Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-19

The New President OF the
our legislative evils flow. The minor
ity system which fills the Legislator,
with cheap boOdlers of both parties ha.
to he wiped out Of the constitution be
fore Illinois can be said to have a trul,
republican form of government resting
on the will Of the majority.
In the recent election the change OF
a few votes In two or three Senatorial
districts would have made the House
Democratic. although the Republican,
carried the state by $4,000. Then ali
legislation would have been blocked OF
made the sport Of Doodle and political
deals. Minority representation Is beau
tiful In theory, but 1t Is death to party
responsibility and political honesty IN
| practice.
The annual meeting Of the Illinois
st. Andrews Society was held In the
fremont House on Thursday evening,
Nov. 3, President william Gardner in
the chair.
The following were elected officers
for the ensuing year:
President, Donald L. Morrill,; First
Vice President, John Williamson; Sec.
ond Vice President, Joseph Cormack;
Secretary, John Thomson; Assistant
Secretary. Charles +. Spence; Treas.
urer. william Inglis; Physician. DIR. Il.
ID. Macarthur; Assistant Physician,
DR.. n. A. Sempill; Attorney, ID. u.
Fraser.
Board Of Managers George Thorn.
son.. Chairman: Angus Mclean, George
Fraser, Peter McEwan, Hugh shirlaw.
Dinner COmmittee--D. Il. Cameron,
Chairman; John Aston. Andrew Wal.
lace, Hugh Richie. George H. Scott,
John q. Keith, John G. Hunter.
Cemetery COmmittee-JOhn Stewart,
ID. X. Cameron, Andrew Wallace.
Auditing COMMUNICATION G. Hun.
ter, Thomas Dempster, X. j. l.. eros.
bic.
The following new members were
elected: DIR. w. =. Christopher, Ora
ham II. Harris, Herbert w. Macpher.
son ana Bernard +. Rogers.
Donald l.. Morrill,, the new President
OF the Illinois st. Andrews Society,
was born In Maine. of Scotch ancestry,
on the eve OF the civil war. The prod
uct Of the common schools of Auburn,
In that State. he took the regular
course ut Brown University, ana when
twenty years old received the degree
of Bachelor Of Arts from that institu.
tiOn. Aiming to reach higher intel.
lectual plane. he earned ana received
the degree Of Master Of Arts from the
same university three years later.
Then he became a teacher, ana In 1883
removed to Moline, Ill.,, to assume the
duties Of principal OF the high school
there. Two years afterwards he nc.
cepted the princlpalship of the Won
Humboldt school, In this city, cOntinu.
Ing as such until September, 1885,
when he was transferred to the prin-
of the Andersen school. The
Board. because Of his peculiar fitness
ana administrative powers, also chose
him to be supervisor of evening
schools.
In the spring of 1880 he was elected
principal of the Douglas school, and
the following summer, having previous
~ been admitted to the bar. he entered
upon the practice of law. A year later
he was appointed n member of the
Board of Education, ana his colleagues,
DESTROYS of paying him tribute, hOnOrcd
him next year by electing him Attorney
for the Board. Since June, 1891, there
fore, until he rendered his resignation
recently by reason of his inability to
care for the law work of the
Board Of Education, and at the same
time do justice to his large clientage,
Mr.. Morrill, had served as the Boards |
attorney. His close attention to detail
has been unerrlng In Its results. He
conducted the recent school fund prop
arty appraisement admirably. His rec
ord as attorney Is unique In that he
served longer as such than any of his |
predecessors, and In the acceptance Of
his resignation, while vOiclng their re-
sret at the severance of such personal |
md official relations, the members of |
he Board expressed the hope that the
course adopted by him would bring
lin happiness and prosperity, and that
his reward would be In keeping with
lis previous performances of all duties
assumed by him.
Alderman Neagle 10 having an Ordin-
ance drafted which will require the
owners Of electric clocks, tlckers and
automatic weighing machines to pay
IN annual license fee to the city rang
ing from 80 to IS on each device In op-
grafton. The city's revenues from this
source, the alderman says, would az
yregate over 100000 year. The