The Irish standard., 1897-05-15
HUMPHREY BILLS DEFEATED.
Ilnnols House Votes 70 etTjlse Oat.
the Epacfing Clause. = IS. 8 /,

: IlIiaols House Votes to strike Oss:
the Eraefin9 Clause. & 4
Springfield, H.. May is.-tnterest Il the.
light oyer tho Humphrey bills was mani.
tested By the public early Wednesday
morning. An hour before the house con-,
vened there, was throng outside the dooe
endeavoring to get I'M; but the edict had
gone forth from Doorkeeper Harlan that
only members should be admitted to the
floor Of the house. In spite Of this order.
however, members succeeded In SNUG.
Cling in a large number Of their constttu'
ents.
'The hour Of II o'clock having arrived."
said the speaker, e"the clerk will read sem
ate bill No 35s. which is special order for
this hour 49, -
when the clerk had finished reading the
bill, Mr.. Miller was recognised. fs
clause Of the bill. and on that motion de.
manded the door. He then moved the pre-.
1icus question on his motion to strike out
the enacting clause. II second the mo.
tion," said Mr.. selby and Mr.. Bailey at
the same moment. The speaker hesitated,
vive voce vote. There was only two Of
three scattering negative votes, and among
these was Mr.. None.
The main question was then ordered and
the demand for roll-call.
The roll call resulted in 12s yeas to .
nays.
The nay vote in detail was: Nays-Allen,
Of Vermillion, Atchison, Barnes Barrick-
low, Bartling, Blood, Brannen, Brown,
Cavanagh, Craig, Eldelstein, Eldridge, Far
rell. Flanagan, Glade, Horn, Jarvis. John
son. Of whiteside, Large. McDonough, Nc
ray. Of Clinton; Murray. Of sangamon;
Nichols, Shepherd, Thomas. Total, q. Abb
sent and not voting Montgomery.
Senate bill 14s, the commission bill, was
then taken up The previous question
was then ordered on stoskopf's motion and
the enacting clause was stricken from the
bill by vive voce vote.
The house passed by vote Of 100 to z
shanahan's bill designed to do away with
the six-day bicycle race. Pemberton's
bill creating a state banking department
came up as special order on second read
ing. and was referred to the committee on
appropriations.
Springfield, ILL.,, May 13-The. senate
adopted the house joint resolution for final
adjournment, after amending it by fixing
the date for June 4. Senator Bogardus'
bill providing for the establishment Of the
classes in public schools for the education
Of children failed to pass; yeas. 2S; nays,
IT, The gas frontage bill and the gas
consolidation bills introduced by Senator
Crawford were advanced to third reading.
Senator Littler offered resolution re-
calling FROM the railroad committee and
placing at the head of the calendar his bill
to place sleeping car companies under the
supervision Of the railroad and warehouse
commission. The resolution went over
for one day under the rules Adjourned.
Lansing, Mich, May ia bill passed
the lower house Of the legislature Wednes-
day which raises the specific taxes on rail-
road earnings in Michigan from $700, 600 to
about twice that amount. The rates arc
as follows: Road earnings less than $4,000
per mile, ~ per cent; from $1,000 to $1,000,
four per cent; from 1000 to $1,000. per
cent; over, $1,000, ten per cent. This is
partial victory for Gov. Pingree, but there
is still considerable doubt whether any Of
his railway reform measures will pass the
senate. A bill for local taxation of rail-
roads, which was agreed to in committee
of the whole Tuesday, was Wednesday re-
referred to committee, on motion of Col.
Atkinson, the leading Pingree represents
tive. If the senate passes the specific tax
bill passed by the house Wednesday the
local taxation bill will probably not be
pushed.
In the afternoon the house by vote Of
70 to q passed the Moore bill, provid-
ing for the absolute repeal Of thes
special charter Of the Michigan Central
railroad and bringing the company under
the general railroad laws of the state for
all purposes. The Atkinson bill requir-
ing holding of annual meetings of railroad
companies at their principal offices was
also passed. Col. Atkinson's bill requiring
uniform passenger fares of two cents per
Of passage: however, the vote being 40. to
So, A bill was faYorably reported in the
senate which increases the rate Of specific
taxes upon earnings of express companies
from the present rate of one per cent. to
three per cent. on gross business done.