The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
KEoKUK, IOWA, FRIDAY, JULY IL, 1912
|lDR|MER INTENDS TOGO DOWN SHOUT|NG
# HE MUST SINK INTO OBLIVION

letter contained Clark's death bed .
teration OF this denial,
All Worn OUT
After speaking an hour, = Cner
visibly weakened. He was b = d in
perspiration. His tawny was
touseled in moist disorder. h was
with great physical effort that he con-
tinued. His voice grew husky and he
frequently leaned on his or Senator
Tillman's adjacent desk, in apparent
exhaustion.
Every member Of the Illinois gem
eral assembly had money at times
$40. $50, 800 bills,' Lorimer con-
tinued. 1T Is ridiculous to create the
impression that all OF this was given
for Lorimer votes.
These poor so-called confessors,"
were discussed by Lorimer. He be-
gan with Charles A. White ''If you
have any case, here you must stand
or fall on Whites testimony the SEN
ator declared. 'tIt is In the record that
White Is a perjurer, admitted under
oath Browne was charged with hrib-
| ing White to vote for Lorimer, when
he was on trial in Cook county. All
] efforts of the states attorneys were
directed to providing that fact. The
whole case depended on whether
White told the truth, Shaw and O,Neil
testified that he lied.
Why did furnish money to aid
O'Neil Browne in his defense? He
was charged with giving money to
Charles White and bribing him to vote
for Lorimer. II that were true, Lori.
mer had no place In this senate.
know that Browne never gave one
cent to secure vote for Lorimer.
Governor Deneen and others sought to
convict Browne. With his conviction
/ it would have been difficult to make
anybody believe that Lorimer had not
been elected by corrupt methods and
practices. It was intended to secure
the conviction of Browne, and then
bring the case to Washington. The
venue was changed to Chicago, be-
cause Deneen and his allies could not
depend on the states attorney at
Springfield to apply the third degree
Regard Tor Honor.
i Does anyone think that q man
who has the slightest regard for his
Honor would permit conspirators by
perjury and unlawful methods to
send man to penitentiary when
he has no means for his defense, and
his conviction meant ruin to the
other mans honor?'
Settle in your mind that Charles
4 White was not telling the truth and
you do not need to go to Link, or
A lBeckmeyer or Holtslaw. It. becomes
proven that he did not receive $1,000
or any other sum to vote for Lorimer' =
The statement in the minority re-
port that four members OF the legisla-
lture confessed to having been bribed
was bitterly denounced by Lorimer.
He said Link never confessed he re-
|ceived money or promises for his
vote.
This is not inuendo, or insinuation,
but deliberate statement, which is
not supported by any facts In the rec
Iord,' said Lorimer "Only one man
White confessed he received money
as bribe to vote for Lorimer.
There is no letter in the record In
|dicating that White wrote Browne ask.
ling him for the balance Of the Lori
lmer money have searched the
Irecord through, and yet the minority
report makes such a statement
while live and have the strength,
regardless of action Of this senate, ]
will go on and on and on, until the
entire world comes to know the his
tory Of this case as the five senators
4 (of the minority wrote it,
"The record shows that one sena-
4 tor was not present at the hearings,
more than 25 per cent of the time;
another, but so per cent; another not
Ito exceed so per cent. The senator
who has the best record was not pres
ent more than fifty per cent of the
4 time when witnesses were on the
4 stand
i Lerimer asserted that he had spent
more then $4,000 of his personal
funds advancing his pet hobby, the
deep waterways project and had re-
lceipts to show an expenditure of $780,
1000. II said If 1t had not been for his
persecution" this great project would
have been completed.
Il Lorimer denounced as a vile insin-
t,,a+;or,, what he said was the atteunt
to connect Howard Shurtleff with the
case. He also bitterly scored the
minority OF the committee for their at
tack on Hines particularly where
they alleged he called up somebody
lat Springfield and Lorimer's election
followed"
Four Sailors scalded.
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