Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-06

they had no chance to consult anyone
beforehand. l think his words we're
these: We had to act quickly when
the time came. SO we PuJ up the
money
Then he said 'we-now We are see
ing some of our friends so as to get il
fixed up He said they had advanced
the money, that they were now seeing
several people they thought would be
interested, to get them to reimburse
them.
81 asked him why he came to us.
/ said why do you come to us ? mean
ing the Harvester company. He said
well, you people are just as much in
terested as any of us In having the
right kind of a man at Washington
| think | replied; We won't have
anything to do with that matter at
ALL
He said. why not?' l said: 'sin,-
ply because we are not in that sort OF
business. And we had some aimless
discussion back and forth and | re
member / asked him how much he
was getting from his different friends.
He said, well, of course. we can only
go to few big people. but if about
ten of us put up $4,000 apiece that
will clean 1t up
That Is the subject Of the conver-
| sation. / am repeating IT verbatim,
| just as far as | can, Mr.. Chairman.
Q. lis that the conversation as
you remember it now, Mr. Funk, or
do you recall anything else that was
said with reference to the person to
whom the money was to be sent?'
A. "Well, he-yes, he mentioned
another name. Before | had any
chance to say anything, he also mem
| toned the name of the man to whom
he wanted me to send the money"
@. "Who was that MANI
The witness; well, l will answer
money to Ed. Tilden."
Mr.. Healy who Is Ed. Tilton, if
you know?"
A. well, think he Is president
| or vice president of some one OF the
banks at the stock yards, and | be-
lieve he is one of the officials of the
National Packing company"
@. He is president of the Nation
al Packing company, isn't he, or con-
nected in some official way with that
company
A Il understand So
O. Nov. during that conversation
were any other names used, Mr.
Funk?"
A. mo"
@. Did he give the name or names
of any other person, firm or corpora
ton other than himself whom he ex-
pected to contribute to that fund.-"
A. "Well, he said We throughout
his conversation. He did not mention
any other names.
Senator Tettlson: Whom did you
suppose he meant when he said
WEI"
A. "Well. | had no reason for as
sumlng he meant any particular per-
sons. / supposed he had in mind
lthose who had been interested VITA
him in that matter. He said nothlre
to indicate who they. were and did
not ask him."
@. Whom did you talk with about
the matter and when, with reference
to the Hines conversation"
A. 1.-TWO or three days later | told
Mr.. Cyrus H. Mccormick, president OF
the Harvester company"
@. "Will you tell the committee
what, In substance. that conversation
was?"
A. "Well, / repeated to him very
briefly what Hines had said to me
and he wanted to know what l said to
him. / told him | said we would not
have anything to do with it. And he
said, Good He said I'm very glad
you turned him down promptly. And
we had some-that was the substance
of it. We had some little further con-
versation. Mr. Mccormick was con
bly-well, he was somewhat SUI
prised and somewhat chagrined that
we should be approached in that kind
of matter. evidently"
@. Now, did you discuss the mat
ter at, or about that time, with any
one else connected with or identified
with the company in any way?'
A. Yes about the same time,
told Edgar A. Bancroft, the general
counsel for the Harvester company
@. "And was your conversation
with him substantially the same as
that with Mr.. Mccormick"
A. Substantially"
Q. did you see Mr.. Hines about
the time the editorial appeared in the
Record -Herald?
A. "Yes Mr.. Hines came to my of.
fee in day or so, or a short time II
may have been more than day oi
two, but short time after that edi-
toral appeared.
@. What did he say?"
A. "Well. | cannot repeat his Ian
guage, exactly, but in substance Il
was to the effect that his former con-
versation with me had been merely
general discussion of the situation
down there and that he had not asked
me for any money. and that he did
not know anything about any money
having been raised
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