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3CUJH FUuO STURI
IS SURE TO REOPEN
THE L0R|MER CASE
Senators Sendto Illinois
for Transcript of New
Evidence.
FUND OF 100000
Was Advanced by a Lumber
King to Secure Election
of Illinois Man.

Washington, ID. C.-Anti-Lorimer
Senators today sent to Springfield,
Ill., for a transcript of the testimony
given there by Kohlsaat and Funk,
for the purpose of reopening the Lor-
inner case. Their motion will be bas-
ed upon the discovery of new evil
dence. j..
The Senate is bound to take cog
nizance Of the testimony of Kohlsaat
and Funk in the Lorimer case" said
Senator Stone, democrat, of Missouri
following a conference with Presi-
dent Taft this morning. II am GER
tain the Senate will reopen the case.'
A resolution calling for another in
vestiEation of the charges that Lori
mer was elected to the Senate by
in the Senate today by LaFollette.
The LaE7ollette resolution says
witnesses who did not appear before
the former investigating committee
have produced new and important
evidence. warranting another inyes-
tigation. The resolution anne the
following Senators to conduct the
probe: Works of California, Town
send of Michigan, Mclean of Con-
necticut, Kearn of Indiana, and
Pomroy OF Ohio. all new Senators.
The resolution was laid on the table,
and may be debated at any time.
New Senate May Reopen Whole Lor-
inner Case Now.
Washington, d. C.-Little doubt
exists here that an effort will be
made to reopen the Lorimer cas- in
the new session of congress. 1nsur-
gent republicans have considered the
question at a recent conference, and
the understanding is that a reso-
luton for the reopening Of the case
will be offered by either Senators
Borah or LaFollette. These senators
sought at the last session to induce
H. II. kohlsaat Of Chicago to make
a statement along the line of the tes-
timony given in Springfield yester-
day but they failed. 1t was in the
hope of getting such a statement that
LaFollette opposed fixing a time for
the vote on the case. When he be-
came satisfied that he could not get
the information desired he permitted
the case to come to a vote, and 1t
resulted in the generation Of the
junior Illinois senator.
Friends of Senator Lorimer con-
tend that under senate precedent,
he could not be unseated. unless 1t
was shown that he had known Of the
alleged corruption of the legislature
or that a sufficient number of votes
had been bribed to destroy his ma
jority.
They also contend that it will not
be sufficient to show that a $780,
900 'slush' fund was used for the
election Of Senator Lorimer. unless
it can be proven he had knowledge
of the use of the money.
In view Of the fact that several
senators who upheld the contention
favoring Senator Lorimer are no.
longer members of the senate, it can
not be forecasted what the probable
action on the reopening of the case
may be. Senator Lorimer could not
be seen here today and it was said
at his offices he had departed for
Chicago.
Lumber King Asked Trust Official to
Give $4,000.
Springfield, Ill.,-Clarence S.
Funk, general manager of the Inter-
national Harvester company before
the state bribery investigating COM
mittee late yesterday exploded the
biggest sensation of the Lorimer
bribery case. Mr.. Funk testified that
Mr.. Hines of Chicago asked him as
manager of the harvester company
to contribute $4,000 to reimburse
certain men who had put up a $780,
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mer to the United States senate. The
harvester company manager further
testified that Mr.. Hines named Ed
ward Tilden a wealthy Chicago pack
er as the collector of this fund to re-
imburse the men who Mr.. Hines was
quoted as having said "underwrote''
the election Of Lorimer.
Mr.. Funk said the object he had
in giving this testimony was to save
H. H. Kohlsaat, publisher Of the
Chicago Record-Herald, from posi-
BILE Jail sentence as a result of his
refusal to give certain information
demanded by the committee last
week. The witness said he had given
information upon which the Chicago
publisher had based an editorial,
which was published in February
last. and. charged the use Of a $10,-
900 fund to elect Lorimer and result
ed in the calling Of Mr.. Kohlsaat as
a witness before the committee. MI.
Kohlsaat refused to make known the
name of Mr.. Funk. The Chicago pub
Usher was then given one weeks
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