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Show STENOGRAPHER FEES li LORIMER CASE WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Public hearlnsa in the second senatorial Investigation In-vestigation Into tho election of Senator Sena-tor Lorlmer wero declared closed today to-day by Chairman Dllllngbam of the senate Lorlmer committee. Attornoy Hanecy, representing Senator Lorlmer, Lorl-mer, was given permission to file a hrlef that the senator's election had been adjudicated before the present Investigation began, and therefore It could not be tho subject of a second investigation Tho Inquiry has proved ono of the most exhaustive over made by a congressional con-gressional committeo. In the eight months' hearing 1,000 pages of printed print-ed testimony were taken, constituting 5.000,000 words. It is estimated that stenographers fees alono reached $15,000 The closing hour was a verltablo love feasL The attorneys explalnod that they had never lntendod really to display temper, and tho committee added it had not entertained like Intentions. In-tentions. M W. Blumenberg, the official stenographer ste-nographer who was discharged for his conduct bofore the committeo on Saturday night, wrote a letter of profuse pro-fuse apology, which was read Into the records. Edward HInes,. the last witness, denied de-nied he had ever attempted to bribe Miss Helen Seavers, a- local telegraph operator, to see a message a private detective had sent. |