The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-26
WITNESS IN LOR|MER
CASE Tells ERRAND
Describes Midnight Journey TO
Warn Lumber Men to Eyade
Process Servers.
Continued From Page One.
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Senator Stephenson OF Wisconsin.

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Senator Stephenson OF Wisconsin.
According to Cook this conversation
took place at the Grand Pacific hotel
IN Chicago and that Henry furnish Of
Duluth was present. Mr. .Turrish, he
this conversation Mr.. Cook said in part:
Mr. Hines was going through the
lobby and saw furnish and himself
standing there. He stopped and spoke
TO us. Mr.. Turrish asked him how he
was getting on down in Washington.
:" On he said. I am having = hell
old Stephenson. After elected him he
has gone down to Washington and
started working there for free lumber.
he said. Il had a terrible time getting
him lined up
Then he went on and told about what
time he had with the southern Demo
all fixed up today and tomorrow thoy
would flop and he would have to go
and Ak them all over again.
'Mr. Turrish asked him how they were
getting along down here with the sena-
torial deadlock. Well he said. 1T Is
all nxed.'
Lorimer will be the next senator
''He said we had Boutell fixed for
the senatorship. He had promised to
work TO keep the, 81 tariff on lumber,
be fore the house ways and means com.
mttee he was working for free lumber
"He said i Immediately took 1t up
with Senator Aldrich and so decided that
we had to have another man. a. man
whom we could depend on. 1t was de-
oided that should have a talk with
to stand pat. He will listen 10 reason
1 have got 1t all fixed. He Will be the
next senator from Illinois
THAT was the substance OF the con-
versation."
Talks With Leaders.
Cook related the conversation as he re-
membered II as follows:
Hines took the receiver out OF my
hand and spoke In the telephone. He
asked; Hello, hello hello; hello; Is this
left President Taft and Senator Aldrich
last night In Washington. Now they
tell me that under no consideration shall
Hopkins be returned to the senate. Now,
Will be down on the next train. Don't
leave anything undone. I Will be down
on the next train, prepared to furnish
don't stop at anything; don't leave any
thing undone. I will be down on the next
train or words TO that effect-repeated
II over three or four times"
On the same point OF the Grand Pa
cihc hotel conversation by Hines. Wlehe
testified as follows:
why. the conversation was substan
TALLY or practically as follows: 4 have
Just talked with the governor on the
long distance telephone, and he assures
me lie Will do what you ask. You know
what the administration wants. Now,
leave no stone unturned to be elected
will get down to Springfield if neces-
sary In the morning. And when he got
through talking he turned to the persons
in the room and said L have just been
talking 10 Senator Lorimer.'"
Wiehe said he (Wiehe), Cook O'Brien,
Isaac Baker and Hines were present in
the room at the time, Almost year
later, according to the testimony OF both
Cook and Wiehe, Cook and o Brien We're
again in the Grand Pacific hotel The
Lorlmer story was then being printed in
the Chicago newspapers.
, Cook testified that Wiehe came to him
and O'Brien at midnight, saying that
Hines declared that process servers were