Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-31
BRIBERY ISSUE
IN ILLINOIS
CAMPAIGN
FIGHT OPENS AGAINST
BIPARTISAN GRAF TBUND
Those Exposed by Chicago.
Grand Jury Not Only Ones In
fIicted, Declares Governor.
Deneen in Keynote Speech,
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| IBy MofuiUg journal ssDecisi Lsases wireI
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| nor Deneen tonight 81 ned the cam-
paign against return TO legislative
| power of the bipartisan combine,
| which dominated the last general as
/ sembly In an address in this city
! he said.
| The men who opposed the right
| TO honest elections the right to pri-
| mary elections the expressed wish OF
| their party on the Unite States sem
! atorship, the election Of a republican
candidate Tor speaker Of the house Of
representatives, and the organiZa ton
Of the house by a majority of their
| party are now asking the people
/ whose will they have defied and
| whose confidence they have betrayed
to entrust them once more with the
| direction OF public affairs They are
running on platform OF three
planks
"1 We announce no principles.
"2 We express no regrets.
20 We call for Vindication
The speaker defined the term
Jackpot" which has figured in the
| Browne trial in Chicago, declaring
| that those who have been exposed
| are not the only ones implicated 70
make a jackpot effective requires the
| participation Of q considerable num-
! Der of such as can be held together
| by the cohesive power 81 public plum
| der and an organization that must
be able to control to some degree the
course of legislation in the general as
sembly.
This coalition in it's iast desperate
stand against popular government
deemed it necessary to control the
politics of the state in order to pro-
| long its power and /. whom they had
vinified through their spurious in
vestigation OF my election, whom they
had opposed with vituperatlon rancor
1T the primaries whom they had
sought To defeat in the election by
araying against me the special in
tercst irom which tLes derive their
strength, whose policies they had or
ganized the legislature to defeat and
whom they had attempted to unseat
by trumped up contest was offered
their support for the United states
senatorship, an office Of high honor
where honorably bestowed.
These efforts to defeat me, un
seat me or promote me, would serve
the same purpose. They carry with
them their own commentary. When
/ refused to accept the prollercd SEN
atorship, the bipartisan coalition de-
termined to select a senator whose
political power would be used 10
strengthens their position and to make
safe the election Of their choice as
my successor
"Such being the situation in your
state, what is the next step forward =
Manifestly behind the jackpot stands
the organization Of the general as
semby and tho control of its busi-
ness, which the present rules of the
house place in the hands of the
speaker Tho next step forward,
therefore Is TO restore representative
government to our house of repre-
scntatives
The unusual political situation in
our states has caused many public
meetings to be held for the discussion
of various measures to reform; but
the essential condition of honest leg
islation, must be the right 10 have
bills heard in our general assembly.
This is fundamental. or what avail
is It to make a campaign for whole
some measures If they receive no
consideration IN our legislative body
This Is a question important enough
men,
The speaker declared that every
man seeking support of republican
voters at the september primaries
should he pledged 10 stand for good
government and continuing, said.
The men who created the unusual
and disgraceful conditions in our
state should not be given power 10
prolong them. They have defied in
structions and repudiatcd their party
platform: they have stood against
representative government and for
special privileges and private inter
csts The extent of their malieasance
in the last general assembly is not
yet known. but Is under investigation
by grand jurics and by our courts.
The issue IN this campaign then is
shall their records, their organization
and the results OF their work Toe APP
proved? Upon that issue there
should be no difference of opinion
among good citizens.