The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-24
HAD NO PART
IN ELECTION
Hines Declared That He Had
Nothing to Do With Ste
phenson's Election

Milwaukee, Oct. 24-Edward Hines,
. the lumberman, denied before the
senatorial investigating committee to-
day that he, directly or indirectly
had had anything to do with the elec.
| ton OF Senator Isaac Stephenson. Mr.
Hines denial covered the following:
That he went to Washington and
there told Senator Stephenson that
because of charges Of corruption
made in the legislature, the senator
could not be reelected.
That to overcome this obstacle he
entered into an agreement whereby
$4,000 which resulted in an election
by the Wisconsin legislature on
March 4. 1909, after three Democratic
assemblymen had absented them
selves
That he paid Robert ]. Shields ST.
500 to help put over the election"
Did you ever assist In. or receive
any benefit from the election of SEN
ator Stephenson" Mr.. Hines was
asked by Senator Hepburn. chairman
OF the committee.
Never. Nor did ever make or
receive any promises in that regard
I have known Senator Stephenson for
twenty years and in that time have
done eight or ten million dollars
worth of lumber business with him.
But I had no dealings whatever in
his election. I was interested to a
small extent in his campaign in the
primaries. This was simply to ask
Shields to induce some business men
publicly to support the senator be-
cause Of his long standing as a busi-
ness man In the state"
Mr.. Hines declared that much of
the story as given to the committee
by Writ H. Cook Of Duluth was due
to business reasons. Hines said Cook
had written a letter threatening to
expose" him If he. Hines. did not
withdraw as a director from a COM
pany in which both were interested.
Hines also denied part Of a CONVEX
sation attributed to him by Cook at
hotel in Chicago. in which Hines
had terrible time getting Stephen
son lined up. After l elected him he
goes down to Washington and votes
for free lumber, and he's a lumber
man, too"
Charles E. Littlefield. counsel for
Stephenson, read from testimony in
the Lorimer case in which Hines was
quoted by witness as having said
land there's those southern Demo-
CTatS, you get tnem llNed up one day
have to do your work over again."
Attorney Littlefield wanted to know
whether Hines had made such n re-
mark while talking about Stephen
son.
Chairman Hepburn refused to al
low the witness to answer.
I'VE won't go into the attitude of
southern Democrats on the lumber
tariff questions at this time" he said.
Hines had read into the record a
letter in which he said Cook declared,
because of Hines prominence in the
Lorimer case he ought to withdraw
from certain company. Hines said
he did not withdraw and the testi-
mony Of Cook followed.
The committee endearored to trace
the source of the charges duplicating
Hines and Shields. The development
of this phase of the investigation. as
shown by the record, was:
John Brady, a Duluth hotel clerk,
now dead. said he overheard two men.
unknown to him, 'joshing' about
Hines and Shields work in Stephen
sons behalf. Then Brady told DAN
iel Haley. Cooks partner and Haley
told Cook. and Cook told Lieutenant
Governor Thomas Morris and Morris
told the investigating committee"
Going over the record the commit
tee found that Cook denied part of
what Morris had said and Haley va
ricd from what Cook had said and
as Brady. the hotel clerk. was dead.
no information could be had as to
the identity Of the two men who were