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Show LORIIR'S SECOND DAYAS WITNESS WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Senator Lorimcr's second day as a witness before the senate investigators of-lils election was a human comedy "oi laughter and politics. The dav's Inquiry In-quiry delved into the dark windings of pnrty government and touched lighter phases that convulsed the audience. au-dience. Mr. Lorlmer's relations with Ed-Tvafd Ed-Tvafd Ilines, the lumberman who has said to have been the man who so-cured so-cured Mr. Lorlmer's election to the United States senate, were talked over at length, and Senator Lorlmer said he had never asked Mr. nines to work for him, and, In fact, did not think Hines knew enough about politics pol-itics to be trusted In such a capacity. The now famous message which Hines is said to havo carried from Washington to Governor Deneen to the effect that President Taft, Senator Sen-ator Penrose and former Senator Aid-rich Aid-rich were anxious to see Lorlmer elected, was discussed again and Senator Sen-ator Lorimer said the first he knew of such a message was when Hines delivered It. "Is Hines the sort of man who would be selected to carry out a del icate political message?" asked Senator Sen-ator Jones. "Certainly not by me," returned Lorlmer. 'Hines nnd I were friends, but I never felt I could ask him to use his tlmo for me." Mr. Lorlmer said that, so far as he knew, Hines' activity In his behalf began after Hines had talked with Penrose and Aldrich ln Washington. "Did you suppose the President fa-ored fa-ored you?" asked Senator Jones. "I only knew that such an Impression Impres-sion had been carried to Springfield. I do not know that a Republican was wanted from Illinois, and ln the closing clos-ing da.s of the legislature, the idea got around that I was the one man who could be elected. I never received re-ceived anything direct from tbo White Hoube. The President had no interest In me personally, and 1 only knew Penrose and Aldrich casually hut they seemed to think I was tho man who could be elected " When Senator Lorlmer was relating relat-ing his early relations with Governor Deneen, and told of the break 'with blm, he showed some emotion, otherwise other-wise ho was a calm and Imperturbed witness. "My friendship was something akin to affection for him," he said, referring refer-ring to the governor, "and when ho went off with other men who were not my friends politically, I still felt he favored me. I do now, and I always al-ways will feel that he was for me. although his Chicago friends, the newspapers, would not let him show it Some of the Chicago newspapers have put in 15 or 20 yearst trying to put me out of public life." When Mr. Hancey read extracts from Chicago newspapers in which Senator Lorimer was referred to aS( having "blonde curls and an innocent' face," and as being a "highbrow," the senator joined in the general laugh-tor. laugh-tor. Mr. Hancey read a newspaper head-ling: head-ling: "Senator Jones, in a purple robe, eats the fatted calf, It referred to State Senator Jones of Illinois, but Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington, who is a member mem-ber of the Investigating committer, led tho laughter which followed. Then Mr. Hancey read another that brought a double laugh. "Jones construes the primary two wavs backward and sideways." All the senators on the committee seemed to get a particularly good smile out of that. |