Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-21
GOVERNOR DENEEN
ON L0RIMER CASE
Illinois Legislature a Fertile
Field for Corruption.
E'or'ogs Hanecy. of Chicago, Counsel
for Senator Lorimer, Puts the
Questions to the Executive
of the Prairie State.

evidence of "jack-pots" or corrup
ton funds raised for the benefit OF
recalctrant Legislators was sought
from Governor Deneen of Illinois
when he resumed the witness stand
before the senate Lorimer investiga-
ting committee in Washington.
The governor analzed the Illinois
legislature with view to demonstrat-
Ing the existence of a fertile field
there for corruption.
After a discussion of the legislative
organization, Governor Deneen was
turned over to Elbridge Hanecy, coun-
sci for Senator Lorimer, for cross-ex-
animation. Mr.. Hanecy sought first
to show that Senator Lorimer was in
strumental in making Mr.. Deneen
states attorney of Cook county, Illi-
nois, a position where the witness
testified he procured about $300,000 in
salary and fees in eight years.
Senator Jones said he did rot see
wrat bearing that had on the case,
and Mr.. Hanecy then took up another
line of examination.
Governor Deneeen said Mr.. Lorimer
supported him for states attorney.
He declined to give the senator all
the credit for his nomination, either
for the first or second time.
Mr.. Hanecy led Governor Deneen by
long series of questions to give a
rating to the political standing of
most Of the Republican leaders in
Chicago for several years.
The political leanings of Chicago
newspapers also were discussed.
During the testimony the previous
day, Governor Deneen declared that he
declined to become a candidate for the
senatorship because he had fostered
the direct primary law under which
the people of Illinois had declared in
favor of the reelection of Former Sen
ator Albert J. Hopkins and he thought
he ought to stand by the choice of the
people under this law This Lorimer
coalition of Democrats and Repub-
licans in Illinois politics, the governor
said, was known as the holy alliance"
while later they became known as
the "BlacE Hand" Governor Deneen
said that his followers were known as
the Band of Hope"
The liquor people, the railroads, the
gas and electric light companies were
the interests named by Deneen as op-
posing him. Governor Deneen denied
that he had aided in Lorimer's elec-
tion He had heard OF Jackpot
FUND" at Springfield since 1897 The
probable contributors to this fund, he
said, were the railroad companies, the
gas and electric light companies, the
stock yards and elevator companies,
and the Pullman company
Governor Deneen emphatically de-
nied the testimony of Edward Hines,
president of the Edward Hines Lum.
ber company of Chicago, in regard to
his telephone conversation with Gov
efnor Doneen from Chicago. Gov
ernGr Deneen said that Mr.. Hines
called him Up from a Chicago bank
and asked him if he had received
message from President Taft asking
him to use his influence toward the
election of Mr.. Lorimer.
II told Mr.. Hines" said Governor
Deneen, that l Lad received no such
message and asked him how the mes
sage was 20 come to me. Mr.. Hines
replied that it was from Senator Aid.
rich and would be delivered to me
through George Reynolds, president of
the Continental Commercial National
Bank of Chicago. Mr.. Reynolds never
delivered such a message TO me-"