Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-18
HAS CHICAGO POODLE A,prK....
serious Charges Involving sfre~s Rsslvsv
Franchise and city Tsth~vx


As sequel to the reeen, passage by IN.
city council Of an ordinance granting per-
mission to the Chicago Power supply and Com
pressed Air Company to use the street.. ana
aneys OF the city in about any manner IL see.
NJ the indictment Of number Of aldermen
by the grand jury for alleged booilelsm 1.
promised The City Press Association r,-
ports bribery OF the mos, fragrant
kind will be shown. Corruption and
roitenness beyond the ideas Of the most
cynical citizen 1t is said. will be disclosed. and
the facts which make a position in Chicago
council one worth hundreds Of dollars OF pre-
urinary expenditure IN nominations will be
disclosed To-Day evidence will be presented
to. the grand jury showing beyond the perna
venture OF doubt that certain aldermen have
been paid literally and in hard cash FOR their
votes The jury viii listen c. n tale of rotten
ness and corruption 10 which the '-boodling"
OF the county commissioners aud the Tweed
ring WAS nothing
The evidence has been for some tim. Nm
preparation and a mesh nov inclos.s some of
the 'clty fathers" from which there ia little
hope of escape. This evidence includes con-
LESSONS OF several guilty parties: AZ includes
not only the promises made to them by corpora
iions but the letters inclosing tie money 40
purchase their votes and the very creenhacks
themselves with which those votes were pur-
chased
The men who have been active in working m
these cases have spared no expense and have
made sure OF each step. They have witnesses
who have seen large sums OF money raid by
the representatives of corporations 20 indivldusl
aldermen and who have heard the aldermen
promise. on receiving the money, 20 cast their
vote ON a certain measure in n certain wav
The money WAS paid in various WAYS. Some
received II at their homes from messengers.
Several were paid in the precincts of the CITY
nan; ana II Is said that two sold their votes In
the lobby OF the council chamber.
When the Northern Pacific ordinance vas
passed and when the active support of the
economic gas pipe proposition made by
prominent members OF the council suspicion
was created. and when IN one instance AZ lesst
TINS suspicion grew TO positive certainty OF cor
ruptloh INC investigation WAS set on foot which
Is now said Will end only when several present
members OF the Chicago city council are wear
ing the stripes Of the Joliet penitontiarv
Ger. Lleb. the foreman of the grand jurv
anu state Attorney Longenecker have agreed
that the evidence which the latter has been
Tor some time preparing shall be presented 70
the jury today.
Among the witnesses subpnnaed are two
members OF the council who were dragged in 20
the boodllng operations and who have ex-
pressed Willingness TO tell all they know
states Attorney Longonecker saws he e.pcee
TO show that all three OF the ordnance
compressed air, the Northern Pacific and
the economic gas-Were passed By virtue Of
the purchase OF votes Tor hard cash Il
don't mind saying" said he. that there VII
be the biggest upheayal ever seen in this city
When ali the facts finally made public the
result Will be the most sensational of any in the
city's history" lie added that he will be
aided by three Of the citys most prominent
attorneys. they being in the employ of three
local employers who had had men assisting TO
make Qua the case against the boodl.rs
Zen. Lieb, the grand jurys foreman. said
speaking ON the subject: I'VE have the rascaIs
where the hair Is short but I am not at liberty
to tell what We know. We Will begin the la
vestlgation tomorrow-then look out This
much Will say: We have a complete chain of
evidence forged around the boodlers and q
they don't tell the truth they will not leave the
crimina court building. by that mean that we
know tae whole truth and all who do not tell
At VIII BE- immediately arrested for perjury -
well as boodling."