Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-15
LASH OVER SUM IN ADDITION
Says Judges Figures Are Correct, but
His Conclusions Wrong.
hopkins COULDN'T BE ELECTED
Does Not Admit Hooted Fifteen Are
All Deneen Men.
POLITICAL LEADERS ARE RATED
Illinois Governor Gives Estimate OF
Standing of Number Of chicago
Men and ChicaEo News
papers.

WASHINGTON. July l-For nearly six
hours TO-DAY Governor Drnecn OF Illinois
underwent crcsseSaminsiion by counsel for
Senator Lorimer, coneelnin the testimony
the governor gave yesterday to the senate
committee investigs ting the election Of
Senator Lorimer. II is expected that to-
morrow the governor will be crossexsrnined
about events on the day Lorinier was
elected
Nearly every phase of Illinois politics
was entered into by Attorney EIbridge
ltanecy In crossexsmining the witness. The
testimony constitutes history OF political
alignments in Illinois from the time Mr..
Deneen was first elected states attorney
for Cook country.
Mr.. Hanecy sought to show that Il De-
neen who organized the legislature during
bis term governor and not I.orimer.
but Mr.. Deneen was certain that he dh
not dictate the chairrnen of committees and
that Lorimer had attended a conference
somewhere" wherein IT was agreed to
have the minority republicans and demo-
! Gratis organize the house which voted for
Lorimer
Lesson I'm Arithmetic.
Mr.. Hanecy sought to show tAst r fiji
teen Deneen men had voted for Hopkins on
N--NN ~ = hoAibAAklS AoE HtLlhlOE mop
kins would have been elected Mr.. De-
neen was not willing TO say that all these
/ fifteen were full-nedged Deneen men.
Hopkins received eixty-one votes in the
house" said Mr.. Hanecy. "and these nf-
( teen more would make seventy-six. and
! that would have been enough to have
| elected him. wouldn't it. for you say he had
a majority in the senator
| /. Well, sixty-one and fifteen make sew
enty-sfx.' responded Mr.. Deneen. ..Tha.
/ FAR you e correct Your addition is cor
rect but your conclusion Is wrong. He
would have been elected had the sixty-one
not changed their votes, but they would
have changed"
Mr.. Hanecy read from Mr. Deueen's
Testimony yesterday in which he said his
friends retarded Hopkins election until
the gubsrnatOsiaI election contest was ser
tied, and asked il the witness had these
fifteen men in mind when he SO testified.
M Deneen said he had in mind Senator
Jones. Representatives Hull. Brady and
others interested In his reforms
Mr.. Hanecy led Governor Deneen nv a
long series OF questions to give a rating
to the political standing Of most of the
republican leaders Of Chicago for severa1
years past. AT one point Governor Deneen
said Borimer supported him for states at
torney. but declined to give the senator an
the credit for his nomination. either for
the first or second term.
A long line of puestie ms about the wor,,,ns-
OF the primary laws of Illinois eyoked a
protest by Senator Jones tnat the testiunoDv
was immaterial Mr.. Hanecy argued that
Governor Deneen had claimed credit for
passing the primary laws as reform meas
nres In face of the opposition OF Others and
yet the governor has continued 10 uieId
power In making states in caucus ana con-
! ference.
Governor Deneen said he did not know
that Senator Lorimer In 1905 refused 10 a.
tend conference after the passage of the
law because he intended to obey IL. Gov
ernor Deneen argued that the spirit ana
letter OF the laws were not interfered
with by candidates being recommended ~
the voters at the primaries.
Attorney Hanecey soaght TO show that
/ II was not Lorimer but Deneen who orxap-
lied the legislatures during Governor Da-
mems administration. Governor Deneeu d.
MED this, although his friends suppor,ea
Speaker shurtleff for head of the house
until 1902
Reason for shursIefrs Popularity.
The speakers popularity which led 70
HIS receiving sixty democratic votes in 1908, ''
said the governor, was because he had
agreed TO an investigation OF state institu-
tions to get campaign material against me
and other reasons"
Mr.. Haneeey wanted 10 know II his popu-
larity and his democratic support were not
because Speaker Shurtleff was regarded by
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