Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-30
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la, u new, :. :, tssbiied the witness.
/ That anS3hen was not discussed
/ Did youk think your message to Spring
field that President Taft and Senators Al
| drieh .apd Penrose wanted Lorimer elected
would Influence Democratic votcs?" inquired
| Senator Jones.
NO. / thought it was TO influence Gov.
/ Dineen."
| Mr. Hines then denied in its entirety
| the testimony of Clarence Funk general
manager of the International Harvester
| Co. regarding the conversation the TWO
men had at the Union League Club in Chi
| cago shortly after Mr. Lorimor's election.
MIR. Funk testified that Mir. Hines asked
| him for $4,000 contribution to $780,
| 600 Lorimer campaign fund. Mr. Zines
| testified thar Mr.. Funk asked for an in
| PRODUCTION 10 the new senator and for the
| privilege of contributing to his election
| expenses.
MIR. Hines added that when he men
| toned the proposed Introduction, Mr..
Lorimer objected, because he regarded
Mr.. Funk as one of his active enc
mics. When the senator explained to
| Mr.. Hines that he had no election eX-
penses to dcfray. Mr.. Hines said he
decided not to mention Mir. Funk S Of
fer.
subsequently he said MIR. Funk eX-
pressed disappointment over the out
come Of the conversation with Mr.
Hines, but continued to be very cor
dial and even asked Mr.. Hines u get
him a seat in the Senate gallery here
on March 1 last, and asked him 10 in
troduce Mrs. Funk To Mrs. Hines last
spring.
Mr.. Hires denied he ever Went to
Mr. Funk's office TO refresh the later's
memory as ia the Union League con-
versation. Mr. Funk testified that there
was such visit
Mr. Hines also cnntradicted test
mony given by Writ H. Cook of Du-
luth, MINI.
He denied having telephoned from
MIR Cooks room in a Chicago hotel on
May IS. 1909 that he would be down
OF Springfield on the next train with
all the money needed for Lorimers
election He denied also that he said
in conversation with Mr.. Cook and
MIR. furnish about May /. 1909. that
he had elected old Stephenson" or
that the Southern Democrats in Con-
gress would not stay put on the lum-
Der question, or that lie had it all fix
ed 10 elect Lorimer to the Senate. It
was after he had said that he be-
lieved he had not read Mr.. Cooks tes-
timony about the conversation before
the Helm investigation committee at
Springfield that Senator Kenyon Ut
tered his exclamation about prosecd-
tions for perjury
During the day Mr.. Hines put into the
record copies of all the kilograms sent
to him by Senator Lorimer since the lat
ter's election with the exception of one
which he declared he never received.
With these he had inserted a copy of
magazine article in which Mr.. Hines said
it was contended that the kilograms
would throw light on the election. The
kilograms referred to tariff and river and
harbor legislation and contained no ref
erence to the election.
He told the committee that all his per-
sonal checks and those of the companies
with which he is connected were open to
its inspection.
Following the forenoon session of the
committee at which Mr. Hines testified
Senator Penrose made this statement:
~ did talk with him about the situation
in the Illinois Legislature pending the
senatorial election in 1909 l had served
with Senator Hopkins and felt interested
in him, and | told Mr.. Hines that hoped
there would be an election l thought the
Republican ranks should be filled up anu
said so, but beyond such expression |
did not 60 Senator Aldrich felt the same
way and so expressed himself.