The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-10-14
LORIMER PROBE IS
BEGUN IN CHICAGO
Senate Committee Resumes
Hearing of the Case.
Stories Of Offers Of Money Made at
Springfield During the Senator
ia Deadlock OF 1909 viii
Be Investigated.

Attention Of the Lorlmer senate in.
vestigating committee in Chicago turn.
ed 10 stories OF offers OF money
which were made around the sta e
capitol during the senatorial deadlock
OF 1909, when the inquiry was resumed.
Half dozen members Of that legisa-
ture were waiting TO be called as wit.
nesses TO tell either OF offers which
had been made TO them or OF CONVEX
sations they had overheard. Seven OF
the eight senators on the committee
from the United States senate are ex.
pected to take part in the discussions.
Six were al the hearing when It was
opened and word was received from
John w. Kern of Indiana that he will
be here In couple OF days. Senator
Luke Lea, who has been seriously III
and attended only two meetings OF the
committee. IL expected TO join the COM
mittee here some time before II fin
ishes.
Senator Frank A. Landee OF Moline
was the frs witness. In long cross.
examination, full or clashes and
wrangling. Attorney Elbridge Hanecy
tried 10 force him TO say that Gov.
ernor Deneen had besought him 10
testify as an anti-Lorimer witness.
John VI. PETERS. former secretary to
Senator Hopkins. and now attorney OF
the city of Aurora, Ill, testified that
State Senator George M. Mccormick
met him In the Illinois hotel and told
him that he would give him $4,000 II
be would change his vote from Hop
kins TO Lorimer PETERS said that
when he refused Mccormick asked
him TO name his amount.
Senator Lorimer attended with In.
tense Interest the developments OF the |
day. which proved that the subsequent
sessions OF the inquiry will fully equal
In excitement those OF the past
Senator Mccormick. at a previous
hearing of the committee. had sworn |
he never made such statement.
PETERS. who was active In Albert ] |
Hopkins campaign in the senatorial
race. swore before the committee upon
the reopening OF the hearing in Judge
Grosscup's courtroom. that Mccormick
did say this and at the last moment
switched from Hopkins TO Lorimer in
surfing Lorimer's election Mccormick
lives In Alton.
PETER named four other members OF
the Illinois legislature whom ne said
he suspected had been shown a none
tary reason before they switched TO
Lorimer.
The four, in addition to Mccormick,
Will be summoned later They are
Senator b. +. Downing. Dixon. III:
Representative Carl S. Burgett, New
man, ILL., Representative Johnson
Lawrence, Polo, III; Representative
Charles l.. Fieldstack, Irving Park.
Ill.
The names were obtained from Pef-
fers on cross-examination by Attorney
Hanecy, counsel for f,orimer.
a new sensation in the case was
sprung when Representative Henry
$. Terrill OF Colchester testified that
representative John Griffin Of Chicago
told him he would receive 81 0G0 If he
voted for Lorimer He said also he
had been told by Representative
Richard T. Hagan Of Chicago that his
vote had been solicited BY Griffin.
The witness declared thnt Lolimer
sent David H. Shanahan 60 him the
night before the election, and that he
met Mr., Lorimer in the speakers room
and was asked by the senator TO vote
Tor him at first he testified that Mr.
Lorimer said the Democrats would
put me over" but changed his tesH-
mony, saying that Mr. Lorimer urged
his TO support his candidacy, and said,
III be put over tomorrow, anyway"
When Senator McCorm ok was re-
called 20 the witness stand he denied
be ever had told John NJ PETERS, fer
ner secretary to ex-senator Hopkins.
hat he had been offered $1,000 TO vote
Tor Lorimcr. He said he had not re-
,eived or been offered cent; knew
no member OF the legislature who was
dishonest, never heard of the Jack pot
'und or any corruption in Springfield.
ind did not believe Whites confession
Or the testimony OF Link, Holstlaw or
3aekemeyer.
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