Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-20
STILL Goes AFTER
GOVERNOR DENEEN
Judge Dunno at Fairfield Con
tinues Kidding of Present
Executive Record.
HAS MADE NO MOVE
Cites Incidents of Scandalous ExtraVa
gance-lnVites Comparison of
Tax Receipts.

Fairfield, H.. Sept. 2O.-Arraign- /
meat of Governor Deneen for his fail /
ure to take a single step to rid the
Illinois legislature of jackpotism
which he confessed under oath he
had known existed since 1897 and a
demand that he explain his S243,O00
fee grab" while states attorney OF
Cook county marked the address of
Judge Edward F. Dunno, democratic
nominee for governor, here today.
Judge Dunno said in part:
Governor Deneen in a vain attempt
To cloud over his own deficiencies and
cover up the extravaganza, graft, and
corruption which have marked the last
eight years OF republican rule in the
state has sought TO cast discredit on
my administration as mayor of Chi
cago and on that of the late Governor
Altgeld.
Travelling through the state in his
palatial S250-a-day special train Gov
ernor Deneen is hurting vague but
uncertain attacks at me but is omit
, ting any explanation of the charges
of extravaganza and waste of public
moneys, duplicity and double-crossing
and defiance of the will of the people
as expressed at the polls, made by
ne against him and his administra-
ton.
TRIBUTE TO ALTGELD.
Governor Altgeld is too well known
by the people OF Illinois to need any
defense at my hands. It. is known
how, when his property was under
foreclosure, he refused a bride of a
half a million dollars. I am willing
TO stand before the citizens of the
state on my record in public Office
as judge of the circuit court of Cook
county for IS years and as mayor of
Chicago. That record is open and
can bear the closest scrutiny.
Governor Deneen has been trying
to explain away the extravaganza of
the republican administration. Why
does he not attempt TO explain his
$4,000 fee grab" while states at
torney of Cook county; explain to the
citizens of the state how and why he
pleaded the statute OF limitations in
order TO keep this quarter of a mil
lion dollars which should have gone
into the school fund
Let him explain his brilliant lit
tie scheme for getting rich at the
expense of the school children. In
each Indictment there are usually sew
eral counts.
For a conviction for a disdemean-
or a fee of So was allowed and for
a felony a fee of SIS. When Mr..
Deneen secured a conviction instead
of counting one conviction as a con
viction he added up all the counts in
an Indictment, so that if there were
20 counts in a misdemeanor charge
Mr.. Deneen collected 500 instead of
S.. VIII Governor Deneeh explain
Why he was entitled TO this additional
$50? When he left that states at
torney Office he had secured $243, O0G
in that manner, and when an attempt
was made to secure the return of this
money Governor Deneen pleaded that
statute of limitations.
TALK or "SLUSH MONEY"
Governor Deneen talks about q
"slush fund" 1t might be interesting
if he would take the voters into his
confidence and explain who paid fol-
his expensive special train during
the recent primary, or who is now
paying for the s250-a-day special traf.
in which he is now touring the state
Governor Deneen might also tel
about his pay roll brigade" which
Senator Charles F. Hurburgh attack
ed in the primary campaign
'He might tell what steps he tool
TO rid the legislature of jackpotism
and corruption which he acknowledg
ed under oath he knew to be in ex
istence since 1897.
The governor says that there has
been no waste or extravaganza il
state departments or institutions. Lei
me read excerpts from a report pre-
pared by the Chicago bureau Of pub
lie efficiency of December, 1911, il
! regard TO the Chicago West ParR
system in its purchase of automobile
supplies:
The transactions OF the West
Park board with CWilliam) Holliday
furnish a striking example Of waste
Of public funds Under the heading
a Specific Case Of Wasteful Methods,
the report says:
William Holiday, a mechanic en-
ployel to repair automobiles was car
ried Oh the pay roll 243 days, Sundays
and holidays included, for 10 hours
a day at 70 cents an hour Three
hundred and ninety-fve dollars wal
advanced him from contingent funds
for salary Ia June, July, August, 1910
and January, 1911, but owing to care
lessuess ia bookkeeping, up to Sept
1911. this had not been withdraw
from his salary
IT appears that on four occasion
Holiday was paid to repair the Yves