Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1911 — SLOW START OF INQUIRY [ARTICLE]

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Lorimer Case Probers Study Helm Committee Report. 1 ■ - Senators Will Take Testimony After Digesting Evidence Obtained in Illinois. Washington, June 9. Members of the special committee of the senate appointed to reinvestigate the election of Senator Lorimer of Illinois probably will not begin their formal investigation until the middle of next week at the earliest and possibly not before week after next. The committee only received proof sheets of the j testimony taken by the Helm investiI gating committee of the Illinois seni ate, which contained evidence almost j entirely new to the senate, and it is | believed.jt will take the committee at least until Monday to digest this evi- ' dence. In addition, three members of the investigating committee have never before been concerned with the election of the Illinois senator in their official capacity as senators, and it is understood they may wish a little time in which to familiarize themselves with the testimony taken by the previous investigating committee of the senate. The real stumbling block to an im- • mediate opening of the investigation, however, lies in the proposed organization of the investigating committee I Under the terms of the resolution passed by the senate the committee is authorized to hire clerks, accountants and counsel. It is the desire of the committee that all of these officials may be of such standing as to claim the confidence not only of the senate but of the country.