The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-21
Reinyestigation of Bribery Charges Begun By the
 Senate Committee
ILORIMER PREPARED
 FOR STRONG DEFENSE
Aff Evidence Is Hearsay But Mir. Me Cormick Says Mir. Funk Told Him of Turning Down Hines
 Request for Money

president of the International Harvester
 company. the Senate Lorimer investigat-
 ing committee succeeded today in intro-
 ducng into it's record the principal ale
 gation upon which the Senate was in- z duced to reopen the case against the AIllinois senator. It was to C1arge S.
 3 Funk, the manager of the Harvester con- hApany, that Edward Hines Is alleged to z have made the request for a contribution a sof 5000 as part of a fund of $1o0s000 to ts be raised in Lorimer's behalf. MT. Mc- Ng Mormick said Funk told him of this prop 4 osition and also said he lad refused, land by his refusal had won his (Mc- ' fCormicks( commendation.
 & MT Mccormick said further that the ~EIfarvester company had made 1t a prac- s@tice to hold aloof from politics Coun- Ssel for Senator Iorimer sought to show 6fthat in many states the company had 7made an effort to prevent the passage of 9@biils considered objectionable to it. The < fwitness admitted the company had made
 'general opposition to legislation provid-
 King for the manufacture of binding twine Fin prisons.
 gn For the day Mir. Lorimer was represent
 led by William J. Hynes of Chicago, whose iprimary purpose in attending the meet
 iings is to represent Edward Hines, the ! Chicago lumberman, whose name has
 1been brought into the case as that of the
 -originator of the alleged fund of Sl0oOo0 in Lorimers interest In view of the ab-
 sence of Judge Elbrldge Hanecey, MT. Lormer's personal counsel, the commit
 ,tee permitted MT. Hynes to represent
 the senator at today's hearing.
 Will Fight Hard
 Il By his course MT. Hynes made 1t clear N that it is the intention of MT. Lorimer to &1 neglect no line of defense. AL B though MT. McCormick's testimony was W of hearsay character only, the attorney sought by every means in his power to break 1t down The evident purpose was 10 show general motive for the opposi- ton to MT. Loriner and to connect the Harvester company with it.
 x The committee did not determine t whether MT, Hynes shall be permitted to U represent MT. Hines. '1f all the witnesses M should be asked to be represented by N counsel,'' objected one of the members of {. the committee, T fear our progress would <. be slow.'' s...
 x Little interest was manifested in the V proceedings. Among the onlookers were ~ former Senator Hopkins whom Mr. Lori X rner succeeded. and James Keeley of the e Chicago Tribune.r which published the ( first charges of .trregularity in Lorimer's | election. They were in consultation with the committee after the hearing ad- t journed
 <, All the members of the committee ex- cept Senator Lea were in attendance and he was detained through his wfe's ill., ness The committee will meet next at 2 p. m. Thursday.
 'S Mir. Mccormick testified that Clarence \ H. Funk, general manager of the com, VI pany, had told him of activity in behalf l1 of Lorimer, and that their corporation had been invited by Edward Hines, of # the Edward Hines Lumber company, to contribute to the election fund. William lf J. Hines, who requested permission to x appear as personal counsel for Edward VI Hines, objected to the line of question: ing. He was overruled.
 What did MT. Funk say 10 your" asked ' John H. Marble, one of the counsel for II the committee.
 {. MT. Funk came to me in my office,' ~ said NIT. Mccormick, and said that 5 MT Hines at the Union League club in iS Chicago, had appnpached him on the sub M 1ect of our company making a contribu- s ton. The object was to obtain a con S tributfon to a fund which he understood A- was to be made to recoup expenditures <. in connection with the election of Sen y ator Lorimer. MT. Funk told him that 4 his suggestion could not be considered I Id told him I was glad that he had declined S and that practically ended the incident" G Mir Marble took the lead in the oues R tioning of MT. Mccormick.
 & Are you relative of MedilI McCor mick of the Chicago Tribune?' he asked !. "Yes; MT. Mccormick is the son of a = cousin of mine. We are good friends !. but are not related in business or polit- + ical affairs.
 E Asked if MT. Funk had mentioned any t other persons in connection with the col N lection of the fund. Mr. Mccormick re- & piled that he had brought in the name N of MT Tilden, of the National Packing & company.
 As to the editorial in the Chicago Rec ord-Herald concerning the alleged fund ~ of sloO,OOO in behalf of Senator Lorirner,
 the witness said that at about the time d the article appeared MT. Funk had told 3 him he had given, the facts to H. IT. f Kohlsaat, the editor of that paper and N said that he had advised that MT. Kohl U saat be relieved from his pledge of se- & crecy.
 q did not think that Mir. Kohsaat should go to jail,' said MT. Mccormick, n "nnd consequently advised that he be x authorized to give the source of his information"
 /. Second Interview With Hines M Mir Mccormick said that Funk had N told him of a second interview with Hines and that Hines had sought him V out to tell him that he had not meant ~ that his suggestion of the $10, 900 con Al tribution should be taken seriously. e Il felt rather indignant and so did q Mir Funk" replied MT. Mccormick. when asked if he had been shocked by Mir Funk's revelation. Ns
 MT. Mccormick said he heard among others of the jackpot" fund of which
 there had been common talk for years.
 His company had never been called
 upon to contribute to the fund, he add
 cd although 1t had various applica-
 tions to contribute to such funds in
 other states.
 He said his Knowledge concerning the
 "jackpot" was hearsay.
 Mir Mccormick said he had had no
 preference for any senatorial candida te
 ln the election of 1909. He said he had
 gunderstood that Hines had told Funk
 that 1t was important that, the men
 ACONTINUED ON FACE 1.l