Title
Busted!
Subject
Political cartoons
Heaton, Harold R., -1940
Political corruption
Deneen, Charles Samuel, 1863-1940
Wayman, John E. W.
White, Charles A. (Charles Abiathar), 1826-1910
United States. Congress. Senate
Lorimer, William, 1861-1934
Political candidates
Elections
Description
Political cartoonist Harold R. Heaton draws a vortex in which Illinois politicians Governor Charles S. Deneen and State's Attorney John E. W. Wayman, along with representatives of the Chicago press, fall into "The Browne Case."
Tension between Governor Charles A. Deneen and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Edward D. Shurtleff, both Republicans, exploded in 1909 when Democratic representative Lee O'Neill Browne and other Democrats were approached by Speaker Shurtleff's faction and accepted a thousand dollar bribe to elect William Lorimer to the U.S. Senate. Democratic legislator Charles A. White later told the Chicago Tribune that he had accepted a thousand dollar bribe to assure his vote for Lorimer, throwing the city and the nation into scandal. The U.S. Senate held a series of hearings in which Lorimer was exonerated; however, new evidence convinced the Senate to invalidate Lorimer's election in 1912.
Tension between Governor Charles A. Deneen and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Edward D. Shurtleff, both Republicans, exploded in 1909 when Democratic representative Lee O'Neill Browne and other Democrats were approached by Speaker Shurtleff's faction and accepted a thousand dollar bribe to elect William Lorimer to the U.S. Senate. Democratic legislator Charles A. White later told the Chicago Tribune that he had accepted a thousand dollar bribe to assure his vote for Lorimer, throwing the city and the nation into scandal. The U.S. Senate held a series of hearings in which Lorimer was exonerated; however, new evidence convinced the Senate to invalidate Lorimer's election in 1912.
Creator
Heaton, Harold R.
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
n.d.
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Identifier
400938
Harold R. Heaton Collection
Original Format
political cartoon
b&w
1
Physical Dimensions
44 x 38 cm