The Washington times., 1911-07-02
Committee Won't Rely on
Tender Mercy of a Cook =
County Jury.
THAT'S WHY INQUIRY
WILL GO AHEAD HERE
If There Are to Be Any Prosecu-
tions They Will Be Conducted
in Courts of District.
BY IuDSoN c. WELLIvER.

II there are going to be perjury prose-
cutions as result of the Lorlmer IN
yesttgatton they will be conducted right
here in the District of Columbia.
That is the reason why the senate IN
uuiry committee is to resume taxing
testimony here on July 10.
II had been intended to conclude the
business here early and take the COM
mittee to Chicago the first week In July'
But this plan has been dehnltely aDah-
doned. Instead, important testimony
will be heard in Washington oeglnIllls
July 1S Nobody can yet even guess
how long the sessions Will continue
here They will continue long enough
however. TO make IT possible to prlne,
thereafter. prosecutions for perjury IL
tho committee secures such evidences
oF neriury as warrant a Federal grand
iury in finding indictments
Tba reasons FOR not wanting this kind
10 Testimony adduced in Chicago are
not difficult TO understand. In the hrst
nIace trials of people in connection
Nth the bribery charges in this case
ho,,e already been held in Chicago, ana
. - conviction has been secured. There
is a cynical feeling that No chicago
fIlTV is ROlIlB " SNANrN
case" -
povond this, the present Federal at
.oroey in Cook county is the subject ot
q bitter political fight The DePal'lle..'
Of Justice is not satisfied Win MS Se.
ices, but he has a pohtlcal ts
which seems to make 1t imposslple "
drop him and secure more sauslac'oi'
official.
Lesson of the Meat Cases.
Whom the cases against the pack
,re maCnates were under lnVestlsa-
a., IN Chicago, the business was
cracticallv taken away from the olS-
trto+ attorney there because the ue'
.,ort,,,ent felt that it would be handleo
rooro efficiently by somebody else. Inc
Tor,r,,ar case involves Edward Tilden'
one of the men under lhui0
the Meat trust cases. a.
Great secrecy is maintained as u
the coming revelations In Ihe
er investigation. 1t is known Ihat 'n.
committee, or some of its mennpei >
hone to get very important mat'
axnosed that thus far have oeeh hep'
under cover. The identity OF '"e
apents who are working up eVloenCe
Tor the committee is kept secret VIII
+be utmost care. Their actlVltles are
understood. however. to relate 10 the
sources from which contributions
were received for the Illinois leglsla.
five "iack-pot"-the corruption 1uho
which for fifteen or twenty years has
heen maintained at Springheld anu
distributed among the elect OF tnts
corrupt bunch that killed or PasSeU 5o.
{ c
measures according as passage vi N
feat was paid for.
New Cause For Schism.
Theme is beginning to be evidence OF
6Ivision in the committee, which VIII
doubtless become accentuated as the
hearing proceeds. In the hrst place
+here arc four Senators on the SUB
committee who last session voted fol
T,orimer; four who are nstea az
8 against him This is sufhclentlV sus'
FESTIVE of division.
Rut n new occasion for schlsm haS
been provided IN the testimony of Hines
dragging the name Of President Tar
into a cirCumstantial story OF how Inc
President was lined up for Lorimer BY
-Aldrich. and at the last hour gave
his consent, before the votes were de-
livered and Lorimer, in the suggestive
language of Hines, put over. Inc
anti-Lorimer side of the commiItee IN
cludes some people VINO none the less
are determined to prevent emoarrdss
ment of the President;
OF these, Senator Kenyon is chleI
Senator Kern and the other Democrat!
are perfectly willing-even more thal