Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-03-20

ordinance granting the right to con.
~truct the railway. All petitions must
be subject to public inspection.
An emergency clause In attached to
the hill.
A delegation consisting Of Judge Har.
vcy Il. Hur,l. Of the Civic FederntiO
and the Real Estate Board Of Chica.
gO. Marvin Farr. President or the
Real Estate Board: George BirkhOff.
chairman Of the Revenue Committee
Of that organization. and u. j. Avery
appeared before the House Committee
on Revenue Wednesday afternoon IN
advocacy Of the two revenue bills pre-.
pared by the Real Estate Board and
the civic Federation. and introduced
by Mr.. Cochran.
One Of the bills fixes the standard
of valuation for purposes Of taxation
AT ~ per cent. Of the actual cash value.
This, Judge Hurl cOntendesl. would
have the effect Of bringing out person.
al property. which has escaped taxa.
tiOn from time immemOrlal.
ut would b. the greatest folly" he
declared. ITO attempt to assess prop.
erty ut It's fair cash value. 1t would
amount to cOntlscatiOn Of property"
Mr.. BlrkhOK said the great object
was to tslunlixe taxation. 1t was Inn.
possible ut present to make. an honest
assessment In Chicago. The committee
deferred action on the billx until u ~.
t,irc meeting. though little opposition
was developed among the members
present.
After weeks idlcness tho House man.
lfcsted u disposition TO work Monday nj.
tcrnoon. when It met at 3 o'clock. For
IN hour the clerk read bills first time.
and several motions for adjournment
were voted down. A number Of bills were
sion Of mob violence and lynchinR. II
provides that a person attacked and In.
jurcd by a mob may secure Judgment
from the county In which the net IL done
from $1,000 to 5000. In the absence Of
Lieut.. Gov. NOrthcOtt aud President Pro
TempOre Fisher. Senator Harding called
tho Senate to order. There was not
quorum present and no business was
transacted. Immediately after the read.
Ing OF the journal IN adjournment was
taken until Tuesday morning Mt 10 o'clock.
senator Wells desk was draped In Grape.
In the center beautiful floral wreath
rested, expressing the esteem In which
members Of tho Senator held their dc.
ceased associate.
In the House Wednesday among the
rnxlun n1 sasnn Hlsn Ho11 t~-
Ing the minimum compensation of labor.
ers on public works at &? per day; 70.
quiring oil custodians OF public funds
to publish annual statements Of receipts
aud disbursements; to prohibit the play.
Ing OF baseball on Sunday outside OF In
corpOrated cities. villages and towns: pro.
viding for the incorporation. regulation
and management OF pawners' societies.
etc.; to prohibit the sale Of cocaine or
preparations consisting Of cocaine. except
upon the prescription of o physician or
dentist; providing for the creation of the
Office of inspector Of beer and malt la.
uOrs; In the Senate q number Of bills
were reported back from committees and
several petitions were presented. One by
Senator Stubble6eld was from the rail-
road employees Of bloomington asking
that the railway blu fixing tho maximum
rate Of fare at 2 cents per mile do not
pass. Among the bills introduced were
the following; Authorizing the State
Treasurer to pay Isaac u. Hit and the
administrator OF the estate of John A.
Logan and tho administrator of the %.
tate of w. w. Wiltshire $4,000 each
for attorneys fees and expenses attend.
ing the refunding and collection from tho
United States of the money advanced by
the State: to prohibit the coloring yellow
Ut any substance designed to be used a.
substitute for butter; amending the Tag
law NO as to leave II to the discretion of
the school directors when tho Tag shall
be displayed.
The only notable incident In the House
Thursday was the following prayer by
the chaplain. David q. Bradford: Lord.
bless and pity us; shine on us with thy
face. that Republicans aud Democrats
and POpulists and PrOhibitiOnists and
socialists and suffraglsts aud lobbyists
may oil know thy saving grace. Neespon.
sive amens.) Then the song prayer and
the prayer song Of the sweet singer OF
Israel will DO our prayer and song-let
the whole earth DO filed with thy glory.
Amen and amen" The bill to raise sal.
arie: OF Chicago officials was up for dis.
cusslon. Gov. Tanner transmitted to the
Senate the following appointments ~
trustees OF the Illinois Eastern Hospital
for the Insane at Kankakee; Len Small
Ut Kankakee. to GIL vacancy heretofore
existing; John ]. Magee of Chicago. to
succeed Edward Sill. resigned; George T.
Buckingham Of Danville, to succeed ],
w. Orr. resigned. Among the bills In.
troduced was the following: BY Senator
stubble6eld-To prohibit the manufac.