Arizona republican., 1911-04-26
FIERCE LIGHT
 0N LOR|MER Startling Testimony in the
 Springfield Inquiry TELEPHONE CONVERSATION Edward Hines, of the Lum- Der Trust, Talked Freely Then and to Witnesses of the Use of Money in the Legislature.
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION

Springfield, H., April 25-C F. Wiche, a brotheri in-law of Edward Hines. the Chicago lumberman, ad mitted before the senate bribery in vestigation committee today, that Hines sent him on a midnight mis- sion to the Grand Pacific hotel, in Chicago to have w. H. Cook and William OBrien. Minnesota lumber men, evade Cook county process servers at the time the Lorimer scan daI first became public, in May, 1910
 Wiche's statement followed and to a degree corroborated the sensational recital of w. H. Cook of Duluth. who said he was in a room at the Grand Pacific hotel on May 26, 1909. with William O'Brien and Edward Hines. when Hines telephoned someone he called. governor, at Springfield.
 During this telephone conversation. Cook said Hines told the governor that he (Hinesl was ready to take the next train for Springfield with all the money necessary to effect Will liam Lorimer's election to the senate. Lorimers election occurred later the same day.
 M B. Coan. investigator of the committee, testified that he had in- terviewed William O'Brien in Du- luth within the last week and O. Brien told practically the same story as Cook Following the recital of Cook. Governor Dineen issued a state ment in which he said he never at any time held such a conversation with Hines. Former Governor Richard Yates, whose name had been brought into the testimony, also de- nied that he ever had any such con- versation Early in his testimony Cook detailed his conversation with Hines in the course of which the latter. according to Cook, spoke of having effected the election of "Old Cook said he was not sure. but thought this referred to Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin.
 According to Cook. the conversa- ton took place at the Grand Pacific hotel. Chicago. and Henry Furnish of Duluth was present. Furnish. he said. was now in Oregon.
 In repeating the conversation Cook said Hines was going through the lobby and saw Furnish and myself standing there. He stopped and spoke to us. Furnish asked him how he was getting on down in Washington.
 "'Oh,' he said. am having hell of a time He said: Now, for instance, there is old stevenson. After I elect ed him he has gone down to Washing ton and started working there for free lumber He said: I am having terri ble time getting him lined up
 Then he went on and told about what a time he had with the southern democrats. Furnish asked him how they were getting along down here with the senatorial deadlock. We'll he said, it is all fixed
 He said: I will tell you confidential ly. Lorimer will be the next senator He said: We had Boutell fixed for the He had promised 10 work to keep the two dollar tariff on lumber but when the lumber schedule came up before the house ways and means com mittee he was working for free lum- ber'
 He said: I immediately took it up with Senator Aldrich and so we de- cided we had to have another man whom we could depend upon. It was decided that I should have a talk with Lorimer. I did. LOrimer agreed to stand pat. He will listen to reason. have got it all fixed. He will be the next senator from Illinois, That was the substance of the conversation"
 Cooks story of the telephone con- versation with someone in Springfield follows:
 Hines took the receiver out of my hand and spoke in the telephone. He asked: Hello. hello. is this you. gov ernor.' He said: Well. I just left President Taft and Senator Aldrich last night in Washington. Now, they tell me that under no consideration shall Hopkins be returned to the senate. Now. I will be down on the next train. Don't leave anything undOne. will be down on the next train prepared to furnish all the money that is required or words to that effect. He repeated it over three or four times"
 On the same point. of the Grand Pa cific hotel conversation, by Hines, Wiche testified: The conversation was substantially as follows: I have just talked with the governor on the long distance telephone and he assures me that he will do what you ask You know what the administration wants. Leave no stone unturned 1 will be down in Springfield. if necessary. in the morning. And when he got through