Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-03
SAYS HINES Boosted.
NEW LoRIMER FUND WITNESS
TELLS OF LuMeERMAN,s
PHONE TALK.
GOVERNORS ARE DRAWN in.
Names of Deneen and Yates Are Men.
TONED In Testimony-Tilden and
Two Bankers Ordered Arrested by
Committee for Contempt.

Springfield, Ill.-How Edward Hines.
In conversation in the Grand Pacific
hotel at Chicago on May 1, 1909,
boosted that he had elected Senators
Stephenson and Lorimer, was told be-
fore the Helm Investigating commit
tee by w. H. Cook of Duluth, stock
holder in the Hines Lumber company.
He said Henry furnish. a lumber
man now in Oregon, was present at
this conversation. The witness said
Hines approached him and furnish
and said he was having a of a
time in Washington" He said:
There is Stephenson; we elected him,
and now he is working for free lum-
ber." He said Turkish inquired about
the senatorial deadlock, and Hines an
swered:
ut is all fixed. Lorimer will be
elected. We had picked Boutell for
senator, but when the lumber schedule
came up he voted for free lumber. 1
took the matter up with Aldrich, and
we agreed we must have another man.
We agreed to take it up with Lori
mer, and 1t Is all fixed"
Whom did Hines mean by Ste.
phenson?"
Il don't know" said Mr.. Cook, but
thought he referred to Senator Ste
phenson of Wisconsin"
The witness said he met Hines
again by arrangement Of c. II. Wiehe,.
brother-in-law Of Hines, or Isaac Ba.
ker. buyer for the Hines Lumber
company. He met Hines in the lobby
of the Grand Pacific hotel and went
to his room to hold a long-distance
telephone conversations. While there a
message came from Springfield for
Hines. Hines took the receiver, he
said. and said: rs this you, governor?
Well. just left Taft and Aldrich in
Washington, and they tell me under
no circumstances shall Hopkins be re-
turned to the senate. Now. will be
down on the next train. Don't leave
anything undone. l will have all the
money necessary"
Witness said he saw Wiehe about a
year later in Chicago, in May or June,
and had conversation with him and
William O'Brien. another lumberman,
in the Grand Pacific hotel at mid
night.
"Wtehe seemed anxious that we get
out of town." said Cook. "He said If
we did not we might be called before
grand jury which might investigate
the Lorimer case. He said Hines had
told him Lorimer had called him up
and told him we were in town and
for Gods sake to get us out.
"O'Brien said they were making II
hot for Hines. Wiehe said: Yes, they
VIII get him, too. He talks too much.
Every time reporter approaches him
he talks enough to fill two columns"
Later talking about some business
matters" said the witness, "Hines and
/ vent down. AS soon as we got out
Hines spoke to me of story about a
telephone conversation, and said they
got it all mixed up. He said they had
him talking to former Governor Yates,
whereas he said he was talking with
Governor Deneen. He said he didn't
want to betray the confidence of Taft
and Aldrich. for II he did he wouldn't
dare go back to Washington. NY i'm
preston was that Hines was talking
with Deneen when he used the tele-
phone in my room in the Grand Pa
cific. but Mr.. O'Brien. who was pres.
ent. insisted Hines was talking with
Yates"
Cook admitted he had business trou-
bles with Hines, but said that would
not lead him to make q misstatement
to the committee,
Edward Tilden. head of the Nation
al Packing company and alleged treas
urer of the Lorimer "slush fund" w.
G. Cummings. president Of the Drov.
,ers' Trust and Savings bank of Chi.
cago, and George M. Benedict, cashier
of the Drovers' Deposit National bank,
were ordered arrested and held in con-
tempt by the committee.
The report of the committee was
sent to the upper house Of the >legisla-
ture with the request that its action
be concurred In and that officers be
sent to Chicago at the earliest posi-
BILE moment to bring the packer and
bankers to Springfield to show cause
why they should not be sent to Jail
for term to be fixed by the presid-
ing officer.
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