The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-30
Sensational Story Of Wholesale Purchase of
the Legislators Of Illinois Appears in
Chicago Tribune, Accompanied by a
Confession OF One of the Bribed

Chicago, April 30-According to 3
copyrighted story. printed this morn
ing IN the Chicago Tribune. the news
paper has In its possession a sworn
statement by Charles A White. a
member Of the lower house OF the IL
linols legislature from the Forty
niAth district, charging that William
\. Lorimcr was elected TO the United
States senate last May by bribery and
corruption.
White. who Is a Democrat. in his
statement says that he received 81 600
for voting for Lorimer. This money,
he alleges. was paid him by Lee
O'Neil Browne. democratic leader for
the last legislature,
White also says that he received
$500 more from the Jack pot. term
applied to an alleged general corruD-
tion fund distributed at the close of
each session OF the legislature. The
$500. White alleges. was paid to him
in st. Louis by Robert Il Wilson, also
a member OF the legislature.
According TO White. he was first APP
preached by Browne on May -, 1909,
while the voting was going on for a
United States senator. a dcadlocl1
had existed for some time. Browne
asked White II he would vote for
Lorimer md White said he could and
would. On May 25th they met again
and Browne said he would pay $1,000
aud q share Of the lack pot" for
Whites vote for Lorimer. according
10 the statement
On the next day Lorimer was elect
ed on joint ballot. many Democrats
voting for him, and White was OF this
number. White says Browne paid him
500 the next week at Springfield.
Later. I'm Chicago. White alleges,
Browne paid him $50. and then $3.50
Al the time he received the last sum,
White says that Browne had 100000
in belt.
On July IS. White says. ne met Will
son In the Southern hotel in ST. Louis.
in response TO n telegram. and re-
celved $500 as his share of the "Jnc6
pot" White says he met other rep
resentatiyes IN Wilson's room just be-
fore he received the money.
According to White there was gen
eral dissatisfaction among the MEM
bers of the legislature he met in st.
Louis because they did not get enough
of the Jack pot, but that was eN'
plained by the fact that $4,000 was
lost 20 the Jack pot because of the
failure OF certain legislation to so
through
Efforts made early today to reach
SENATOR Lorimer and Representative
Wilson were unsuccessful.
AZ Senator Lorimer's country home
AT McHenry, Illinois. woman, an
sworlng the long distance telephone.
declared the senator had gone out and
would not be back until afternoon.
Representative Wilson was said to
have left his home here as early as
7;30 o'clock this morning to go some
vbere on the north side
Ice O'Neil Browne. Democratic
leader of The House OF Represents
hyes at Springfield. shouted over the
telephone from his home at Ottawa:
"Remarltablel These charges are
remarkable. You should look this
man White up. | don't know him
Very well. but / know his methods.
/ don't Ike TO discuss them. Mr..
White should remember in making
these charges that | hold. and doubt
less other members Of the assembly
hold. his notes for small amounts
touches. These and some other notes
viii help TO show what caliber of man
1t Is makes these charges.
Il will state flatly that I never re-
cciyed or spent a nickel 10 behalf OF
Senator Lorlmer. one way OF the
other"
AT Springfield. Governor Deneen
declared that searching inyestiga-