Show LOSES I 1 SEAT IN IK SENATE ENATE S ILLINOIS SENATOR OUSTED BY BV colleagues AFTER HAVING SERVED OVER THREE YEARS his election held to have been invalid on the ground that votes for him were obtained by corrupt methods washington by a vote of fifty live to twenty eight the united states senate on saturday took away from william lorimer his seat as aa senator from illinois ilia his elect lou iolJ was held to have been invalid and he was declared declai ed to have been the recipient of votes obtained by corrupt methods and practices lorimer had been a member of the senate since june 18 1909 the first suggestion of fraud in connection with his election became public in april 1910 when charles A white a member of the illinois legislature swore had received as a bribe for voting for lorimer Lorl mor the senate by its action on saturday reversed the majority of its own investigating committee and changed its vote oi of march 1 1911 when lorimer retained his seat forty six tc forty technically mr air lorimer will pass out of the records of the senate as a member notwithstanding his more moie than three years occupancy of ilia hla seat facing his associates with the declaration la 1 I am ready mr aar lorimer sat in the chamber and heard his fate decreed ag as the roll call showed the adoption of the resolution of senator luke 1 lea of tennessee tho the senates youngest in member ember the man mail who for three days had held the ser senates tates close attention with his remarkable speech WILLIAM E loramer of defense and attack upon his enemies rose wearily from his seat and passed back bach to a cloak room door the outcome of the vote was not a surprise hut but the leaders of the fi ait against him had not estimated a greats great or cr vote than fifty to thirty five lorimer gained only one of the men who voted against him march alarca 1 1911 senator jones of washington while ho he lost tile the votes of his associate senator Cul loin and of senators kern driggs briggs of now new bezey simmons ot of north carolina and watson of west virginia mr lorimer was elected as junior senator from illinois by the legislature of that state may alay 26 1909 he was at that time iline a member of the united states house of representatives hav ing been elected first to the F fifty airty fourth congress in 1894 he continued to hold ills his seat in the house of rep until june 17 lyuu near ly a month after his election to the senate ile ho then resigned and was vas sworn in as senator th the next day ills his election came after the statewide primary had indorsed endorsed indor sed S senator en a tor albert J Il for reelection election re A deadlock in tile the legislature prevented ted the election of hopkins Il and lorl lori mers election ultimately was brought about by the support of fifty throe three democrats the charges of bribery in connection with the lorimer election were made public by the chicago tribune april 30 3 0 1310 1910 when alie 1 it published a confession of state representative charles A white that lie ho had received to vote for lorimer senator lorimer specifically denied these cheso charges in a speech in the senate lay ay 28 of that year and said lie he courted investigation |