Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-02
Prompt Action at Chicago
Follows Legislative
Scandal.
MORE LETTERS GIVEN
Appear to Show Intimacy of Ac-
cused Men to Offset De-
malls They Make.

Chicago, May 2. A special
grand jury convened today for
the purpose of hearing evidence
In the Chicago & Western In
diana railroad alleged grating scan
dal and ''other matters" Included
under the head. of "other matters
will probably be the charge of brib-
cry in the election of Senator Lori
mer last May. While the jury has
been called primarily for the pur-
pose of investigating the Chicago &
Western Indiana scandal the alleged
Lorimer bribing case will probably
occupy the center of the stage.
Has Secret Conferences.
Wayman spent the major portion
of yesterday in conferences relative
to the Chicago & Western Indiana
case. He had several secret meetings
with persons interested in forcing an
airing of the entire scandal which in
: wolves the alleged use of S212,0OO
for the buying of municipal and state
legislation favorable to the interests
of the railroad.
Letters show Relations.
Chicago, May 2.-The Tribune today,
dealing with the relations of those ac-
cused of bribery in the election of w
A. Lorimer to the U. S. senate, says:
Representative Charles A Whites
charges that he was paid $1,000 last
summer to vote for William Lorfme1
for United States senator makes
Whites subsequent relations with Lor-
inner a matter of interest
"The charge that Lee O'NeiI Browne
democratic legislative boss. personally
paid the $1,000 20 White makes
Brownies and Whites subsequent reIa-
tf0hs interesting:
"The charge that Representative
Bob Wilson of Chicago paid White
the 5000 as Whites share of the Jack
pot b-ings the relationship between
Wilson and White into importance.
shows Intimacy.
Brownies letters to White, which
The Tribune presents to its readers
this morning, throw light on the job
getting and business relationship be-
tween the democratic legislative
leader and the new republican senator
from Illinois.
Senator Lorimer says: AS to
White, never had anything but casual
meetings with him
"Yet as recently as Cast November
Lorimer obtained a job for White in
the office of the county clerk of Cook
county The process was: Lee O'NeiI
Browne (democrat) notified White to
report to Lorimer's private secretary,
who sent White to Jim Monaghan
norimers right hand MANI, who took
White to County Clerk Joseph f.
Haas, who placed him.
white didn't think the pay of SIS
a month was enough and so he turned
the job down.
Pledged Federal Jon.
lee O'Nen Browne also wrote to
White that Mr.. Lorimer would go to
Washington in December, at which
time he can probably place you along
the lines you suggested in your last
letter This Job was to be in the fed
eral secret service.
.eWhite also has received a letter
Offering him stock in the senator's
new banks, and stating that oIoek
had been held out for the senator's
friends.
.sThe county job, the federal job,
and the prOHSTeu DIoCh VI sum ~ -
new banks are cited as showing the
relations between Lorimer and the
man he now finds to be a liar and
bIacknIailer.
Light Thrown by Letters.
".Nhat is an innocent man before
such a scoundrel as this Whtte?' asks
Lee O,NeiI Browne, democratic boss
and recently distributor of Lorimer
senatorial patronage.
ssWithin the last nine months Browne
has written White as Friend Charley,
Friend White old Man, Old Pal
etc.
.sWhite's letters from Browne are
considered to have public value as evi-
dence on the connection between the
men-one of whim is charged with
having been the go-between in bribing
the other.
..The letters also throw light un-
consciously on the job getting pro
cesses of the Lorimer machine and
the pass getting routine OF the Dl-
partisan legislative organization not
vet induced by public sentiment 10
abolish railway passes in the state.
How Passes Are DISTRIBUTED.
"Here is a letter from Browne TO
White, which shows how the railway
ana pullman passes are distributed:
..June 1, 1909 Friend White:
hone YOU will find it possible to be
in Springfield early Monday, or,
better still, Sunday some time
While we have the other crowd