, 1879-04-11

"WlInt was the particular occas1ou calling for
nyl, bill among those you rerrcscntcda"
~ don't know that auy cnuss existed among
,lusc represcntcd-!f 7ou tnean those repre-
,entrh IRON thu Eighth Senatorial District"
"Did anybody npply to you to introduce the
il11a
"Tlcy did,"
Who arc thcy!"
ia person wto had slmar bill IN the last
General Assembly Ind suggcs.etl 10 mo thu pro-
prietr of the passage Of such bill"
"And 1t was Oh lie jueucnt that snc bill
ought 10 be Introduced TINT you n,pvcl itF'
II think moved on my own Judgment"
"Did this bill by its terms apply TO my town
In your dlstrictl'
IT Dos'T KNOW
that It would, or t'mt IT would uot,-lon't know
t1tut any !ls t.,y diatrtct have gas.works.n
Was 1t general Gas lil1l"
Eyes; general Gus bill, calculated to app1y
to all gas.worEs IN thu Statu."
"Dld you draw tllis bill with aylcw Of except
Ing Individual gas.works7'
~ did uot,"
" Dd you have any talk with anybody TO tic
effect that their wolks Should bu excepted by |
the terms Of the b!lla'
~ did not"
"Dtd sou talk with Mr. Drttcrworth, mcm-
ber Of tic uDtso, willie lie bill was pcn1ingi"
~ talked with Atr. Buttcrworth frequently |
wl,iEo tic bill wus peudng III the Committee"
"D1p rou MAKE ANY ARRANGEMENTS WITH HIN
to the cj1ert that the gas-worzs hc clainrd to
represent or own should bc excepted Out OF the
operation Of thu bllll'
II did not, SIR"
"Auyth[lg said to him about gas-worlssa'
"Aty general statement, l presulnc, wus
1ft.n &b3u I ) fnn
rcalizcd upon investigating tho subject
and tn looking through tl,c State
Tint In making Il general law
could not make u luw tlIat would be applca-
blc~-tat would be eouitable-to Atl the Coun-
pauics in the statc-ln order to make d law that
would prescribe fixed rate for ono locality.
Whit would bc M equitable law at a fixed rate
III Que locality would not be au in another Mr.
Buttcrworth, rccolcct, iu talking nbout tile
bill, apecl!lcally stated thut tho bill dd not In.
terferc with Ills gas-wosks; that he Hns charEng
less for gas ut h!s gas-works than whatmy bill
CALLED for"
-"I am requested to ask sou IL this wns said
| by you to Atr. Dutterworth IN tll!s cunversa-
tiol,, speaking OF gas-worlis: DID tic complain
tlsat the bill operated uniustly upon him9"
/ "Nobody ystatcd tiIat-"
II have stated tl,at Mr.. Dutterworth, at the
Hamc lime, or In tic conversation yon speak ol,
Or ut spulu OLE of the tfncs, compat,lcu vi pro-
ytsions Ut this bill, md That 1t Effected '1,'n.
| usk whether you stated to hlsn tat llo SHOULD
be excepted out OF tic Gus Iaw-that TWAS tlls
Chicago men you
WANTED TO MAKE coME DOWN I"
"Was any such thlug sallt" NeVcr,-dt'
rcctlY Or Indirectly. Afr. Buttcrworth told inc,
md tl,tuk there are other members Of the
Committed tint will nuke tho sar,o statement,
TINT tic bill did not affect him, directly or IT.
directly. mny bAyc statcd this: | didn't cx-
pryt We could rot u bill TINT would do 1rstice to
ahc pcop!p md protect tic companies III
localities where coa1 was htglt, nn at tic sunlo
time mak3 those III localities where cool was
clrap bring down Eas TO reasonable price, ul't!
tha object Of tho bill WIS lnoro for ]le purposo
OF fixing uuu .-.-.-..
ou1AolHa THE COMPANIES IN CHICAGO
tn tako reasonable price for tl1etr gas than ia
regulate thu price ot EAs III other parts OF the
Stntc. prcsuno shnt kind Ut talk did oeeur.'
..pid you Investigate tlu manufacture Of gal
In ary part Of tlle statct'
III havo known something about the cost oil
ras, Mr. Eutterworth htn,sclf tnado state
u,cnt that rus had becn iur1ahest III tlle CITY o
Dc,rut, under peculiar circumstances, ut VI pei
: 1,0U0 feet"
/
. In tha various towns In tic state With ylcw
i. arruuglng tbs dctal'B Of this b''t'
. ''No, DID NOT"
MyNas there y pressure upon you for tho pas
:, aaro Of this till from potnt anywhere in tn
:. State1'
: II hive answered TINT. MY constituent
havo made no request about 1t. Tho only prci
- sure was taat whict. / brought myself Tor II
passage."
"You did not moyo to suspend the rules t
Il | take up tue bill"
m "1t WIS not Ncecssnry.'
i, ~ think you stated you did not move on tn
|. b!llr"
IA "No, Sir; l have not slated any such thin
ID hayo stated have ut alf times prcsseu tllc u
e, III vigorously rs could"
u III see hero bill, to which my attention III
III been called {liousn 0ill 2j2). sal to haYc net
r, introduced by you, relating to Gas'-1ot VI
q for an act to punish extortion by corporation
10 controlling asa Operating
ID SLEEPING CARS"
n, Hero an objection was lnterposcd tint the b
H. referred to was not EeElnane to thu iuYest1E
CT tt0u.
~ After a few minutesf dclaY however, VI u
t. request Ut thu Witness, the objection was VII
lu | drawn, md tho crues-exaMlnat!oN Resumed.
ny The questtun ask HOW Is: 4layu you fnt!
1T tluccd bill numbered llouse blu 255. cnt1al
re IA bill for an act to amund Sec. ) of an oct
lc. !at!ng to
Nv 'LlrC.1NauRANCE1"
lot ~ dtd-thst ", introduced bill relating
rr. ]ifa.tususance-I don't secoltccg tho nutnb
lie but Ii you have tho till there you can I
whut.1cr tllat's It,"
.t1le bill was handcd to tho witness to tuspe
nv ayes; thuts BILL in your hatMwritl,
t,tt1 tinff