Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-25
KNEW OF ATTEMPT TO HOLD Up
Last August the Entire Story Wss
Told to Colonel Roosevelt.
NAME OF ROOT Is BROUGHT IN
La Toilette and CullOm Are Mentioned
in New Light.
UNCLE JOE cANNoN's NAME HEARD
Private Life OF IIIiaoIs senator g.
Ideal and that He Has FouEht
Tvventy Years for Leri-
m~rt.pa.

WASHINGTON. June ei-Many figures
OF national PROM n nee were brought into
the I.orimcr Investigation today for the
first time when ileI man *. Kohlsaat. ed
i.or AMI pbbiishcr Il the Chicago Record
herald testified before the senate COM
Tnittec 'nvss.isst ng tho election Of SEN
40 Ior mr..
Former resident Rooseveit's name was
linked W,th the invcstiEation when Mr..
Kohisaat test fled tSat last August he told
Colonel Roosevelt the entire story of the
alleEeG attempt OF = n. Hines to collect
s1o.9o0 from Clarence <. Funk general
manager nf thc international Harvester
ccmpans. 4 - inlbcrEe those who had con-
tibuted Soa1oi 10 put LoTiner across at
Springfield" Tre han OF secrecy was
placed on the forine, president but Mr..
Kchlsaat testified Colonel Roosevelt wrote
him that he ocined. because Of Mr.. Kohl
ssat's inforpation. 20 attend the Hamilton
club dinner IN Chicago later in August
19le. IL 10 timer was To be there
The Roos vet letter win be placed In
the record of the hearing.
The names Of senate Roct. Ia Toilette
and Culiom we're mentioned in a new light.
Mr. Kohlsaat testified that he had in
formed these senator's before the senate
passed on the Lorlmer case. OF the conver-
sation m which Funk had told him OF
Hines alleged attempt to collect money.
To these men. Mr. Kohlsaat not men
tion names. because he considered him
self under a pledge Of secrecy 10 Mr..
Funk not TO DO so. Mr.. <thlssat men
toned Senator Cullom's name only az the
close Of the DAYS session.
Cannon and Tawney Mentioned.
Former Speaker Cannon and former
Representative Tawne of Minnesota fig
ured In the days testimony. Judge Han
ecy. counsel for Senator Lorimer. asked
the witness II Senator Lorimer in 1903
did not drop a legal suit against Mr..
kohlsaat because Cannon and Tawney
told him 1t was feared IL such we're not
done the Chicago Record Herald would
not support Roosevelt for president in
1904
That 10 50 ridiculous that NO, -aErsHer
IS needed TO IT. declared Mr.. Rohisaat.
The witness underwent a long eross-ex-
animation by counsel for Senator Lori
mer. He was asked IL he did not tell the
Funk story TO every newspaper in, Chi
cago. The witness said that be could no;
remember II he had. although he had
spoken of IL without mentioning names
to several persons He was asked II he
had not given itet to every magazine that
was friendly 20 him. Mr.. KohIsaat denied
that he had done 80.
Didn't you give IL TO one Of the editors
Of the outlookT' inquired Judge Hanecy
= NO. sir"
Didn't you give 1t to Theodore Roose-
velt?'
"oh. yes"
A striking feature of Mr.. Kohisaat's
testimony was repeated statements thai
he found much to admire IN Senator Lori
mer's private life. He referred TO the
senator's life as ideal
What I have been fighting for twenty
years is Lorimerism.- he declared
"Lorimerism" he defined as an "'af
filiation and cooperation and cohesion OF
democrats and republicans for party peli
and for private pelf"
Mr.. Kohlsaat further testified that he has
written an account OF the conversation be
tween himself and Funk. but without men
tiOning Funk's name to Senators La Fol
lette and Root. x
This was done at the request of Wal
ter l. Fisher. now secretary OF the interior
and others.
Senator Root wrote me In reply" sait
the witness, and thanked me for the in
formation. He said II bad generally in
formed him in making his speech agsins
Lorimer on the floor of the senate"
what" exclaimed Senator Gamble. "a,
you mean 10 say that senators were in
fIuenced IN arriving at their decision b,
matters not evidencer'
Il did not discuss that question with Sen
asor Root, replied Mr.. Kohlsaat
Mr.. Kohlsaat said that besides Colone
Roosevelt he had only divulged Mr. Funk
name in connection with the conversation
10 Victor +. lawson and 70 Mrs KohlsaAi
scope of Inquiry BrOadened.
The scope Of the inquiry was MATERIAL,
widened today when the committee de
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