The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-31
NATIONWIDE INTEREST
Story Behind Illinois
Treasurcr's Deposits
in Unknown Bank
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Rumpus May Prove Down
fall of Political Machine
of William II. Thompson

roia ia as interesting ns any politics
ever developed. S1uFamon county i7
the arena, Springfield tho tup'd
rauarc. Lon Small ana Edward j.
Iruudtru arc tho frh'"iA lrtI
l,undu "huHI' ~ Chicago, ana
"Hlg Hu" Thomp~n. its mayor, arc
iu gmuIlp corner The prosecuting
machinery Of Sangamuu county, III.
il h.hlul Bguud1Ec. The United
ptnfcs g. tho audience. 1t IL n7
though all America w"ro ticif +
rool and stous h1d boon thrown
iu the water AZ Sprurfirld The rip.
pies have reached Now YORK aud
fan FruuciHro.
Here ~ tn" entire cast OF 'hhra'-
tors IN the affair.
Lon small Governor ~ Illinois
Indicted ON charges ot "uh'IElc-
Incut, conspiracy. and Cu'iid'1'"
Iamo when lac was state IT. 1sur't'
Edward J Hrundngo Attorney
general OF Illlnuit The power be
hind the throne Ia tho investigation.
Fred II. Sterling gov
rrnor OF Illinois. Also indicted on
charges OF smbcZzlo ment. cou1pir-
acy, and confidence game when
lc was state trcasircr
Verne ". Curtis Banker ana
politician of Grant PARK. III Nlno
Indicted on charges or cmhe21lo-
Ill'lNs 'pANHPiA ~ 'i'Aa -
game.
G. y. Prosecuting nt
forncy FOR SlnEamon county Ill III
rcctcd the grand jury's investigation
Of Governor Smnlrs actions.
Edward II. Mller---Statc treasurer
of Ilinoia brought on the whole Ia
SoNiEatiou.
The actual battle IN Small vcraua
Brundago Mortimer is on the
lirundagc side. Curtis H. on SmalIs.
Miller, elected on tho state ticket
with Small ana supposedly Small
man, is the person who spilled the
beans for the Small faction and
put tho Information which lea TO
Tho prcsont lnvoBtiGation In I @
lirundngc's hands.
Niiiers Unhcard OF Methods,
what IL Miller trying to dor IA
tho qucstion the Small mon ask over
and over. Somebody has m.'sod the
dope about Miller.
sterlng-poor Sterling wan trv-
ing bravciy TO keep out Of tho fig I
until the grand jury Indicted hi'n
last week. II was Smal"s term OF
office az state treasurer that all
eyes were upon. Sterling Hucco"dcd
Small In the position whils the pres
ent stencil did not arise u1;il Miller
took Storling's place. Sterling was
not on the Small ticket at the re-
publican state primary. but tho
J,undin Thompson men did not .ight
him. Now hc has TO be on Smalls
side. for tho grand jurys separate
indictment Of MIN accuses him II
cmbczzllng 100000. while the sopn-
rate Indictment OF Small charges
only onc-half million dollars against
the governor.
To understand the present fight
one must understand the always
raging fight In Illinois state politics.
the fight of William Hale Thrmp-
son. mayor of Chicago. "Big Rill'-.
or Little Bill." ms he was called
during tho war--against the enc
mics OF his ring.
big Bill" says he IN boss OF his
faction, his supporters agree with
him openly. but behind tho scores
they laugh aa loud 90 the bittorc1t
OF his political oncmioa
"Tho world knows who Is tho
silent boss OF the "liE Bill' ThO'np-
Ron machine" Chicago admits 1T
IS Fred Lundin, the poor Swodc' tie
rules Thompaon and his crew jusi
as easily az Thumhsou's head mcu
run their lowest heuchmcu.'
william IL, Thompson wanted tC
be United states senator at the last
election SO did Mediu McCu"mt. n
of the Chicago Tribune. McCorml't
won, after n slaahing, knock down,
and -drag-out fight In which Thomp
Ron asSalled the Chicago Tibuu,
and the Chicago DAILY News II
every language he could think OF.
The beginning.
Edward " Brundagc was o'oc. .,
attorney general of Illinois In l9l,
after being supported in the primary
by the Thompson ticket, lie had no
been in office year before he sp'
with big BIZ aud split rs clear
as a whistle. Frank Lowden wa!
governor then and BrundaEr nltm
ally was expected to join Lowdrnt
forces lie did not, however, re
main a lone wolf" I'm the fiolt
and building up formidable str'n,
OF followers of his own,
Came the 1890 election. Low ~
had lost tho presidential uorino
tion In June because Tho Missouri
bribery case had come up and be
cause Zig Blu Thompann IA,
turned against him I'm Chicago "a 90
because Len Small turned dow
state" Illinois delegation away trou
him. Naturally luwdru IpE no low
In the world for the Luudu-Thump
son clique or for Lon Small
1920 was going To soc a rc1uh
lican landslide throughout the lult
ed states, tho world know. lllnu'
was no exception 10 the rule aul
was 1000 TO shot thl, the De-
publican nominee for gc,.rnu
would sit in the state hu4a. Il
Springfield In the sp.ur. % rrm
Len Small was sure % ho 'he Iu
din-Thompson choice. Who NouI
be his opponent at ,hn primary
That was the big quoFtun.
Lowden was talked of for aWhu
but the people Of Illinois in ruuru
recognized that his dHappumtmu
over failing TO land the prv4d.uN
nomination would not admit 10
taking the Euberun,oria bort
again. Brundagc was surLp-tu
hut Brundage had tho luuln
Thompson crowd dead against h.r
and did not have Lowdon's bao|
Ing, anyway. AT last John q. o.
lesby was chosen as smalls opp
nent
The fight that followed was o
that will be remember'd I'm HIN,
history for years TO como.
.'Frank Lowden Is crook 'H
Bul" Thompson shouted from O.
stage OF a loop theater in Chicag
"Fred Lundin is the boss of n
.,nois," Lowden answered. =. c1