Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-16

out with It hidden under his vest He ex-
planned that he had been warned that ev-
eryone leaving the building that night
would be searched.
Whites reference to the $4,000 loss to the
corruption Jackpot because of the gov
ernor vetoing ''one' bill was taken up. Gov
ernor Deneen said he guessed" White was
referring to the Corporation bill" revising
the corporation laws of the state. Gov
ernor Deneen said he vetoed 1t because It
allowed "a barber shop to incorporate and
buy a railroad"
The witness said large number Of the
leading lawyers Of the state had seen him
in behalf OF the bill.
Ibid Mr.. Bancroft, general counsel OF the
International Harvester company, see you
about not vetoing the biIl7" asked Mr..
Hanecy.
IT do not recall whether he called before
or after the bill was passed"
Touching on the election of Shurtleff as
speaker in the legislature which elected
Mr.. Lorimer Mr. Hanecy asked II Deneen
had no. said in the presence Of ]. w. Ford,
jr., and Representative d. d. BrownebaclS
that "he would defeat Shurtleff IL it was
necessary to use all the patronage to do it,
1T did" replied the governor. He added
that Ford claimed at one conversation that
Deneen was using all the patronage to that
| purpose.
What He said to Durfee.
Governor Deneen denied he had said to
Representative Charles Durfee when
Durfee announced to him that he was going
to leave Hopkins for Lorimer that Lorimer
would be elected and that the election
would be satisfactory to him.
II tried to prevent Durfee voting for
Lorimer," said the governor, and sug-
gested to him that 1 probably would have
! to call a special session OF the Legislature
| in the fall to pass on waterway matters
and in the meantime the senatorial candi-
dates would fight the matter out before the
people"
| Conversations Governor Dneen had with
| Frank B. Noyes then publisher of the Chi
cago Record-Herald, were gone into. The
| witness denied that Noyes had said to him
| that ''Lorimer was the only republican
who could take or consistently have the
| office of senator by democratic votes" He
also denied that Noyes had told him THAI
II an attempt was made by Lorimer &c
elect Shurtlef senator that every vote the
newspaper could control would be thrown
to Hopkins and Hopkins would be elected.
II do not recollect any such conversation
and do not recall any conversation in which
he claimed that he could control any vote,
in the legislature" added Governor Deneen
More Questions for Deneen.
The telephone conversation between Ed.
ward Hines. the Chicago lumberman, ant
Deeneen on May 26. the day Lorimer wal
elected, was discussed. Attorney Hanecy
read an article in the Chicago Tribune
written by c. S. Raymond from Springfield
on May q. In this reference was made
to the report that a telegram from Pres
dent Taft confrmatory OF the telephone
message influenced Lorimer's election.
''Mr, Raymond was not referring to Mr.
Hines telephone conversation to me, for
did not tell anyone about IT," said Gov
ernor Deeneen.
Mr.. Hanecy also read an article in tn,
same paper dated May q, written by JOIN
Callan O'Loughlin at washington. saying
It was reported that conservative senators
had sent a well known business man t
Springfield in Lorimsr's interest"
do you think he referred to Mr.. Hines?
well after being on the witness stan,
for two and half days ought to be DUAL
flied as a guesser, so guess Mr.. Hines.
Governor Deneen testified that I'm August
1909, Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagl
sent for him ito ascertain for the presiden
matters in regard to Senator Lorimer'
election"
Deneen said ne responded lightly:
ASK the president; he is the man VIII
is said to have sent the message that di
IN"