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Show GOVTRNOK DENEEN DENIES STORY TOLD 10RIKER COMMJITEEJY EDWARD HINES Hire to those who voted "right11 during dur-ing the ens ion. "Are you willing to stake your reputation rep-utation as governor on there having bwi a jackpot in the legislature! " Senator Kenyon inquired. "I think anyone would be ssfs in doing that." j WASHINGTON, July 14. Governor t?ni'cn of Illinois vctcnlay f urn in lied a nM Iay in the Loriim-r investigation hy the nrnnttt siicri... committee. H HeclHred that he did not assiat in the pfct?nn of lidrrmcr. a nme of the senator sen-ator 'a friend rlitiincl, but fought against it ti the last. He contradicted the version which Kdward Hinea. a Chieago luiutn-r man. who is charged with having aked for a Loriiner ! t ion fund contribution, ae nf th telipli(n' eon creation r-tween r-tween the tno un the dav Senator Loriiner wan ,iivtid, Mav Ji, ltit. Mr. Mines had testified that he (1 ! ine) t Ifplmiif d from Chicago to 1 lnePB that he "had jut come in I ins morning from Washington and ; was on wy way to SiiringHeld to tiring tlie meaage to you (Ieneen) from Hen ator AMrifh and the president urging you to do alt vou ran to aaamt in the eleetion of a senator at the earlient pouti hie moment. ' ' and ' ' that they understood that Loriiner could be elected if vmi will assist. ' ' Further. Mr-Mines testified, that he unleratool Icnecn to say he would assist in Loriiner Lori-iner 'a election and would set Loriiner in ten minute. No Message From Taft. Mr. Peneen testified todav that Mr. Mines aked him if he received a report re-port from the president in reference to Lorimer. Me said Taft had sent a message to support Lorimer J rtT akcd'him.,r' (iovernor IVneeA continued, "if he had the messnge and he answered 'no.' He said the president presi-dent had sent it and that he had intended in-tended to come to Hpringfleld himself hut bad mi.isrd the train by 8ve min-1 utes. 'I asked him if President Taft sent that message, for I thought it strange the president ahould tell me that. "lie said 'Why, it was sent through Senator Aldrirh of course, he would not send it to you directly who would communicate to vou through George Revnolds of the Continental bank.' I said 4 Very well.' " "Iid you receive a communication from he oat or AlUrieh or Mr. Rey noldsf" asked Attorney J. .1. Healv, who was conducting the examination for the committee. "No, sir." Governor Oeneen denied Mr. Htnes's version of the conversation in regard fo the identity of Hines on this occasion occa-sion and added that he waa not certain cer-tain that it was Hinee talking, but regarded the talk juat a. he would an anonymous communication. "Did you tell Mr. Hine that yon would asaist Mr. Lorimer! '' Mr. Healy s.ked. "I did not." "Did vnu tell him you would see Lorimerl'' "I did not." Talked With President Governor Deneen aaid that he bad talked with Preaident Taft later about the incident, but declined to give the conversation tinlera the preaident wa to he railed a. a witneaa. In denying that he at any" time a aiated in lorimer ' election. Governor Deneen testified that the night before the election he had attended a conference confer-ence in which he tried to hold mem hera in line for Ilopkin. After the election he told of Senator Loriiner coming to him and asking that he "wipe off the slate" io th interest Df Republican harmonr in th state. The witness testified that Senator Lorimer sstd he intended to see Kditor Hinman of the Chicago Inter-Ocean ind Hpeaker HhurtletT of the Illinois hou.e and have them agree to harmony 1I.0. ' The governor said the first time he iver heard about a proposed eiposs of orruption in the legislature was in fkiigunt or Heptember, 1909. when Kd-e-in R. Wright, chairman, of the Federation Fed-eration of lahor in Ulinoia. told him hat a member of the legislature proposed pro-posed to tell all about it in a book or nagazine article. He denied any part n the preparation of White's atat-nent. atat-nent. Certain of "Jackpot." Governor Deneen diseuued the jack pot." or genersl corruption uad. which he said waa reputed to nvf been divided after each legiala- |