton spoke
for Lorimer, and Senators Lea and Reed
against him. At the close of the speech
of Senator Reed, Lorimer took the floor.
In general, his speech was bitter
assault upon the men whom he deems
responsible for the case against him. In
his previous speech, in the closing days
of the last Congress, Lorimer's address
in his own behalf was largely por-
trayal of the story OF his own career
Lorimer spoke from the last seat on
the main aisle in the Republican side.
He had large stack of books and rec
ords piled on his desk. At times, he
read from manuscript. At other times
he walked out into the aisle and gestured
Il want to give the Senate an insight |
into the men who are responsible for
this case he declared. "They are the |
same men who humbugged this Senate |
into second investigation Of my case
tilnhSu Tue lltiIt iHNtStiEdtlOH ttiuUiI-
tee at Springfield, which was started by |
Governor Dineen, John J. Healy and the |
Chicago newspapers, generally known as
the newspaper trust"
Continuing his attack on the Chicago |
newspapers, he charged that while The |
Tribune property was worth from ST.
100000 to sl0O00,000, it paid taxes only I
On $4,000. He called the newspapers
against which be launched his invective
robbers of the public treasury of the
,ity of Chicago
IF States Attorney Wayman would
treat Victor Lawson as he would treat /
William Lorimer if he we're the trans
yressor," he declared, "Victor Lawson
md the chief clerk in the assessors
office would be in the penitentiary to.
lay for conspiracy to commit fraud"
Some day the people of my state
will put into the states attorneys Of.
ice, he said, "a man who will 90
through the records, and make Governor
Deneen pay back into the school funds
s200, 900 or more that belongs to him no
more than this capitol building belongs
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