The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-13
Charges Him With "Sli-
ming and Smearing
Over Record. -
DENIES ALL GUILT
OF WRONG DOING
He Offers to Resign and Save
Senate Embarrassment OF Vote
if Indiana Man Can Make
Good' Case May BE Fro
longed Into Next
Week.

" NNf..
Washington, July 1.-THE senate
failed again to-day to come 70 a vote
on the resolution To- declare Nalant
tns seat Of William I.crimer. vi him.
OILS Confederation Tor senator Lori
mer. who held the floor for Ave hours
with tAe continuation OF his speech de-
Tending his title. Induced the senate
to recess al $40 o'clock until 10
clock tomorrow morning.
a bitter attack upon Senator Kern.
OF Ineiana which characterized Mr.
LoIimers speech today. may further
prolons the dabate that precedes the
vote on the Lea resolution He charg-
81 Senator Kern with ulsstatir-s the
facts Of the Lorimer case with sim
ing and snearing over the record, and
with making charges against him
CLorimer) for which there was no
ground OF fact or evidence
! ia the end Mr Lorimer issued d.
rect challenge to Senator Kern to point
to anything fin mis- private financial.
commercial or political life" where Mr.
Lorimer had been quilts Of any wrong
doing
He pledged himself to resign. IRE
lieve the senate Of tle embarrassment
90 q vote and walk from the Senate
never 10 return II Senator Kern made
good"
the indiana senator was absent from
the chamber during the I.orinler attack.
as were Senator'S Lea and Kenyon.
atrains, whom Mr. Lorim4r had al
50 been bitterly denlacintory during
his speech When Senator Kern re-
turned later to the chamber. the i'm
preston spread that he would an
swei Senator Lorimers charges be-
I fore the final vote IS taken
While an effort VIII be made to
roach the final vote tomorrow. the in
lection Of further Argument by sena-
senators who arr Inclined to discuss
the case. may ,golong it into next
week.
case May nc Prolonged.
Mr.. Lorimers challenge 10 the mi
'ority members Of the Lorlmer 'nves-
tigation committee - produce the cyl
dencc 70 bear out their alleged in
I STATIONS as 10 his connection with
| bribery in the Illinois Legislature was
but one feature OF several that made
Lorimers Gefeise to-day partake Of
! the spectacular He assailed Kern as
the Pharisee who sat before him with
a "holier- than-thou" expression upon
his face He characterized him as hav-
ing been Chasing the ghost" in the
Baltimore convention. The evidence
upon which Lorimer's expulsion from
the senate is demanded was taken up
detail h. the accused Senator tie
reviewed the cases Of the -four con-
fVssors." as he termed them upon
whose alleged confessions that they
/ had received money at Springfield IL
| llnols much Of the case against him
had heen built, Charles !. White. he
said was an acknowledged perjurer
while he declared that Beckemeye-
Link and Holstlaw. the other three
had never confessed &c being paid any
thing FOR voting for Lorimer
cites Cortelyou's Testimony.
The attack on colonel Roosevelt
with which NJ Lorlmer opened his
speech vas based on testimony given
by George 3 Cortelyou yesterday be-
fore a Senate committee regarding the
1900 900 campaign fund raised for the
Republican presidential campaign in
1904 Mr.. Lorimer referred to Col
| onel Roosevelt rs 1.-THE custodian of all
the morals OF the country, private and
public"
.of course. he explained mot a
cent OF that 1890. 800 could have been
contributed by the predatory wealth Of
the country surely all OF II was the
free gift of the common people. for
whom this man is the great champion.
No malefactor contributed to that
fund-only the common people OF whom
he was the guardian"
The letter from President Taft TO
Colonel Roosevelt expressing the hope
that I.orimer would be ousted which
became public in the preconvention
| campo ign. was again taken u0 by Lori
mer lie drew attention TO President
Tafts phrase emphasizing the "ncces-
sity of winning" He declared his enc
mics had tried TO win mot by a free
ana fair hght.' but by Smoking up
behind like thief in the night"
was ever mortal man ever more
completely surrounded by conspiracy
and intriGucN exclaimed Lorimer.
dramaticallv Tho President of the
United states. william TAFT. Theodore
Roosevelt. the cN-P President former
Democratic candidate for the presi-
dency. william Jennings Bryan and the
trust press OF the country all were in
tall Joined in the conspiracy to
poison the minds of the citizenship in
order that one man might be destroy
ed to satisfy tho malice OF the most
corrupt set OF newspaper owners
known to the history of the country 90
Mr. Loriner claimed that the Helm
committee OF the Illinois Legislature
was subterfuEe 10 bring about 2
second inquiry by the United states
Senate. He oontcnded that the Helm
inquiry had not been conducted by H.
linois Legislators but by Editor Kohl
saat--the priestly Kohlsaat-John
: Ieaicv and tho Hearst newspaners "
7 He declared the hearing had been
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