The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-25
TESTIMONY
 SENSATIONAL
MANAGER KEEL, OF CHICAGO, TRIBUNE, THROWS SOME
 SPICE IN LoRIMER CASE.
Says Attempt Was Made to Buy 20 Democratic Votes for Hop kns-Telis How Deal
 Was Blocked.

Washington, July IA detailed account of reputed attempt to buy enough democratic votes in the lli- nols legislature to re-elect Albert J. Hopkins to the senate was told on inc witness stand today before the senate Lorimer committee by James Keeley. general manager of the Chr cago Tribune.
 It was the sensation of a day of sensations in the hearing It follow ed Mr. Keeley's testimony as to how he happened to buy the confession oT Charles A. White, the legislator whose story about graft at Springfield resulted in the Lorimer investigation. It was subsequent to testimony by Edward Hines that Henry S. Bout ell. now American minister to Switz- erland, told him that President Taft would assist in the election of Lori mer to the senate. MT. Hines had been placed on the stand today to tell about visits he paid last winter to E. H. Gary, R. $. Lcvett, success sor to E. H. Hartman. J. S. Bache and Company and others in New York. None of these visits, the wit ness claimed, had anything to do with the Lorimer case.
 Mir. Keeley said what he knew about the Hopkins story was obtained fgom Clifford Raymond, then repre- senting the Tribune at Springfield, and from Ira c. Copley, representa- tise in congress from Aurora, Illinois. He testified that Charles Wheeler, another Chicago newspaper man at Springfield. came to Raymond during she legislative session in 1909 and told him story which Speaker siurtleff had personally requested be not printed. What Raymond had ted MT. Keeley, the witness testi- fled. Raymond said had been told him by Wheeler MT. Keeley said
 Raymond ton. me the story was that on a certain nieIht Senator Shurt- leif Dan shannon and some others whose names I don't recal, met in certain room in the St Nicholas Hotel in Springfield and that that meeting WAS cansed by a report be- ing received that certain man had come to Springfield to buy certain democratic votes on certain day for Hopkins.
 That Representative John C.. Nerdell and Anton cermak were call- cd in and that Speaker Shurtleff told them he knew what they were doing That an attempt was being made to buy democratic votes and he read them list of fifteen or twenty men Who were to be bought and the prices that were to be paid. The list was headed by Nanny Abrams, the bell- Wether l have been told, Shurt eff said, now. We know what is goira on and you can't pull 1t through. ' Nanny Abrams votes for Hopkins to" morrow, [ will suspend tue roll call and will announce yoT names and VII read tho list of men to he bouaht. 'sh you try that that's what l will oa
 That Roger Sullivan had been telephone to go to Springfield This tfaln was due to arrive from Chicago aoout midnight. He rounded ID his followers and told them he wonld blow 1nem out of the political waters Ii they attempted such thing
 keeley said Raymond told him thls story prior to the Lorimer election and that $2S,oo0 or s3o,o00 was re- psed to have been taken to Spring field.
 He then read from memorandum that on September 21, 1910, Represea 'atlye Copley and John M. Glenn came to his office; that Copley and Hopkins came from the same town z and they hate each other healthlis and viriously."
 The witness produced memoran ouin of what copley had said. It was 'o the c<ect that Daniel Byrnes formerly of the Chicago Northwestern was the man who tried to put tn' aeal through" and that the moneS had boen taken to Springfield bs resident of Wheaton, IL
 According to the memorandum 'opley said he had called on Cover nor Deneen and Deneen had agreed 'o call in twenty Of his republican al' ''s and if the democrats voted fel