The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-20
Said His Company Was Ask
ed by Lorimer Agent for
$4,000 to Be Paid for by
Lorimer Favors.
HE REJECTED DEMAND
Witness Said He Understood
Subscription Was to Help
Defray the Expense of the
Election.

National News Association)
Washington, June 20.--Sensational
testimony was given before the spe-
cial senate committee investigating
the second inquiry into the election
OF Senator Lorimer. which convened
unexpectedly today to take the testi-
mony of Cyrus Mccormick. president
Of the International Harvester COM
pany 10 he might sail for Europe. Nc.
Cormick declared Edward Hines at.
tempted to procure n ten thousand
dollar contribution from his company
to go toward the repayment of a hun
dred thousand dollar fund, alleged to
have been used to secure Lorimer's 8
election to the United States senate.
All members of the special commit
tee were present. except Senator Lea.
who was absent because of Illness.
The committee conducting the in.
quiry is composed OF the eight mem
bers OF the committee on privileges
and elections, but there is no Off.
cial relation between the inquiry COM
mittee and the larger and more impor.
tant committee.
Kern on Committee.
Having been authorized by the sen.
ate. the inquiry committee will be re.
sponsible only to that body. There
are four Democrats and four Republi.
cans on the Investigating committee.
Senator Kern of Indiana, Is among the
former.
Judge w. J. Hyncs appeared as
counsel for Edward Hines and asked
that he be allowed TO examine Nc.
Cormick In absence OF Judge Hensey,
Senator Lorimer's attorney. who could
not be present until tomorrow.
Mccormick was examined first by
Attorney Marble, counsel for the com.
mittee, assisted by Attorney John n.
Healy. In answering the questions.
Mccormick said he was a relative of
Medill Mccormick. owner of the Chi.
cago Tribune. He was associated with
him socially. but not politically or fin.
ancially he said. He had never had
trouble with I.orimer.
Tells Of Meeting Funk.
Asked to state the circumstances of
the conversation he had with c. L.
Funk. general manager. of the Har.
ester company with respect to Ed.
ward Hines and Lorimer. Mccormick,
shortly after Lorimcr's election
Funk came to me. stating he had been
approached by Hines in the Union
League club in Chicago" Judge Hynes
objected here to the narrative of the
conversation, but the committee al.
lowed II to 20 on.
Mccormick then said Funk told him
he tFunk) had been approached by
Hines on the subject of making a
ten thousand dollar contribution by
the Harvester company. The contri.
button was to be made to the fund TO
replace the expenditures made in the
election Of Lorimer declared the wit.
ness. Funk said hs told Hines the
Harvester company would not consid.
er the matter and declined the propo.
sition.
Mccormick said he told Funk he
Was clad he had declined TO have any.
thing to do with the matter. Funk
told me-" said Mccormick. that Hines
told him that the money was to be
paid over to Tildcn of the National
Packing company" Tildcn is presi.
dent OF the National Packing com.
pany. known as the beef trust"
Hines Change Of Front.
Subsequent to this conversation
said the witness. Funk told McCor.
mick. he had another conversation
with Hines In which Hines sought to
to convey a different impression in
regard to the proposed contribution
Of the $4,000. Hines" said Funk,
was very much agitated at that time
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