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leave me. He said Lorimer was going
to be elected, and he would so vote He
was for me at II o'clock at night; at
| noon next day he was for Lorimer. He
| said he had been for me long time,
and l could not win. He tried to avoid
talking to me. He had eaten from my
barrel of apples the night before, and
was enthusiastic for me-"
Barrel of what?" asked Senator
Kenyon.
r"Apples-just apples" replied Senator
Hopkins.
Nothing in the apples calculated to
prejudice him?"
The Same Old Apples.
They were the same ones ] had used
! for five months" replied Senator Hop
kins, amid the laughter.
You talked with Representative Dur
fee that morning.
mo, did not He was one of my
supporters on the first ninety-four hal
lots: / have never talked to him since.
Two other members, Behrens and
Dudgeon, who also left me, l did not
see. l did not know they were going
to leave me. Behrens paired more than
l liked, but when he voted it was for
DO you know why Dudgeon left your
candidacy"
mo, l do not
"Behrens now holds a Federal Of
ice?"
Yes, United States marshal-he was
appointed within year afterNLorimer' S
election"
Did you talk to Louis ]. Pearson
that mornlng?"
Yes. / think he was uncertain how
grew his agitation increased. and he
finally voted for Lorimer. l was sur
prised at Senators Billings and Ettle-
son leaving me. They had been for
me, but changed under direction of
the time, but 1 wouldn't charge that
he used improper methods"
Dewey was a candidate for Federal
placer
Yes, he has been a candidate for al
most every Federal post in Chicago"
He was a delegate from Illinois IN
1908, and left the States delegation TO
vote for Taft?'
Yes"
First News of Lorimer Boom.
Did you ever learn in advance that
Lorimer was to gather a large
strength"
"A day or two before he was elected.
The rumor of his candidacy came about
two weeks before he was chosen.
found no evidence that he could be-
come strong. / was sure neither he nor
any other could beat me.
AT different times Representatives
Mckinley and Boutell, A. c. Bartlett, of
Chicago, and other men were talked
about as possible candidates. So was
Gov. Deneen. but he claimed to be my
friend"
You regarded him as for you?'
He professed to be my friend" re-
piled Senator Hopkins. with an empha-
sis suggestive Of doubt
Senator F. A. Landee was Republic
an who told me that If 1 would do the
right thing he was assured could
have ten Democratic votes. Landee had
been so told this by Representative
Luke, a Democrat. Nobody, as l recall,
was present except Landee and l.
Il told him 1 didn't want Democratic
votes-that l was a candidate for the
Senate, not the penitentiary. No amount
of money was named and no names
were used.
Il gathered that a money considera-
ton was being suggested to me. That
drew out the penitentiary observation.
"Landee voted for me all through, and
don't imagine that he had any thought
me what Luke had said to him."
Before the Legislature met, did any
Cook county Democrats talk to you at
your office about getting Democratic
SUPPORT asked Senator Kenyon.
Nobody"
Didn't Hear of Lorimer.
was there any talk Of Lorimer being
a candidate, early in the fiRht?'
II do not recollect it knew he was
against me and would beat me If pos
sible. Speaker shurtleff was hostile to
me and when he was elected speaker
regarded it as a blow to nv fortunes.
At the time, however. I thought he had
been elected with Democratic aid, as =
blow against Deneen control.
Most Of my support was for the De-