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Show TARIFF IS BROUGHT inn case Democratic State Senator Tells of Reports Current at Illinois Capital. CHICAGO, Nov. 13 Reports current In Springfield inat i h m,-u pocking and lumber Interests were urging election of William lorlmer s United States senator because ho w.is an advocate ad-vocate of a hi?ii protective mrirf were rcintoii before iIt senatorial Investigating Investigat-ing committee today iy State Senator AJbert EE, Isley, a Democrai iu ot-posed ot-posed Uorimer, I) w. Holstlaw, who previously had confessed having received $2600 in in,-sum in,-sum and $700 more from the "Jackpot" for lils vote ns state senator whs reexamined re-examined concerning telegrams and letters let-ters relating i i's coming to Chicago. Alter l,orlmer was elected In 1000, il,,? witness said he came to Chicago in response re-sponse to a telegram from John Brod-erick. Brod-erick. thrn a State senator, fioni whom he said h. received the money Holtslaw admitted on ihe stand that he had been Indicted for "stringing n boy up by Ihe thumbs In a woodshed ' as punishment, for the alleged theft of money. Didn't you and your brother pay $1nij for Stringing that boy np by the thumbs, and didn't you afterward And the money which you charged the boj with steaiinK'.'" asked Blbrlage Hanecj DOunsel for Senator l.orlmer. "We did pay $o00 but we did :ioi find the money, responded IIoltlaw "We found how he spem the money 'Wash'; there talk of mobbine vou?" ""Not Hint I heard of. Our bus tins? was better after that." Holatlaw was asked what he kn w about tiie fnri that his confession made .t Springfield- was published "i, the samo morning as was a speech bj henatnr Lorlmei in the United States seiiat--aaklng for an Investigation lie said he could not account for the coincidence coinci-dence James J. j ij- n testified that he was with ll J. 0 Beckemeycr, another confessed con-fessed bribe taker, when the iat;rr de-, de-, ofeited five $100 'i'' a In a i b uk In SI I .nil-! in Aupusr, 1 .';. Mei-hemcver 1 1 1 "-r i said. t hi- witness dei lared, that the iiionev ,anie frnrrr'Ttie settlemehl of an estate. |