Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-05
LATTER GIVES DETAILS
TO SENATE COMMITTEE
Says Edward Hines Told of $10O, 900
Paid for Election.
WANTED TO GET MONEY BACK
Informed by Mccormick Company's
Manager That They Would Have
Nothing to Do With
the Affair.

the Affair.
SPRINGFIELD, H., April 5.-H IL
kohlsaat today told the senate bribery
investigating committee that Clarence s.
Funk, general manager of the Interna-
uonal Harvester Company, was the man
slush" fund of 100000 was put up to
elect LoUmer
10 the first question of Attorney ]. j.
Healy Mr.. Kohlsaat identified q telegram
sent by him to Chairman Helm, saving
MS confidant called at the Record Herald
office and was willing to appear before the
committee. when 1 arrived at nv Office
Mr.. Clarence Funk called and told me he
would be less than q man IL he held me
10 my confidence testified Mr.. Kohlsaat
Mr.. Funk told me that he had talked
with Cyrus H. Mccormick, president OF
the company. and told him he thought
he ought to release me. whereupon Mr..
Mccormick said, Good! That is exactly
what 1 want. 1 do not care for the con-
sequences to the International Harvester
Company"
L met Mr.. Funk on Jackson boulevard
about thirty days after the confession of
White. while on my way to the Chicago
Club. He did not seek me out at all.
Funk told me the men who came to
MIN told him they had an opportunity
20 elect Lorimer with a fund of $1Oo. 900.
iney sent 1t down and Mr.. Funk told me
eney were looking for reimbursement"
Funk was the next witness called.
He said he had been with the COM
pany nine years. His attention was
called to conversation with Edward
Hines OF Chicago shortly after the
Lorimer election. The witness said:
The conversation took place in the
Union League Club, Chicago. 1t was
chance meeting.
He said he had been wanting to sss
me and we sat in the lounging room
Said It Cost 800, 900.
''Hines said to me. without preliminary.
Well. we put Lorimer over, but It cost
us 100000 to do it,
He said. We had to act quickly, SO
that II became necessary for us to put
up the money. Now we are seeing some
Of our friends to get it fixed up
He gave me to understand they want
ed to be reimbursed. and 1 asked him
why he came to us. and he said: You
are as much interested as any one hav-
ing the right kind of a man in WASH
ington.'
Il told him We would have nothing IN
do with it, He said he could only 90 TO
big people, and wanted to get 500
from each of ten.
HE left me and told me to think IL
over
Whom did he say they were TO send
the money to-" asked Attorney Healy.
Il have no evidence on that and do not
want to answer that replied Funk
Chairman Helm of the committee ruled
that Mr.. Funk must answer this ,aues-
ton.
Mr.. Funk asked to be allowed to give
his answer confidentially to the members
Of the committee.
Names Stock Yard Man.
Edward Tilden, connected with the
stock yards at Chicago, is the man to
whom 1 was told to send the money!
said Mr.. Funk, when an answer was
forced by the committee.
HAS anything been said of Tilden ool-
lecting the fund.- Funk was asked.
NO"
Were other names used?"
"No"
Did he give you names OF any con-
tributors?'
''No. and did not ask him." replied
You told him you and your company
would not contribute. Did you talk to
any one of your officers"
Yes. / told Mr.. Mccormick. Mr.. Nc
turned him down promptly.
IT also told Edgard Bancroft. general
counsel for our company"
Funk said he did not read the Record
Herald editorial which caused Mr.. Kohl
saat to. be called before the committee.
He said Hines came to his Office after the
edito: ial appeared. Hines was dis
turbed." said Funk, land undertook to
refresh my memory on our conversation
He said he had not tried to get money
from me and had talked of money Just
in a general way. That was the first
time 1 talked with him after the first
Knew Hines Casually.
Funk said that his company had some
dealing with the Hines Lumber Com
pany He said he had known Hines
casually prior to the Union League Club
talk
Hines had not told him the name Of any
contributor to the fund. He said he never
had any difficulty with Hines, and had no
feeling toward him.
II am here because 1 did not want to
see my friend. Mr. Kohlsaat. go to JAIL
testified Funk.
Funk said he knew Lorimer only slight
Iy and never had any trouble with him
Or his friends. He said c. II. Mccormick
had no interest Of any kind in the Chi
,ago Tribune
To Senator Helm Funk said he had no
dea whom Hines meant by 1--WE
Answering Senator Burton, Funk said
neither he nor his company gave any
money for the Isorimer election.
Witness said ne had no executive in.
terest in politics.
The committee then went into executive
session on motion of Attorney Healy.
Wind Prohibits Target Practice.