Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-17
TIRE OF TYRANNY.
Democrats Put a Stop to House
Rule at Spring.
field.
REPRESENTATIVE HURsTs PART.
Republicans Outwitted in the Committee
and brought to Terms in the House
Speaker Sherman Made to Recognize
Constitutional Rights of Members on the

and brought to Terms in the House
Speaker Sherman Made to Recognize
Constitutional Rights of Members on the
Floor.
Representative Z. w. Hurst, of this
city, took 4 prominent part in the
events transporting in the house and
| house committees at Springfield
Yesterday. in which democratic mem
| bers, though in the minoritv, out
generated the controlling influences
both in the most important COM
miitee ut the present time, that on
judiciary. and.in the house. and in both
cases compelled the powers that he to
show their hands, and when the
legislature adjourned for the week
the democratic representatives had
the situation decidedly in their hands.
The contests of the day originated
in the committee on judiciary, on
which Mr.. Hurst is n distinguished
member where Mr.. Allen attempted
| to disregard the presence of n quorum,
but was forced by the democrats to
count n quorum. This much done,
Mr.. Allen was placed in position
where he will be obliged to report out
of the committee of which he is chair
uidH SlIctI Cdl Dlll
ing the repeal of his own measure
with which his name is associated.
In the house Speaker Sherman at
| tempted to continue his practices since
| the organization of that body of turn
ing a deaf ear to the democratic side,
eSen ignoring the rising of Represen-
tative McGoorty, the leader on the
democratic side, to question of
L.
cedure provoked the storm that
members receiving, through prom
Use of Allen, of the republican steer
ing committee, to Mr.. Hurst, the
assurance that they would be recog-
nized hereafter. When excitement was
running the highest and many of
he democrats goaded to desperation
10y the persistent purpose of the chair
to neither recognize them nor accord
them fair treatment, Notwithstanding
that Mr.. McGoorty had threatened to
impeach the speaker, some of the
party leaders were in favor OF adopt
ing radical measures, the Chicago
Journal of last evening SAYS:
Hurst CounseIs Moderation.
Fillmore Hurst, one of the old-time
democrats from Rock Island, appeared
to be the only cool-headed man on the
democratic side. and he asked the
speaker to promise recognition for the
democrats before the end of today's
session, so that they might introduce
the protest which had been prepared
and circulated on the floor of the
house.
"McNabb, of La Sale, made fiery
4 I. a
his assistants and his creatures, and
Malato moved that the American flag
over the speakers chair be torn down
and the flag of the car of all the
Russias be substituted for it. Rep
resentative Hurst deplored this mo-
ton. and in a calm manner admon-
ished the democrats to do nothing
that they would later be ashamed of. |
He declared that the democrats could
well afford to let the people of the |
state Judge from the facts
The Chicago papers this morning
give prominence to the part Mr..
Hurst took in the proceedings. the
others forcing the rights of the demo-
cratic side being Representatives ID.
+. Sullivan, and Redfield as well as
Representative McGoorty. The Rec
ord, speaking Oh the llhlhS up OF
forces in opposition to the speakers |
autocratic attitude. says: Elmer |
Hurst. planted squarely in front of |
Mr.. Sherman, turned himself into a |
linguistic Calling gun, firing 400 an
CRY words a minute at short range"
The Tribune, speaking of the criti- |
cal moment in the house when Mr.. |
Hurst's admonition to the democratic |
l.. 4.
lures the scene thus:
Charlie Allen, Bob Brown, Belt
Ter. Meany and a lot of other repub-