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Show EXPULSION OF LflH Committee, Equally Divided, Di-vided, Reopens Case of Corruption Washington, June 20. Littlo but hearsay evidence was brought out today to-day when the Senate Lorlmcr Investigation Inves-tigation committee held Its initial hearing In the inquiry that Is to go deep Into the charges of corruption In tho election of tho Junior senator from Illinois. President McCormlck of the International In-ternational Harvester company was before the committee to tell what he knew of the collection of $100,000 fund alleged to have been used In Larimer's Lari-mer's behalf. He testified that Clarence Clar-ence S. Funk, general manager of tho company, had told him of activity In (behalf of Lorlmer and that their corporation cor-poration had been Invited by Edward Hlncs of the HInes Lumber company to contribute to the election fund. W. J. HInes, personal counsel for Edward Ed-ward Hlnes, objected to the lino of questioning He was overruled. "What did Mr. iFunk say to you'" asked John H Marble, one of the counsel for tho commlttoo. "Mr Funk came to me In my office," said Mr McCormlck, and said that Mr Hlnes, at the Union League club In Chicago, had approcahed him on the subjoct of our company making a contribution. The object was to obtain ob-tain a contribution to a fund which ho understood was to bo made to recoup re-coup expenditures In connection with the election of Senator Lorimor. Mr. Funk told him his suggestion could not be considered I told him I was glad that ho declined and that that practically ended the Incident" Mr. Marble took the lead in tho questioning of Mr. McCormlck. 'Are yoj a relative of Mr. McCormlck of tho Chicago Tribune?" "Yes, ho is the son of a cousin of mine. We aro good friends but aro not related In business or political affairs." af-fairs." Washington. June 20. Tho second Investigation by a committee of tho senato surrounding the election of Senator William Lorlmer of Illinois, schedulod for tojday, promised, tp takov a far" wider range than'tho' One oT last winter which, after a bitter fght, resulted favorably to Mr Lorlmcr. Tho new committee had not expected expect-ed to begin Its work until Thursday, but tho deBlro of a materiel witness to get away to Europe brought about a decls'on to begin the taking of testimony testi-mony today with Cyrus H. McCormick, president of the International Harvester Har-vester company, ns tho first occupant of the witness chair. Room 30, of the senate office building, build-ing, a largo and airy apartment, has been sot apart fcr the use of thq Lorimor Lori-mor committee. Mr McCormlck was brought Into tho case in connection with tho testimony testi-mony given before tho Helm commit-teo commit-teo of the Illinois sonato by Clarence S Funk, manager of the Harvester company, but was not himself a witness wit-ness before that committee. It was not expected that his tostlmcnv would be extensive, as from Punk's testimony testi-mony his own knowledf of th Irregularities Irregu-larities in connection with the Lorlmer Lorl-mer election consisted of what Funk had told him of hl! reported, conversation conver-sation with Elward Hlnes, relative to the raising of the fund of $100,000 in Lorlmcr's behalf. Provided with an ample corps of nttorneye. clerks, stenographers and other assistants, tho committee of eight Is prepared to proceed with the work as rapldlv as circumstances wlM permit, tho first meetln? was colled for at 11 o'clock today. Aftor whlci It was expected that an adjournment would be taken until Thursday. Tho committee conMnues to promise prom-ise that, lf posslblo. the work will be concluded during the present secslrj of congress. It Is real'zed, however, that In ordr to accomplish this result, re-sult, It will bo ncressarv to crowd nn a'l posslblo steam. Every person mentioned In connection with the ca c will be examined, toirothor with ncv witnesses, and It Is bcl'oved that vlp-Its vlp-Its both to Chicago and Springfield will be mado Senator Lorlmer himself will be nueetloned most minutely. "We will fo'low every lpd thnt represents itself," said one qf tho members mem-bers of the committee Just before ro-ginning ro-ginning today's sitting. The lnqrlrv i In the hnnds of a solcct committee, composed of elcht members of the committee on privileges and elections, but notwithstanding the relations of tho members to that committee thin organlznlon will be entirely independent independ-ent of It Of the eight members of tho special committee, four. Mossrs DHHnghnm, of Vermont, Gamble of South Dakota; Da-kota; Jones, of Washington and Kon yon, of Iowa, are Republicans, and four, Messrs Johnston, of Alabama. Fletcher, of F'orlda Kern, of Indiana, and Lea. of Tennessee, aro Democrats Demo-crats Tho members aro stinpofcd to he ovonly divided for and "against Lorlmer; but, all. of courno, rcallv.n that thov are to act as Judges, and that, therefore, thev must enter upon their duties" prcparM to change convictions. con-victions. If the evldenco la of such convincing character as to chnnje their views. The momhors classed as favorable to Lorlmcr are. Dillingham, Gamble, Johnston and Flotchor, two Ronubll-cans Ronubll-cans and two Democrats- and thoso as against him, Jonos. Kcnyon, Korn and Lpa, two Republicans and two Democrats, All of the pro-Lorlmer men wore momhors of tho last cqn-pros cqn-pros and cast their votes fpr the Illinois Il-linois sonator in tho investigation made by that congross. Senntor Jones Is tho only nntMorl-mor nntMorl-mor man who had an opportunity to voto-on the provlous roll call. Messrs, I Continued, oa Pace Six.), ( EXPULSION OF LORHVTER (Continued from Page One.) Kenyon, Korn and Lea aro all new men, but they have made opon expression ex-pression of their conviction that the facts in the case are sufficiently against Mr. Lorlmer to justlfv his expulsion ex-pulsion from tho senate. The committee com-mittee will have the assistance of John H Marble, an attorney for tho Interstate Commerce commission, and of John J. Healey who acted for tho Illinois senate committee In tho same campaign. Former Judge Hanecy of Chicago, will bo counsellor for Mr. Lorlmer, as he was in the previous Inquiry. In-quiry. As now arranged, the first witness wit-ness on Thursday will be former Governor Gov-ernor Richard Yates of Illinois, but there ha8 been no decision as to who shall follow him. Mr. Lorlmer is not expected to appear ap-pear until much later. |