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506 Emory I of III DOCUMENT NUMBER 20 HISTORY OF THE CHAMPAIGN "ELEPHANT," BY ONE OF THE " R I N G , " From the Chicago Times, March 21, 1867. In another part of this issue will be found a letter from a member of the Champaign "Agricultural college ring," who, disappointed by his failure to obtain the "chair of moral philosophy" in that institution—or what would be considered its equivalent, an opportunity to handle a large amount of some other man's money—turns "state's evidence" and exposes the internal operations of the ring without mercy. The exposure is rich, racy and instructive. I t fully corroborates all the statements of corruption, rascality and "scuggery" made by Professor Turner in his recently published report, and will convince the public that the corruption of the recent legislature of Illinois has not one-half been told. Among other ways in which the Champaign ring made use of a $30,000 corruption fund, was the subsidizing of the country press generally, excepting in the counties of Morgan and McLean, and the writer, states moreover, that "we subsidize the two lesser radical luminaries in Chicago with $500 each." Whether the amount of the subsidy for one of these cheap luminaries went into the coffers of its Springfield owner, Mr. Jacob Bunn, or the pockets of Mr. Jacob Bunn's Chicago enfants, is not stated. The amount mentioned seems to indicate the price of the latter, although it is probably intended to purchase the former. This expose of the Champaign swindle will possibly serve to open the eyes of the people to the fact that there were perpetrated, with the aid of the recent legislature, yet greater swindles than this. The statehouse ring have managed better than the Champaign "male and female seminary" ring to provide all its members with the "fat berths" that were allotted to them in the original scheme. No one was left out to "peach" on the rogues within. The plunder having been distributed according to agreem^, the thieves act harmoniously in covering up the ^odus op<||»di of the t$»ft.
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