Show LORIMER IS BARRED ROOSEVELT REFUSES TO SIT AT BANQUET WITH SENATOR FROM members member of hamilton club placed ln in embarrassing position of recalling invitation sent to one of el clubs own members Mem bera chicago colonel theodore roosevelt on thursday haired barred william lor imer junior united states senator from illinois from the hamilton club banquet at the congress hotel by re twins to sit alt at the same table the occurrence startled politicians here and over the country the unprecedented demand that the hamilton club deny to one ot of its own members the privilege of attending the banquet came with characteristic abruptness from colonel roosevelt the hamilton club delegation headed by former judge john 11 batten joined colonel roosevelt at the fair grounds in freeport ill shortly after noon colonel roosevelt asked it senator lorimer was to be at the banquet when informed that he was a member of the club and had been invited the colonel emphatically declared then I 1 must decline to go adding that he would feel the same about tile the presence of senator lorimer as he would it sitting down with j WILLIAM E LORIMER united states senator from illinois members of the illinois legislature who are under Indle indictment duent in the graft investigation tho the committee members looked their amazement and finally after aate r some hesitation informed their guest that they would go back to chicago and tell senator lorimer hla his views no colonel Roose evIt replied emphatically send him a telegram tolling telling hini him that I 1 will not attend the dinner tonight it if he la Is there A telegram was sent to senator Lor lerliner liner informing him that colonel roosevelt positively refused to sit it at the same table with him and that the invitation to hint him for the evening had bad been withdrawn |