Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-10

tics. THIS may he the reason why they |
wanted to beat 1t.
The Reed rule of counting n quorum |
was adopted by Speaker Curtis In the |
House Wednesday. and 1t Is under.
stood that the rule will he rcsortcd tn |
whenever occasion requires during the
remainder of the session.
Immediately after the reading of the
Journal the resolution providing for the
appointment of committee Of seven
to inquire into the causes of the pres
cnt treasury deficit and also to invcs-
tigatc the management of the State In.
stitutions was announced by the Speak
e. as the special order for the day. Mr..
Miller WcpJ at once moved the pre-
vious question. and the motion was
carried. Several Democratic members
vainly strOve for recognition. The
Speaker ordered u roll call on the adOp-
ton of the resolution.
The Democrats In order to break the
quorum refraincd from voting. Only
sixty-iivc members responded to their
names. This was twelve short Of u
quorum. Before the result was an
nounced Speaker Curtis said
"'rhc clerk will record the following
gentlemen rs present and not voting:
johnson Of Whitesi,le. AtchisOn. BAR
nett. Barnes. Bnrtling. l,rancn. Car
mody. Craig. E,lelstein. Hall of Cook.
llarnsbcrgcr. Murray of Clinton. No
wax. Organ. Perry Shepard. sullivan.
and Webb"
This announcement was received
will, enthusiastic cheers on the Uepub.
llcan side.
There was cOmmOtion at once
among the Democrats.
mir. Speaker" shouted Mr.. johnson
Of Whiteside. "yOu recognize the fact
that am present. ask IT you refuse
to recognize me as Oh this side Of the
House. ! want to know whether I
| have the same rights ~ other mem.
beers. l nsk for recognition. Mr.. Speak.
| cr'
ION this question" said the Speaker.
without recognizing Mr.. johnson. "the
yeas are ~ AMI the nays none. and
there are eighteen present ana not vo,-
Ing. The resolution IN adopted"
This was followed by another out.
burst Of Republican applause.
The Democrats renewed the clnmOr
for recognition. In which nearly all of
them Joined. The tumult. however.
soon subsidized and the House settled
down to business.
Mr.. SharrOck's Hill to authorize the
supreme Court to pass upon cOntro-
vcrtcd questions of fact was discussed
NJ length On second reading. Mr.. Re.
Wells motion to strike out the cnacting
clause was voted dOwn--yens. ~: nays.
~. The pllraseOlOgy Of the hill was
finally changed 10 as to make Il read as
follows:
"'rhe Supreme Court shall re.exam.
Inc all eases brought to It by appeal ar
writ of error from any Of the courts In
the State ns to MI questions of law. AMI
may also rc.exaninc as to all cOntrO.
vcrtcd questions Of fact"
In this form the Hill was advanced
to third reading.
The anti.dcpartmcnt store bill failed IN
make any progress In the House Fri'lny.
An. adverse report was presented upon
tho bill requiring railroads to accept bI-
cycles rs baggage for free trnnspOrta ton.
A motion 10 nOn-concur was carried. and
the bill placed on first reading. Senator
Baxter called the Senate to order with
scarcely a quorum present. Several re-
ports from standing committees were Of.
fercd. among which were the revenue
bills prepared by the Chicago Real Estate
Board. Senator Dunlap made an effort
to have the bills advanced to second read
Ing. but Senator Crawford objected, and
Senator Dunlap withdrew his motion
The bill providing for the consolidation
Of townships In Cook County under Oh,
township organization was advanced IL
third reading. Thc Senate then adjourn
cd to Monday at 3 y. M.
The House convened at 3 o'clock Mon
day afternoon. Mr.. Nohe introduced 4
bill to prevent fire insurance co,npaiiie'
organized In States aud countries foreign
to the State Of Illinois from reinsurini
or disposing Of by treaty or otherwise
any liability for Insurance Oh property 10
Gated In the State OF Illinois. Thirt!
House bills on the order of first readini
; were read a first time and advanced u
second reading. This left seventeen BILL
still on the order of first reading. the bi
cycle baggage bill being at the bottom o
the calendar on that order. The Senate
met ut 3 y. M. without a quorum present
: No business was transacted and imme
: diately after the reading of the jOnrna
, an adjournment was taken.
! The State loan bill, which authorize
|. the Governor. Treasurer and Auditor 0
Public Accounts to borrow S25O.OOO &
meet casual deficiencies or failures II
State revenues was passed by the llous
Tuesday without the emergency claus
after u long debate by vote of 81 yea
to ~ nays. The Senate bill increasinl
tho pay OF the judges and clerks OF elec
? ton In Cook County to - per day wa
passed. as was also the Senate bill M
propriating 1900 for the furnishing o
! the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hal
; In the public library building at Chicago
Senator Sawyer presented petitio
= against the passage of the bill providing
? for free textbooks. 4 bill was Introduce,
, providing that all present city employe
In Chicago who have not passed civl
service examination shall have the sam
standing us though they had passed suc
: examination. Mr.. Buckner's bill appru
priating 100000 for the participation O
l the State In the Tennessee Centennia
|. and Industrial Exposition at Nashville
I which opens next May. was passed.