Proceedings Before a Committee of the United States Senate Composed of Senators Dillingham (chairman), Gamble, Jones, Kenyon, Johnston, Fletcher, Kern, and Lea Directed Under a Resolution of the Senate of June 7, 1911, to Investigate Whether Corrupt Methods and Practices Were Employed in the Election of William Lorimer as a Senator of the United States from the State of Illinois, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 |
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affidavit ALDRICH answer asked BAKER bill BURGESS called candidacy candidate caucus CHAIRMAN Chicago Tribune contest conversation Cook Cook County County CUSSON Democratic DENEEN discussed district Duluth Edward Hines Lumber election of Senator fact FARRAR Father Green FRAME friends Funk Governor HANECY HEALY heard Helm committee HETTLER HYNES Illinois jack pot JOHNSON Judge KEELEY knew Kohlsaat legislature letter MARBLE matter McGowAN minutes morning NELSON never night O'Brien o'clock paper President PRICE primary question Rainy Lake recall recollection reference remember Republican REYNOLDS Senator FLETCHER Senator GAMBLE Senator Hopkins Senator JONES Senator KENYON Senator KERN Senator Lorimer Senator Lorimer's Senator PENROSE senatorial Shields Shurtleff smoking compartment speaker Springfield State's attorney statement talk tariff telegram telephone tell testified testimony THOMAS tion told train TURRISH United States Senator Virginia voted for Senator Washington Weyerhaeuser WIEHE witness
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Page 1518 - And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true, and knowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath, and by virtue of the Canada Evidence Act.
Page 1158 - COMMERCE, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 o'clock am, pursuant to adjournment on yesterday, in room 416, Senate Office Building, Senator James Couzens presiding.
Page 1690 - GREETING: WE COMMAND YOU, that all business and excuses being laid aside, you and each of you appear and attend before...
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Page 1490 - The critic said that no one ever went aloft to shift over a gaff-topsail, and that he knew what he was talking about because he had seen many gaff-topsails shifted over from the deck. Yet I, on a sevenmonths' cruise in a topmast schooner, had gone aloft, I suppose, a hundred times, and with my own hands shifted tacks and sheets of gaff -topsails. "Now to come back to 'The Game.
Page 2037 - I asked the question ; and I asked him why he was in the custody of an officer, and the record will show it. I asked him if he was then in the custody of an officer, and he said he was. Senator GAMBLE. That is my understanding. Mr. HANECY. I asked him why he was in the custody of an officer, and I think he said he did not know. I asked him if he had been in the custody of an officer right along, and he said he had continuously. I asked him if there was any charge against him, and he said he did not...
Page 1314 - Those . are among the principal items. (The committee thereupon took a recess until 2 o'clock, pm) AFTER RECESS The hearing was resumed at 2 o'clock pm, at the expiration of the recess.
Page 1190 - ... then it was sent out ; and they were men, I think, whose advice was followed by the committee; and, in the end, they gathered the opinion and the sentiment of the party, and it was presented to the county committee or the executive committee, and the statements were sent out — or recommendations — from the committee itself, and not from those four or five men, as I understand it. Mr. HANECY. As a result of the meeting of those leaders that I have spoken of, and after they had met as many...
Page 1155 - ... man's name. Mr. HEALY. What did you say, Governor? Mr. DENEEN. I asked him whether the man intended to tell everything he knew, or whether it was purely a blackmailing scheme. Mr. HEALY. Was there anything else said ? Mr. DENEEN. No. Mr. HEALY. The identity of this man was not disclosed at that time ? Mr. DENEEN. It was not disclosed at all. Mr. HEALY. When was the next time you talked with anybody about that matter? Mr. DENEEN. The next time was the night before President Taft was in Chicago...
Page 1644 - ... certainly could not do that until he had repaired some of the things in the crooked work that was going on; that he would have to make it right. One of the things I heard was said — it seemed to be kind of common gossip — a man named Beckemeyer was taken out by Mr. Keely and gotten drunk, and he was taken down in the red light district and put in a room with some women — naked, white women and colored women — and a flash-light picture taken of him; and when he refused to testify, they...