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Show : Wholesale Election Corruption Gharge Probed In Danville, 111., Speaker Cannon's Home City. . . BMBBBBBRBBrAt i.i i'yiTr Iffr r 1 3"'e?BbBm- v yBIBBfl . , -.-.i.:;...M......-2r' ' ii i lflli-',-"-v"'-'---'- I HrIBBBBBBBBMR y "J "" "-TBfiBB .. B,BBBBBBBBBBBB' i v BJBBJBBJBJBJBk yBJBaBBj i if!)tfMMii?MTti B tBJbS'BJ1P V Wholesale vote corruption of u magnitude that casts Into u shadow the recent exposures nt West Union, O., Is threatened In Vermilion county, 111., nnd Danville, the county seat and home of Speaker Joseph Q. Cannon, Is tho center of the proceedings. While the Adams county Buckeyes confessed to selling their votes for $3 and $3, the Hllnolsnns went ns high as $150, It Is alleged, and It Is estimated .that the Democrats recently spent $40,000 to carry Dnmlllo. Westvllte, south of tho county scat, is nnld to contain 1,000 purchasable voters, the prlco nvernglng $8, who nro organized into regular clubs to keep up ballot prices. Danville's negotiable vote Is said to total 3,500, and the old Soldiers' home contains 1,200 votes more, usually for sale. The Investigation Is of a nonpartisan nature, ns tho presiding Judge, E., Itj E. Klmbrough, is n Democrat, while tho state attorney, John II. Lcwmnn, Is n Republican. Tho foreman of the grand Jury, Isaac Woodyard, is a former farmer nnd head of n bank at a small town near Danville. Dan-ville. Ho asserts that votes havo been sold openly for twenty years In Vermilion county. All elections in tho ' county for the Inst three years will be affected by the results. This Includes Speaker Cannon's re-election to congress con-gress last November. |