Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-06
TILDEN DENIES He
AIDED LOR|MER
Packer Says He Knows Ct No
100000 Fund.
BAR HINES FROM HEARING
Chicago Lumberrnan Is Excluded From
Committee Room While Witnesses
Testify-Rush Culver Makes
Denial.

Washington. - Edward Tilden of
Chicago, president Of the Ma
tionaI Packing company, made en-
phatic deniaIs before the Lorimer IN
vestigation committee that he was
treasurer of the 100000 fund said to
have been used in the election Of Sen
ator Lorimer. Mr.. Tilden expressed
personal regard for Mr.. Lorimer and
said that, although a Democrat, he
was gratified at his election. He in
sisted, however, that he neither con-
tributed any money toward his cleo
ton nor received any funds donated
by others.
Mr.. Tilden said In speaking of his
business that he thought" he was a
director Of q stock yard bank in Sioux
City, st. Joseph, No, and San Francis
60. He gave a long list of banks in
which he held stock, but he was not
certain about some Of them. He said
he was treasurer Of number Of cor
porations and named three. Either as
president or treasurer, he told the com
mittee that he had the right to draw
or thirty corporations"
Sver since he went to Chicago Mr..
Tilden said he had been cordially ac-
Quainted with Senator Lorimer. Po-
litically. he added, he and the senator
had not been associated because they
belonged to different parties.
Only to the extent that every citi-
zen of Illinois was interested" was he
concerned over the recent senatorial
election.
Did you try to influence the result
of that election?'' asked Attorney Mar
BILE
Not in the least"
Mr.. Tilden at first said he had not
known Mr. Hines more than a year,
but subsequently admitted an acquaint-
ance Of three years.
Mr.. THden said he had no recollec-
ton of ever talking about Senator
Lorimer to Mr.. Hines.
Did anyone or any corporation send
any money to you to be used to defray
the election expenses of Senator Lori
mer, either before or after the cleo
ton?" asked Attorney Marble.
Not a cent"
Mr. Tilden said that he had not ex-
amined his books since the Spring
field hearing, to see if anyone on his
behalf had received money for the
Lorimer election fund, because he
knew there was nothing in my books
that related to that subject"
He said he had refused to present
his bank books to the Springfield com
mittee for examination because he did
not consider the committee had a
right to inspect them and that he
knew there was nothing in them re-
lating to the Lorimer election.
Attorney Hanecy announced on be-
half of Senator Lorimer that he gave
consent for the sergeant-at-arms of the
house and senate to turn over to the
committee all official kilograms Mr.
Lorimer had sent while congressman
or senator.
Hugh Mclean of North Tonawanda,
N. Y, and John Mcleod of Buffalo, n
Y, both lumbermen, swore they knew
AACtIAh5 lbOuL NAC AcilolI1S vi q 4uuQ "
elect Senator Lorimer.
MIR, Hines was excluded from the
room where the senate committee was
holding its investigation into the cleo
ton of Senator Lorimer. This action
was taken by the committee at an ex-
ecutive session.
The committee considered it mad
visable that Mr.. Hines be permitted to
listen to the testimony. Since Clar-
ence S. Funk of Chicago took the
stand, Mr.. Hines had been allowed to
be present and hear the witnesses
whose evidence largely had conferred
about his alleged remarks about the
Lorimer election expense.
Rush Culver, formerly mayor of Mar
quette, Mich, a lumberman and law
yer, whose present home is L'Anse,
Mich, declared he did not discuss
Senator Lorimer's election with Hines
in 1909, as M. B. Coan, investigator
for the Helm committee, had testified
to that body. He said he had had
business dealings OF considerable size
with Hines.