The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01
Democratic Member of Illinois
Legislature Admits Taking
Brihe for His Vote.
GIVES DETAILS OF
CORRUPT TRANSACTION
Declares Many Other Legisla-
tors We're in Deal, and Much
Money Was Spent.
SpeciaI To The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
CHICAGO, April 30,-Political foun-
dations were shaken today in a big
bribery scandal, following sensational
charges printed in the Chicago Tribune
that one thousand dollars each was paid
certain members of the Legislature in
clecting William Lorimer United
States senator, and that there was in
existence an additional ''slush fund.-
The disclosures stirred national,
state and county centcrs, and prospects
for an official congressional ipvestiga
tion AT Washington and the possibility
of an extraordinary session Of the gen
eral assembly TO probe the sensational
allegations loomed up. District Attor-
ney Wayman gave out brief state,
mont. declaring he had summoned the
author of the charges to come to Chi
cago TO he questioned. Governor
Deneen. who left Chicago at noon for
Springfield, took cognlzance of the al
legations and said he would watch de-
velopments closely Attorney General
Stead is also looking into the case.
Charles a. White, labor leader and
Democratic member of the legislature
from ST. Clair county. confesses that
he received one thousand dollars for
voting for Mr.. LoTimer. He further
states that he received nine hundred
dollars in addition. as his share Of the
'slush fund White sets forth his
charge IN an article signed by him,
copyrighted. 1910, by the Tribune com
panY; all rights reserved,
Tho disclosures came on the eve of
the opening Of Senator Lorimer's S two
financial institutions. the La Sale
Street National Bank and the La Sale
street Trust company. Lorimer was re
ported TO be in the woods of Wisconsin
today when the big sensation broke
loose,
Lorimer Hurries Home.
Senator Lorimer rushed back from
his summer home at McHenry this aft.
ernoon. Over the long distance tele-
phone it was stated that he had loft
fesson of White, the seDator said:
"This attack is a surprise to me.
do not understand it, I do not under
stand why such a thing should be
printed. ! am sure that nobody gave
on my behalf to White or any one
else -
Lee O'Neill Browne, minority leader
of the house, is accused by White of
having paid one thousand dollars for
his (White's) vote for Borimer.
Browne, at The Briggs house, today de-
MED the charges
Robert E. Wilson of Chicago. Dem
ocratic member and follower of Brown
is charged by White with having paid
him nine hundred dollars from the
"slush fund
Charges and counter.charges of
dirty politics rent the air today,
following the publication of Whites
confession. Friends of Lorimer were
not ready to be quoted, although, I'M.
der their breath, they were charging
that politics were at the bottom of the
disclosures. Some of them were ready
to insinuate that friends of Governor
Deneen were responsible for the sen
sation.
Representative Charles A. White &
sensational story that be received $1,000
to cast his vote for William Lorimer of
the United States senate and that he
(Wh'te) also accepted 5000 as his share
of an alleged legislative ''slush fund >
met with general denials TODAY
Lee O Neil Browne of Ottawa. Demo