Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-14
Saws He Didn't Collect Fund
To Elect LOrimer.
Banker Ti|den Refuses 10 Pro-
duCe Books and Accounts.
Persistence In Refusal May Bring
Order Of Contempt.

ing the election of United States Sen
ator William Lorimer, were attempts
by attorneys and investigators of the
committee to discredit the denial OF
Edward Hines, Chicago lumberman
accused of having collected large
| fund to elect Senator Lorimer and the
practical refusal of Edward Tilden,
| Chicago packer and banker, to produce
before the committee his accounts in
the various banks through which he
does business.
| Mr.. Tilden'S attitude on the witness
stand resulted in the issuance of a
second subpoena by the committee.
This was served upon him as he step
ped from the witness chair this after
noon. 1t commands Mr. Tilden to pro-
duce before the committee next Thurs
day the records of his various bank
| accounts in the year 1909.
Refusal to do so, Mr. Tilden was
given to understand by the committee,
will result III an order of contempt be-
ing issued against him.
one witness and three a1idavits
were used before the committee today
| in renewed efforts to controvert the
denial of Edward Hines 1t is under
stood that a dozen more witnesses arc
to be used for the same purpose.
The testimony given week ago by
Clarence S. Funk. general manager of
the International Harvester Co, was
eorroborated today to a considerable
degree by Herman II. Hcttler of Chi
| cago, president of the Herman II.
fettler Lumber Co.
Although Mr. Hettler said that Mr..
Hines said nothing of the use of money
or improper methods in the election of
Senator Lorimer, Mr.. Hines was quot
ed as boasting of personal achieve
ment in putting Lorimer over"
Mr.. Hettler said he had the CONVEX
sation with Mr. Hines in the Union
League Club. the same place in which
Mr. Funk testified that he met Hines
when an alleged proposal to contribute
$4,000 to the Lorimer election fund
was made to Mr.. Funk.
When it became known that Former
| United States Senator Albert ]. Hop
| kins # Aurora could not reach Spring
field as he had expected, tonight's ses-
sion of the committee was postponed
until next Thursday.
Members of the committee now plan
| to hold hearings on two, or possibly
| three days next week.
James Forester of Duqoin. Ills, man.
| ager of the Muddy Valley Mining Co.,
| the first witness called this afternoon,
testified he did not remember meeting
Charles Ward of Duqoin and John
| Hughes of Chicago in the St Nicholas
Hotel at Springfield in the spring of
| 1909 Forester declared he had no rec
objection of being in a room in the st.
Nicholas about this time. when a
satchel was displayed containing $780,
900 or $4,000 in money.
Herman Hettler of Chicago, presi-
dent Of the Herman Hettler Lumber
Co, who said he had known Edward
Hines of Chicago for 20 years, testi-
| fled ne met Mr. Hines in the Union
League Club in Chicago on May 20
| 1863.
This meeting" said Mr.. Hettler
| occurred by accident" He added: Mr.
Hines was apparently elated and hap
py. He said; L have just had tele-
| phone call from Springfield and T have
elected our next senator Mr. Hines
was emphatic that he personally had
effected the election of Mr.. Lorimer.
Mr. Hines said he had been having
a great time in Washington and thai
he tHines) had beaten President Taf
| on the tariff
Mr.. Hettler declared under cross
examination that Mr.. Hines had sale
nothing to him regarding money or the
| use of improper methods in the cleo
ton of Mr.. Lorimer.
Il simply took Mr.. Hines action
on the day that l met him in tn
Union League Club as an outburs
of personal vanity or egotism."
b. c. Coan. special investigator fo
the senate bribery committee, testi
fled that on a recent trip to Mar
quette, Mich, he talked with Fran)
J. Russell, Robert c. Love. E. L
Moser, Rush Culver and Shelby E
Jones. who had met Hines in tn
Marquette hotel i'll the summer o
1909. He said he secured affidavit
from the first three that Hines ha
boasted of putting over" William
Lorimer as senator from Illinois.
Mr.. Jones refused to make anaf
| tidaVit.' said Mr.. Coan, but he toll
| substantially the same story" Ac
| cording to this story Hines, Will
drinking with these Marquette mer
declared that he had financed tn
election of Lorimer and had person
ally raised a large sum of money t
effect this election.
Attorney Healy then read an aft
davit from Frank J. Russell to tn
effect that Hines had declared tina
eve put Lorimer over and it cost Il
| lot AS hut h1
all of it to u.s."
The affidavit further stated tha
this conversation resulted from a dis
cussion of the tariff on lumber.
loves affidavit. which was mex
read. stated that Hines had declare
the reason for raising the 10000
fund to elect Lorimer, was to assur
a high tariff on lumber.
William c. Heckley. postmaster of Mat
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