The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-29
Chicago Democrat" Says He Had No Connection
 With LOrimer Fund
HAS SIMPLE METHOD
 OF BOOKKEEPING
Tells Senate Committee He Is Presi- dent of Many Corporations and Thinks" He Is Director
 of Some Banks

Washington, June 2s.-His methods of bookkeeping and his loyalty to the dem- ocratic party alike were under fire today when Edward Tilden, bank director, pack ing house manager and corporation man generally, appeared before the Senate Lorimer committee to testify that he was in no way interested in the raising of fund to elect MT. Lorimer to the Senate.
 Attorneys for the committee, attorneys for Senator Lormer and members of the committee itself asked Mir. Tilden in almost every conceivable style of question if he had anything to do or knew of anyone who had anything to do with the raising of fund to elect Senator Lorimer, either before or after the election. To each the witness de- clared with emphasis that he did not. Before his bookkeeping system or his politics were questioned, MT. Tilden was subjected to an examination as to his relations to corporations. He mentioned first that he was president or the Na- tional Packing company and later added the names of five other Chicago corpora tions of which he was president, besides being the head of concerns in other Acities. He was "confused' when asked
 by Senator Kenyon to state of how many corporations he was president. because of the minor companies He thought he was director of banks in Sioux City, la, St. Joseph, Mo, and San Francisco, and he gave a long list
  of banks of which he was d stockholder, but forgot until nearly the end of his testimony to mention a bank in East St. Louis Either as treasurer or in some other capacity, he testified, he had the right to draw checks on the bank ac- counts of "twenty-five or thirty corpor- ations."
 The witness testified that he did not keep accurate books of his personal bus mess. merely loose-leaf memoranda of his receipts and disbursements, and only memoranda of checks written instead of check stubs Senator Kern had the wit rgsss describe in minute detail his per sbnaI bookkeeping.
 Merely Memorada
 yThe witness said he was not proud of his kSystem, but that it answered the pur- Ypose namely, that of Keeping track of money until banked. The drawing of a check fors s10O,o0O for personal expendi- lures might not be entered in his per sonal accounts, he said, and he might lor might not be able to tell. for in- Ystance, in 1908, whether he had loaned or paid anyone s100.0O0. We might be able to tell if we all went at it." he added. Such a ques- tion never came up. I am paid big salary to run the business of a large corporation and l know a great deal less about my own personal affairs than about those of the company" No Lorimer Connections The committee did not ask MT. Til den to produce his bank books for in- spection. He declared they showed nothing whatever connected with the election of MT. Lorimer and the commit tee told him for the present and possi- | bly for all time,' that it was through with its examination of him. It was Senator Kern, democratic nominee for vice president in the last camaign, who put MT. Tilden's democ- racy to question. This was some time after the witness had testified that he fwas a democrat. .'-'
 You are democrat, are you?" he inquired,
 'l am if know what a democrat is" That's Just what I thought Will |you give us the name of the last can didate for president for whom you |voted?" Including vice president?" inter- rupted Mir Kenyon
 The witness did not reply but Sena- tor Kern kept eyeing him. Are you serious?" interrupted Mir Tilden. "Of course. I am," responded Senator Kern.
 Alton B. Parker"
 'Who before that?" q was a delegate at the convention
 that nominated MT. Bryan" But who was the democrat you voted for before Parker?"
 Grover Cleveland"
 One in Nineteen Years "So you supported one democratic candidate for President in 19 years?" snapped the Indiana senator. Now, don't you know that the. stockholders of the National Packing company, which is under indictment for an alleged vio- lation Of the law, have complained to the late chairman of the republican l na ational committee nd now Postmaster l |G eral, about sindicted although tn contri' heavily to the re- p4 Aisn fund'" Don't you know that?" "No, sir -r.et |. Washington, June 2S.-Edward Hines, 1the Chicago lumberman millionaire who 1t has been testified said he put Lormer over st Springfield" was today excluded from the room where the Senate committee Is holding its in |vestigation into the election of Senator Lorimer. This action was taken by the committee at an executive session The committee considered it inadvisa- ble that Mir Hines should be permitted to the testimony. Since Clarence S. funk of Chicago took the stand. Mir Hines has been allowed to be present in the committee room and hear the Witnesses whose evidence largely had centered- about his alleged remarks about the Lorimer election expense. Lumbermen Testify Rush Culver lumberman and lawyer of LAnse, Mich. was the first witness today before the Senate Lormer commit