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Show ROOT SCORES SEN, LORIMER Declares His Election A Blot on Name of Illinois, And Leads Fight Against Senator Washington, Fob. 3. Senator Root or New York today leaped to u position posi-tion of leadership among tho nntl-Lordlier nntl-Lordlier forces in tho Senate nnd caused tho caso temporarily to bo lifted above tho attack upon tho Individual In-dividual so ns to ploco a blotch upon the tiaiuo or Illinois. When Sir. Hoot concluded, Senator Halo pleaded with tremulous volco for some rrlend of the state, and hu suggested sug-gested Senator Cullom, to make n reply re-ply to Mr. Hoot's speech, which would exonerate, not Lorlmer, but Illinois. "I refuso to bellovo thnt so great n people arc rotten to tho core," sold Senator ll.illoy ot Texas. "IT wo are to try senators on tho general misconduct miscon-duct or legislators, thou tho senator whose right Is challenged now Is not tho only one who must yield his seat. His colleague, Mr. Cultoui, was elected el-ected by ono of those legislatures nnd m ninn hero belloves ho was n party to any ot those' evil practices; but still tho cuso or Lorlmer Is tho enso of Cullom." Senntor Lorlmer had numerous defenders de-fenders who replied to tho attack upon up-on him and tho method ot his election. elec-tion. Chief among them wns Senutor llcyburn or Idaho, n member of tho Lorlmer investigating committee, who charged that somo person, had en tered Into tho nttack upon Lorlmer in the spirit or n manhunt. Took Advanced Ground. Mr. Hoot began his speech soon after af-ter tho Senate convened, without having hav-ing previously announced what his position wns to bo. Ilctoro ho had proceeded pro-ceeded rar It developed ho wont bo-jond bo-jond the position or others who hnve condemned tho election ot Lorlmer as having been accomplished by bribery. He dismissed ns Immaterial tho controversy con-troversy over tho question ot eliminat ing tho seven alleged tainted votes from tho total vote on Joint ballot, as well as from tho number received by Lorlmor. Tho rottenness shown by tho testimony, testi-mony, contended Mr. Root ,was sufficient suffi-cient to Invalidate the election ot Lorlmer, Lor-lmer, and ho assorted thnt all of tho following of O'Noill nrowno ,tho Democratic De-mocratic leader In tho Illinois assembly, assem-bly, was corrupt and tho votes ot that following should hnvo been eliminated. elim-inated. Election Invalidated. Mr. Root reached tho conclusion that, deducting tho soven votes, Mr. Lorlmer had been lett without a majority, ma-jority, a fact which, ho said, "Invalidated "Invali-dated his election." This" was equally true, ho snld, whether tho corruption fund bad been used either to Increaso Lorimer's voto or to reduce to total vote. The conclusion of Mr. Root's speech was marked by an unusual scone. Mr. Halo took tho rioor nnd pleaded plead-ed for a reply to tho Now York senator's sena-tor's speech. Saying that tho Senate could not bo comfortable whllo Mr. Root was making his "powerful argument," argu-ment," and confirming that ho himself him-self had not been, ho snld ho had been Impressed with tho seriousness of tho situation. Mr. Dniloy said that If Mr. Root's doctrlno wns to bo followed, It would bo found that there hod not beon n question of much speculation, and so high Is tho estoom In which his opinion opin-ion Is hold that it is known sovoral members of tho Senate, havo held in aboyanco their own opinions until they could hear from him. in tho main his address cbnslstcd ol careful analysis of tho testimony U. jn by tho committee. Tho argument argu-ment was almost entirely legal. Mr. Root lost llttlo tlmo in Indicating Indicat-ing the conclusion he had reached, which was entirely antagonists to Mr Lorlmer. Ho took tho position thnt tho Investigating commlttco had been at fault In permitting cither tho attorney at-torney for Mr .Lorlmer or tho attorney attor-ney for tho Chicago Trlbuno to direct Its coursoin tho matter or connecting Mr. Lorlmer with the corruption of mombors of flio Illlnola legislature but agreed that, oven In tho faco or Its rault In this respect, tho commit-teo commit-teo had obtained sufficient evldonco effectually to taint or Involldnto tho election. Election a Disgrace. Ho expressed tho opinion that both the state and tho country had been disgraced by tho methods of tho Lorlmer Lorl-mer election. Not only did tho senator differ oh to tho conclusion, but ns to tho meth oils of tho Sonata committee. Ho did not believe thnt organization had pre porly Interpreted tho scopo ot Its Instructions, In-structions, but felt that It had gone too far In interpreting tho charges as a prlvato complaint by the Chicago Tribune. Tho commlttco should, ho thought, havo borno In mind that th reputation, tho honor, tho purity nnd tho authority of the Scn'ato wero Involved In-volved . "When," ho asked earnestly, "did we entrust tho guardianship of our honor nnd Integrity to any nowspaper or any man? It was the duty or the committee to Investigate- whether corrupt cor-rupt methods nnd practices had boon resorted to ns directed by tho Senate nnd not to decldo whether the Tribune Trib-une 'hod established n case." |