The Detroit times., 1911-07-25
ALWAYS OPPOSED
TO t0R|MER|sM


WASHINGTON, July Cross-ex-
animation Of James Kseley. general
manager ana editor OF the Chicago
Tribune. was begun BY Judge Hanecy.
Lorimer's counsel, before the commit
tee today. His questioning showed
an effort 20 ascertain exactly who was
interested Ia the newspaper. Kelley
said that Of the 1000 shares. Mrs. X
8. Mccormick and Mrs. II. w. Patter-
son held majority.
The rapid rise OF Msdill Mccormick
IN the newspaper business was shown.
About nine years ago he began as q
reporter, Keeley said. and In rapid
strides rose TO the position of editor.
Az to thu attitude OF Medill Nc,
cormick toward Lorimer. the witness
said: .a.
mr.. Mccormick was for years op-
posed 20 Lorimer. and his belief was
that Lorimer ought TO be driven out
OF Illinois politics." .G.t 80
Asked by Hanecy IL he Endorsed the
Kohlsaat definition Of .Lorimerism as
Cohesion and q conspiracy Of Re.
publicans and Democrats for private
and party pelf." Kelley said he did.
Hanecy suggested that Mccormick
was angered by the election OF Will.
lam J. Moxley, q Republican, to sue
coed Lorimer In congress- when the
latter was elected 20 the senate.
Morley was fought by the Tribune
and We sought to make q good job OF
r.. said Kelley.
-And made a job OF Il by getting
a Iour Al er.1 al
Yes. we lost that time but we beat
him next time
with Democratr"
yes"
I'VE felt" said the witness. that
there are some good Republicans and
some bad Republicans"
An account Of reputed attempt 10
buy enough Democratic votes In the
Illinois legislature TO re-elect Albert j.
Hopkins TO the senate, was told on
the witness stand yesterday before
the senate Lorimer committee by
James Keeley. general manager Of the
Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Kelley said what he knew about
n the Hopkins story was obtained from
CLIFFORD Raymond, then representing
Ira G. Copley. representative in con-
gress from Aurora, III. He testified
that Charles Wheeler. another Chicago
newspaper man at Springfield, came
to Raymond during the Legislative SEES
sion In 1909 and told him a story
which Speaker Shurtleff had person.
ally, requested II be not printed. What
Raymond had told Mr.. Kelley. the
witness testified, Raymond said had
been told him by Wheeler. Mr.. Kee-
ley said:
Raymond told me that the story
was that on certain night, Speaker
ShuftleH, Dan Shanahan and some
others whose names I do not recall.
y met In certain room In the St Mich
olae hotel In Springfield and that that
meeting was caused by report being
received that certain man had TO
come to Springfield to buy certain
Democratic votes on certain day for
Hopkins.
THAT Reps. John c. werdell and
Anton Cemak were called in and that
Speaker Shurtleff told them he knew
what they we're doing. That an at
tempt was being made to buy Demo
cratic votes, and he read them a list
: OF Is or 20 men who were to be
bought and the prices that were to be
paid. The list was headed by Nanny
Abrahams, the 'bellwether,' have
been told Shurtieff said, now, we
know what is going on and you can't
put II through. II Nanny Abrahams
\ votes for Hopkins tomorrow will sus-
pend the roll call and win read the
Hist OF men to be bought. II you try
that that is what I will do"
That Roger Sullivan had been tele-
phoned to go to Springfield. His
train was due to arrive from Chicago
& about midnight. He rounded up his
followers and told them he would
blow them out OF the political waters
Il they attempted such thing
Mr.. Kelley said Raymond told him
this story prior to the Lefimer cleo
ton and that s2s, eee or s3e;eeee was
reputed to have been taken to Spring
field.
He then read from a memorandum
that on Sept. q. 1910, Rep. Copley
and John M. Glenn came to his once:
that Copley and Hopkins come from
the same town and they hate each
other healthily and viciously."
The witness produced a memoran-
dun OF what Copley had said. It was
70 the effect that Daniel Byrnes, for