Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-09-23

claim he hOgged the fund put up for the |
killing of q bill regulating" the Cal. |
cagO Stock Yards. The main features of |
this transaction are herewith given rs
an illustration of the methods by which |
the corporations and trusts were taken |
care of In the last Legislature. Early |
in the Legislature two bills were intro. !
duced affecting the interests of the
stock yards. One was put In by Rep.
resentative Henncberry. of Will Coun- |
~. the other was presented by Repre-
sentative white, of Mason County. The
White bill was the one most feared by
the stock yards people. 1t was sent to
the Committee on Live Stock and
Dairying, and fund of five hundred
dollars u man for most of the members
of that committee was put up and
placed in the hands of the Old-time
member for distribution after the bill
was killed.
The bill was killed In the committee,
but the old-timc member refused to dis
gorge. He paid eleven members sums
ranging from $50 to $500 each: the
lest got nothing. The old-tlmcr hog
ged all the rest for himself. There are
men In Chicago today who are ready
| to go before the Sangamon grand jury
and give the facts to that body, rs thoy
have given them to this paper. Arising
| out OF this transaction IL another story.
ar absolutely true one. the facts of
which are vOuched for and which Is
Illustrative of the Individual energy
occasionally on the part of individual
bOodlcrs. One Of the many who were
left on the outside by the legislative
ring this time was a prominent men,
her of the House. who was leader In
the Fortlcth General Assembly. and
who was accused with others of the
gang of holding out the share of the
spells which belonged To the small.fry
fellows. This was the reason he was
not allowed into the clique this time.
This member got on to the transac-
ton over the stock yards bill, and after
the deed had been done by the COM
mttcc. he quietly re-lntroduccd one of
the two bills which We're dropped. II
was II copy of one of the old measures
with u new title pasted on II.
lie pushed it ahead with amazing
iapldlty. and after he got it to second
reading he was communicated with by
the veteran corporation lawyer, who
worked ut the Chicago end lie was
sent word that he could have $1,000 II
he dropped his bill. This message was
conveyed by a member haillng from a
territory contiguous to Chicago. This
member also brought back the answer
to the Chicago lobbyist, after which he
called UP by long.distance telephone tn,
prominent man who was offered the
$1,000 brlbc. A long talk by phone en-.
sued, with the result that the prOml-
ncnt member went up to Chicago over
the !. G. Il, Il. that very night. lie met
the old lobbyist and the pOrtly men,
Der who had carried on the negotiation.
He got his "wad,' returned to the Leg
islaturc, ana his stock yards bill was
never heard of afterward. The names
OF the parties concerned In this deal
are known to dozens of angry Cook
County members, who have given them
to The Eagle, ana who stand ready To
give them to a SangamOn County grand
jury.
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When the SangamOn County grand
jury takes up the bribery eases against
the Gas Trust and Warehouse people
1t will also indict many legislators for
perjury on their oath of office.
Although this oath Is administered to
1853 citizens Of Illinois every two years
1t Is not commonly known that each
Representative not only lifts his right
hand and solemnly swears to do his
duty, etc, but he also signs his name to
q the oath of office which closes with the
9 following sweeping Oath-bOund prom
g Use:
"Nor win accept or receive, directly
v or indirectly, any money or other valua'
5 BILE thing from any corporation, com
J pany or person for any vote or influence
+ may give or withhold on any bill, res
i oluton or appropriation, or for any 9th
er official act"
"Oh, that's only matter OF form,
q explained one Of the old members to
new one Nho suggested "rhats cast
\ iron oarh, isn't IT."
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t. The following well-known lawyers
d are prominently mentioned in conncc
t ton with the nomination for States At
@ torncy of Cook County: John G. Ever
n EFT, David $. Geer, sydney Stein, James
c. Martin, Charles Il. Fars0n, w. W
y Wheelock, John p. McGoorty Leonard
Goodwin, Fred Whitfield, William +
d Weimers, Granville w. Browning, JohI
G T. Holland Arnold Heap, George w
q Dixon, II. j. Furber, John g. Richberg
o Austin o. Sexton, Nathan NJ. PlOtkc