East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-13
BY Overwhelming Verdict Of 55 to 28 Illinois Sena-
tor is Ousted
DECLARED TO HAVE USED FRAUD IN ELECTION
With Smile on Face He Hears Verdict His Colleague
CuIom Turns Against Him. Archibald Case Probably
Next.


liam Lorimer of Illinois was expelled
from the United States senate this
afternoon by vote of 55 to 2S. BY
that overwhelming verdict his col
leauges found him guilty of having
been elected May 26, 1909 by "cor-
rupt methods and practices"
With Lorimer's dramatic assertion
that his expulsion would be the
"crime of the senate" his colleagues
voted nearly two to one to oust him
as a beneficiary of fraud.
Lorimer did not vote on his own
case, but his aged colleague, Senator
Cullom, of Illinois turned against him
after having formerly voted to keep
him in the senate.
With a smile on his face Lorimer
rose from his seat and walked toward
the republican cloak room, at the
door OF which he shook hands with
his friends.
His Speech Dramatic.
Three senator's were absent. Sew
eral were paired and could not vote,
Senator Culberson of Texas originally
voted to oust Lorimer and then paired
with DUPONT of Delaware.
Lorimers election followed n days
speech by him, dramatic and replete
with invective for his opponents.
Iorimer's fight for his official life,
which ended this afternoon when the
senate doors closed on him, began al
most Immediately after his election.
Among the senator's voting to unseat
Lorimer were Ashurst. Bacon, Borah.
Bourne, Briggs. Brlstow. Brown,
Bryan, Burton. Chamberlain. Clapp.
Clark, Crawford Cullom. Cummins.
Curtis, Dixon, Fall. Gardner, Gore,
Gronna, Hitchcock, Johnson, Ken
yon, Kern. LaFollette, Lea and Lode.
Martin, MARITIME, Myers, Nelson, New
lands, O'Gorman, Overman, Page,
Pcindexter, Pomeren, Raynor, Reed,
Root, Sanders. Shivley, Simmons,
Smith of Arizona, Smith of Georgia,
Smith of Michigan. Smith of South
Carolina. stone, Sutherland, Swanson,
Townsend, Watson, Williams, Works,
Hodge.
For Lorimer: Bailey, Bradley,
Brandege, Burnham, Catteron. Clark
of Wyoming, Crane, Dillingham;,
Fletcher Foster, Gallinger, Gamble,
Guggenheim. Johnson, Bones. Jones.
Lippitt McCumber. Oliver, Payner,
Penrose, Perkins, Richardson, Smith
of Maryland, Smoot. Stephenson,
Thornton, Tillman and Wetmere.
Washington, July 13.-Lorimer re-
sumed his defense this morning in
the senate.
Senators Kearn and Lea of the in
vestigating committees minority
were the special targets of Lorimer's s
attacks. He strobe toward them and
shook his fist, defying them to re-
flute his statement.
Senator Lea stared straight at the
Illinoisan, while Kern fingered his
watchchain nervously and appeared
to be on the point of interrupting
Lormer to reply to the charges.
After a conference with Senators
Lea and Bacon, he apparently chang
ed his mind and sat silent under Lor-
liners assaults.
I5unu Oh ItNDOCIltCs'
"Have you ever thought of the fall
lacv of the situation with regard to
Link. Beckemeyer and Holtshaw,"
asked Lorimer "They announced for
weeks to everybody that they would
vote for Lormer. It Is asserted then
that man offered Link and Becke-
meyer $1,000 each and Holtshaw
$25O0 What kind of economy is
that? Can any form of logic make 1t
reasonable?
"If the people knew the truth as
shown in this record they would rise
up and drive this band Of hypocrites
from the country, And as God spares
my life and strength they will know
the facts"
At 1:40 o'clock the minority reso-
luton was called up holding 1t to be
the sense of the senate that Lorimer's
election was corrupt. The roll call
on Lorimer began at 1856.
Charge Against Crawford.
"You say / have a motive FOR per-
juring myself" Lorimer went on
"While 1t is q great honor, I doubt
II / appreciate it more than White
did the money. While he swore he
was lar perjurer, I did not dc
that 1t is an easy matter to destroy
man."
Sending q page to the cloak room
for Senator Crawford OF South Da'
kota, and directly addressing hin
Lorimer read an affidavit charging