Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-03-27

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the Next City Ire
south to get street car line. The
opening of Division street would give
them better transportation facilities.
It IL high time the Barnes telephone
bin was reported TO the House. How
about this. Mr.. EilcOursc!
Mr. Barnes. arr you going to allow
your telephone hill to sluii'6er In Mr.
KilcOM,,e's License Committee until
the House udJourus! Many people Won
der what In the world you Introduced
this bin for. anyhow. Others say "uu-
less the bill, Is reported to the House
ana placed on Its passage soon. there Is
only one Inference to he drawn" We
believe tiils to bc the correct theory.
House hill No. :;,S for an act to pro-
vide for u board of medical examiners.
Introduced by Mr.. In Monte. Is good
measure and should become law.
The Kilcourse racing bill. which. IN.
der the guiSc Of that oil. old blanket.
~ desire to improve the breed of
horses" proposes to establish ana pro.
tect practically unlimited anu cont!nu-
Gus gambling. should be showed under
and blotted out at springfield.
4 hill which undertakes to encourage
AMI protect gambling II vicious ON Its
face. and yet more vicious In Its apl'll-
cation. The men who are lobbying for
this bill care nothing about racing as
sport or improving the breed Of horses
gambling. gambling pure ana simple.
Il nll that they desire. There n no law
against llorse.racing. The men who
own blOGled animals are welcome to
take them out on any track and run
thuM around II rs often ~ they may
please. There are laws against gam.
bling. ana 1t II owing TO the enforce.
ment Of these laws that the tracks
around Chicago are now niOss.cOvered
ana silent.
The EilcOursc bill proposes To allow
sixty days continuous racing on each
track. That would mean at least three
tracks In operation around Chicago. or
six mOnths Of continuous gambling
six mouths during which the town
would DE alive with thugs. crooks ana
gamblers. while tl,c following six
months would bc full OF the evOlutlOns
OF an army Of defaulters and petty
thieves. ruined. pnuperized ana trans.
ferred from the ranks Of the honest
employed TO the ranks of the criminal
classes.
In the House Friday the Chicago sal.
AIRY bill WIS put over six days. Bills were
introduced rs follows: To establish courts
Of Cancellation. to relieve courts OF roc.
ords: to establish q State Board Of Ii.
brary Commissioners: u measure de.
signed 10 abolish department stores;
amendment to law fixing salaries of cleo.
ton commissioners and chief clerks. Al.
ter ordering n number of bills to third
reading the House adjourned 10 . o'clock
Monday afternoon. Mr.. I.undin intro.
duced in the Senate n bill compelling rail.
roads to carry bicycles rs baggage. This
IL the same as the Shurrock bill In the
House. now In the hands of the Commt.
tee on Roads and Bridges. The bicyclists
nre making m effort to secure the passage
of this bill. and representatives of cycling
clubs have also been invited to DO present
NJ the n.ceting of the Committee on Penal
and Rcformatory Institutions. when
Schnber;'s c0nvict-lnbor bill will come
up for consideration.
The iinuse met NJ > o'clock Monday.
| with scarcely II quorum present. Several
bills were introduced, most important be-
ing one to regulate truck" stores. II
| applies not alone to the owners and opera.
tors of coal mines, but to manufacturers
and those engaged In any other business.
II does not prohibit the owning of truck
| stores. but requires the owners thereof to
sell goods AT prices as low rs prevail in
stores not owned by II person or corpora.
| 'lon engaged In mining. manufacturing or
other business. All the House bills on
the calendar on the order of first reading
were advanced. When Secretary Pro
Fem Fisher called the Senate to order
| there was no quorum present. An adj
jOurnment was taken by both houses
| Unit! Tuesday ut III q. m.
In the House Tuesday Buckners bill
to appropriate $4,000 for the pnrticipa.
| lion of Illinois in the Tennessee Centen-
NAL and International exposition. and
Mr.. Lnmonte's bill authorizing the cleo
| ti0n commissioners of Cook County to des.
| ignate five clerks to administer the oath
| of office to the judges and clerks of cleo
ton were passed. Mr.. Merriam's bill in
| relation to the election of aldermen in
| cities under the minority representation
plan came up on third reading. and also
passed. In the Senate resolutions of re-
spect to the memory of Senator Herb of
, Alton. who died after the close of the
Thirty-nin General Assembly, and the
late Senator Wells. of Quincy. who died
recently. were adopted by rising vote.
The Senate confirmed these appointments
by the Governor; Trustees of the ILL
nois Northern Hospital for the Insane at
Elgin-A. 8. Wright, Woodstock. to sue.
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