Show BRIBES RECEIVED by the alderman of chicago VOTES WERE BOUGHT in the interest of a valuable franchise 8 Enec expected ted CHICAGO march 18 As a sequel to the recent passage by the city council of an aa ordinance granting permission to the chicago power supply and compressed air company to t use the streets and alleys of the city in about any mannor manner it sees fit the indictment of a number of aldermen by the grand jury for alleged is is promised the city press association t tonight to ni night bt says bribery bri 1 of the most flagrant kini kind will ba shown corruption and rottenness beyond the ideas of the most cynical citi zera will be disclosed and facts which make a pc position in the th chicago council one ona worth hundreds of dollars dells of pre lini inary expenditure will be shown up tomorrow to morrow evidence ev dence will be presented to the grana gran jury showing beyond doubt certain aldermen alderman have been paid paia liberally for their votes the j jury ury will clistea to a tale of rottenness and corr to which the bo of f the cook county commissioners wait wag noth gsg the evidence has baa been ia in preparation pa ration some como time and th beshea now enclosed some of the city fathers from which there is little hope hop of as s cape it concludes with the confessions of ef several parties which are baitt to be b very tiia men mea who have been work working iLig up these cases cages spared no expense and made mad sure bare of every step they have witnesses who hava seea sea large sums of money paid by representatives of corporations to t indi hadi vidual aldermen alderman and ana who wh nate have heard aldermen to cast their yote vote on OB a certain measure in a certain way home received money at their homes home 8 some come were paid pad la in the precincts of the e city ity hall aliu two are said to have hare sold their votes in the lobby of the council chamber the investigation it is said will end only when several of the pres prec fat members of the council are wearing stripes in joliet F states attorney Long longnecker said this veiling evening he ha expected to show that the compressed Compres sad air Nort northera bern pacific and economic gas gaa ordinances three of the racist important measures chieh have passee passed the council for a long loaf tima wera were gotten through by a purchase pur chasa aso of votes for hari hard cash 1 I dont mind saying baying I 1 said he that there will be thi the b biggest ig upheaval ever seen keen in this city when the facts are finally made public I 1 Mr Longnecker added he ha would be aided in ae the matter by three or four prominent attorneys in the city they thay baving been GInDl employed emD loyed oyed by local newspapers who had men assisting to make out the casa casi against the bood lers the state attorney also said eaid several aldermen would assist in the inquiry in addition to these who have confessed their votes were purchased several will testier to having baring been approached athera will tell of colleagues who openly boasted of ef receiving money one alderman openly stated he was certain that almost ever every y alderman favorably connected with the three ordinances named above was vas guilty of receiving money for his vote rote this alderman said saia it is iene generally rally admitted it required require d money meney to got get an ordinance giL the council jand and J many members make no eacret they wilt will not vote voie for any any ordinance unless re wardel deJ for ae so doing in some same casks cases the reward is in the shape of a trade in votes sup supporting 9 some ola improvement in pro in as in aldermans alder mans ward but in by far tue greater number of basei casei cases the consideration is hard cash the gentlemen who are behind tle ife prosecution issued an official statement tonight which gave in iia part that the proof acquired relates larg largely ly to varius va riua boodle boadle ordinances and entangles four or five aldermen in what will ba very easy ra 10 show conspiracy we will have no difficulty says the statement ii in rl in in dialing and convicting several well inov known u aldermen I 1 it t is not our desire to convict only aldermen however we desire also to punish those guilty oi of bribing councilman and we will not stop this investigation until they are brought to justice no matter abo hoo o doerthe incriminating evidence lears leaa to 11 general liebe foreman of ofa the grand jury said they will begin 0 ie o iny tomorrow they have completed the chain of evi evidence letice forged a around the bood lers and any titta it i do n not ottell tell the whole truth immedi dalt will be arrested arn sted for perjury as aa well a goodling bo ho ue he added that somi some of tie ile wen men who will undoubtedly be indic c cd d have heretofore been suppo supposed sed t to 0 have been above abaye such practices |