The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-25
Such IS Startling Testimony OF
James keeIy Of Chicago Tribune
Before lorimer Committee.
Speaker Threatened To Stop Roll Call And Read
List OF Names If Scheme Was Attempted
$4,000 Sent To Springfield By
Hopkins Friends.

account of reputed attempt to buy
enough Democratic votes in the Il
linois legislature to rc-elect Senator
Hopkins was told on tho witness
stand today before the senate Lori
mer investigating committee by
James Keeley, general manager OF
the Chicago Tribune.
This sensation followed Keeley's
testimony as to how he happened to
buy the confession Of Charles A
White, the legislator whose story
about graft at Springfield resultedia
the Investigation.
1t was subsequent to the testimony
by Edward Hines that Henry s, Bou-
tell, now American minister Of Swift
zerland told him President Taft
would assist in the election Of Lori
ner to the senate.
Hines had been placed on the stand
to tell about visits he made last win
ter to e. II. Gary, r. S. Loyett, sue
essors to e. Fl. Hartman, J. S.
Bache and Co., and others in New
York. None OF the visits the wit
ness claimed had anything to do with
the Lorimer case,
Kelley said that he knew about the
Hopkins story was obtained from
Nliford Raymond, then representing
he Tribune at Springfield and from
'ra c. Copely, congressman from
aurora, Illinois. ss.4s. \. NJ
He testified that Charles Wheeler
Nother Chicago newspaper man at
'nringfleld, came to Raymond during
Ne legislative session in 1909 and
Id him the story which Speaker
;hirtleff had personally requested be
ot printed. Kelley said
Raymond has told me that the
tory was, that on certain night
Speaker Shurtleff, Dan Shanahan and
me others whose names | do not
acall, met in the st. Nicholas hotel
4 Springfield and that that meeting
AS caused by report being received
hat certain man had come to
Dringfield to buy Democratic votes
4 a certain day for Hopkins.
THAT Representatives Wardell
nd Cormacw were called in and that
Speaker Shurtleff told them he knew
what they were doing, that an at
.enpt was being made to buy Demo-
ratio votes and he read them a list
If fifteen or twenty men who were to
re bought and the price to be paid.
The list was headed by Nanny
Abraham, the Bell Weather j have
been told. Shurtleff said Now we
know what is going on and you can't
put it through if Nanny Abrahams
votes for Hopkins tomorrow, / will
suspend the roll call and will an
nounce your name and will read the
list of men to be bought. If you try
that, that is what I'll do.
"That Roger Sullivan had been
telephoned to go to Springfield. His
train was due to arrive about mid
night. He rounded up his followers
and told them he would blow them
out OF the political waters of they at
empted such a thing"
Kelley said Raymond had told him
his story prior to the Lorimer cleo
ton and that $2S,000 or 100000 was
'eported to have been taken to Spring
feld.
He then read from memorandum
that on September 81, 1910 Repre-
sentative Copeley and John NJ Glenn
came to his office; that Copely and
Hopkins came from the same town
and that they hate each other heal
thily and viciously."
The witness produced memoran-
dunn of what Copely said. 1t was
to the effect that Daniel Byrns, for
merly of the Chicago and North
Western was the man who tried to
put through the deal and that the
money had been taken to Spring
field by resident of Wheaton, IL
linois.
Kelley testified that he had been
Informed that the Wheaton man was
Fred NJ. Blount. According to the
memorandum Copely said he had
called upon Gov. Deneen and the gov
ernor had agreed to call in twenty of
his Republican allies and IL the
Democrats voted for Hopkins to have
these twenty switch from Hopkins.