Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1911 — LORIMER KEEPS SILENCE [ARTICLE]

LORIMER KEEPS SILENCE

Baffles Arts of Wily Interviewer at Johnstown, Pa. In Senator's Company Were Edward Tilden of Chicago, a Priest and Another Man. Johnstown, Pa., April 7.—Arriving here from Pittsburg Senator Lorimer of Illinois was shown a Washington dispatch announcing that Senator LaFollette had introduced a resolution calling for a new investigation of Lorimer's election to the senate. Lorimer read the message and then stated that he would not comment on it except on the floor of the senate. Asked if it met his approval he .said: “Really I must decline to answer that question.’’ “Do you regard the investigation as the legitimate work of those inter- • ested in purifying the politics of Illinois or do you think it is a conspiracy to eliminate you from politics as your friends assert?” he was asked. His reply was: “I never discuss my personal views with reference to this case except on the floor of the senate.’’ Arriving on the train with Lorimer was Edward Tilden of Chicago, whose name hsa been intimately connected with the Lorimer scandal; Chief Engineer Keating of the Lorimer-Gal-lagher company of Chicago, and the .Rev. Father J. F. Green, president of St. Rita’s college at Chicago. The latter is a stockholder in Lorimer’s construction company and Tilden and Keating are associated with him in some western construction contracts. They came here to inspect a new tunnel cutting machine controlled by some Johnstown people. Senator Lorimer returned to Washingtofi.