The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-20
||lfT PROBE WILL
5n|KE VOTERS IN
sDIsTRIcT.
xkat Thirty-Fiys Hundred Have
Bought or Sold Ballots, Is Belief
Of Isaac woodward, Foreman of
Grand Jury.
'sUncle Joe's" Skirts Are Clear OF
Miro of Corruption That Looms
Up In His Section.

f ,pANvILLE, Ills, Jan. 1s.-By ones
md twos they are sneaking over 10
Isaac woodward's house, sometimes
late at night, so that no one will see
them and they. are telling this square
1awed, David Harum kind OF a fnan-
|cier the story of vote buying and vote
oslling in vermillion county, the home
and bailiwick OF Uncle Joe" Cannon.
And these secret visits will prob
ably result In open visits-and then q
Wholesale docking to the grand jury
room to take an immunity bath.
4 Al political circles 1t Is conceded
mat there has already been a leak
and that the grand jury has secured
ou1lcient evidence to conduct thor
ough Investigation into the charge
that political corruption has been as
prevalent In Vermillion county as II
Vas I'm Adams county. Ohio.
There has not been breath OF
Uuspicion directed towards Speaker
Cannon, and II Is admitted on all
oldes that the speakers skirts are
ABSOLUTELY clear OF the mire or ccr'
Euption.
That $500 voters who have either
bought or sold ballots will be disfran-
chised Is the belief OF Isaac Wood
ward, the foreman of the grand jury
When Judge Kimbrough called the
attention OF the grand jury TO. the
charge that vote-buying and selling
xas prevalent, he considered his duty
done. States Attorney John F. Lew
man took the position that II was his
duty to present to the grand jury such
evidence as was presented to him, but
ne didn't think he ought TO be made
= detective In seeking the evidence.
woodward took an entirely different
view of the matter. The Judge had
tod him to investigate the bribery
charges. 1t was, therefore, his duty.
Woodward would stick his right arm
a. q IRE and hold 1t there until 1t was
harmed on II II was his duty. He Is
n&Ridge Farm banker and a deter
mined. capable man. He doesn't live
m Danyille, but his financial interests
have kept him In touch with every &C
(ion here in years.
And woodward Is going to the very
bottom OF the charges. He is firmly
n the belief that there has been vote
buying and selling. Already num-
|ber OF voters have confessed TO him.
~ expects to take them before the
rand jury and make them repeat
1h6fr stories. With these confessions
q work on. he intends to bring others
bofore the inquisitors. We'll dis
fronchise $500 voters in this county.
noid woodward today.
& The Acknowledgement OF such a
number of voters, 1t il said. will have
= peculiar effect upon the political
complexion of the county. There has
boen q bitter struggle for years be-
aVeen the .'wets" and the "drys." The
fSbults have always been close. Each
|Dlde has won repeatedly. The drys
now confidently assert that II $500
voters are disfranchised, they will be
'Wets" and that the drys viii carry
ohe county at the next election.
There IL story going the rounds
here today that at the recent primary
the drain on the politicians was so
heavy the money was soon expended
md 800 voters, unable to get their
hit" got Disguised and left the polls
Without voting