Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-10
REPRESENTATIVE LANrz G1GS
PLAINS STORY or Go,roN0
SUGGESTION OF oRisERk
EMPLOYER or pArrERsoM
MADE SUSPICIOUS REMARKS
Coupling Of Tribune gdltsr's Nan,o
With ssnatorship and Question o %
Money Changing Sentiment Causes
Ioriner COMMITTEES 70 os ints lneis
dent Fully.


sentative Lantz. OF LAGRANGE. ILL.,. yess
terday told the I>orimer investigating
committee OF an alleged remark %
John Corwin. former Springfield cor.
| respondent OF the Chicago Tribune.
who. no said. inquired OF him durine
the deadlock over tho United States
I senatorship whether he believed thas
the spreading around of . little
change" would serve to shift the ssnta.
ment of tho legislature and break tho
deadlock.
Lantz confessed that he regarded
| Corwins remark as joke and replied
that he didn't believe a million dollars
would have any effect.
Because Corwin had previously mens
toned to him the possibility that the
, late Robert w. Patterson. OF tho Tribe
une, might be chosen senator. he in-
| ferred. he said some connection bes
| tween the two remarks but added:
Il may have been mistaken in my de>
| ductions."
| He assured the committee that there
| was no other conversation on the SUBJ.
ject between himself and Corwin.
Took II ~ . Joke.
Lantz testified that he met CorwiA
in Sprirgtie when the deadlock wao
| mt Its height and that Corwin asked
him TO explain the combination OF DEM
| ocrats and republicans. He told Cor
| win. he said. that the only men who
possibly could be elected by such q
| combination were Speaker Shurtlef
and MIR. Lorimer. Lantx then quoted
Corwin as saying:
Don't you think that possibly by
the spreading around OF . little change
1t might change the sentiment hsro7'
| Il took It AZ one Of Johns joker
said Lantx. and I said mot for q mills.
lion dollars That was all that ever
1 transpired In the way OF conversation
1 between Mr.. Corwin and nyself on the
I subject"
| Senator Jones-"D1d he mention MI.
| Patterson's name?"
| Lantz-"He had mentioned Mr.. Pat.
! terson's name In conversation prioH
! to this time
| Patterson Suggestion Came First.
| What did he say with reference to
| Mr.. Patterson"
! "He asked me what I thought OF Mr..
| Patterson as n candidate and took
4 1t from that conversation that what ho
meant was what the chance was to
turn the sentiment to Mr.. Patterson. I
| may have been mistaken in my doduc-s
| ton"
Senator Jones--"He did not seem to
| think there was anything wrong. any
| thing particularly wrong, In working UP
| a combination between democrats and
republicans? p
Lnntz-"Natie whatevor. 80 ss.i AZ
he was concerned he thought that was
an admirable thing II 1t could be DONE"
| Lantz had heard nothing. he said. OF
the famous jackpot until after the pub
lication OF the confession OF Represent
ative White.
| through" Means Bar.
! What was meant by the trough" In
Springfield at the time OF the election
of Senator Lorimer in May. 1909. was
! explained before the senate committee
today by John II. Dewolph, democratic
state representative. who voted for
Lorimer.
/, Dewolph was questioned concernin.
| a statement In the testimony OF Repre-
| sentative Charles White, confessed
brlbe taker. that the day before the
election OF Lorimer Dewolph asked
White whether the latter had been up
the trough
up tho trough and asked whether he
had BEEN" asked Attorney HeaIS.
| Il did not" replied Dewolph. ''or
rather I never referred to the trough
instead of the reference to the bar. In
Springfield the trough always meant
the bar"
| Dewolph's testimony was intended to
refute Whites charge that going up
ITO the trough meant going after
money.
| Questioned again about his purchase
| of sixty-three acre farm at price
| Of $4,000 several months after Lori
mer's election Dewolph declared he was
| still unable to say exactly In what de-
nomination were the bills with which
he made a payment of 5000. He said
he often kept as much as 1880 In his
house.