Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
Gas Frontage measure did not receive
one cent for their votes.

hoodle in It,
They should be given Il chance to tell
what they have learned since.
Among others who are likely to he
called TO tell what they know about
the passage Of these measures ana the
incidents attending their passage are
the following wcllkuown citizens:
G. X. q. Billings.
Baron lcrZmauuwSki.
James L. MCagher.
Roswell L. Flower.
l.. a. Wiley.
J. y. Zimmerman,
+. \. Crane.
Anthony y. BrGly.
Walton Fergusou.
Perry \. Hull.
Charles II. Cya, ford.
The officers Of he Ogden Gas Com.
pany.
The Senators who voted for the
bills.
Senators Aspinwall. Baxter, Berry.
Bollnger. Crawford. Curly. Dresser.
Dwyer. Evans. Fisher. Fitzpatrick.
Granger. Harding. Hull, Humphrey.
Hunt. Landrigan. Leeper Littler. Lun.
din. McEinlay. Morrison. Mounts. Mum
roe. Netterstrom. OBrien. Pemberton,
Sawyer. Sparks. Stubblefield and Sui
Ivan.
The Representatives who voted for
the bills.
Representatives Anderson, Allen.
Atchison. Barnes, Barricklow. Bartling.
Blood. Bovey, Branen. BrignadellO.
Brown. Bryant. Buckner, Busse (R.
CO., Butter. Carmody. Cavanagh, Comp.
ton. Craig. De Woody, Dickson. Edel.
stein. Eldredge. Ely, Farrell. Flanagan,
Fuller. Galligan. Glade. Hall ROSS c.,
Hall Frank L.. Harnsbergcr. Horn,
Jarvis, johnson &C. c., Kain. XII.
course. King. Kolstedt. La Monte.
Lange. Laub. Lovett. McDonough, Nc
Gee. McGinnIs. McEniry, Meaney.
Mitchell. Montgomery. Morris. Muir
dock. Murray III. W, Murray "a. g..
Needles. Nichols. Nohe. Noling, Moth.
nagel. Novak. Olsen. O'Shea, Parrish.
Perrottet. Powell (A.). Price. Quans-
from. Revell. Rhodes. Rowe. Salmans,
Sayler. Schwab. Schubert, Selby, Shar-
rock. Sherman. Steen. Sterclie, Suttle,
Thiemann. Thomas. Tisdel. Terrence,
Walleck. wathier, Webb, weidmaier
md Wilson.
In addition to the above. there will
be called:
Two very prominent political leaders,
whose names are known to all wit.
nesses.
Several witnesses to transactions In
the Ashland Block. whose names are
easily obtainable, but which are sup.
pressed temporarily.
Several witnesses to transactions nj
Cores Hotel whose names are accessi.
BILE. but which are suppressed TEN.
pOrarily.
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The history OF the passage Of the gas
frontage iniquity Is the history Of d
crime.
BY the lavish use Of money this scan.
dalous measure was rushed through
the General Assembly In 1895.
Peculiar Governor as Altgeld was,
the actions OF the cOrruptiOnists who
were behind the infamous gas law
were SO bold and 70 open that the then
Governor vetoed II In the following
message:
State Of Illinois, Executive Office, June
10, 1895.
To the Honorable. the Gentlemen OF
the Senate:
herewith return. without my ap'
prOval, Senate Bill No. 3G2, being can
act to amend section Of An net In
o.. h. IN ~ tnapr.
porated companies approved March
o, 1861"
This bill provides for the consoliia.
ton Of any number of corporations or
gahized for the same. or similar. gen.
eral purposes. UNDER 1T, ALL COR
PORATIONS ENGAGED IN THE
SAME GENERAL LINE OF BUSI'
NESS CAN CONSOLIDATE, AND
THUS LEGALLY FORM \ MONOP'
OILY.
II this bill, or any existing law, made
provision for adequately protecting the
public In all such cases, then ! would
not hesitate to sign 1t, for II has been
my desire 10 cooperate with the Gen
cral Assembly as far as pOssible; But
FOR THE STATE TO DELIBER
ATELY LEGALIZE MONOPOLY
AND MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO PRO
VISION FOR PROTECTING THE
PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS FROM EN-
TORTIONS AND OPPRESSlONS
WOULD BE a CRIME.
JOHN r. ALTGELD,
Governor.
On motion Of Senator Crawford, the
consideration of the bill and OF the
veto message was made special order
for June II at II a. m, when action
was again postponed until June i3
again until June II, when after read
ing Of the journal II was then post
poned for one hour, then postponed IN
Ill p. m., when, on motion OF Mr.
Crawford. II was ordered TO lie on the
table.
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"The price Of gas in Chicago will b'
advanced TO SO per 200 feet on July
/, 1889" said man close 10 the Gas
Trust the other day.
What Is the object Of the raiser
was asked him.
What l. the object. Well, that's
II. nf ha