Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-28
Not Permitted to Hear
the Lorimer Tes-
timony.
CULVER IS WITNESS
Michigan Lumberman Unable
to Remember ConverSa-
tion Wish Jones.

Washington, June 28.-Edward Hines
the Chicago lumberman millionaire,
who 1t has been testified said he put
Lortmer over at Springfield" and whd
has been present at the examination
Of witnesses, was today excluded from
lhe Lorimer Investigating committee g
room. This action was taken by the
committee at an executive session, the
committee considering 1t inadv1sable
that Hines should be permitted to lis
len to the testimony.
CULVER EXAMINED.
Rush Culver. a lumberman and law
yer of Lanse, Mich. former mayor of
Marquette, was the first witness today.
He told of business relations with
Hines; said he had not seen Hines
since Lortmers election to the senate,
and had no recollection of discussing
that election with Hines Witness said
Hines told him he had been IN the
tain this referred to congressional
elections
COULDEN0TRI1nrE
Witness said he could not remem-
ber a.cougersatfonlin in Shelly B. Jones
drug store In 1907. nor at any other
time, when Jones is said to have de-
clared Hines referred to the Lorimer
election as costing "a barrel of money"
KNOW NOTHING ABOUT 1T.
Washington, June 2S.-Eugh Mclean
of North Tonawanda, n. Y, and John
Mcleod of Buffalo. n. Y. both lumber
men, swore they knew absolutely moth
ing about the raising of a FUND to eject
Lorimer. Both men came to Washing
ton on different occasions as members
of delegations Interested in lumber
legislation, each time seeing Hines.
Mclean testified the only thing Hines
had ever mentioned to him about the
Lorimer election was that the news
papers only printed one side
TILDEN CALLED.
Edward T1lden, president of the
National Packing company sof Chi
rago, whose name is alleged to have
been given Funk by Hines as one
to whom he could send the $4,000
contribution to .the Lorimer fund,
was called to the stand late this
afternoon.
This afternoon Attorney Hanecy
announced on behalf of Lorimer he
gave consent for the sergeant at
arms of the house and the senate TO
turn over to the committee all the
official kilograms Lorimer had sent
while congressman or senator.
MANY CONTRADICTIONS.
Contradictions in testimony concern
ing pecuniary assistance Edward Hines,
the Chicago lumberman. may have rem
dered In the election of Senator Lori
mer marked yesterdays session of the
senate investigating committee. The
most significant was the direct denial
by Shelly B. Jones, druggist in Mar
Quette. Mich, that he had ever said
Mr.. Hines had remarked in his pres
ence that he had put Lorimer over" as
a United States senator and that he
had collected a fund OF 100000 TO
do it.
TESTIMONY CONTRADICTED.
In so testifying the witness contra
dicted affidavits of E. d. Mosher, dep
uty United States marshal at Mar
quette: Frank J. Russell. editor OF the
ert L. Lowe, a Chicago newspaper re-
porter. before the committee appointed
by the Illinois senate TO investigate the
Lorimer election. His statement also
contradicted the testimony given by
Morris Cowan. an investigator for the
committee.
According to Mr.. Jones statement 10 |
the committee, the conversation in
which Mr. Hines figures occurred In
Marquette in 1907, or about two years
before the senatorial election. He said I.
Mr.. Hines remarked he was friend OF
Mr.. Lorimer and something was said 4
about the latter's election
COST BARREL OF MONEY.
Il suppose fl cost a barrel OF mon I
ey," remarked one of the men with 4
Mr.. Hines, but whose name the witness /
could not recall.
Yes, SIR" the witness said Mr.. (
Hines responded. "All those elections 4
cost a lot of money"
Mr.. Jones told the committee this /
was the only report of the converse
ton he had ever given.
ITO what election were they refer
ring?" inquired Senator Kenyon. Il
suppose Lorimer's election 10 the
house.
Senator Kern asked II he had ever
heard Senator LoTimer's name before (,
the conversation. The witness said
that he had not and could not have