Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
OUR CAPITAL LETTER.
The Bill for WOman's Suffrage
Defeated.
Legislators Hustling Toward the
Close of the sessio:-N
ana Comment.

SPRINGFIELD, June S.-The subject of
womans suffrage which has become
threadbare through discussion, has come
to the front at Springfield again. This is
owing to the defeat of DR.. Moore's woman
suffrage bill in the house last week. 1t
did not ask to give women the right 10
vote at all elections. but merely that they
should have voice in municipal affairs.
If it was proposed, for instance. that a
drunken loafer should be made mayor or
village trustee, or school director, or even
constable, that the women might have
something to say about it. Mrs. Cougar
sat with DR.. Moore and chatted with
Tauoeneck thinkilg that the bill would
pass, of course, but it didn't. Those hor-
rid men voted against it even while she
was sitting there looking on. When the
announcement was made sue busted her.
self in procuring the names of all those
who voted against it. What she will do
with them is not known.
1t may not be readily believed, but the
members held 8 session last Saturday and
another today; you know it was not ever
thus. But there is so much to be done
and so little time to do it in, that the law.
makers must hustle. How easy and com.
Portable it has been all along. Meeting at
II and adj burning at IL 80 was once the
fashion. then from / 10 II o'clock, then
20 to -, and then 10 to l o'clock. That
was getting pretty hard, so on Friday
afternoons al adjournment was taken till
Tuesday forenoons, but a mountain of
work stares everybody in the face and
enough of members remain over Sunday
10 make up quorum on Saturday and a
showing on Monday. 1t is no use, how
ever. All that can new be hoped for is
to push TO completion the bills that are
most important and that have re-
ceived the most attention. Tue ballot
reform bill is one of these which is now
in the hands of conference committee
and in sll probability will pass after
undergoing some oyerhauling. To this
bill the senate proposed two amendments
one to preserve the ballots for six
months after an election and also reouir,
ing them 10 be numbered. The confer
ence committee, ii is thought, will rec>
ommend that the house agree to the bal.
lois being preserved and that the senate
agree to withdraw that portion relating
TO the numbering OF the ballots The |
compulsory education bill will now find |
its way into the hands of conference
committee. Both houses have passed a
measure upon this subject and there has |
been considerable discussion concerning |
it, and yet it may turn out that nothing |
whatever will be done at this session. |
The bill for the rev insane hospital TO |
be under homeopathic treatment will |
hardly pass both houses. The state re. |
fornstory bill will pass the house with |
amendments aud 60 back to the senate |
for concurrence But these matters will |
REQ Tire al the diligence that can be put |
forth by the most active members. Be- |
sides, the appropriation bills must receive |
attention, and considering that three |
more days only reIa for arduous labor
the am unit OF hustling required is enor-
nous.
Then, too, there is the worlds fair bill,
about which so much has been said and
written, and which will have to be DIS
posed Of in some way. Against all
ophecies made, the sum h e granted
will not exceed $3.50 900. Perhaps that
will be enough. The senate granted a
million and the house agreed upon the
lesser sum, not without scene being
enacted. The Columbian bill will be
made special feature of my next letter
A good deal has been said about the
row IN the mouse oyer the WOrlOS talr-
bill. 1t has been said that the house be
ing democratic row was inevlts bic when
the fact is that the row was created by
the re publicans. II was they who shouted
the iCu1est spd in fact DID most of the
shouting. 1t was they who crowded
about the speakers desk in the most
rowdy manner, bowling like dervishes,
using vile and Insulting language towards
the speaker ard also threatening him with
vi0lfnse And for what2 Be
cause he chose 10 decide that the sd-
herents of the $3.50, 600 were in the ma
iority instead OF the million dolsr appro-
priation, and this after q vote had been
taken
Some personal matters relating to the
members from your district will be given
in my next. / shall endeavor to obtain
a summary of the work OF each Sd that
The ARGUS readers may realize some
thing of their exact worth, An exact
worth is thing difficult to arrive at, but
modern science has done much in mis-
croscopic experiments. F. D