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Show ILLINOIS CORRUPT One More Exposure of the Rottenness of State Politics Chicago. July 2$. The Chicago Tribune today prints a statement that an attempt was made, previous to the election of William I.orimer as United States seuator. to purchase pur-chase seventeen Democratic voles at $2,000 a Mte, to assure the return of be then senator. Albert J. Hopkins. The story follows close on a luncheon lunch-eon where Ro.er Sullivan, Demo- cratic national committeeman for Illinois Il-linois and representatives of the Legislative Leg-islative Voters Iepgue Hied pointed remarks at each other It Is alleged that Mr. Sullivan and Speaker Shurtleff spoiled the plan. The speaker Is said to have told tho culprits that he would expose the plot from the chair the moment a Demo-j Demo-j cratic ballot was cast for Hopkins Thtn Sullivan arrived at Spring-i Spring-i field at midnight, and, gathering the 1 seventeen about hhn, threatened to break every political bone in their bodies If they voted for Hopkins, j That ended it .lie Tribune expresses the .belief that the plot was formed without the j knowledge of Senator Hopkins. . |