The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-14
SPRINGFIELD
The Proceedings Of the
State Legislature.
G. H. Deere of Moline ap-
pointed Labor Com
missioner.
The Police Bill for the City Of Chicago
The Police Bill for the City Of Chicago
SENATE,

SPRINGFIELD, April 14-In the Senate
Mr.. w hitlng's bill to oede the canal, with
its locks and dams and ninety feet on each
side, to the United States, on condition
that the Government accept it within five
years. and thereafter maintain it, was
ordered to third reading.
Whites bill to abolish the police and
| fire departments in Chicago and substitute
board of commissioners appointed by the
Governor. was defeated on its passage by
vote of % to %; seven Republicans
voting against it. Adams entered motion
to reconsider for the reason that he wanted
10 take this departments out of the Infu-
ence of politics and hoped to reconsider
and recommit the bill fer amendment. but
the motion was defeated.
| The Governor sent in the following nom
nations and the Senate Immediately went
into executive session and confirmed them
| by vote of SO ayes: For Fish Com mis-
sioners-N K Fairbank of Cook and s P
| Bartlett of Adams; for Board of Labor
| Commissioners &C FL Deere of Rock
Island, Joseph G Show of Cook, Thorn as
! Lloyd of St Clair. A w Kingsland of Cook
and George Brown of Sangamon; fer
State Agents for the Prevention of Cruelty
| TO. ..Animals-for town of Lake, Levi Doty
of Will, and for East St Louis, Thos j
| Rainey. NJ Frank of Mclean for Trustee
| of Soldiers Orphans Home at Normal,
| to succeed Ira Bloomfield, removed
| because found unqualified for duties of the
| position.
Mr. Neeca rose to C. question Of privilege
on the question of the report of the Visit.
| ing Com mittees to the State institutions,
10 their printed report he found his name
signed to said report as concurriug in
their Endorsement of the management of
several Institutions which had been place
| cd there without his authority. and he
submitted q minority repOrt-tskIng ex-
ceptiou to the wholesale endorsement of
the management of the Feeble Minded
Institution at Lincoln and the Soldiers
| Orphan Home, and stating bis reasons
therefor.
| The Senate spent the remainder of the
session in considering the Kinds bill on
second reading. The galleries were
crowded with temperance ladies, and much
| interest was show in the debate. Mr..
Needles moved to send the bill back to
the Committee on Municipalities, chang
| ing that it had not been properly consider
ed by the whole committee. Messrs. Sun
deraDd, Ford. Rice and others opposed
the motion. and spoke to the Ibill, and the
| Democrats took the opportunity to make
party measure of it, and all supported it.
with the exception of Rhinehardt, who
argued ably against it, The charge havs
| ing been made that the Republicans were
avoiding the issue. Mr.. Needles withdrew
his motion. Whites motion to strike out
| the enacting clause was debated at length,
and at last Mr.. Hunt and other opposed
thesbill on constitutional ground. On
ordering it to asthird reading. to vote was
| . KoO 1 1nA H. T. IL, :,
voting aye, and sending the hill to third
reading.
Adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE
to day. Kroll, or Morris introduced bills to
consolidate the boards of j Toilet an d Ches-
ter prisons and the Reform School.
Mr., Durfee introduced bill to punish
the payment of consideration to voters
for time spent in going to the polls, the
voters who ask or receive com pensatior
therefor, and persons who ask or receive
pay for Influencing voters to vote.
The order of bills on the third reading
was then taken up. First came McKone's
bill to appropriate 81 500 for monument
for Conoel James A. Mulligan. at Calvary
Cemetery. which failed to pass. receiving
but 73 votes, II being required.
prohibit railroad. under heavy penalty
from pooling their earnings at any point
within this State. There was a long de
bate on this measure, which is iDdorsed by
a majority of farmers in the House, By
whom it is believed to he in the Interests
Of the people, The opponents OF the bill
presented good arguments against The
measure. basiug their opposition mainly
on the ground that pooling rates are not
in excess of the maximum rates allowed
by Law, and are really of advantage to ths
people. Speeches were made for the bill
by Messrs. LudingtoD, McWilliams ano
Linegar. and against it by Gregg, Durfee
Yancey. Collins, of Cook Before the de
bate was concluded. the House adjourned
until morning. to allow the Republicans tt
hold @ caucus this afternoon.
! An attempt will be made to morrow tt
reconsider and pass the Mulligan Monu
ment bill.