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Illinois lawmakers bribery tale exposes corporate influence
A Chicago Record excerpt from 1890 recounts Illinois legislators describing corporate control over Springfield. Interviews reveal bribery pressures, manipulated committees, and a powerfully despotic Speaker system, with calls to summon witnesses and demand accountability amid looming civil unrest.
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Springfield
Chicago
Ilinois General Assembly
House
Xlth General Assembly
Senate
Michael Cleary
Twentieth
Committee On Banks and Banking
General Assembly
Illinois
Sherman
Charles C. Craig
Galesburg
Thirty-ffth
Springfeld
al Glade
J. P. Cavanaugh
Alother
Charles A. Davidson
Newton
Forty-fifth
James Hackett
Wabash Avenue
Iam
McGoorty
al’ Glade
Stephen A. Malato
North Halsted Street
Malato
Hel
Chicago Record
Sidney McCloud
Long
New York
Pennsylvania
Joseph P. Mahoney
Denis E. Sullivan
Twenty-third
Wiuter
Samuel Alachuler
Aurora
Elmore W. Hurst
Rock Island
John A. Vincent
Vincent
Pasange
John McLauchlan
LaSalle
McLauchlan
Illinois General Assembly