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Show LORIMER ' ill Committee Decictes Not to Defer to Request for Postponement Chicago. Sept 23. Tho senate committee com-mittee of privileges and elections, which convened here to investigate the alleged fraud In the election of Senator William Lorlmer. d?eidcd to proceed at this time with the caking of testimony and not to postpone action ac-tion until after the November elections, elec-tions, a urged by tho senator's attorneys. attor-neys. At th opening of today's session Chairman Burrowa also announced that the committee would permit Attorney At-torney IJustian, representing the Chicago Chi-cago Tril-'Mie. and Elhridge Hanecy, representing Senator Lorlmer, to appear ap-pear in the hearing. Mr. Hanecy ' presented his formal motion for a continuance of the hear- j ing until after tho November elections. elec-tions. The reasons advanced are in substance similar to the argument made by hlrn yesterday, when he declared de-clared that Senator ivorimer would I be handicapped through a disinclination disinclina-tion of legislators now under indictment indict-ment to testify before tho committee. The Tribune's list of w.tuesses was submitted and the committee begn consideration of methods of procc- I dure. The committee's decision, overruling overrul-ing Senator Larimer's plea for delay, was announced by Senator Paync-r of Kentucky, who said: "The committee has given due consideration con-sideration to the petition made for a continuance at this hearing until after af-ter tho November elections, and has not foun.l tho reasons contained therein there-in of Kt;fficient we.ght to warrant the delay." A short conference resulted in the announcement that tho session would adjourn as ,i punitc meeting until Monday morning, to permit Senators ! Hulkeley of Connecticut and Frazler of Tennessee, other members, to be present. |