El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-12
Letter Referred To.

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J that LOrimer would be Ousted, when
! became public in the preconventloh
! campaign, again was taken up by Lor-
/ inner. He drew attention to president
/ Tafts phrase embracing the "neces-
I siUy OF winning.
He declared his enemies had tried
| to win not by a free and fair fight,
| but by sneaking up behind like thief
| in the night"
WAS ever mortal man more COM
pletely surrounded by conspiracy and
| intrigue2" exclaimed LOrimer dramat-
ically. The president of the United
States. William Howard Taft, Theo-
! dOre Roosevelt the eXpresidenL
former Democratic candidate for the
presidency William Jennings Bryan,
and the trust press Of the country, all
were in it-au Joined in the cOnspir-
aoy to poison the minds of the citizen
! ship in order that one man might be
| destroyed to satisfy the malice of the
corrupt set of newspaper owners
known to the historian of the cOun-
/ try
Mr.. Lorimer claimed that the Helm
committee of the Illinois legislature
| was a subterfuge to bring about a
| second inquiry by the United States
| senate.
He declared the hearing had been
neither impartial nor thorough and
/ asserted it was conducted only to
bring the matter into the senate
again that it might be tried by new
you cannot strike out the former
verdict of the senate" he exclaimed,
and I believe that 1 have title that
I has been declared valid"
Senator LOrimer then announced
that he proposed to discuss for the
| first time in his address TO the senate
some of the evidence in the case. He
began by reading an affidavit by
Clark, who was alleged to have voted
for him on a promise that he would
be allowed to name new postmaster
at Fandalia, III. The affidavit denied
the charge fatty
LOrimer Challenges Kern.
Calling on senator Kern, Of Indiana,
to point to anything in his private,
business or political life, where he had
been guilty of wrong Going, senator
LOrimer. at dramatic moment IN
the midst of his speech today declared
lie would walk out yOCSsr door and
never Snter it again." If Kern made
good"
Come on, senator Kern, you have
slimed and smeared this record, with
suspicion. come on now and make
good" cried the Illinois senator.
To PrOIOng Debate.
When the senate resumed at
o'clock it was confronted with the pos
sibility Of a further prOiOnSatlon OF
the debate. Senator La Toilette ap-
peared in the chamber and lntlmated
to friends that ne wanted to discuss
the case after Mr. Lorlmer concluded
Several other senators also cOntem-
plated making brief statements
Senator Lorimer appeared much re-
freshed when he again took the floor
He informed inquirers during the re-
cess that he did not know how much
longer he would speak
Makes Charges Against Kern.
LOriner charged Kern with attempt
ing to make it appear that Charles ).
Luke a dead member OF the limos
legislature had testified in the case.
Luke had died, he said, before any OF
the hearings began.
Lorimer took up the allegations
against Jandus Shepherd and Ilpplt,
also members of the Illinois legisla-
ture. The Implication attached 10 the
fact that Shepherd and Tipplt had
rented safe deposit boxes at the time
of his election, ne denounced as mere
insinuaLions.
called confessions of men said to have
been bribed to vote for him. The first
of these was Charles A White
Declares White Perjurer.
He declared White was a perjurer;
that he had admitted perjury, under
oath. Lee O'Nen Browne had been
charged with br1blnS hlte- Lori
mer cOntended it had been shown that
White had announced his intention OF
voting for him, before the alleged
bribing transaction took place.
Senator LOrimer appeared to have
recovered from tile weakened cOndi-
ton in which his vigorous speech yes
terday had left him and he continued
through a spirited denunclatlon OF
his enemies with energy. Those OPP
posed to him declared his fight fu-
tile one, that the final vote would
show a substantial majority against
him His friends, grave and silent,
for the most part. made no predic-
C for rN--fr or
criticisms made by senator Reed in his
speech yesterday on LOrimer's cOntri-
button of $4,000 to the defence of
Lee. O'NeilI Browne, charged with brib-
ing White.
He declared he had contributed to
Brownies defence because he knew
that IF Browne were convicted 1t
would be hard to make any one be-
Heve that Lorimer had not bought
his seat They thought Browne could
not escape. All the power of the third
degree was to be used upon him by
states attorney Wayman."
Returning to White, Mr.. Lorimer de-
clared no one had a right to accept
the testimony of a man who had said
he would sell his soul for money
Dramatic Incidents.
Several dramatic moments occurred
during the senator's speech. He aid
ed White, he said, because the latter
had supported him.
would have you believe such a course
wrong" he said. All right. senators
Lea, Kenyon and Kern" pointing TO
each inturn, you may live by that
rule if you will, but all my life I have
tried to make a reputation for never
having gone back on, or turned down
a friend"
Throwing up his hands and turning
his face upward senator LOrimer dra-
matically cried.
Let him judge who shall be the
final judge, whether it is correct to do
unto others as you would have them
do unto you. BY that rule have lived and
by that rule shall I die, though all the
world. including the senate, shall con-
denim me.
VIII Continue Fight.
'While I live, and reSSrdless of the
verdict here, this fight viii go on and
on and on. until all the people of all
the world will come to know the case
and to know it as it has been pre-
scented by the five men who listened to
all the testimony"
Mr. LOrimer was referring to the
majority of the committee who reported
in his favor.
The allegation in the minority re-
port that Browne had been his (Lori-
mer's) agent, he dismissed as an II,
situation.