The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-24
TELLS WHY
TEDDY CUT
LORIMER
Kohlsaat on Stand in the
Lorimer Probe
He Had Tipped Roosevelt to
Inside Facts
This Was Reason 7. R. Pass
ed Up the Banquet

Washington, June 24.-The scope Of
the Lorimer investigation was mater
tally widened today when the senate
Investigating committee decided to al
low Lorimers counsel to question the
motive which might have prompted
any official Of the international Har-
vester co. to oppose Lorimer's politl-
cal advancement. This gave Lori
mer's counsel all the latitude they de-
sired in attacking the statement of
General Manager Clarence S. Funk Of
the International Harvester Co. that
Edward Hines Of Chicago had asked
that company to contribute $4,000 on
account Of Lorimer's election. expenses.
Funk had testified that Hines asked
him on behalf of the harvester COM
pany, to contribute that sum toward
reimbursing those who raised the
100000 fund to meet the costs Of the
election.
Teddy Was @Put Wise.r
H. H. Kohlsaat, editor Of The Chi
Icago Record Herald, the second wit
ness declared that former President
Roosevelt's refusal to attend the Ham
flton club dinner last year IL Senator
Lorimer was to be present. was the
outcome of disclosure to him by the
witness Of an alleged request for con-
tributions to reimburse those who
raised the Lorimer election fund.
Roger Sullivan, the democratic ma
tional committeeman from Illinois, E.
is. Conway, president Of the w. w.
Kimball Piano Co, and one Weyer-
hauser, who were referred to by Kohl
saat as the men whose names were
mentioned in the alleged conversation
between Funk and Hines regarding the
harvester company contribution.
Whether Hines mentioned them as the
men who gave Lorimer contributions
or as possible contributors or as in-
terested, Kohlsaat did not recall.
It was upon this information, Kohl
saat said, that the former president
based his action in declining to sit
at the same table with the Illinois SEN
ator.
Kohlsaat further testified that he
had written an account Of a CONVEX
sation between himself and Funk but
without mentioning Funk's name to
Senators LaFollette and Root. This
was done at the request of Walter L.
Fisher. now secretary of the interior
and others.
Senator Root wrote me In reply"
said the witness, sand thanked me for
the information. He said that it had
greatly Influenced him in making his
speech against Lorimer on the floor
OF the senate
What" exclaimed Senator Gamble.
do you mean to say that senators
were influenced in arriving at their
decision by matters not in evidence? p
Il did not discuss that question
with Senator Root" replied Kohlsaat.
Keen interest was aroused in the
Lorimer election investigation when ii
became known that Clarence S. Funk.
general manager of the international
Harvester Co.. would be a witness OF
the day.
1t was he who created the sensation
before the Helm investigating COM
mittee OF the Illinois legislature. by
testifying that Edward Hines of Chi
Icago asked him to contribute for his
company $4,000 toward the $1,000
fund which had been used in electing
Lorimer. His reports OF this alleged
conversation probably were the cause
OF the second investigation BY the
senate OF Lorimer's election.