The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-07-13
SCORES ROOSEVELT FOR BIG
TWo-MILLIoN- DOLLAR FUND
USED IN CAMPAIGN OF 1904.
FREE GIFT OF THE PEOPLE"
Taft, roosevelt Bryan and Trust
Press Have Conspired to Convict
Him for Satisfaction Of Malice.
Kern Absent When Challenged.

Washington, July 12.-Calling on
Senator Kern of Indiana, to point to
al ything in his private, business or
F. 'itical life where he had been guilty
o. wrongdoing, Lorimer at a dramatic
nom, MT in the midst Of his spec III to-
day declared he would walk out
yonder door and never enter it again"
if Kern made good"
Senator Kern was not in his seat
when Lorimer delivered the chal-
lenge.
Il have been charged by this SEN
ator from Indiana on the floor Of the
senate with political wrongdoing, .
Lorimer cried. Here and now l
challenge him to point out to this
senate anything he has ever heard,
anything anybody has ever told him
| will make it broader than thst-let
him point to anything where | have
been guilty of wrongdoing in private.
in commercial, in financial or in poll
tical life, and if he will do it here anC
now, I'll not embarrass you by yotino
on my case. When ne has done it
will walk out yonder door and never
occupy my seat in this chamb .r.
Come on, come back, Senator
Kern; you have slimed and smeareG
this record with suspicion; come. or.
now, and make good
There was craning of necks toward
Senator Kern's seat, but he was noi
visible in the chamber.
Lorimer repeatedly challenged the
minority members of the investigating
committee, Senators Lea, Kern and
Kenyon, to refute his statements or
to produce proof of the charges they
had made IL their speeches.
Il challenge the members Of the
minority, here and now, to produce
any proof that the statements ! have
made are not true, he cried.
Lets have it, if it is the truth !;
and if not, let's denounce it as Il mis-
statement of the record and delib
crate effort to ffiislead the senate"
Denies All Charges.
Specific denial of all charges and
intimations of completely in fraud in
his election were made by Senator
Lorimer today in the first three hours
he occupied the floor of the senate
|. His speech, after the recess from
yesterday, combined again bitter at
tack upon his enemies, charges # I'M
fair treatment and lack of knowledge
on the part of his critics in the SEN
ate. At 1.10 O'Clock the senate gave
Mr.. Lorimer rest until 2 o'clo *. It
was expected the case would be con-
cluGed by tonight.
His belligerent attitude of yester-
day, when he asked for no quarter,
but assailed those who had been ac-
tive in prosecuting him, was appar-
ent from the outset He launche /
once more into an attack on Colone'
Roosevelt and characterized as 'inac
curate and unreliable" the report OF
the minority members of the commit
tee which investigated his election.
The attack on Colonel Roosevelt
with which he opened his speech, wa;
based on testimony given by George
B. Cortelyou yesterday before the
senate committee regarding the ST.
100000 campaign fund raised for the
republican presidential campaign in
1904 Mr.. Lorimer referred to Col
onel Roosevelt as the custodian of al
the morals Of the country. private and
public"
"Of course" he exclaimed, not a
cent Of that s1,9O0,O0O could have
been contributed by the predatory
wealth of the country Surely all OF
it 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 peo-
pie of whom he was the guardian
A letter from President Taft 70
Colonel Roosevelt, expressing the
hope tAat Lorimer would be ousted
which became public in the pr con
vention campaign, was again taker
up by Lorimer. He drew attention
to President Taft's phase, emphasizing
the necessity of winning"
Was ever mortal man ever more
completely surrounded by conspiracy
and intrigue?" exclaimed Lo-imer,
dramatically.
THE president of the United States.