Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-24
TAX DODGERS
AFTER L0R|MER
Real Motive of Bitter Attacks
On Illinois Senator Are
Brought Out
HEARING TAKES new Trend
Had Taxes Of Mccormick Fam
lily Increased from $4,000
to $5OO,OOO.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican,
Washington, D. c.. June 24.-Tht
scope of the Lorimer investigation
was materially widened today wher
| the senate investigating committee
decided to allow Lorimer's counsel tc
/ question the motives which might
nave prompted any official of the In
rernational Harvester Company to
oppose Lorimer's political advance
ment. This gave Lorimer's counsel
all the latitude they desired in at
| tacking the statement of General
Manager Clarence S. Funk, of the In.
E. ternational Harvester Company, that
! Edward Hines of Chicago, had asked
! that company to contribute $4,000 on
account of Lorimer's election expen-
ses.
Attorney Hanecy fer Mr. Lorimer
referred to the statement as 'crea-
| tion."
| The attorney further said he de-
sired to show that there were reports
| that Senator Lorimer was not only
I,opposed to the International but that
he was the moving spirit behind tax
proceedings as a result of which the
| members of the Mccormick family,
who were interested in the Harvester
| Company, were subjected to an in
crease in taxes from $4,000 or $4,000
| to s500,000
Il DO not think Senator Lorimer
had anything to do with it." said
Mr.. Hanecy, but his friends may have,
and it was reported Lorimer was be-
ind it"
Herman Fl. Kohlsaat, editor and
publisher of the Chicago Record Her
aid, was the second witness of today.
Under examination by Attorney John
H. Marble, Mr.. Kohlsaat gave his
opinion of Senator Lorimer.
A Dual Character.
"He is dual character" declared
! Mr.. kohlsaat. in his private life |
admire him. He has beautiful chill.
dren and his home life is ideal. But
have always opposed Lorimerism."
what is Lorimerism?" asked Sen.
ator Kern.
! 1T is an affiliation and co-opera
i ton and cohesion of Democrats and
Republicans for party pelf-for priv
ate pelf."
i Mr.. Kohlsaat declared that former
President Roosevelt's refusal to at
tend the Hamilton Club dinner last
year if Senator Lorimer was to be
present, was the outcome of the dis
closure to him by the witness of the
alleged request for contributions to
reimburse those who raised the Lori
mer election fund.
Roosevelt Had Been Posted. 4.
Washington d. c., June 24.-That
| Colonel Roosevelt has known since
early last fall the entire story of how
Edward Hines is alleged to have ask
ed Clarence S. Funk, general manager
of the International Harveser Com
pany for $4,000 contribution to
100000 fund used to put Larimer
across at Springfield" was testified
to today before the Senate Lorimer
committee by Herman N. Kohlsaat,
publisher of the Chicago Record Her
aid. Mr.. Kohlsaat told the story to
Colonel Roosevelt just before the
Hamilton Club dinner at Chicago,
which Roosevelt refused to attend un-
til Lorimer's invitation was with
drawn. 1t was upon this information,
Mr.. Kohlsaat said, that the former
president based his action in declin.
ing to sit at the same table with the
Illinois senator.
Mr.. Kohlsaat further testified that
he had written an account of the con-
versation between himself and Funk
but without mentioning Funk's name,
to Senator's LaFollette and Root.
This was done at the request of
Walter L. Fisher, now secretary of
the interior and others.
Senator Root wrote me in reply
said the witness, and thanked me for
the information. He said it had
greatly influenced him in making his
speech against Lorimer on the floor
OF the Senate"
What" exclaimed Senator Gamble,
do you mean to say that senators
were influenced in arriving at their
decision by matters not in evidence?"
did not discuss that question with
Senator Root" replied Mr.. Kohlsaat.
The witness said that Senator La
Toilette tried very hard to get him to
come to Washington to tell about the
conversation, even threatening to
send sergeant-at-arms after him.
Mr.. Kohlsaat said that besides Col
onel Roosevelt he had only divulged
Mr.. Funk's name in connection with
the conversation to Victor S. Lawson,
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