New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-13

for him before the alleged bribing trans
action took place. Ten days before his
election White had voluntarily come TO
him and promised his vote. he said.
Senator Lorimer took up the criti-
! cisms made by Senator Reed on his con-
tribution Of $4,000 to the defence Of
Lee O'Neil Browne, charged with brib-
ing White. He explained this act with
much display Of feeling toward Senator
| Reed. who, he intimated, had phrased
his attack in terms calculated TO convey
suspicion where the facts did not. He
said
! I know that Lee ONeil Browne never
! paid out one dollar 10 influence vote for
| Lorimer know that the states attorney.
/ The Chicago Tribune and the Governor
! Browne were convicted IL would be hard
70 make any one believe that Lorimer had
not bought his seat. They thought Browne
couldn't 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 right to accept the
! testimony Of a man who had said he
would sell his soul for money. and added
II you are TO believe there is ANYTHING in
this case you must settle this question IN
Your own mind and then you have settled
Il all You don't need 10 go to Link Becke-
never or Holstlaw. That is all there Is in
the case
He had aided White, Lorimer said.
because the latter had supported him
He continued;
The minority of the committee would
have you believe such a course wrong All
right, Senators Lea and Kenyon and Kern
inintins 70 each in turnl you may 1--we
by that rule If YOU will, but all my life
] have tried TO make reputation for never
having gone back on or turned down
friend.
Let Him Judge who shall be the nral
Judge whether II is correct 20 do unto
others as YOU would have them do unto
YOU. BY that rule have l lived and by that
rule shall I die. though all the world, m
Guiding the Senate, shall condemn me.
Declares Fight Will Go On.
Lorimer complained that the tendency
was 10 believe only men who testified
against him and 10 disbelieve all who
testified for him. He declared he would
see that the truth should become known
and believed, and said:
While l live, and regardless OF the YER
dict here, this fight will 60 on and on and
on, until all the people Of all the world
will come 10 know the case, and TO know
II as It has been presented by the FIVE men
who listened to all the testimony.
Mr.. Lorimer referred TO the majority
OF the committee who reported in his
favor. OF the other three members of
the committee, he said one had been
present only % per cent OF the time
at the committees sittings, another not
TO exceed 50 per cent and the third not
to exceed 50 per cent
Challenges His Opponents.
The Illinois Senator repeatedly chal-
lenged the minority members OF the In
vestigating committee. Senators Lea.
Kern and Kenyon. against whom most OF
his attack was directed. 10 refute his
statements or to produce proof of the
charges they had made in their speeches.
He cried:
l challenge the members Of the minority,
here and now. to produce any proof that
the statements ! have made are not true.
Let's have II, II II is the truth; and II not.
,sts denounce Il as a misstatement Of the
facord and a deliberate effort to m!slead
the Senate.
The Illinois Senator took exception TO
Mr. Kerns reference to his associates.
among whom were "Hinky Dink"
Kenna, Nanny" Abrahams and John
Broderick TWO of these men. he said.
had been referred TO by the Indiana
Senator as "saloonkeepers," but that
reference had been stricken out Of the
printed record, whether because the
Senator had been chasing a ghost at
Baltimore and was afraid to meet the
saloon men" he could not undertake to
say
The reference to Kenna afforded Mr..
Lorimer another opportunity to defend
his friend Of boyhood days, when he
said:
None has lifted up more Of the fallen or
helped more people on TO better life than
Michael o Kenna, and I Ike 10 call at
tention 70 his charity.
Mr. Lorimer took up the testimony Of
Clarence S. Funk, general manager OF
the International Harvester Company.
who testified that Edward Hines had
asked him for money TO pay for the Lor-
inner election. He declared It had been
shown conclusively that Hines was In
Washington and not in Chicago at the
time the conversation with Funk was al
legged to have taken place.
Funk's statement that the Harvester
company never made campaign con-
tributions was contradicted by Mr. Lor-
inner, who said:
I state It 10 you. on my honor as man
and a Senator, that II you ever have an
other investigation I will bring witnesses
TO prove that met two Illinots men, one
a Democrat and the other Republican.
the latter Of whom told me he had received
several contributions from Funk, ana the
former that Funk had given him 5000 Tor
a Democratic campaign. In view OF these
facts, I would take Mr.. Illness testimony
in preference 10 Mr.. Funks
After conference between Senators
Kern. Lea and Kenyon, Mr. Kern said
tonight that he was not inclined TO
postpone the vote on the case by replying
In assertions against him made by Mr..
Lorimer.
THE country has been waiting for
more than a year for the vote salo
Senator Kern, who added that he dld nol
feel obliged 10 defend his own reputation
before the people OF the United States
against irnputations made by Senator
Lorimer He said. however, that ne
might be influenced in his final decision
by what Senator Lorimer might say TO-
morrow.
[By Telegraph 20 Tho Tribune
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