The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-21

e. judgment of the senate, uphoiding
Mr. Lorimer, to stand.
The report dealt at length with the
evidence in an endeaVor to show noth
ing substantial had been produced
against Senator Lorimer. 1t also re-
viewed the legal authorities to show
that the first investigation of the SEN
ate should be taken as final.
The controlling factor in the action
of the senate in re-opening the case
so the majority said, was reports that
fund of 100000 was either raised
by or through the efforts Of Edward
Hines, the Chicago lumber man, to
secure the election of Seantor Lori
mer.
The majority rejected the version
Clarence S. Funk, general manager OF
tie International Harvester Company
gave of a conversation he held with
Mr.. Hines in the Union League Club
at Chicago just after Senator Lori
ner's election. It was during this
conversation that Funk claims Hines
asked for $4,000 contribution to q
100000 Lorimer fund. The majority
said that Mr.. Funk's testimony stood
uncorroborated either by other wit
nesses or by any circumstances.
BELIEVE IN HINES.
I'm view Of the fact that it was
known to Mr.. Hines" said the commit
tee, that the relations existing be-
tween the officers of the international
Harvester Company and Mr.. LorimeI
were those of opponents rather than
friends, it is impossible that he would
seek from Mr.. Funk, the representa-
tive of that corporation, a contribu-
tion to aid in the election of Mr.. Lori
nrer; and it is inconceivable that Mr.
~ n
would have unreservedly revealed II
| under the circumstances described by
Mr.. Funk, and in any case to person
with whom he, had so slight an &C
! quaintance and at a time when the
| election was so fresh in the minds OF
the public. And particularly when Il
| appears that at no previous time moi
even at that time did Mr.. Hines know
whom Mr. Funk preferred for United
States senator.
In discussing Mr.. Funk's testimony
| that he had heard reports of Mr.
Illness activities at Springfield. tht
majority declared that such reports
must have had birth in Mr. Funk''
| ira gination."
Comment was passed on the fac
that for many months H. Fl. kohlsaat
editor of the Chicago Record Herald
James Kelley, editor of the Chicago
Tribune, Victor F. Lawson, owner Of
the Chicago News, and Col. Theodore
Roosevelt knew Of MIR. Funk's vers'
| ion and none saw fit to bring the in
formation to the attention of any per
son connected with any investigation
FUNK NOT BELIEVED.
I'm fact the Funk testimony" it wal
said later in the report, has beer
taken cum grano sails by nearly every
one who has heard ii. Mr.. Funk him
self admitted that he thought his stor.
would not be believed"
The committee reported that II dix
| find that Mr.. Hines was battered b1
being consulted by Senators Aldricl
and Penrose in regard to the desire u
have some Republican elected TO th'
senate from Illinois.
His sense of the Importance OF tn
| matter" it was said, was greatly en-
HANGED when he knew that they ha(
been in conference with the presiden
/ and that Mr.. Lorimer's candidacy
would not be Objectionable to him. anC
| that to be entrusted with the response
| htlity of making known their wishes
and explaining the attitude OF tn
| president to Governor Deneen and Mr.
| Lorimer was a personal honor.
Expert accountants employed by tn
| committee, it was stated, had falleC
to find any evidence in the books O
| Edward Hines or Edward Tilden O
connection with a Lorimer election
| fund.
The committee next considered testi
mony Of William NJ. Burgess, OF Du
| lUth, Mimi. that c. F. Wiehe. orotn
| er-in-law Of Mr.. Hines. had stated II
a smoking room of a sleeping car on
OF Duluth last March that he had con
| tributed to a Lorimer election fund
Contradictory testimony OF others OF
| the train was commented upon Wit
| this concluding statement:
| with a convincing array OF evi
| dence in denial of all the facts con
| tanned in Mr.. BURGESS testimony, ant
in view Of the improbabihty that