Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-12
Says Hypocrisy
 Runs Rampant
.LoRIMER JABs ROOSEVELT IN
 HIS ARGUMENT.
CHARGES CONSPIRACY
Declares That He Ia Being Prosecuted Because He Could Not he "con- trcIIed"-Vete on His Case.

Washington, July 11.-For the sec ond time in eighteen months William Lorimer took the floor in the senate today to defend his title to seat in that body as the junior senator from Illinois For three hours he inVeighed against his newspaper and political enemies; dissected the influences that had been exerted against him; and dealt with the attitude of President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt Toward him and his associates in Illinois pol itics
 Vote May Be Taken Today,
 The senate did not force him to a conclusion of his speech. His emphat- ic delivery of the denunciation of his opponents weakened him physically and at a30 o'clock the senate recessed until ten tomorrow morning when MT. Lorimer will resume It is expected that he will conclude his defensive speech in a few hours tomorrow and that before the end of the session the senate will take It's final vote upon Senator Luke Lea's resolution of ex- pulsion.
 The Chamber Crowded.
 Before MT. Lorimer had spoken an hour the galleries, which were half empty when he began, had filled to oVerfiowing; the senate floor was well filled with members giving close atten- tion to him and around the walls of the senate stood scores of members of the house. From position at the rear of the chamber in the middle aisle he delivered his speech with dramatic gesture and inS voice that frequently rose to flights of passion that carried far through the capitol corridors.
 Charges of Newspaper Conspiracy.
 Contrasted to the picturesque ap- peal of February, 1911, when Senator Lorimer gave in detail the circum- stances which he claimed had influ- enced the votes of 53 democrats for him in the Illinois legislature, his speech today was an attack rather than a defense He scarcely touched upon the charges of bribery in the Illinois legislature while he held the floor.
 Chicago newspaper owners and pub fishers, Governor Deneen, States At torney Wayman and others who have been active in the prosecution Of the Lorimer case in Illinois were the chief objects of his shafts; and he sought to show that behind the prosecution was a conspiracy of newspaper and 
 he could not be controlled"
 AffidaVIdts of Bribery by Roosevelt
 Forces.
 At the close of the afternoon, he furnished g. sensation by introducing af1davits made by delegates to the re- cent republican convention at Chicago to the effect that they had been offered money to vote in support of the Roose- welt forces in the convention. The names attached to the affidavits in cIuded J. M. Shumpirt, A. Buckley, D. w. Sherred, R. B.. Butts and William 1 Jones of. Georgia, and other southern delegates.
 These affdavits came after MT LOT inner had dealt in detail wit hthe letter of President Taft to Colonel Roosevelt which was made public with the In- ] ternational Harvester company cor respondence during the pre-conven- l tion campaign. In this letter Presi- 1 dent Taft had stated his desire to see MT Lorimer busted from the senate.
 Hypocrisy Rampant in Country"
 Senator Lorimer declared he did not seek to prove anything in his own i case by the affidavits; but that he wanted to show the hypocrisy run 1 ming rampant through the country l Colonel Roosevelt's friends he de- clared would have secured his nomin- ation, if possible, "by the corrupt use of money" while Colonel Roosevelt himself was declaring he would des- troy every political corruptionist"
 As to his support of President Taft MT Lorimer- sair he had supported the principles of constitutional govern ment for which the president stood.
 He declared the president would moi have received as many votes in illinois as he did in North Dakota in the primary campaign If 'the men witt l whom am associated in politics" had not voted for him.