The sun., 1912-07-12
To VcVrnI lIyprOcrisy

i'i Nil'u Wis DuFlPl money
To Wrv-nI nyp-ocrisy
n was here ,ha. I.orimer declared that
his sole purpose in introducing the affi-
dari,s was to reveal hypocrisy.
"'rhev prove" he shouted. "that Col
Roosevelt would have been nominated
for the Presidency at Chicago II his friends
could have obtained it for him by cor
ruption,"
Bv this time there was a scurrying
among the Roosevelt. people on the Il oor
of the Senate Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon,
manager of the Roosevelt movement.
was no, in the Senate when the documents
were read. but h" appeared hurriSilv
and began 10 max" inquiries as to what
had been charged. Before he had an
opportunity To reply the Sena;" had voted
to take recess until tomorrow morning
II was shortly before the Roosevelt
incident that I.ori,ner had attacked
President Taft. Mr. I.orimer read from
1att's Massachusetts sporch. in which
the President had explained that l.orimcr
was supporting him in Illinois. no, because
he was really for him, but because Of his
bitterness toward Roosevelt. He referred
10 other statements that the President
had made against him and his case.
This statement was not the fact"
kUOuIPV bOTlf1N'T. ulI T1Ol SUPPORT Vi1e
President because ! was More bitter
toward Theodore Roosevelt. The reason
! supported the President was because !
believed. as he did. in Constitutional and
representative government and hecaiise
] believed. AZ he does. that the courts of
the land and their decisions should not bc
subject TO the mob II was because Of
his stand on these subjects that ! chose
him instead of Roosevelt. IL he had held
the same opinions az Roosevelt ! would
not have voted for either.
Taft Misinformed.
sWhen the President took that letter
70 Massachusetts and read IT. IL have not
been misinforr,cd he was msstating the
facts. | hope I have been misinformed.
but word came to me that the President.
before that speech. had been told that il
q preferential vote bill were passed by
the Legislature of Illinois and the people
their ballots. the only delegates he would
get out of the total of iifty-eight were
those that would come from the districts
where Lorimer's friends lived
And" shouted the illinois Senator with
great feeling. "the only delegates he did
get were from the districts in which ] was
reared and lived. Why did the President
~ the United States make that statement
TO the people of Massachusetts? If he
didn't know tho facts | have been mis-
informed Why did the man who told
me they had informed him Of the con-
ditions in Illinois permit him to go into
Massa chlisetts and miSstatc the facts?
II do not believe the fact that Lorimer
supported Taf, lost him n single vote at
the election. not In saya single delegate.
The trouble in Illinois was that we believe
in protection. Canadian reciprocity was
not acceptable either To the farmers or 10
those Interested in industries. They did
not feel kindly toward the President and
voted for Roosevelt . to I. They voted
neither for Roosevelt nor against Taft;
they voted against Canadian reciprocity
and free trade.
Why La Toilette Lost.
IF Roosevelt had not been a candidate
La Toilette would have carried the State
against President Taft. This was known
by the men i'll Illinois who conducted the
Presidents campaign. and yet they per
Initted the President to go over the coun-
Try creating sentiment against Lorimer.
Is il unnatural that the wrath Of the people
should bc turned against Lorimor under
such circumstances? Oh | tell you. Sem
ators, that If the men who were associated
with me in politics in Illinois had not voted
for President Taft he would not have re-
Ceivcd many more votes than he got in the
primaries in South Dakota.
And II was the President OF the United
States, mind YOU. VINO was going about
the country creating sentiment against
IOrifncr when the ease was before the
Senate for decision. OF course the pco-
pie will believe him. IL Is only natural
So Is there any wonder that not only the
people of this country. hut the people
of the world believe that I.oriiner should
he driven from N" Senatc?"
Lorim"r referred also to President
laft's admission that he had not read
all the testimony in the case
Il do not object, shouted Lorimer.
"to being tried by the Senate. but I do
object to being tried by the President"
Pose. as n Victim.
The Senator from Illinois did not at
tempt in his speech to argue the merits
Of the case against him. As in the notable
speech he delivered in his defence last
session he devoted himself To showing
that he was the victim of a conspiracy.
He charged that thu Senat" had been
forced 10 reopen his case by a conspiracy
of newspaper proprietors and that he
was abou, to he condemned. not on the
merits Of the case but III response to the
same vicious intlucnces."
IF the Senate shall adopt th" minority
report against mo. cried the Illinois
senator. III will he IA travesty on civilized
Jurisprudence and "A mockery on Justice
1t wi be sign that the Senate Is follow =
ing the red fiaC and has adopted the doc
irino of the recall of judges advocated
by that arch champion of destruction"
Lorimer declared thar the men in Chi
cago who were prosecu1in ng h" case aga inst
: MIN ought TO be behind the pcnitcntiary
bars
IL will show" he shouted that 4 the
law was enforced in Cook county the
criminal owners Of these Chicago news
papers would to-day be behind the bars
Reviews Charges.
Senator Lorimer had brought two chart :
into the Senate which he had hung on the
wall. He then reviewed in detail the
charges that he had made in his previous
speech that the Chicago Tribune and
the Chicago Daily Ners were evading
their taxes He said that in 1895 the
Chicago Tribune Building was located
on school property, property belonging
to school fund for the education of
children The lease provided for the re-
valuation Of the property every five
years,
"Victor Lawson, owner OF the Chicago
DdiIy Nens, and the owners of the
Chicago TribHnc." said Iormer. got
together and decided 10 loot the school
fund. "
Lorimer said the Chicago Tribune sent
word 10 a member Of the school beard
that they wanted the valuation CLAUSE
stricken from the lease and threatened
to drive this man on, of public life unless