The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-29
HOlStelaw Paid That for VOt-
ing for LOrimer
ADMITS RECEIVED MONEY
Was Paid This After Election--Mr.
White, Who Sold Story Of Bribery,
Tells About It on the Wit
ness Stand.

Chicago, Sept. 90 State Senator D.
w Holtstelaw Of luka, H., one Of the
50 Democrats who helped elect William
Lorimer United States senator, took
the witness stand yesterday before the
Lcrimer investigating committee and
testified, that as he had voted for Lori.
mer he received $500 and that he
supposed the money was paid because
Of his vote
Senator Holstelaw, who, until recent.
ly, was banker, IN his home town,
and mad some prominence in the Bap-
fist denomination, was the second wit.
ness to be heard BY the committee and
the second legislator 10 tell the com
mittee that money was paid because Of
vote for the junior senator, from Il
linois.
lie told his story to the sangamon
county grand jury at Springfield some
time ago, but never before in a public
hearing
"The night before the election Of Sem
ator Lorimer,H said Holstelaw, II met
State Senator John Broderick outside
the st. Nicholas hotel in Springfield
and he said to me, they are going elect
LoFimer Tomorrow
u replied, Yes, ] think SO, and / am
going to vote for him.
He replied Well there Is $500 in
il for you. That was al there was
said.
Il intended to vote for Lorimer, any.
way and had made up my mind three
or four days before that. and / did not
know there was a thing in It for me. .
Were you offered anythingip was
asked and the witness said;
"lIs did not offer me anything and
simply saids there was $500 in Il for
me-
"Did you get the s2.5OOfn
Eyes, | went to Chicago about June
is, 1909, TO Senator Brodericks Office
aud he gave me $500, which be count
cd out Of an envelope He only said,
here is that money / said nothing
20 him, beyond greeting him when
met him.
Senator Holstelaw said he supposed
the money was paid for his vote for
Lorimer
did Broderiek owe you anything =
asked Senator Frazier.
"No."
"Was there any reason other than
your conversation before the election
for the payment
"No.a
Another payment o. 500 supposed to
be a part Of the so-called Jackpot
was told Of b the witness.
On cross-examination, Attorney Han
ecy brought out that Holstelaw aad /
told many persons prior 10 the Lorimer
election he had made up his mind TO
vote for I.orimer Holstelaw admitted |
had made no secret Of his intention I
TO vote for Lorimer.
Asked by Senator johnson what Ii
duced aim to vote for Lorimer, the /
witness said;
Eve had tried so long to elect 8
Democrat and could not, ] thought
electing Lorimer would make the breach |
wider in the Republican ranks. / ma /
turally liked Lorimer and just made /
up my mind to vote for him.
Representative Charles "A White, re-
called to the witness stand, on cross ex
Senator Borimer in December, 1909,
telling Of nis manuscript, TO get the t
senator to Commit himself concern
ing doings in the legislature 50 that
ht, White, might use II in his publiea
ton Of the story
White insisted that he did not pur 1
pose telling the story. but wanted to
publish it. He then declared that the
contract with the Chicago Tribune did
not state the truth entirely.
"The contract states that / offered TO
sell the manuscript" said White. "That
is not true. | protested at the time
that / did not offer to sell the story,
but only expected my expenses
Mr. White declared that he thought
his expense might be $500.
II did not know what might arise"
he said. II might need counsel
The witness admitted that he had
received $3.50 for his expense, In addi
ton to the $3.250 called for by the
contract, White admitted
he never had received any offer Of pay
for the story except from the news
paper which published il.
Not Offered $500 a Word
II sent the manuscript to the Dou-
bleday, Page company and told them
! would expect my expenses" he said.
White then admitted that his state
ment in his letter to Senator Lormer.
that he had been offered $3.50 word
for his 10000 word manuscript was UNI
true. The witness then said that about
a fourth of his manuscript was pub
lished in the newspaper
He added that he did not know any
body in the legislature who would cor
roborate by confession, anything IN the
story
White then told Of going to State