The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
'LOrilner's Final Plea
 For A Square Deal'
 Made In Senate Today

= great physical effort that he contin, frequently leaned on his or Senator Tillmans adjacent desk in apparent exhaustion.
 Lorimer said Senator Kern "insfn- uated'' that Charles Luke had died since he testified. There can be no of Senators. and make them believe Luke had testified that he received a bribe," Lofimer asserted "T'he fact is that before the first resolution of investigation was adopted Luke had passed away. He never testified be- fore any committee.
 There is no statement in the rec ord to indicate. that Jandus was cor rupted to vote for Lorimer He testf- fled that he made from S7000 to ss000 year and combined with other people to buy farm lands, There was no intimation, anywhere, that he had been bribed. It was regarded as sus- picious that Shepherd and Tippett had safety deposit boxes. We have them in Chicago by the hundreds of thou sands and we are not millionairee by the hundreds of thousands.
 The effort was made to poison the minds of Senators and make them be- lieve these men obtained safety. boxee to hold the corrupt money given them for voting for Lorimer.
 Every member of the Illinois Gen eral Assembly had money at times $20. $50, $100 bills" sLoriner continued "It is ridiculous to create the iinpree- sion that all of this was given for Lorffner votee.,'
 These poor so-called confessors,'' were discussed by Lorin1er. He began with Charles A. White.
 If you have any case here you must stand or fall on Whites test1- mony," the Senator declared Tt fe s-- q 4 "A CT. admitted under oath. Brown was charged with bribing Nls4te to vote for Lorimer when he was on trial in Cook County. All efforts Of the states attorney were directed to proving that fact The whole case depended upon whether White told the truth. Shaw and Neili testified that he did Why did furnish money to aid Lee O'Neill Bron In his defenseP He wap charged with giving money fo Chac. White and .brlbing him to vote for had no place in this Senate. I know that Brown never gave one cent to secure vote for Lorimer.
 Governor Deneen and others sought to convict Brown. With his conyic- make anybody believe that LoEimer bad not been elected bx c0fffnk meth- .ods and practices It sE4s intended to secure the conviction of Brown and then bring the case to Washfne eton- The venue was changed to CnfcaE0 be- cause Deneen and his allies could not depend on the States attorney at Springfield to apply the third de- gree y
 Does anyone think that a man who has the slightest regard for his. honor would permit conspirators by perjury and unlawful methods to send a man to the penitentiary when he has no means for his defense and his con- viction meant ruin to the other mans honor2 s4ss
 sSettle in your mind that e:barles White was not telling the truth Hsrd you. do not need to go to Link or Beckemeyer or .Holtzlaw. It becomes proven. that he did not receive q coo or any other sum to vote for Lori- mer.'s
 The statement in the minority re- port that four members of the Leg islature confessed to having been bribed was. bitterly denounced by Lorl~ nler. He said Link. never confessed he received nfony or promises for his vote.
 aThis is not invention or insinuation but a deliberate statement which was not supported by any facts in the rec White te-confessed that he received money as. brfbe to vote for Lori- mer
 s.There is no letter in the record in- S1icating that White wrote Brown ask ing him for the balance of the Lori- mer money, have searched the rec ord thoroughly and yet the minority report makes such & statement.
 ssWKile I live and have the strength, regardless of action of this Senate. will go on and on and on until the entire awor1d comes to know the his tory of this case as the five Senators -(of the rniflority)--wrote 1t. The record shows Chat one Senator was not present at the hearings more than 25 per cent of the time, another but 6O,s another not to exceed 80 per cent The Senator who has the best record was not present more than 80 per cent of the time when witnesses were On the stand
 .sThere is not a scintiIIa of evidence in this record to prove the insinuati0n that Lorimer ever tried to placare White. No suggestion of that kind was made until the committee ad- journed
 q secured a, job for White in Cook county at S75 per month. There wac no blackmailing, no intimatton Of ins limitation. It was merely helping 6 man who had aided me in climbing the ladder All my life I have tried to never go back on friend or turn one down God helping me, shall keep that course and let Him judge If 8 is correct to do unto others as yog would have them to do unto you.l
 By that rule I have lived and by that rule will I die if all the world including the Senate condemn ik.
 L.orimer's election followed. Short- ly after 1 o'clock, when Lorimer bad spoken nearly three hours, iIuncn- con- recess was taken until 2 o'clock
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