Legal boodlers in peril threaten biannual committees
A Chicago exposé reports bribery surrounding the gas consolidation and elevator warehouse bills. A detective agency claims evidence to indict three men and possibly two more, with affidavits from legislators involved in Springfield and plans for a Board of Trade legal action in spring.
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Board of ‘Trade
Wlewator
Allidavits
Boant of Trade
Heard of Trade Committee
Chicago
Board of Trade
Springfield
Sprimatieht
Leteres
Illinois lawmakers linked to bribery claims in gas and warehouse bills
Fifteen legislators affirm knowledge of money use by Chicago lawyers to pass the Gas Consolidation and Warehouse and Elevator bills amid bribery accusations. An official investigation is expected, with witnesses who could expose bribers. timing may delay felony statutes until 1900. The piece lists numerous Senate members and notes Chicago as a major grain center with large elevator capacity and grading practices.
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Yerkes
Board of Trade
Springfield
Vey
Fortieth General Assembly
Charles TE
Crawford
Charles Counselman
George BE. Marcy
Prp
Armour, Armour & Company
Lloyd J. Smith
Charles EB
Hill
L. O. Goddard
Edward J. Daw
Parvell
Free
Morris
Charles A. Allen
James Branen
Weare
W. H. Harper
John BE. Thomns
Louis Erroptet
George J. Brine
Mlinois
Chicago Corporation
Chicago
Gas Trust
General Assembly
Fits
Grand Jury
Joliet
Aittle
America
Illinois
Grain Trust Threat and Elevator Monopoly Debate
Representative J P M Gooty speaks on Chicago grain interests and a proposed law that would let elevator owners act as trustees while trading grain. Courts ruled such dual roles undermine morals and policy, risking a grain monopoly and pricing power for Chicago traders. The piece also notes railroad rate leverage over sleeping car prices and calls for coordinated rate reductions to curb high fares.
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Tuley
Chicago
Supreme Court
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J. J. Rumsey
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H. M. Dunlap
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Regan
J.B. Bearey
B. Olwen
Jacob Groves
Wm. Barclay
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Harris
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W. Ross
Churan
J. A. Vincent
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McDowd
Hackley
Pordann
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St. Iyant
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Partridge
Thomas Tipple
Carl Busse
H. Wood
R. H. Rea
Michael Cleary
John P. McGoorty
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Elmer W. Tursi
Rock Island
J. P. M’goorty
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Qualizer
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Robert Redfield
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Revere House
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Saanel
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Wyoming
S. Clark St
D. D. Clemence
Wyoming Hotel CO
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Dearborn
B. A. Eckhart
Ames Swan, Soc. and
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Carroll Avenue
Elizabeth
Adants
United States
Eckhart & Swan
Dakota
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West37
D. F. Considine
Insurance
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