Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-22
Il Should Surely Be Beaten Out Of
Sight In the House Of Rep.
resentatives.
It Il Simply Measure Drawn Up in the
Interest Of Miser Russell
Sage.
The Proposed New Street Car Legislation
and the Shape It Is
Now In.

wife and children remained ut home
while he fought the struggle for free.
dom. He probably got x2O n month
wages. hut there was one mouth less
to feed ut hume. The faithful wife.
whose noble efforts are reflected In u
cleanly house. Joined In the struggle for
food and clothing. As the date Of ma
turity Of the note drew near Ellxur. In
spite Of the ilrcst plnching. was able
to marshal only forty-dvc OF the big
dollars necessary to luy his liberty. lie
lIud heard and read that Russell was
purity close about money matters"
He was haunted with, the dread of u
simple man that the money lender
would take his home II he could get 70
chance. What was he to dor
His wife had saved up live whole dol
lars. She hal large plans for it, Use.
II meant shoes for I-ycs,r.Old Russell.
u frWk for 1O.ypar.Old Ethel and stock.
iitgs for ElM1iia. Perhaps II meant u
piece Of 5.cent calico for herself. She
had set her heart on these things. hut
the husband and father insisted the 81
must In used to wipe out the debt hang.
Ing over the hOnc. The wife an,l moth.
cr protested. Hhc thought the million
nire uncle could wait u bit longer for
the other SIT was 50 little tn him and
M much to her. But Elizur was firm.
He was filed with the fear. Perhaps In
his heart he said with an oath that he
would not 'be lelOl,lcn'' to Russell, no
matter how many millions the uncle
had.
NJ any rate. there was u family quar-.
rrI. Some reports sny II was tragic.
They say the wife. iilled with grief and
anger. tried to take her own life. Be
TINT ns II mny. Russell tage's $40 are
bntl,etl In u wOman's tears AMI will ring
with chll'lren's cries. ElIxur Sagc IL
agnIn square with the world. There ~
no juggling coin In his pocket. hut he II
"lchOllen" to nobody. He will continue
to live from hand to mouth. hut he II u
man. His cilef concern now II to get
the release. He goes to the l,DstOtiice
every dny. and when It comes l,e will
probably celebrate the event by allow.
Ing himself an extra chew Of tobacco
for the day.
War over street railway franchise OK.
tension l. on again and the chances are
there viii l1 another battle royal.
Charles 4. Yerkes. +. II. Winston.
Michael Cudahy. Adams \. Goodrich
and Others Appeared before the House
Committee on Judiciary this after
noon. explained the situation In Chi.
cagO. and presented u bin to the com.
mlttee for hs consideration.
After u short wr1ngle as to when tho
new measure would be considered Il
was finally decided to take II up Friday
morning at $40 o'clock. The OplW.
nents Of the bill wanted to nix tho time
for consideration for Tuesday after.
noon. 4 motion tO this effect was
made by Mr.. Alss.li,,ler. but II was DE-.
fe''ted. The Ollly members wl,0
changed from the way they voted IN
the House last week were Judge Sl,er.
man ana Representative Terrence. The
advocates Of ta,e bin could have re-.
ported Il out favOral,ly. but they
thought Il more advisable to give tn,
committee u chance for thorough
consideration.
The new hill provides for the extern
sion Of the existing franchises thirty
five years. II fixes the rate of farr al
= cents for n period Of twenty years
the rate thereafter to In regulated by
the city Council. The compensation
provided for in Cook County Is = PEI
cent. OF the gross receipts for fifteen
years, : per cent. for ten years ana
per cent. for the remainder Of the life
OF the franchise.
This measure II receiving very fn
vOisible consideration and will un
doubleday pass with little or no Opposi
tion. Among those who appeared with
Mr.. ferkcs before the committee were
Charles iienr0ain. u large investor In
stocks and bonds: Michael Cu,lahy. thu
well-kn0wn pork packer AMI oil man
+. IL. Winston, capitalist aud member
Of the Lincoln Park Board: Clinton u
Evans. editor of the Chicago EcOnO
mist; Dwight II. Cameron. u stOl.kiIOll
or IN the South Chicago street railway
Gen. Charles W. Drew, II widely know,
insurance man. and William A. Cole
man ana Martin l.. Wheeler. bO,i
dealers In suburban real estate.
The plan Is to have the bill reported
Friday, read first time and advanced
They expect TO have It read u sesonC
time Monday afternoon ana again al
vancetl, and then to have 1t passe,
Tuesday or "Wednesday.
Naturally chief interest In the com
mlttee centcreSl In the arguments pre-
scented by AIR. Yerkes. He declined Il
open the discussion. nut was given d
hearing later In the proceedings. Hi
speech follows:
I'VE have heard u number Of gentle
men here speak Of the condition d
Chicago. which, in great measure, per
tains to the state Of Illinois at tn,
present time. Now, as ! have sat lis
tening to-day, the query rose In IN!
mind. what il the reason for that con
dltiOn and how can the condition In
improved: suppose yOu would nat
urally answer that Mr.. Yerkes will sa!
by the passage Of the Humphrey hills
do not say anything of the kind
There il no doubt that capital as ~
CARDS the State of Illinois Is very rest
less at the present tine There is III