The sun., 1912-07-12
.L0R|MER TELLS
OF 7. R. BRIBERY
Presents AffidavitS Of At
tempted Vote Buying
at Chicago.
ALSO ASSAILS TAFT
Senator Charges President
Created Sentiment
Against Him.
ALSO ASSAILS TAFT
BITTER IN HIS DEFENCE
Illinois Man Startles Senate
With Counter Attack on
His Enemies.

WASHINGTON. July II i.--william m lorimer
arose in the Senate this afternoon to speak
in his own defence He was In the last
ditch and facing almost certain expulsion.
but the remarkable self possession and
courage he has shown from the be ginning
Of his long fight did not desert him.
He turned upon his enemies and scored
them unsparingy. He attacked Presi-
dent Taft for the attitude he had assumed
toward him. fayed the newspaper pro-
prietors who had insisted on the prose.
cution Of the case and finally threw q
bomb into the Roosevelt camp by charging
that the Colonel himself would have Oh.
tained the nomination at Chicago II his
friends could have got il through cor.
ruption.
| Mr.. Lormer's attack on Roosevelt was
his answer to the speeches against him
that Roosevelt has been making up aud
down the country. but he added to the
effectiveness Of his argument by sending
to the Vice-Presdent's desk three new
aHidavits from Southern delegates to the
Chicago convention. These delegates
charge that the Roosevelt people tried TO
bribe them to vote for the Colonel at
Chicago.
These affidavits." thundered l.orimer.
stamping down the centre aisle OF the Sem
ate. have no bearing on my title to my
seat and are introduced by me merely
to show the hypocrisy that is running
rampant through this country
Turns on Roosevelt.
The production of the new affidavits
was the sensation Of the Lorimer speech.
i, was toward the close of three hour
effort that the Illinois Senator turned to
Col. Roosevelt He was almost ex-
hausted. His collar was wilted fiat. his
hair was wet with perspiration and his
voice was husky. There was hardly a
Senator in the chamber whose sympathy
was not going ont to him in this final
struggle. Lorimer himself had been on
the verge of breakdown two or three
times in his speech. but when he turned
TO Roosevelt the bitterness and rancor
in his soul fired him with new energy
Mr. Roosevelt" yelled Lorimer. has
declared that my election was corrupt
on what II. II. Kohlsaat had told him.
He never read a line of this record in his
life. Yet he says he wants TO get rid OF
the bosses"
1t was at this point that the Illinois
Senator paused and sent to the desk Ger.
tain atiidavits. These were documents
from Mississippi delegates to the Chicago
convention. who alleged that efforts had
been made to bribe them to vote for Rooss-
welt. These afiidavits had been made pub
lie in Chicago and they did not cause very
much excitement in the Senate
Ii was only second or two later, how.
ever. that senator Lorimer again stepped
down the centre aisle and sent to the desk
additional affidavits taken since the Chi
caso convention and not heretofore pub
lished. One of these aifidavits was by
X. A. Holland. Georgia delegate.
silence lmpressive.
The silence on the floor of the Senate
and in the crowded galleries was i'm
pressive as the clerk read the Holland
affidavit. Here is the affidavit
On this c7th day Of June. 1912. before mo.
J. A. Fouche. Clerk Superior Court, APP
peared Il \, Holland. who after being duly
sworn deposes and says that he was n dele.
gate to the national Republican convention
from the state OF Georgia. that on the 2lst
day of June, 1912. while in attendance at
said convention in the city of Chicago hs
was approached by DR.. l.. Brinson at Chi
cago. ILL.,. who carried him to the Roosevelt
headquarters. where he was met nv senator
Dixon. Mcilarg and kincaid. Dixon went
out. McHarg introduced Kincaid as a mil.
lionaire. who said We are here to repre-
sent Mr. Roosevelt are ready to do busi-
ness. and whatever You boys want we are
rendy to give il to YOU, II you will vote
with us tomorrow for the nomination Of
Mr.. Roosevelt. whatever you want / will
see that YOU get it" ! refused to name
any amount or to accept one cent from
him.
Further this deponent sayeth not
H. 4. HoLLANp.
Subscribed and sworn to before me- this
c7ih day Of June, 1912.
j. A. ForcHf. Clerk Su perior Court
Other Aaidavits.
Il. h. Butts and william James were
the other Georgia delegates instructed
for Taft who had signed afidavits. Butts
swcars that on June 10. while in Chicago.
he was sent for by Dr, l.. Prison, Hs
went to Brinson's room and Brinson. he
deposcs, said TO him
We want vou to vote with lis to-day, to-
morrow and the next day md If YOU viii
there win hc s5D in 1t for YOU each daN, and
If III" con ven,ion lasts another dav there will
ho another $500 for YOU
The Butts affidavit adds;
neponeut further saws that he spurned
the oflni and turned and left the room when
he was acoostcd by Clark Guire. who said
10 INN. '\ou nre ~ dnmnder fool than