The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-27
LOR|MER WILL
NOT RESIGN YET
Intends TO Hang on Until tho Very
Last Minute and Then Per.
haps Take tho
Hint.
WILL GO THE LIMIT
Illinois state Legislature Plans May
be Changed and cullom Ap-
pears to be tho
Favorlte.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, May 27.-The Tribune
today prints the following:
William Lorimer refused to resign
as United States senator from Illinois
and such Is the message which Vice
President James s. Sherman carried
into Washington yesterday afternoon.
This information came out Of the
cloud of evasion, denial and refuta-
ton which was perfected by personal
and legal allies OF Mr.. Lorimer yester-
day, some OF whom went to the point
of denying that the vice president
had been in Chicago.
The outcome of the situation, ap-
parently, and borne out by the
course which will be taken immediate
lly by the known friends Of the sena-
tor, is that he will force his friends
in Washington to go the limit, prob
ably, until the eve of the decision vote
and then, perhaps, he will resign.
+; "On Saturday, however. Senator
Lorimer, in spite Of all entreaties
and promises and advice, permitted
the word to go back to Senators Pen
rose and Root and supposedly to the
! white house through Vice President
Sherman that he will not quit the SEN
atorship from Illinois upon the show
ing Of the senate viewpoint as dis
! closed by the poll which the vice presi.
dent had in his inside pocket
Change Of Program.
i SPRINGFIELD. Ill May 27-De
velopments in the Lorimer case dur
ing the past few days may result ii
Z q change of program by the members
of the general assembly. BY the ame
they return on June 8, they will kns =
fairly accurately whether or not the
junior senator is to resign, be ousted
i or retain his seat. On this depends
rfhe sine die adjournment on June
the date decided upon before it was
considered likely that the Lorime1
decision would come next month.
Together with this report of prob
able prelongation OF the session
comes definite rumor that Senator
/ Cullom will be favored by all fac
! tions, to the elimination of other can
didates should Lorimer leave his seal
voluntarily or be ousted from it. Gov
ernor Deneen, 1t is said, would lool
!. on him with favor and other factions
would support him enthusiastically
The result would be an extension o.
: his time In the United States senate
! until 1915, when the Lorimer term ex
: pires.
1t is said that Deneen's support o
, Cullom at this time would go Ions
way toward getting the aid of the Cul
! lom organization when the governor
, wishes to go to the senate.
Father VIII Fight.
CHICAGO, May 27.--"It is not m,
fathers nature to give up. If he goe
. down, he will go down fghting''
This statement BY VIM. Lorimer
,lJr., today substantiated the report
: that have been current here sine
Vice President Sherman came to tel
Senator Lorimer that his seat in tn,
: senate could not be retained, and ad
vlsed him to resign.
The senator's son also said that hi
father was not 30 seriously Ill as h
had been reported and that he woul
go to Washington in few days.
"IIe has been suffering from bror
chitis,'' said Lorimer, Jr, "but he ha
been about the house most of tn
{ time. He went to his bank on tw
days week before last but upon advic
;. of physicians discontinued all busi
ness activity.