Arizona republican., 1912-07-14
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 WASHINGTON. July 13.-By a vote of 55 to 2S the senate took away to- day from Lorimer his seat as junior senator from Hlinus. His election was held to have been invalid and he Was declared to have been the recipient of votes obtained by "cOr rupt practices"
 Lorimer had been a member of the senate since June 1909 The first suggestion that fraud was con- nected with his election became pub lie in April, 1910 when Charles A. White. a member of the Illinois leg islature sWOre that he received a $1 .0OO bribe for voting for Lorimer The senate by ts action today re- versed the majority of it's own in Vestigating committee and changed it's vote of March. 1911. when LOrimer retained his seat by AS to 40 Tech nically Lorimer will pass out of the records of the senate as a member of that body notwithstanding his more than three years occupancy of his seat.
 | AM READY
 Facing his associates with the dec laration. 'I am ready" Lorimer sat in the chamber and heard his fate de- creed as the roll call showed the adoption of the resolution of Senator Lea of Tennessee. the senates young est member. The man who for three days had held the senate's close at tention with a remarkable speech in defense of himself and in attack upon his enemies rose wearily from his
  room door
 Senators and members of the house gathered about him. grasping his hand and batting him on the back Out side the senate door as Lorimer step ped into the corridor. friends greeted him again and a party of Sisters of Charity pushed forward and expressed regret at his expulsion. In his of lice where a physician attended him he said he would not leave Washing ton before the first of next week.
 The outcome of the vote was not a surprise but the leaders of the fight against him had not expected a greater vote than 50 to 8.
 SUPPORT FELL AWAY
 Lorimer gained only one man who voted against him in 1911, Jones of Washington, while he lost the votes of his associate senator. Culom, and of Senators Curtis of Kansas. Briggs of New Jersey. Simmons of North Carolina and Watson of West Vir- ginia.
 Lorimer's fight for his own official life bgan early on Thursday after noon. When he concluded his elo-
 
 he was not coward and would not run Tn the face of certain defeat at two o'clock this afternoon. he had heId the floor for twelve hours with lntermissions and recesses to restore his strength.
 The moving character of his appeal was admitted on every hand but it apparently swayed no votes. Instead or pleading in defense as had been expected. his speech was through out ringing defiance of those who opposed him, a declaration of his un- faltering belief in the purity of his erection from Illinois and promise not 10 give up his fight with his eviction from the senate.
 HE WAS NO COWARD.
 II mas been suggested that I resign he said in his closing declaration. "He "ho IS so cowardly as to run because deIeat otGres him in the face has not 2 place in this body Though vou al vote to turn me out: though every vote mas been canvassed and is against mt VIII not resign. My exit from this pouy VIII not be from fear It vii not be because I am coward. It vii pe because of crime of the senate o the United States"
 Only two incidents marked the few minutes between the termination Q Lorimer's speech and the taking of tn. roll call. One was a charge by Senator Dixon RoOsevelt's campaign manager that the affidavits of Lorimer intro duced to show the attempted corrup tion of delegates to the Chicago con Vention were malicious and delberat falsehoods"
 TILLMAN'S STATEMENT.
 The other was a request by Senate Tillman of South Carolina, feeble iron the effects of paralysis, for permission to have the clerk read a statement. I was an affirmation of his belief in LOT imers innocence and pathetic state ment Of his own feebleness TillmaI wept as it was read and other member of the senate exhibited deep feeling.
 since 1 was stricken with paralysi thirteen months ago" said Tillman i