The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-12
MAKES
DRAMATIC TALK
TO SAVE SEAT
Appeals TO Fellow Senate Members
that Toga Was Not
Purchased
AND TAFT
Introduces Affidavits that Forces of
Ex-President Wanted 70
| Buy Delegates
ATTACKS ROOSEVELT AND TAFT

w NasHjHBIuli, July lily Lac
second time In the eight months
William Lorimer took the floor In
the Senate, today. 70 defend hia title
sto a seat IN that body as junior Sena-
tor from Illinois For three hours
he inveighed against his newspaper
political enemies: disected the In
fluences that had been exerted
against him and dealt with the at
titude of President Taft and Col.
Roosevelt towards him and his asso-
ciates In Illinois politics. The SEN
ate did not force him to conclusion
of his speech.
His emphatic delivery Of the de-
nunciation of his opponents weak
ened him physically and at 3:30
o'clock the Senate recessed until 10
tomorrow morning. when Lorimer
will resume. 1t Is expected be will
conclude his defense In few hours
land that before the end OF the ses-
sion the Senate viii take Its final
lyote upon Senator Lees resolution
OF expulsion.
| Galleries Filled.
Before Lorimer had spoken an
hour, the galleries which were half
emnty when he began. had filled 70
| ogerfiowing, the Senate floor was
we'll filled with members giving
close attention to him and around
| the walls OF the Senate chamber
stood scores of members OF the
House.
| From a position at the rear OF the
chamber he delivered his speech
with dramatic gestures and in a
| voice that frequently rose to flights
Of passion that carried far through
the capitol corridors. Contrasted
to the picturesque appeal of Febru-
ary, 1911, when Lorimer gave In de-
| tail the circumstances which, he
said. had influenced the votes Of 53
Democrats for him In the Illinois
Legislature, his speech today was
an attack rather than defense. He
scarcely touched upon the charges
of bribery.
Chicago newspaper owners and
publishers, Gov. Deneen, States At
torney Wayman and others, were
the chief objects of his shafts and
| he sought to show that back OF the
prosecution was conspiracy OF
newspapers and corporate forces to
punish him because he could not be
controlled"
AT the close Of the afternoon he
furnished a sensation by introducing
afidavits made by delegates to the
recent Republican convention at
Chicago to the effect that they had
been offered money to support
= Roosevelt in the convention.
Affidavits Sensational.
! These affidavits came after Lori
: nor had dealth with the letter or
President Taft to Col. Roosevelt.
!. made public with the international
Harvester Go. correspondence dur
: ing the pre-convention campaign. In
: this letter Taft had stated his desire
to soc Iorimer ousted from the Sen
= ate.
Lorfmer declared he did not seek
~ to nrove anything in his own case
: by the affidayits, but that ne want
- ed to "show the hypocrisy running
;. rampant through the country
.y Roosevelts friends, he declared
i would have secured his nomination.
= If possible by the corrupt use oi
"a mouey" while Roosevelt himself,
was declaring he would destroy
~ every political corruptionists.
] AS to the support OF President
A. Taft, Lorimer said he had supported
the principles of constituted govern
as ment for which the President
"a stood. He declared that the Presi'
"a dent would not have received al
&, MANY votes In Illinois as ne did II
~ North Dakota In the primary cam
Mt paign If 1.-The men with whom | an
associated In politics" had not votes
re for him,
of As Senator Lorimer began hi
,h speech he read from manuscript ans
by his, voice was for the first few sen
n tences indistinct He declared n
" proposed to give the Senate an In
Il sight into the character OF the mel
who, he said. had tried to ruin him
b. lit is true that the Senate IA
.st the right to deny me a seat ~ thi
iy body" he began. ION the himsies
ly nretext or on no pretext at alI.