Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-12

claim he hogged the fund put up for the
killing Of bill regulating" the Chi.
cag0 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 Henneberry, Of viii 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. It was sent to
the Committee on 1--we Stock and
Dalrying, and fund Of five hundred
dollars 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-tlme member refused to dis
gorge. He paid eleven members sums
ranging from $50 to $500 each; the
rest got nothing. The oldtimer hog
ged all the rest for himself. There are
men In Chicago to-day who are ready
to 20 before the SangamOn grand Jury
and give the facts to that body, rs they
have given them to this paper. Arising
out of this transaction Is another story.
an absolutely true one, the facts Of
which are vouched for and which Is
illustrative Of the individual energy
occasionally on the part Of Individual
bOOdlers. One of the many who were
left on the outside by the legislative
ring this time was prominent men,
her Of the House, who was n leader In
the FOrtleth 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
mittee, he quietly re-lntroduced one OF
the two bills which were dropped. 1t
was copy Of one Of the old measures
with new title pasted on 1t.
He pushed 1t ahead with amazing
rapldity, and after he got II to second
reading he was communicated with by
the veteran corporation lawyer, who
worked mt the Chicago end. He was
sent word that he could have $1,000 II
he dropped his bill. This message was
conveyed by member haillng from a
territory contiguous to Chicago. This
member also brought back the answer
to the Chicago lobbyist, after which he
called up by lOng.dlstance telephone the
prominent man who was offered the
81 1000 bride A long talk by phone en-
sued, with the result that the prOmi-
nent member went up to Chicago over
the ]. G. Il. II. that very night. He met
the old lobbyist and the pOrtly mem.
Der who had carried on the negotiation.
He got his "wad," returned to the Leg
islature, and his stock yards bill was
never heard of afterward. The names
of the parties concerned In this deal
are known to dozens of angry Cook
County members, who have given them
to The Eagle, and who stand ready to
give them to SangamOn County grand
jury.
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While Bumps" Billings bank gets
Off lightly with it's assessment for tax
es, the building associations are heav.
lily soaked.
But then the building associate
are composed of poor people.
They have no Gas Trust to bacl;
them up.
They have no rich friends.
They must settle.
Here is the way the poor mems
building associations are assessed:
Peoples :. ...... -. ..... .$I31 SOC
t'hoeiiX''. .......'''.'''...' 0is'OUt
Commercial ................. 33S,5OC
Garden City Equitable ....... $4,000
Citizens :. 3OS,5OO
North Chicago Mutual ..... 2S6, 500
Home 80. 262,OOO
Republic -. -. ............ $4,000
Empire. :. ..................2 17,OOI
DreXel ....... minimum. 2O2, 800
Bankers and Merchants. .... POI 200
Thirty-fifth Street .........., o01, ION
Village -. 1S6,7O0
Interstate -. ............... 1G6,50C
North Avenue ............ 100000
Oakland 49,. ............... 1916, 500
Dearborn ......... .......... 1876, 2OC
New Fort Dearborn .....,.... 133, 500
Lot Owners ............. -. 100, 500
Conservative ;. ............. 10000
Sun :. ................. ..... $4,000
South Chicago .............. $4,000
Lincoln and Fifth Avenue -. 100000
United States ................ 02.500
House Recommendations. $4,000
Just compare the above assessment
~. 80 & l. ||.| =.