The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-13
SENATOR LOR|MER
CHARGES BRIBERY
He Says That the Legislators Who
Confessed We're Bought by the
Chicago Tribune.
WHY M'CORMIC FOl GllTlllM
lorimrr admitted That lie Loaned SlG.-
UN io Lee O'\cill Browne. the
Drnocrntir l.ca,irr.

iIrnocrlllc lraii"r.
" NSuiN,ioN. Jan. l.. 1t vas ma lie
manifest to-day that Tin" L,rirner investi-
cation hv It e"irc, committee nt th" Sem
.ttr would h., ilnp urN, week senator
Lurlu"r r..,utnei hi testimony when
ih" cputu,,"r met th- morning lil-
counsel D. &. lIanooy. d"iy"i the in
,"~tlGttiru fur htii an hour by failing
to- dpr"t' \ searching party was sent
ont and iuuud ia" attorney absorbed in
~,rdy ~ ,u" ,nc"rd at th" Lorlnrr cas-"
and Gumudtui apparently. Of tn" Hight
ut t.n'
SENATOR l.ariu"r'- testimony to-day
t-fIrtrum ",citu. tie rrtuld the story
# Wuv the International Harvester Com
r,ur and the Met torlnlck, it, chief SHARE
holders. tell uu, with tam lacau~- ne
fspEat {, R""r Z. lran.N - g." Chicago
Ei,"r open Co navigation and t." Met or
mirS, rr-,~r"i hi "Nur~ The senator
attributed thr.r opposition to ".'"n naVi-
CATION 80 ,h" selfish mu,iv" IN that lu open
rvrr wovId urv" diverted profit Able
lr,r,c from IN" Mctor'nicl-' short lin"
ru,rp,.!. whi.l carried freight from ia"
factory district AZ hlG profit. tn" SEN
atpr AID hs' the board pt -lnhIrv trns-
t"-.- had Gl"Iv~ .,Ipporl "a open river
navIcitIou Il. It matter OF public policy
u,'I' Robert NrIorw,ck became pres
idrur ana th"u an" 'lui,Irv hoard changed
front.
IL" purpu'" OF this testimony was Ia
.upw THAT TIE NcCurmi"k. WIN" are
alleged To- b"int.i"-,cd aS owner, IN Jh.
, n'cteu newspaper tnut started IN.
Investigation ii I.orim"r. wee actuat"d
hv set ~h ur,r".-t, and motives of revenge
h"'du~r Inru4r' luj"rlrr"i with their
railroad and other Interests ot the Inter
nI,,uuI Harvester Company.
= the senator proceeded with hi>
testimony ur grew d"nuuciatory If hl,,
pp,,jIo., ourm,"~ aud charged -uhornaiiou
, of rcrlury. He declared that every
body tlmluar with CuiCagp politics knew
, that the MrCornlrk~ had aiwav- been
/ against nan. Ia the coiIrrr of his story
/ tn" N,rnt"r admitted that 1t" hard loaned
l.n" O'N,l' Browne th. Democratic
; leader in ~" Illinois Assembly. Sluopp
7 Ia defend himself in TN. ~Iit upon the
indictment for bribery brought against
I HIM IN Chicago.
"D,d yuu loan 1t To him 10 defend HIM
self" inquired Scdntor Kern of Indiana
! Not entirely for that object" replied
! i.pIIinry Il felt that the wholr case
idGa,u,t Brown" Va, par, Cr the general
attack n m". felt that he wa attacked
! IN tnn .nl,.t. nr my account ,rd | ,iil
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! hsnh or not
] 1. - ..
, vi Kern.
! .II,rr,,,5.,,I ti.., r H., I,..,l anal .,,,
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| '''' u az ""'" repay H'e' r'Iil'd
: i'"r,h"t' i"'tn'N "a" cam" 10 my
hhnk ana asked m" "NctN"r ! expected
nIih /" i,'E IN" lI". 'I "n'lipf ne should
tik' care "i u'- "Lh"f c'"uitnr~, | told
MN To- pay IN" "thrr creditors first.
i"I,f .hE ~ 'h' dH"Srn "uhf"s%lnns
"hl''' h'chetrN,r. h"itSlaw and
lihN; m'nh'rS "f 'h' illin"lN l.oElsla turc
Mr L"FIln'r declared II mss opinion that
"!lhcr man ever r"''iN'd " dollar fer
N''ihG iur MN
10 You nn'il'N" thrHc men were bought
y" Z, f''H', Hdllr,d hr, h'rn.
, h'Nr no more ,upt tlll tAe CalcaG 70
ftVM!n; h"'gn' ana pa'n Tor We story
- Nhl'" V'h llEHl nc committed per-
l"rl N"h ne H"nr' tIat ne got q .oW
i,, liih nn'H'h iG' NV, ,''"n ! nave ti@' am
>'I",E ~ w M'u1'SS rn'lr, reffi"d tht
"c..r'' "l'' 'I'"t ''ul l'Ih>lS'
H. - A"u nN" n'a' n"'kein.yer
',ols'l"H ''." i,HlN were Houeht M
HHnn ,,,,'",on NJ
no. ] ~ I'P!H LOON hp "a'I
ras', oi w" iHr'e LEGISLATORS VINO hac
Inrnd h'L ,,a, ,,r i,,.,'io - i.I,'M' ne u'
IOlstlHW, tie senator declared thai
Iiolstlaw had been indicted in Cool
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