Evening star., 1912-07-13

Crawford had missed the pubic condem-
nation which had been heaDed upon Lori
mer.
II have been made out the vilest foul
est creature on earth, because OF the
misstatement made about me" he cried.
Vote az you did before, Senator Craw'
ford,' he said. Have yourself record
ed among those who voted to .a drive IN. me
you are the kind OF a. man that affidavit
tried to show. But surely having gone
through what you have, | am entitled
to have you give at least full oonstdera-
ton to the evidence in my case"
He took up Crawford's speech against
him In the former case. Instead or CIV.
ing him the benefit of the doubt. said
Lorimer, Crawford had Joined in por-
traying Lordn1er to the country as
gun in one hand and q dark lantern tr
the other, despoiling the people
OF Lasting Injury.
There was nothing in the record that
justified that charge, Senator Crawford.
he said. but 1t has been taken up from
your speech and has gone all over the
land to my lasting injury
The effect Of Lorimers striking appeal
to Crawford was not lost upon the Sen
ate. He held hts auditors to breathless
silence. Senator Tillman appeared visibly
affected by Lorimers words. voiced in a
tone that bordered upon the tragic, and
wiped tears from his eyes as Lorimer
pau.~A
Senator Lorimer took up next the incl
dent Of the employment Of Detective VIII
liam ]. Burns In the case; and the dicta-
graph report through which attempts
were made to prove that John MCGOWAN.
the young Canadian witness for Edward
Hines had confessed to perjury. Lorimer
referred to Burns as the detective who
had driven to his grave a United States
to have been guilty" The reference was
taken by the Senate to apply to the late
John H. Mitchell of Oregon.
The facts concerning the testimony OF
Burns young stenographer, Sheridan.
when expert stenographers swore that
over by Lorimer.
Charges Perjury.
He declared It had been shown that the
Burns detectives had committed perjury.
so we have Charles A. White bought
by the Tribune" said Lorinaer Nobody
to get something to give to the commit
tee, to create the impression that Lori
mer had been corrupting the departments
in Washington.
Still they didn't have enough. so they
went out and bought the William ].
Burns detective agency to commit per-
Jury. White was bought TO perjure his
soul. CLAWS was bought to perjure his
soul, but ne didn't have nerve enough to
go through with 1t, and when they found
he didn't have the nerve they had him
indicted here In Washington to keep his
mouth shut"
Senator Lorimer declared Detective
Burns had first been employed by the
Senate committee to send q man out with
MCGOWAN Afte rsix weeks, he said. the
Senate committee became convinced there
was nothing to prove that MCGOWAN had
committed perjury. Then. he said, Funk
and Bancroft of the harvester company
and the Tribune people" told him to 90
ahead at their expense with his investi-
cation Of MCGOWAN.
"The men that they bought and paid
were the men that produced the perjury,
said Senator Lorimer. will anybody be-
lieve that the Tribune crowd and the
Harvester crowd didn't know they were
going to perjure themselves when they
bought and paid for themf"
Appeal to Senator'S.
Senators" he continued. again appeal
ing to the Senate, 'if 1t were not for the
Misrepresentation, would you throw any
body out on the case as I've stated it?
Would you turn any one out on the testi-
mony II there were no people back home
blood?'
NOBODY would say that Senator Jones
had changed his mind" said Lorimer.
unless convinced that he had been
wrong before. II senator's knew the
testimony they soon would settle the foul
conspiracy" he said.
IF you drive me from this chamber
TIL never charge you with anything ex-
cept that you were not sufficiently in
formed" he said. There will be no
charge in my mind that you did not
Of right"
At this point Mr. Lorimer presented
telegram just deceived from Walter B.
Sayler Of Carthage. ILL.,, formerly q men,
ber Of the Illinois legislature. reading:
Some time since II. H. Kohlsaat sent q
man to Carthage who wanted me to make
an affidavit charging you with infiueno-
ing legislation"
Turns to Personal Side.
Senator Lorimsr turned then to the pen
ssnal side Of fds campaign in Illinois.
He told again OF his life. and the as
sociations he had formed. For forty
years. he said. he had lived in one COM
munity. His present democratic neigh
bors had been his boyhood friends. He
had helped hundreds Of them, he said.
not for what he might secure, but be-
cause he was helping fellow-man. He
declared these friends had turned to him
when the deadlock occurred in the I'LL
nois legislature. and that 1t was ridicu-
lous to say they had been bought.
From his own election. he turned to
that Of Senator Lea OF Tennessee, demo-
crat. WHO had been elected by thirty-two
republican and thirty-four democratic
votes why did these republicans vote
for Senator Lear" he asked. Were
they the friends Of his youth? Had he
lived and worked with them for forty
years? Oh, no! They voted for him
because Of q political condition that
made the election Of a republican impos-
sible. The democrats were divided. and
1t was determined to leave the choice
Of q democratic senator to Ne
publican minority. Just as in Illinois,
selection Of the republican senator's
There was no corruption. The cleo
tion Of Senator Lea was perfectly honest.
But there 10 no more reason for charg-
ing corruption In Illinois than In Tennes-
see.
Claims Clean Title.
"Are democrats the only people who
are susceptible Of renaiving bribes9 I'll
not believe II, nor viii believe that the
republicans Of Tennsssee were corrupted.
believe, Senator Lea, that you occupy
your seat by a. clean Q title as any man
who ever sat In this body-by as clean
q title - mine.
II want you 10 know now ] am not
pleading for votes" no continued In q
rising voice. II wouldn't have the vote
Of Q man who believes ! oame here cor
rugby. I don't want your votes unless
you believe my certificate Is as clean as