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Chicago Gas Trust and legislative corruption exposé
A veteran Chicago legislator laments the late Illinois House abuses led by a Speaker backed by a “gang.” He describes bribery, liquor influence, and rushed bills, condemns the Gas Trust’s city control, praises the Ogden Gas Company as a challenger, and calls for legal challenges to partisan manipulation and consolidation laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGoorty
Elf
Committee On Municipal
Iar
Wler
Jobe
Vincent
Ereselen
Finn
John McLauchlan
Lasalle
House
Springfield
McLauchlan
Imnois General Assembly
The
Gas Trust
Chicago
People’s Gas Company
Europe
Mac
China
Trust
Ogden Gas Company
Ogden Company
Consumers’ Gas Company
People’s Gas Light and Coke Company
Equitable Gas Company
People's Gas Company