Evening star., 1912-07-12


They were signed by r. A. Holland. r.
r. Butts and William James, all Georgia
delegates.
There was absolute silence in the SEN
ate chamber while the statements were
being read. Some Of the Roosevelt
pin could have been heard.
''These affidavits," Mr. Ilorimer shouted,
looking first to the republican and then
to the democratic side, from the center
on my title to my seat, and are intro
duced by me merely to show the hypoc-
risy that is running rampant through the
country.
They prove that a man who would
have no bosses around him, who would
not a hundredth part as much against
Lorimer's election as these affldavits
would have shown against his nomina-
tioD II he had been nominated by the
Chicago convention"
1t was just at that point that Senator
Smoot suggested that Senator Lorimer
was wearied by his three-hour speech,
and moved a recess until this morning.
Before he discussed Col. Roosevelt Sem
ator Lorimer talked of the attitude of
President Taft toward him and the Lor-
inner case. He read from the President s
Massachusetts speeches, in which the
President claimed that Senator Lorimer
was supporting him not out Of friendliness
to him, but out of bitterness toward Col.
Roosevelt He also referred to the letter
that President Taft made public, declar-
ing his opposition to Senator Lorimer,
and to other statements of the President.
Why he Supported Taft.
Il did not support the President because
1 was more bitter toward Theodore
Roosevelt" he. shouted "The reason
supported the President was because I
believed. as he did, in constitutional and
representative government and because
l believed, as he does, that the courts of
the land and their decisions should not
be subject to mobs. 1t was because of
his stand on these subjects that l chose
him instead of Roosevelt If he had held
the same opinions as Roosevelt / would
not have voted for either.
When the President took that letter
to Massachusetts, and read it, If | have
not been misinformed, he was misstating
the facts. l hope / have been misin-
formed, but word came to me that the
President. before the speech. had been
told that If preferential vote bill were
passed by the legislature Of Illinois and
the people of the state had an opportunity
to cast their ballots. the only delegates
he would get out Of the total OF nifty
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 I was reared and lived. why ola
the President Of the United States make
chusetts? If he didn't know the facts I
have been misinformed. Why did the
man who told me they had Informed him
of the conditions in Illinois permit him
to go into Massachusetts and misstate
the facts?
Voted Against Reciprocity.
'T do not believe the fact that Lori
mer supported Taft lost him a single
vote at the election, not to say single
delegate. The trouble In Illinois was
that we believe in protection. Canadian
reciprocity was not acceptable either 10
the farmers or to those interested In IN
dustries. They did not feel kindly to-
ward the President and voted for Roose-
welt to 1. They voted neither for Roose-
Welt nor against Taft; they voted against
Canadian reciprocity and free trade.
If Roosevelt had not been a. candidate
La Toilette would have carried the state
against President Taft. This was known
by the men In Illinois who conducted the
Presidents campaign, and yet they per-
mitted the President to go over the coun-
try creating sentiment against Lorimer
Is 1t unnatural that the wrath OF the peo-
pie should be turned against Lorimer un-
der such circumstances? Oh, I tell you,
senator's that il the mem who were as
ISOLATED with me in politics in Illinois had
not voted for President Taft he would not
have received many more votes than ne
got in the primaries in South Dakota.
And 1t was the President of the United
States mind you, who was going about
the country creating sentiment against
Lorimer when the case was before the
Senate for decision. OF course the people
will believe him. 1t is only natural. SO
is there any wonder that not only the
people of this country. but the people Of
the world. believe that Lorimer should
be driven from the Senator"
Criticism Of President.
Senator Lorimer referred to statement
of the President to the effect that he had
road all the evidence in the case he could
get. He criticised the President for try
ing the case without reading all the evil
dence, and he added:
81 do not object to being tried by the
Senate. but should have been tried by
the Senate and not by the President or
the ex-Preddent."
Denying that he had any bitterness in his
heart for any senator who voted against
him before, Senator Lorimer mentioned
by name some of those who had opposed
him. Referring to Senator Root. he said
his only criticism was that when Mr..
Root was told that the sources OF the
corruption fund" had been discovered
Mr. Root did not give him the chance to
answer the charge. Senator Root was In
the chamber, but made no reply.
Senator Lormer frequently recurred
to the control of newspapers and news
associations by his enemies. He declared
that erroneous statements had been sent
out to the world by newspaper agencies.
He referred to what he termed the con-
troll of news sources by Victor Lawson,
Melville E. Stone and Frank B. Noyes
Of this city.
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