The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-27
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JACKPOT STORY
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resentative Joseph Clark of Vandalia
Michael Link. touching the bribery paw
ments. In the argument over the ad-
instability of the conversation of White.
Senator Paynter asked Attorney Aus
! tina:
;, Do you contend that if a number
| of legislators confessed that they were
brlbed II would Justify urseating a
scnator7''
Attorney Austrian replied:
"No, that is not our contention. -
Authorities on the nomination of test~
monV relative TO conversations were
cited by Austrian.
Wants the Whole Story.
In the course of his argument Attor
ney Austrian said
We will prove that every man who
was paid to vote for Lorimer also
shared in the Jack pot We expect to
show the corrupt doings of these legis
lntors. If we cannot show this other
corruption, the testimony on the Lori
mer money will have lost weight
DEPRESSING at one point from the le
gal points involved, Attorney Hanecy
said:
Governor Deneen will testify, if he
is called, that he Governor Dcneen)
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candidate for the senatorship.
"This committee is asked,' contin
ued Attorney Hanecy, E'to hold against
Senator Lorinner because it is said that
some one paid money to kill or pass
bills. If this line of testimony is ad-
mitted we should be allowed TO summon
every corporation -or person that is
charged With paying money into this
Jackpot fund and show by them that
they did not pay anything to affect
legislation.
Representative H. j. Beckemeyer ar
rived here today and was served with a
summons to testify. He is expected to
be the second witness before the com
mittee The direct examination Of Rep
morrow.
Details of Session,
White, after giving his name and ad
dress. and saying he was duly elected
member of the Illinois legislature, lden
tilted letters he said had been sent him
by Lee o Neil Browne, asking White s
help to establish Brownies position as
minority leader in the lower house,
The witness then began TO tell Of his
relations with Browne.
Senator Lorimer was on hand carly
with his attorney. EiDridge Hanecy
Attorney P II. C'Donnell, who repre-
sented Browne in the latter IS two trials
on charges of bribery. sat beside Attor,
ney Hanecy, Attorney Austrian and
Clifford w Barnes of the legislative
voters league sat on an opposite side OF
the room.
After al executive session the hear
ing opened and Chairman Burrows was
informed counsel had not agreed on
submission of the legislature voting
rec )rd in lieu of summoning the house
l,n3 do go
White on direct examination by At
torney Austrian declared he had been
asked by Browne to vote for Lorlmer,
aud that Browne told him he would re-
ceive $1,000 for his vote. The testl-
mony was the samo as had been gwen
by White in the two trials. OF Browne.
The first clash of the hearing came
when Attorney Austrian asked what
money was promised White. he re-
Piled:
"I asked Browne how much | would
get from other sources, and he sald'
| oh. about as much more,
Senator Lorimer s attorney ob]ected
to this answer. arguing that the other
sources were entirely outside the case,
"This brings up,' be said, what
has been referred to as the Jackpot
BY the words of the witness otner
sources lit is shown that it has no
connection with the election OF Sena'
ter Lorimer.
Political Issue Involved.
To which Attorney Austrian replied,
"We claim this line Of testimony. is
relevant because we will show that the
Democratic state senators and repre-
sentatives who voted for Senator Lori
mer voted for him as part of a sys'
! TEN in which their votes on other
measures and their vote for senator
Lorimer were correlated. We are Try.
! ing to show there was a general state
Of corruption IN that legislature, ana
men were trying to bribe others
The committee retired into executive
session to consider admissibillty OF this
| line of evidence.
White testified relative TO the lach,
not = thereby bringing an argument as
| follows
~ saw Browne May 20, the day pe'