Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19
These Men Will Talk and Can Prove
Everything that They
Testify To.
Outside the Senatorial Syndicate" the Price
Paid Was $500 for Every
Man Bought.

WIN the olElcers Of the Chicago Gas
Trust kindly state whether they know
anythise about the raising Of fund
from which . number Of the members
Of The Ast Senate were paid each
$i.Ope g. services rendered. The
Esgle y 10 . position to state on the
very hest II auth0rity that such fund
vas raised % take care Of q number
VI the susall-fry Senators, whose votes
were necessary to- enable the Sena.
soriai sysdieate to fulfill their contract
with the trusts and corporations. Three
Thousand nine hundred dollars was the
exact sso paid to these small.fry Sen.
atom The SIX who formed the syndi.
este GET tes times that amount each.
They vere the big toads in the puddle,
The little fellows were glad to be rec
eguiasd even to the extent Of thirty
n,ae AsDared plunks. The details Of the
whs,e busisess are ut hand. The prin.
eipsl TEXTURES are given In the story
that fsllewy this statement. Names,
dstes ssA other particulars are at
AaaA II the Gas Trust folks decline
10 ts,k saW. they may be more willing
~ teu vhat they know about this In
,quitsus transaction later. and before q
aidereas tribunal than that Of public
syaniOa.
In order to start. this chapter Of the
history q the Infamous F0rty.first
i:rc~ral Assembly properly, 1t may be
stated nj the outset that outside the
wemheeS ef the Senatorial syndicate
aud the select coterie In the House, the
Forty hrss General Assembly was O
cheap skate" Legislature. The great
liiia9is corporations 20 regarded It
TAc nrmbcrH Of the little clique which
soa.rOlDed both houses came high, to be
sure. hut the combine" was exceed
nriy small In numbers. So small was
u that tissoGh the veteran lawyer and
corporation lobbyist who shelled Out
.he ea,a had to divide up small for
s,ae among the members Of the select
,.,erie. re. he was exceedingly pleased
vith tho outcome. inasmuch as the cor
rrwstions were protected" for less
aoury. aud the interests Of the public
were sold for smaller price than ever
sctore in tue history Of this State.
ysis WIS due to the fact that so well
did the syndicate aud Its auxiliary In
shs lower house map out Its plans that
sexva -elghths Of the members Of the
uoss~ got nothing ut oil during the en-
IRE session beyond the $1,000 allowed
~ s,w rs their remuneration and their
allowance for mileage aud stationery
Tue select clique, led by prominent
rnea,he, Of the House. got everything
4 few persistent ones did "break IN
here and there. and had to be taken
care ot. but generally speaking the
ctUe "unxse0' everything In sight
Ia itc Seuate things were nearly but
,si quite 80 bad. The Senatorial syn
licste made an agreement at the outset
anh the veteran lawyer and corpora
f,oa lobbyist to Kill every bill that IN
aay wsy interfered with the privileges
eGc.umcuts and nOn0polies OF the cor
psr,tiyas. The agreement actually con
eaiacd the basis Of payment upon which
this wOri, was to be done.
Il vas found, however. that this
could not he done without some cooper
a,.ou from the outside. The six Sena
n.ss composing the syndicate found
ts,a ,h.y would have to get few OF
~. outsiders ut q cheap figure to aid
them ia delivering the goods to TIT
.orpssatlonS Aud so number or 9th
rr Seuators were taken into camp b!
,he syndicate. and o bargain struck.
rHIs BARGAIN WAS THAT TIKI
sUrsiUERS WERE TO BE PAIL
yoURTHOUSAND DOLLARS FACE
SoH VOTING WITH THE MEM
EgEs OF THE SYNDICATE upon
ALI. BILLS AFFECTING THE COR
YORATIONS OF THE STATE Oh
ILLINOIS.
yLis agreement was made between
fhr members Of the outer circle and TIT
.sx.t circle. The former We're neve
allowed 70 come In contact with TN
Representative OF the corporations
luey id business with their colleague
wAs es0posed the inner circle, and tn
Asav, az, business at the Great North
sra Hote, With the shrewd old lawye
VITO retseSatcd all the corporations
The, ss,e, eiscle c0sperated loyall
with tbs inner circle, aud the syndicat
seH o. word. Five days after III
aSs.ssaasare adioarned the members o
ft.e sa,er circle Of the Senate gan
were pa,d on In Chicago. Each wa
pscx exsctiy $4,000 In cash. One hui
dyeA Asilars was deducted from eac
maa's pay 10 cover certain lncldenta
SrtrsseN including some costly pres
ss,ss tint we're dlshed out to certal
ss.t saswu persons aud officials. Tire
s,,ssxsaa aine hundred dollars apiec
uas the sun total OF the graft mad
~ sse 0ajority OF the members OF tn
Sssas- 10 the late Legislature. II wa
sAr ehsapexs Senate the corporation
s,~s kxd 10 deal with In this State.
Tse n.gse is la possession Of the d.