The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-01
Charles A. White, Democratic
Member of Illinois Legisla-
ture, Claims That He Re
ceived Money for His Vote.
WAS ALSO GIVEN 5000
OUT OF "SLUSH FUND"
Several Others Implicated
and All Make Emphatic De-
niaIS-Grand Jury to Look
Into the Bribery Matter.
ONE ACCUSED MAN DEAD

CHICAGO, April 3O.-AccOrdinE To a
copyrighted story printed this
morning In the Chicago Tribune
fhe newspaper has In its possession a
sworn statement by Charles a. White,
a member of the lower house of the
Illinois legislature from the 10Th dis
tr1ct, charging that William l.. LOrimer
WIS elected to the United States Sen
ate last May by bribery and cOrruP-
lion.
White, who is n Democrat, in his
Etatement says that he returned $1,000
for voting for LOriIner. This money,
he alleges, IVES paid him by Leo O'Nefl
browne. Democratic leader for ihe last
legislature.
Representative Whites sensational
story that he received $1,000 to cast
his vote for William Lorimer for the
United States Senate and that he
(White) also accepted $500 as his share
of an alleged legislative "slush fund, -
met with general denials today.
Lee O'Neil Browne Of Ottawa, Demo-
cratic leader at Springfield, arrived
here today. as did Senator Lsorimer,
both denying the use OF brides In the
most emphatic manner
Mr.. Browne, alleged by White TO
have been the distributor Of the Lori
mer honey, declared that White had
rusheo into print because ne had failed
In an attempt TO Use his story 10 Sc
cure "hqsh" money.
Robert Z. Wilson, a Democratic rep
White to have doled out the Jackpot"
At st Louis. joined the chorus OF de-
malls Browne admits having been at
ST. Louis at the time White alleges the
Jackpot" was distributed. but declares
the Democrats who had assembled there
were partisaIss Of provinces who wished
20 arrange banquet for him at his
hometown. Browne, according to him
self, frcwned On the enterprise of his
partisses, and the banquet was called
or.
Record of Aecuser.
According to Browne, White was for
St Louis and later appeared at SPRING
field as a lobbyist In favor of labor
bills. Then he was elected to the lower
house.
White. in his charges, stated that
the public might expect to hear him
called a blackmAiler, but that he was
prepared for that; he was Wiling 70
suffer ignOminy in order to expose the
corruption which he declared exists at
Springfield In the course of an inter-
view today, Mr.. Browne said:
since l became acquainted WIN
White at the last session of the leg1s-
lature he appealed to me several times
for loans, saying he was in debt. hard
up. etc. On three or four occasions l
let him have sou or so, for Whlch hOlu
his notes. Finally this borrowing haolt
OF his became too common ana wrote
him a letter advising him to go 10 work
and earn a living like other people
even secured a position for him, put IL
paid only SIS End he refused TO take II
Then a coolrfess sprang up. The next
thing to cOWe from him was remark
able letter. It ran this way:
I have writ en a full story OF my
experiences at Springfield at the regis
lature. Those who have seen II decLsAI E
that y Is the best story that the world
has SEEN I wrote IL for publication
have used your name in II with deep re-
greet, for ! cannot avoid IL and stlll set
forth 4he facts. I also have told Sena-
tor Lorimer about it
He did not ask for money, cCntln-
ned Mr. Browne. but the intimation
was Is plain as II & had been In scare
heads that unless money was PAID the
story would be published. 1t was my
first yintimation that he had gone into
the thug busin sss- / looked at the SIT
Uazfou from every angle and at last
concluded there was but one thing 70
do-to ignore the letter and its writer
White was interviewed by Distflct
Attorney NFayman today, but the lat
ter would not divulge the nature OF the
talk White, however. is expected 10
ter his story to the special grand jury
next week
The Tribune tomorrow will say that
IN relating his charge, White gave the
names of four other delegates OF the
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