Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-27
CASE
REOPENED IN
CHICAGO
WHITE REPEATS STORY
OF HIS BRlBE TAKING
Argument Over AdmiSsibiIity of
Alleged Jack Pot Fund 0c-
cupeS Time of Committees
No Decision Rendered,

10y Morning iournai Special Leased Wirei
chicago. Sept e6,--TestimonX from
state Representatives Charles 4.
White was heard today By the senate
committee investigating the charses
OF bribery IN the election OF william
Lorimer az senator from Illinois.
After hours OF argument by counsel
the committee left Undetermined tho
question OF the admissibility of testi-
mony relative to the alleged lack
pot q fund for the payment of legss-
lators for voting for or against bills
pending before the Illinois general
assembly.
Attorney Alfred $. Austrian, repre-
scnting the Chicago Tribune which is
pushing tho charges against the elec-
tion Of senator t.orimer contended
that the alleged participation of legls-
latoIs who voted for senator l4orimer
In the spolls OF the so-called Jack pot
was pertinent to the investigation AS
showing general legislative eorrup-
ton
Attorney Elbridge HaneeY. counsel
Tor senator Lorimer, opposed the adj
mission of testimony relative TO bribes
paid to legislators for their votes on
matters apart from the senatorial
election
ON the understanding that the ac-
tion was not to be considered prvce-
dent admitting the whole Jack pot
subject, Chairman burrows permitted
White 10 answer s0me questions
touching the natter.
No objection WAS made by counsel
to the testimony Of White that he
had been paid ST., ,0o0 hy Ice OMEN
Browne. tho democratic leader. 70
vote Tor Senator Lorimer but his
later words telling Of the alleged dis
trihution Of the jaek pot In q 81.
Louis hotel met objection.
After an executive session OF some
minulcs the Tuine that the witness
cetfll aDsatei 'ys,ie 81 Louis ucCur-
renee. was given Win the stated un-
Outstanding that no precedent was
established and that the motion 70
exclude such testimony was still
pendine.
Representative White then declared
that he WIS met Ia the st. Louis hotel
b. Robert Z. Wilson, also demo-
cratic representative VINO paid him
S90c ss his shpre Of the Jack pot
White detailed his meeting with
other democratic legislators In VIII
sons room and testified that the pay
ment was made to him in the bath
room by Wilson, who before that hae
conferred with another legislator in
the same bath room.
The committee would not permit
the witness Ut this time to relate
conversations which he said he had
with representative Joseph Clark OF
Nandalla relative TO a third represen-
tatiyc. Michael Link, touching the
bribery payments.
In the argument over the admis-
slbility Of the conversations of White,
Senator payntcr pskcd Attorney Aus
trian
40 vou contend that Il a number
OF legislators confessed that they
werc bribod it would justify unseat-
ing y senator
Attorney Austrian replied:
NO that is not our contentiOn'
Authorities on the admission OF tes-
timouy relative to conversations were
cited by Attorney Austrian.
In the course Of his argument At
torney Austrian said
we win prove that cNcry man who
was paid TO vote Tor Senator lorimer
also shared IN the jack pot. We eS-
poet 20 show the corrupt doings OF
tlJcse Legislators. II we cannot show
this other corruption, the testimony
on the totimer money viii have less
weight"
Representative n. j Beckenmeyer
arrived mere today and was served
with a summons 10 testify Hc Is ex-
pccted TO bc the second witness be-
fore the committee The direct es-
animation Of Representative White
viii be resumed tomorrow.