The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-07-07
the Standard.
pton. D. G.. ,July

ShOW I'M the Capitol dur
kg the week has been the Lori
mer investigation, and in the
work before the senate commit
tee Senator Gamble of South
Dakota, has figured pertinent
y on account of his position as
one Of Of the Investigators. The
principal witness has been Edwar
Hines of Chicago, whose rise to
fortune and Influence has been
likened by the eastern newspaper
to the story of the fabulous
wealth and power Of the Count
Of Monte Cristo. It was Mr..
Hines who, it is alleged, brought
about The election of Mr.. Lori
mer by the practice of corrupt
methods in the Illinois capitol.
The verdict of Washington is
thet he made a first-class wit
ndes. Mr.. Hines did not hesitate
to put nearly everyone who had
testified, or made statements diff
ferent from his own, in the
Anianias class. He showed con-
siderable feeling during the. COM
mittee Investigations, and, when
questioned by Mr.. Gamble and
others, gave answers that We're
directly to the point. In a dra-
~ e&;c manner ha related how the
president of the United States,
two or three nights before the
day that Lorimer was elected.
held two midnight conferences
With Senator Aldrich, and how
.Aldrich afterwards said the presl-
dent was insistent that Lorimer
must be elected. Mr.. Hines de-
clared that the story told by
Clarence F. Funk, who said that
he was asked to give $4,000 to
the Lorimer putting over fund ?"
and the furthre story by Writ
ii. Cook as to the Telephone con
8 ssy,yersation between Chicagoe and
Ili; li;pafield, in which Hines is
No have remarked, II have
NJ nome fr.tni Esss s14nd Alas'iah
sshington; they want Lori
mee slscted, and 1 am ON the
wayAAo Springfield, y were abb
solutAl false, In view Of the
us1u al contradictory state
ments thHts have been brought
out ID tha testimony, it has been
suggested by Senator Kenyon
that prosecutions for perjury
0nght to be instituted. The probe
to find out who is doing the pre-
vsricatng is being applied.
During one of the discussions
ii the senate concerning the Cana
dian reciprocity measure, Sena-
tor Nelson of Minnesota direct
ed the attention of Mr.. Bailey
Sof Texas to the fact that the
proyince Of Alberta, as shown on
i tha map in the senate chamber.
~ about the same size as the
state of Texas, "and it is every
Bit rs good cattle country" re-
marked Mr.. Nelson. He made
the statement that "a number of
Americans drive their cattle and
sheep up there to feed and fatten
them and get them in good con-
ditiod. They can raise as many
cattle in the province Of Al
berta >as they can raise in the
stateSpf Texas. - During the dis
cussidp OF this point, Senator
Smoo4 Of Utah was called in to
enliQ6tkn the senate, and his
statelhtent is indeed interesting
He redo oarked: 81 can tell the
senatet t&hat men who are interest
ed vii me have taken many and
many lead of cattle up into Cam
ada n fatten. You can take
vesarlm Is from this country to
CanadlE ] and they will mature in
to bee3 cattle, / think at least
twelve months before they can
possib1 y mature in this country.
Pres ident Taft is making ar
rangm bnts for his trip to the wesa
and hid IS accepted invitations i'm
Michigan, Kansas, and other
parts De the country. It is like
II that Senator Smoot 8 suggest
ion thitt the president visit Salt
Like City will be incorporated
sn the itinerary when it is made
ia lview of the agitation
amaaS the railway mail clerks
and ofber postal employees Of the
countrJs including South Dakota,
the rel (orm which Postmaster
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