Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-26
JAMES KELLEY ON THE STAND
General Manager Of Chicago Tribune
Before the Senatorial Committee.
TELLS OF DEAL IN DEMO VOTES
Ne Says Hines Threatened 60 sue the
Tribune fer Libel ~ A. Printed
AnythinE that neglected.
on Him.


ON Him.
WASHINGTON. July IA detailed ae-
count OF a reputed attempt to buy enough
democratic votes in the Illinois Legislature
to re-eiect Albert J. Hopkins to the senate.
was told on the witness stand yesterday be-
fore the senate Jorimer committee by
James Kelley. general manager Of the
Chicago Tribune
Il was the sensation Of q day of sen
Stations in the hearing. 1t followed Mr..
Keeley's testimony as to how he happened
to buy the confession OF Charles A White.
the legislator, whose story about graft AT
Springfield resulted in the Lorfrner investi-
cation. II was subsequent 70 testimony by
Edward Hines. that Henry S. Bouteli. now
American minister to Switzerland. told him
President Taft would assist In the cleo
ton Of Lorimer 90 the senate
Mr.. Hines had been placed ON the stand
today to tell about visits he paid las,
winter to Y. II. Gary. r. s. Lovett, sue
cessor TO e. H. Herman. ]. S. Bache &
Co.. and others IN New York. None OF
these visits the witness claimed, had any
thing 20 do with the Lorimer case.
Mr.. Kelley said what he knew about the
Hopkins story was obtained from Cliff
ford Raymond. thea representing the Tri-
bune at Springfield. and Ira c. Copley,
representive In congress from Aurora, Ill.
He testified that Charles Wheeler, an
other Chicago newspaperman at Spring
field. came to Raymond during the legis-
lative session in 1909 and told him a story
which Speaker Shurtleff had personally re-
quested It be not printed. What Raymond
had told Mr.. Kelley, the witness testified
Raymond had been told by Wheeler. Mr.
Kelley said:
The Raymond Story.
Raymond told me that the story wa
that on a certain night Speaker shurtleff
Dan Shanahan and some others, whose
names 1 do not recall. met in q certain
room in the st. Nicholas hotel In Spring.
field. and that that meeting was caused By
a report being received. that a certain
man had come to Springfield to buy Ger.
tain democratic votes on a certain day fol
Hopkins.
That Representatives John c. wer6eI
and Anton Cedmak, were called in and
that Speaker shurtleff told them he knew
what they were doing. That an attempt
was being made to buy democratic votes
and he read them a list of fifteen OF
the prices that were to be paid.
The list was headed by Nanny Abra-
hams. the 'Bellwether.' have been told
shurtleff said. Now. we know what I.
going on. and you can't put 1t through
II Nanny Abrahams votes for Hopkins
tomorrow. will suspend the roll and VIII
announce your names and win read tn.
list Of men to be bought II you try that
that is what i will DO
That Roger Sullivan had been teiephonet
to go to Springfield. His train was du,
to arrive at midnight. He rounded I'D hi.
them out of the political waters il the,
attempted such a thing
Money Taken to Springfield.
Mr.. Kelley said Raymond told him thi
story prior to the L.orimer election, an,
that ses.OOO or $4,000 was reputed to hav
been taken to Springfield 60
He then read from a memorandum tina
on September q. 1910. Representative Cop
ley and John NJ. Glenn. came TO his office
that Copley and Hopkins came from tn
same town and they hate each othe
healthily and viciously."
The witness produced a memorandum O
what Copley had said. 1t was to the effec
that Daniel Byrnes, formerly OF the Chi
eago & Northwestern, was the man VIII
tried to put through the DEAL" and thai
the money had been taken to Springfield
by q resident of Wheaton. Ill
Mr.. Kelley testified that ne had beer
informed that the Wheaton man was Fred
erick NJ. Blount According to the memo
randum, Copley said he had called upor
Governor Deneen and Deneen had agreeC
TO call in twenty of his republican allie
and IL the democrats voted for Hopkins
to have these twenty switch from Hopkins
Mr. Kelley said he sent a list of cues
tons on May 8. 1910, to Hines and E. s
Conway. asking about the LorImer contri
buttons. Mr.. Conway said he knew moth
ing about them.
Hines Declined to Answer.
Mr.. Hines the witness said, declined
to answer. He came to my office thal
night with Mr.. Wiehe, and asked IL THU
list OF questions was joke. said he had
reputation In Chicago and that these ques
| tons were insulting.
He told me he would sue me for libel 4
1 printed anything that reflected on him
I replied 1 would print the truth and tina
I the Tribune building was worth 81, 500, OOC
! IL he sued he might be able to use 1t 9th
building) in his lumber business"
Mr.. Kelley said he sent the same ques
tons 10 Roger Sullivan. explaining, tina
/ had been his friend. but IL he was in thi
matter, God help him for l was going {,
treat him just as 1 did the rest, and
thought the roof was about to cave in"
Mr.. Kelley insisted that II was upon ad
vice OF counsel that he had not told tn
previous Lorimer committee about hi
knowledge OF the story that Hines askes
Funk to send Lorimer contributions Il
Edward Tilden. senator Kenyon suggeste.
that a partner of Mr.. Austrian, Nj
! Keeley's counsel. was counsel for TiIder
/ and for the whisky interests. which wer
reputed to have contributed to lack
pot" Mr.. Kelley said he did not doub