Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-21
A bORINER FUND
Shows Up AGAIN
MCCORMICK TELLS or PROPOSAL
MADE BY HINES TO FUNK
MONEY TO Co TO FIELDEN
Contribution q Help Dcrray Expenses
of senator's ElcCtiOn-l'unlS Did
Not FAN for the Plot
By Associated Press

Washington ID. c. June 90
Sensational testimony was given be-
fore the special senate committee con-
ducting the second inquiry into the
election of Senator Lorimer Of Illinois
today by Cyrus Mccormick Of Chica-
Harvester company. lie declared
that Edward Hines attempted to Sc
cures a $4,000 contribution from his
company to go toward the payment
of the alleged 100000 fund used to
secure Lorimer's election MIR. Nc
COrmiCk was the first witness.
In answering to a question Mr.. Nc
Cormick said he was relative of NJ.
Mccormick of the Chicago Tribune.
lie was also associated with him So
cially but not politically or financial
ly, he said. He never had trouble
with Lorimer.
Asked to state the circumstances
of a conversation he had with Mr.
Funk, general manager Of the har-
vester company, Mr.. Mccormick said:
shortly after Lorimer's election
Funk came to me and stated that he
had been appointed by Hines in the
Union League club in Chicago"
Judge Hynes objected here to a
narrative Of the conversation, but the
committee allowed 1t to go on,
Mccormick then said that Funk
told him he, Funk, had been ap-
preached by Hines on the subject OF
making $4,000 contribution The
contribution was to be to the fund to
replace expenditures made in the cleo
tion OF Lormer, declared the witness,
Funk said he told Hines that the Har-
vester company would not consider
the matter and declined the PROPOSE
tiOn.
Mr.. Mccormick said he told Funk
he was glad he had declined to have
anything to do with the matter.
Funk told me-" said Mccormick,
that Hines told him the money was
TO be paid over to Mr.. Tilden of the
National Packing company"
E. H. Tllden is president Of the
National Packing company known as
the beef trust,
Subsequent to this conversation,
said the witness, Funk told McCOr-
mick he had another conversation
with Hines in which Hines sought to
convey a different impression in re-
gard to the contribution Of 100000
Hines" said Funk twas very much
agltated at that time and evidently
did not want It to appear that he had
asked for the money in connection
with Lormers election declared Nc
Cormick
"Hhis second conversation was sub
scquent to the publication of an edt-
toral in the Chicago Record Herald
charging that 100000 had been used
I'm Lorimer's election. 1t appeared
that II. S. Kohlsatt had written the
editorial and that Funk had told him
in confidence Of his conversation with
Hines.
when Kohlsatt testified before
the committee of the Illinois senate
and refused to reveal the source OF
his information" Mccormick said,
he had advised Funk to release him
from his confidence and permit him
to make complete statement"
"Did you know Of this conversation
and the request for $4,000 when the
senate committee on privileges and
elections met In Chicago to invesu-
gate the Lorimer election?"
Eyes" replied Mccormick.
"Why did you not tell Of II then ~
81 did not think it was a creditable
matter to have our company connect
ed with, and ] did not want to mix
up I'm It II / did not have to-"
lie was also questioned regarding
the operations OF his company and as
to whether It employed a legislative
agent lie declared that It did not
but in legislation In which the COM
pany was interested MIR. Funk and the
attorneys for the company handled
the matter lie explained that the
capitalization Of the international
Harvester company Is $140,000,O0O.
Mr.. Mccormick stated further that
the International Harvester company
had made It a practice to hold aloot
from politics at all times and to avoid
efforts to influence legislation.
Taking this as a cue, the defense
for Senator Lorimer sought to snow
that In many states the company had
made efforts to prevent the passage
OF bills Objectionable to the concern
The witness admitted that a general
opposition had been made to the
manufacture Of binding twine In pris-
ons
For the day, Mr.. Lorimer was rep
resented by william j. Hynes OF Chi
cago, who IL here primarily for the
purpose of representing Edward
Hines, the Chicago lumberman,
whose name has been connected with
the case as the originator OF the al
legged fund of 100000 in the Interest
of Lorlmer In view OF the absence
of Judge Elbrldge flanacy as Mr.
Lorlmer's personal counsel, the COM
mlttee premitted Mr.. llynes to repre-
sent Senator Lorlmer,
BY this course Mr. Ilynes made n
clear that Mr.. forlmer intends to me-
gloct no lines for his defense. AL
though Mr.. Mc-Cormlck's testimony
against the accused was hearsay only,
the attorneys sought by every means
to break II down.
Admitting that II wns for the pur-
pose OF controvertlng the testimony