Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-25
STRICTLY BUSINESS
fDG Play in Which Illinois LEGISLATORS
.Appfar,
Members Charged by a Committee
With Bad Conduct,
GrcenbScks Figure Largely In the
Laws OF the Sucker State
The Report.
THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURES,
CHARGES OF coRRUPTIoN.

| CHARGES OF CORRUPTION.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 24.-In the house
the general tax levy bill came up on motion
of.Cronkrite. The amount was reduced from
two millions year to one million and o half.
The bill was then ordered to third reading.
The house struck out the senate rider to the
normal school bill which provides that no part
of the appropriation should be used until the
board of trnstees decided to Julia Bakewell
forty acres of land given by Bakewell long
| ago to the state tor purpose neverfulflled.
The bill was then sent to third reading.
Two hours were spent in wrauglipg
| over the report of the contingent expense
committee. 1t was finally concurred in. The
senate bill regarding lease and bailment
on condition of sale Of railway rolling stock
was called up but only received 13 votes
| Quinn ross to question of high personal priv
ilege and denied certain charges made by
| Miller. The charges were that
Quinn charged thirty-eight dollars
| tor visiting Joliet penitentiary, when Qunn's
only visit to that place was to see "Dutchy"
O'Keefe Quinn denied the charge, saying he
had not been to Joliet for four weeks, He
asked Miller to apologize, the latter made no
move and Quinn offered resolution of c9n-
sure which Haines would not entertain. This
brought about great confusion, during which
the speaker declared the house adjourned,
In the senate this morning number OF
house bills were advanced. The drainage
bill, amending the old levee law Of 1872
passed. 1t is O vo'uminous document, but is
intended to simplify the laws on that subject
A number of small house appropriation bills
were advanced. The house convict labor bill
was called up and advanced to second read
ing, The Chicago park bill was called up by
Senator Mason and passed. 1t provides that
an additional tax Of one mill shall be added
for park improvements in that city. It only
affects those districts in which parks are To-
Gated. The store bill was taken up under q
suspension of the rules. The bill provides
that employers shall not pay employees in
any thing but money, and is simed to do away
with what is commonly known as truck
stores. 1t was strongly opposed by Rinehart.
Before the completion of the debate the sem
ate took recess.
In the house in the afternoon Quinn did
not press his motion for vote of censure
against Miller, and the Crafts bill passed en-
abling park commissioners or corporate au-
thorities to take, regulate and improve and
control public streets leading to public parks,
and pay for such improvement by special as
sessment on contiguous property. The senate
bill allowing the clerk of the criminal court of
| county to hold Office until the November
| election, 1856, was advanced to third read
ing. The senate bill providing that medical
colleges, surgeons and physicians shall have
the use of unclaimed dead in penitentiaries,
hospitals, ~, bridewells, asylums,., etc,
passed. The senate bill authorizing
cities and villages to convey real estate held
be them for school purposes to proper schools
officers passed. There were but twenty-three
votes in favor of the bill appropriating $75..
600 to establish training school above Rock
| Island. The senate general appropriation
bill passed. The senate bill appropriating
$780, 900 for erecting in Chicago or Cook
county an industrial school for the blind was
not ordered to third reading and is dead.
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Of the truck bill was continued, Senator Ham
ilton taking q stand in favor of it, at 3:20,
others wishing to discuss the bill, it was de
cided to make 1t the special order for to-
morrow at II a m. A good deal of amusement
was offered the senators by the speech me5e
by Senator Southworth on the bill, declaring
Lusk creek not navigable. stream. He had
of the stream, its tributaries,
ETC., which were, of course all
fictitious and his speech explaining was quite
ludicrous. The bill passed. A large number
of house bills were advanced IN order of their
reading, this being the last day that bills on
house bill providing that members Of tt q
board of appeals of the board of trade sha
give bond of So, ,0c0, and further that no per-
son interested in either the buying or selling Of
grain shall be amember Of the board was passed.
Senator Ainsworth called up the house bill
restricting the sale of liquors by certain per
| sons In less quantities than five gallons to
persons within radius of two miles out Of
any incorporated city, town ur village, and its
| opponents tried to keep it back by continued
motions to adjourn. The bill was advanced
to second reading, after which the senate ad
| journed.
The long looked.for report of the investgat-
ing committee was received in the house this
evening. The report, after stating what the
committee considered It's duty, went on to say
| regarding the charges made by Speaker
Haines and the affidavit he fourished on the
floor of the house. that when the committee
called for the document Haines had sent it
back to its maker, Tu6bs, district superln-
tendent Of the Western Union telegraph COM
pany, and the committee had great difficulty
In obtaining information The Tubbs sffida
Wit, the committee says, sets forth that Rep
resentative Baker had offered for S2,50o to
defeat the telegraph bills-the one intro
duced by Singer. Tubb, was finally
got before ths committee and testified
that Baker had made such a proposition to
him. On the other hand they have the di-
rect denial of Mr.. Baker. AS to the auth or
falsity of the charges, the committee leaves it
for the house to decide. In regard to the
charge that Campbell of Hamilton, had baen
purchased in the interest of certain butter
bills by committee from Eigin, the reports
Commission, which states that Hitze. treas
him that he had paid in all
t, Hamilton 81, 100 for inhuer ce in this butter
bill. Hitze could not be got before the COM
mittee, but the committee are Of the opiniou
that enough testimony is in their possession
to cause the indictment of said Hitzs for at
tempting to corrupt members of the legisla.
ture. The committee does not make any
comment on Campbelps conduct, but leaves il
TO the house. In regard to the charges
against Bruce Kennedy ard his connection
dence damaging to that gentleman waI
offered, but that the report that
he had been influenced in the interest of the
bill, arose only through a thoughtless joke
When the report was read Speaker HaineE
took the floor and defended lis petition, al
the same time arraigning the committee fol
} putting such report into the house, which
he claimed was intended to smirch the honor
of members of the house. He spoke for nearly
two hours and wa, followed by Baker
who, in very caustic remarks, characterized
District Manager Tubbs, OF the Western
Union telegraph company, who accused hin
famous liar and peijurer Mr. Campbell, o
Hamilton, also denied to the house the
charges that had been preferred against him
He ayerIed that go far as he was concerned
there was never q cent of money psiC
out in the interest of the butter bill
Mr.. Messick moved that the report Of H.,
committee be received and placsd on tn,
table, the committee discharged, and II,
record OF 1t spread upon the Journal of th'
house. At 10 p m. the house adjourned.
Close of fCOmmeHcement Season.
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