The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-12
S e n a to I Lorim e +
Launches BitterAttack
Against Enemies.
HE CONCLUDE
HIS SPEECH TODAY
Neglecting Own Defense, He
Arraigns Taft and Roosevelt
and Others Who Have OPP
posed Him and Now Seek
to Gust Him From
Senate.

Washington. July Flor the sec
ond time .n eighteen months William
Lorimer took the floor ia the Senate
to-day 70 defend his t!tle 70 . seat in
that body as the junior Senator srofn
illinois For three hours he iaveigh-
90 against his nswspaTe- ana po.i,i-
cal enemies diss.cted the Influences
that had been eNertcd against MIN and
teait with the attitude Of President
Taft and Colonel Roosevelt toward ham
ana his associates IN Illinois politics.
Tic senate did not force him to a con-
clusion ~ his speech Ills emphatic
delivery Of the denunclation of hss oo-
ponents weakened him phys!callyand
at $3.50 o clock In the afternoon the
senate recessed Until ~ Tomorrow
morning when Nh Lo.lmer VIII re-
sumo It IS expected that ne Will
conclude his defensive speech in few
hours tomorrow. and taat before the
end OF the session the Senate VIII take
us hnal vote upon Senator Luke Iea's
resolution OF expulsion
Before Mr- Loriiner lad spoken an
hour. the galleries, which We're half
empty when he began. had filled 10
oNertlowinG the Senate aoor was we'll
hlled with members giving close at;en-
ton 20 him. and around the walls OF
the Senate stood scores OF members Of
the House. From a position at The
rear of the chamber in the middle aisle
nc delivered his speech with dramatic
gestures and in voice that frequent
ly rose - flights OF passion that car
ried far through the CAPITOL corridors
His speech An Attack.
nc. e9n,raS 81 TO the picturesque ap-
Lorimer gave in detail the clrcum-
stances which nc claimed had influence
81 the votes OF hfty-three Democrats
for him in the Illinois Legislature his
speech to-day was an attack rather
than defense lie scarcely touched
upon the charges OF bribery in the
Illinois Legislature While he held the
foor
Chicago newspaper ,wpers and pub
fishers. Governor Deneer. states Attor-
ney Wayman and others who have
been active in the prosecution Of the
Lor!mer case in Illinois were the chief
objects of his shafts. and he sought TO
show that back of the prosecution was
conspiracy OF newspaper and cor
porate forces to punish rim because he
could not be controlled"
At the close of the afternoon. he
furnished a sensation by introducing
aiadavits made by delegates to the re-
cent Republican convention at Chicago
10 Ihe effect that they had been offered
money to vote In support of the Roose-
Welt forces In the convention The
names attached to the anidavits in
GUIDED J. NJ Shumpirt. A Buckley. y.
IN She-rod r. e Buttsand Williams
ones Of Georgia. and ether Southern
delegates. These afidavits came after
Mr.. Lorimer had dealt in detail with
the letter Of President Taft TO Col
omel Roosevelt made public with the
International Harvester COMPANY cor
respondenoe during the pre-convention
campaign.
W0uId show fIxrucrIsx
IN this letter Presiden; Taft had
stated his desire to see Mr. Lorimer
ousted from the Senate Senator Lori
mer declared ne did nos seek to prove
anything in his own case by the af-
fdavits, but that he wanted TO show
the hypocrisy running rampant through
the country"
Colonel Roosevelrs friends. he de-
clared. would have secured his nomi-
nation. If possible by corrupt use
CT money while Colonel Roosevelt
himself was declaring he would de-
stroy every political corruptionist." AS
to his support OF President Taft. Mr..
Lorimer said he had supported tho
principles of constitutional govern
ment for which the President stood
He declared the President would not
have received as many votes in Him
els as he did. in North Dakota. in the
primary campaign, i; the men with
whom I am associated in politics haa
not voted for him"