The Mena weekly star., 1911-06-29
STRAIGHT TALK In
THE LORIMER CASE
c. s. Funk Repeats Conversation He
Had With Edward s. Hines, When
Lumberman Requested COntri-
hutton OF $1,000.

Washington, June 26.--Clarence
S. Funk, general manager of the
International Harvester Company OF
Chicago was the star witness to-
day before the senate committee in
vestigating the charges Of bribery
and corruption in the election Of
Senator Lorimer.
Mr.. Funk began his testimany by
saying, in reply to question, that
he knew Senator Lorimer for year
and half, but had not known Lori
mer before his election TO the SEN
ate.
Mr.. Funk told how he was stand
ing in the lobby of the Union
League club when Mr.. Hines APP
preached him one noon, about five
or ten days after the election Of
Senator Lorimer, May 26, 1909.
well, we've put Lorimer over
down at Springfield" Mr.. Funk said
Mr.. Hines said, shut it took 100000
to do it,"
He went on to explain that he had
to act quickly when the time came
and said, but we put up the money
and we are now going to some OF
our friends to get them to con-
tribute"
About that time asked him
now much he was getting from each
one, and he said $4,000. | asked him
why he was coming to us, and he
said, We can only go to few Of
the big people, but if ten of us put
up $4,000 apiece we can clean it
up He went on to say Senator
Lorimer was a good man. | started
to get away and went toward the
cloak ROOM"
Mr.. Funk said that Mr.. Hines had
insisted that 'the company was in
terested in having the right kind of
man" at Washington.
WAS Mr.. Tilden's name men
tioned?" asked Senator Lea.
"Yes," he said, Just send the
money to Ed Tilden," replied Mr..
Funk.
did he ask you to keep the mat
ter secret?' asked Senator Jones.
mo, it was as casual on his part
as if he were selling carload of
lumber"
WAS the name of Roger C. Sulli-
van, national committeeman, men,
toned, or e. S. Conway" continued
the senator.
mo sir"
"Or of a man since dead?" asked
Kern.
NO"
Later, perhaps several months,
Funk said he had met H. H. Kohl
saat and, in the course of general
conversation the subject of Lori
mer's election came up and he told
him he had reason to believe money
was used.
Kohlsaat wanted to know the de-
tails and Funk told him of his talk
with Hines. The first time they dis
cussed the matter he did not use
Hines name. The second time he
told him Hines name.
did you have subsequent con-
versation with Hines?" asked Mr.
Marble.
"Yes, shortly after the publication
of the Record Herald in which the
100000 Lorimer fund was mention
ed
What were the circumstances?
He came to my Office early one
morning. He seemed to be con-
siderably agitated and talked to me
about the subject of our first con-
versation. He undertook to refresh
my recollection of it. He did not
want me to misunderstood it. He
said that he had not meant to say
that money was used; he was only
discussing the general situation. He
thought | might have misuunder-
stood him and he wanted to clear
the matter up"
did you agree with his conclus-
ions?"
NO sir, | thought | understood it.
| did not controvert his opinion,
but as | was busy he left in two
or three minutes"
Subsequently Funk said he read
the Record Herald editorial which
had been published at that time
and then understood why Hines had
come to him.