Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-06-29

Washington. June 22-Ex-Governol
Yates of Illinois, who once accused
Governor Deneen of playing politics
and sent word to him through Senator
Lorimer that he was liar STILL" de
MED today before the senate commit
tee to investigate the Lorimer elec
ton, that he had ever heard of the
use OF money in that election until
more than a year afterward.
Both he and George w. Hinman
editor and publisher of the Chicago
Inter-Ocean, the only other witness
professed the greatest friendship for
Mr.. Lorimer.
Mr.. Hinman expressed the belief
that there had been "a jackpot" or
general corruption fund in the Spring
field legislature for many years, but
he pointed to Mr.. Lorimer's enemies
as the probable contributors.
Mr.. Yates emphatically denied that
he ever had any conversation with
Edward Hines, of Chicago, over the
long g-distance telephone on the day
Senator Lorimer was elected, in re-
gard to a corruption fund for Mr.,
Lorimer's election or any other sub
ject. Attorney Healy, for the commit
tee, explained that there had been
the barest suggestion that he held a
conversation with Mr.. Hines on that
day but that he did not believe there
would be any testimony to that ef.
feet before the committee.
The ex-governor's political connec-
tions we're probed deeply, first by
attorneys for the committee and then
by Elbridge Hanecy, representing Sen
ator Lorimer. Attorney Healy first
took Mr. Yates through history of
Illinois politics. Mr.. Yates was asked
if he had had any political differ
ences with Senator Lorimer.
Senator Lorimer did not support
me for denomination for governor in
1904 and there was quite a political
difference in my mind" said the ex-
governor.
Washington, June 22-Treading gin
gerly over ground rendered danger
Gus by adverse reports made today
by the senate committee on finance
on the Democratic farmers free list
and the wool tariff revision bills
and startled by the threat that these
measures, together with bills to re-
wise the cotton, sugar, lead and steel
schedules would be offered as amend
ments to the reciprocity bill, the SEN
ate concluded today without reaching
the expected vote on the Canadian
measure.
Chairman Penrose, of the finance
committee, fulfilled his promise made
in anger on the floor yesterday when
it became apparent that the Republi-
can majority had been hobbled by
the coalition of insurgents and Demo-
Gratis and called a meeting of the
finance committee for today. 1t re-
suited in the adverse reporting of the
wool bill, 8 to 4, and the farmers
free list bill, to 5.
When these reports were presented
to the senate, every chance of an
agreement for a vote on the reciprocity
bill, to be followed by an early ad-
journment of the extra session, was
That the senate had entered upon
the most difficult stage of its progress
toward action on the reciprocity meas
ure was conceded on every hand. 1t
was admitted the measure was threat
ened with death or amendment that
might make it unacceptable to Presi-
dent Taft or obnoxious to Canada.
When the finance committee met
today the regular Republican men,
bers, who had a bare majority of that
Dne-time invulnerable body expressed
relief that it had been demonstrated
that their organization was no longer
N command so that they could shift
he burden to the senate itself and
mat it was no longer necessary to
assemble. At the same time the
views of the Republican regulars that
he effect would be to accomplish
practically nothing in the present ses-
sion was voiced by such men as Pen
rose and Lodge.
Seattle, Wash, June 21.-One hun
lred and twenty-six of the 200 claim
lnts of the McAlpine coal group, in
he Cook Inlet country of Alaska,
nave been directed by the Juneau
and office to show cause within 60