Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1912 — MACHINE SECRETS TOLD [ARTICLE]

MACHINE SECRETS TOLD

Senator Lorimer Testifies ol Inside Political Work. ..... . I ■ I m . Defense Sets Forth that No One But He Could Corrall Democratic Votes. ~" w 1 Washington, Jan. 12. —Details of the “Band of Hope," the “Hopkins Helping Handers'* and the “Hopkins apple barrel,” all things more or less synonymous with Republican politics in Illinois in the senatorial fight of 1908 and 1909, were told by Senator Lorimer before the committee of senators investigating his election. Judge Hanecy insisted on reading political stories printed by Chicago papers at the time of Senator Lorimer's election, declaring they would support his contention that Hopkins could never have been elected with the opposition of Deneen, and that Senator Lorimer was the one man at that time who could be elected with Democratic votes. This was Senator Lorimer’s third day as a witness and testimony had reached only the fcrounM-work stage • Counsel on both sides expressed the opinion that his cross-examination might not be reached before Saturday. Senator Lorimer gives complete answers and insists on explaining contributing incidents.