Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-18
CHICAGO ALDERMEN.
A Number Of Them 10 be Iadiejcd be
the Grand Jury for
Boodling.
CORRUPTION AND RoTrENNEss
WILL BE DISCLOSED.
Evidence HAS Been Gaihercd For Some
Time, aud the Gniliy Can.
not Escape.
by TeleTaph to tho SSwa
CouRurrioS AND RoiTESNEss.
That n what some Of the chicago
"fnthcrs" are secuatd OF.

That N what some Of the chicago
Fathers" are aecua,d or
CHICAGO, March l7.-As sequel
TO the recent passage 10y the city coun.
ell Of nm ordinance granting permits.
sion OF the Chicago Power Supply and
Compressed Ait company 10 use the
streets ami alleys Of the city IN about
any manner II secs Nc, the Indictment
Of N number uf aldermen by the grand
Jury for alleged hoodiing Is promised.
This city Press Association tonight
says: bribery Of tho most fiagfant
kind VIII be shown. Corruption and
rotionnets, beyond the ideas Of the
most cynical citizen, will be disclosed,
and facts which make n position In
the Chicago council one worth hun
dreds Of dollars OF preliminary expen-
ditutc, will bo shown up. Tomorrow
evidence will DO presented TO the
grand jury showing beyond doubt that
certain aldermen have been paid lib
orally for their votes. The jury will
listen to n tale Of roitenncss aud oOriup-
ton 10 which the b0Odling OF the Cook
county commissioners was nothing"
The evidence has been In prcpara-
tion some time, aud n mech now en-
clos.s fome Of the city Gathers" from
which there IL little hope Of escape. II
includes the confessions Of several
parties, which are said 10 be very cir.
cumstsntlal. The men who have been
working up the case have spared no ox-
peuse aud have made sure Of every
step. They have witnesses who have
seen large sums Of money paid By tho
Representatives Of corporations to indi-
vi1ual aldermen, and who have heard
the Aldermen pfOmise 10 cast their
votes on certain measure In a certain
way. Some received the money at
| their homes, some were paid la the
precincts Of the city hail sud two are
! said 10 have sold their votes In the
/ lobby Of the Council chamber. The
investigation, II IL said, Will end only
/ when sevcfnl OF the present members
| OF the Council are wearing stripes In
Joliet. States Attorney Longnocker
said this evening that ho expected To
show that the Compressed Air, the
Northern Pacific and the Economic
/ Gas ordinances, three OF the most i'm.
portant measures which have passed
the Council for long time, were got
ten through by the purchase OF votes
for hard cash.
~ don't mind saying" said he,
"thAt there viii DO the biggest uphoav.
al ever seen In this city, when all thu
facls are finally made public"
Mr.. L0ngnecker added that he will
he aiied In the matter 10y three OF more
prominent attorneys In the city. they
having been employed by the local
uewspapets, who have had men A..
sisting 10 make out case against the
b0OdleTa.
The States attorney also said that
several aldermen would assist In the
INJURY. In addition 81 those who
have confessed that their votes were
purchased, several will testify p hav-
ing been approached. Others VIII tell
OF colleagues who openly boosted u re-.
ceiving money. One alderman openly
stated that he was certain that almost
every alderman fsvOtably connected
with the three ordinances named
above was guilty OF receiving money
for his vote. This alderman said. "Tt
10 generally admitted that II requires
money TO get an ordinance through the
council, and many members make No
secret Of the fact that they Will moi
vote for any ordinance unless reward
ed for 80 doing. la some cases the re
ward IL ia the shape oil trade In yotei
supporting some Improvement In Ia,
allerman's ward, butin by far greatel
number OF cases the oonsiderationii W
cash.n
The gentlemen who ays behind the
prosecution issued an official statement
tonight, which says, In part, that tht
proof acquired relates largely TO tn,
various doodle ordinsnces, aud entan'
giles four or fve aldermen In what
will be very easy 10 show, conspl'
rncy.
ave will have no difficulty" says
the statement, sin indicting and con
victing several wcll.known aldermen
II IN not our desire 10 convict only the
aldermen, however; We desire also Ia
punish those guilty OF bHbing the
councilman, and we viii not stop TIL,
investigation until they are brought 10
justice, no matter whose door the IN
terminating evidence leads to-"
! General Llebe, foreman OF tho grand
Jury, said tonight that they will begin
the Investigation tomorrow. They have
a complete chain OF evidence forged
around the boodlers, and any who DC
not tell the whole truth Immediately
will be arrested for perjury M well as
boodliug. He added that some Of thS
mon, who will undoubtedly be indict
ed, have heretofore been supposed tC
have been above such practices.