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Show SOME INSIDE HISTHRY TOLD BY LORIMER Interesting Sidelights on the Recent Political Event In Sucker State. Washington, Jan. 12. Senator Lotl-mer's Lotl-mer's testimony beforo the senate investigating in-vestigating cotumltteo was coattnucd today. Mr. Loilmur testified that his only expenses In his campaign for senator wero traveling and hotel hills. "Did Edwnrd Mines ever see jou about jour campaign fund 7" asked Senator Johnson. ., "Once ht suggested that I go am) sco Clnicncc Funk, general manngcr of tho Inlet national Harvester company, com-pany, and 1 told him that would bo no use, as Funk alwnys lind been my hitter 1'iiemy." Funk has testified that Hlnes asked him to glvo ?in,00d toward n $100,000 fund, which hu said Hlnes claimed to havo spent at Sptlngfleld, "putting Lorlmcr over." Senator Lorlmcr told of other meetings meet-ings with Hlnes, hut questioning did not establish thai Hlnes had contributed contrib-uted to any fund of which Lorlmcr had knowledge. Tho International Harvester Harvest-er compau's alleged opposition to Senator Lorlmcr was brought up and discussed at length. Mr. Lorlmcr t elated his opposition to u plan which tho company fnvotcd to build a fixed bridge across tho west branch of the Chicago river. "If that Htteam had been blocked .by a (Ixed brldgo tho Har ester com-panj's com-panj's railroad would have had a monopoly mon-opoly on all freight which originated In tho Immense) factory district above that point. I opposed that and blocked." block-ed." said Senator Lorlmcr. The two pot Jury ttlals of Lee O'Noil Draw no who was accused of bribing Illinois legislators to oto for Lorlmcr, Lorl-mcr, woio referred to. "The real purpose of the fight on Rrowne," said Lot Inter, "Is to upset nic In tho sennto. I lent him about $10,000 with which to defend himself. I never took his notes nor any security secur-ity because I felt that lie was being attacked on my account. "1 was convinced that tho Trlbuiro had bought the testimony they used ngnlust llinune, that tho purposo of using It was the basis of an attempt to put mo out of tho fapnnto. I am convinced that tho wliolo machinery of tho atnto attorney's office was used us-ed to destroy and not to put Hiowno In the penitentiary. I bollevo tho Chicago Chi-cago Tilbtiuo suborned tho perjury of White, lieekmcyer and Hostlaw. And I am convinced that neither nrowno nor any ono else ever paid any money o or for me " |