The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-06
LEE O'NE|L BROWNE
WILL BE EXAMINED
Politician Must Appear Before
Lorimer Committee
TESTIMONY VERY BRIEF
One Witness Is Examined Who Says
He Did Not Vote for LOrimer,
Hoping That Democrat
Would Be Elected

Chicago, October 5-Mnority Leader
Lee ONeil Browne, who is under indict-
ment in connection with the election of
United States Senator LorImer, is to sub
NIT to the ordeal of being asked ques-
tons by the Lorimer investigating COM
mittee This was decided upon today by
the United States senators who are in
quiring into the motives of the Iegisla-
tors who voted for the Junior senator
The same ruling is made in the case of
State Senator John Broderick, now I'M
der Indictment on the charge of having
| bribed Senator D. w. IIolstlaw to vote
| for Senator Lorimer and applies also
to Representative Robert f. Wilson.
against whom bribery charges are also
pending.
Neither Browne nor Frederick, who
were on the stand for few moments to-
day, was questioned beyond formal
request for their names on the plea
of Attorney Thomas Dawson, counsel for
each, that he wished to confer with his
| associate counsel before advising his
clients what course to pursue The COM
mittee granted counsel until tomorrow
morning to decide his course:
In announcing his ruling, Mr.. Burrowes
said:
1.-THE committee is unanimous that 1t
would be manifestly improper for II to
enter into any agreement or understand
ing on the limitation of cross-examine-
tion of the witness, Broderick He must
come before the committee the same as
any other Witness There will be time
apOuOb n mo 40 xxrt
they arise
In the afternoon session a number of
witnesses testified two. Representative
Daniel d. Donohue and Representative
Groves, called by Attorney Austrian. and
three rebuttal witnesses summoned by
the bench.
Mr.. Donohue, a democrat of Blooming
ton, testified that he did not vote for
Lorimer, and he sought to prevent his
elected at the next session. Donohue said
sions had adjourned without electing a
SENATOR, a democrat could have been
elected at tn enext session Donohue said
he had no recollection of having said
to Representative Groves that he be-
lieved money had been used In the cleo
ton of Senator Lorimer, although he said
rumors of the use of money In that con-
nection and in behalf of other republicans
were frequently heard at the time and
after the election.
II was requested to vote for Mr.. Lori
n1er," said Donohue, but refused No
offer of money or any other thing was
made to me and no intimation was ever
given to me that I could profit by so vot-
ing
Representative Groves was recalled and
testified that in conversation with Dono-
hue he had said Representative Shaw
had told that he understood democratic
legislators received $1,000 for voting for
Lorirner. and that Representative Dono-
hue replied that he supposed they got
more than that and especially the men
who could make speeches In favor of
Senator Lorimer. Donohue, called back
to the stand, asserted that he had no
memory of such a conversation.
IT might have said It," testified Dono-
hue; ''but If did 1t was based only on
inference. / was very bitter at the time
and had made speech In answer to Mr..
Browne, but If I said that to Mr.. Groves
it was not based on anything positive"
Miss Katherine A. Woods Of East St.
Louis was then summoned to rebut tes-
timony of Representative Charles White.
Miss Woods declared that In the fall Of
1909 White took her to dinner and told
her he was writing a history of his life
and the occurrences in the legislature.
and expected to make fortune out of 1t
ana that Lorimer and his bunch" would
have to pay him enough to keep him for
life or he would make It hot for Lori
mer and his friends.
The witness said White told her he was
going to run for Congress, had spent $4,000
on his history and that he did not fear
results for he had influential friends.
Her testimony was In direct contradict
ton to what White said on the stand.