Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-30


fought the Allen bill and the gas bills
before the Fortieth General Assembly
at Springfield last year. 1t calls on the
voters to defeat the men who may seek
reelection to the Legislature in spite
of their records on bad measures. The
address Is signed by the President and
Secretary of the committee, and Is as
follows:
TO the voters Of Illinois:
Two VIGOROUSLY bad laws passed by
the Eortieth General Assembly of ILL
nois at the regular session stand out In
gisring relief. They were not party
measures. The members who focked
90 their support were not induced to do
80 by any fealty which they owed. nor
by any pledges which they had given.
None such. at least, were known to
their constituents. No party dared to
assume responsibility for these laws.
No public interest demanded them
The extraordinary privileges which
they conferred were given by the Leg
islature solely in response to the de-
mands of corporate greed and rapacity.
The influences which induced the mem.
bers to forget their duty to their con.
stituents and to the State must have
been most potent and persuasive.
These bills were not passed without
sufficient opportunity to know their
character. The public press had rung
for months with warnings and expos
tulations. Committee after committee
of public-spirited citizens. with no mo-
tive save to protect the public from
plumber and the State from disgrace.
by public meetings, by printed pam.
phlets and by arguments to the men,
beers themselves at Springfield and at
nome. had exposed the revolutionary
and destructive character Of the street
railway and gas bills. Nay. more than
that. when the street railway bills
first came TO the House Of Represen-
tatives the enacting clause was strlck-
en- out by an overwhelming majority
and the enemies of the people We're
routed and temporarily driven to COW
or. Those who voted for these meas.
urcs on their final passage sinned
against great light. and they have no
cloak for their sin.
The Ubiquitous gas bill provided for
the wholesale consolidation of the gas
companies and gas business In any
city in the State. This bill was with
out shadow of justification or excuse,
and none was even pretended. 1t was
passed solely at the dlctatlon Of the gas
trust. 1t definitely abrogated all prOvi.
6ions which had been made to secure
competition and protect the rights Of
the people.
The most solemn pledges given by
the different gas companies for these
purposes, and without which they
could never have obtained the privil.
eyes accorded them, have been impu'
IDENTIFY broken by them under the shell
ter OF this wicked and corrupt law.
The settled and uniform policy OF I'LL.
nols TO prevent and punish comblna'
tons against public interest was thus
reversed and betrayed by recreant
members OF the Legislature. Let the
people not forget by their fruits shall
yc know them"
1t may we'll be that some Of those
whose names follow We're guiltless OF
corrupt motive in the votes they cast,
but they are found In the very worst
company and in extremely suspicious
circumstances. Possibly some Of them
were even not aware Of the influences
ut work to secure support for these
bills. These guileless innocents, II any
such there be, ought to be kept at
home o. nights by their friends for
their own safety.
The Senator'S whose names, postof'
Gces and districts are given below
voted for the Allen bill upon its final
passage Those whose terms have ex.
pired are given in the first list Of Sena-
tors. The names OF those whose terms
expire In 1900 are given farther on:
1-P. v. Fitzpatrick, r., Chicago
Cook.
&C. II. Crawford, r., Chicago, Cook
7-John Humphrey, r., Orland. Cook
9-Wm. J. O'Brien, D., Chicago, Cook
1l-Fred Lundin, r., Chicago, Cook.
15-J. j. Morrison, r., Chicago, Cook
17-Edward j. Dwyer, r., Chicago
Cook.
2l-C. NJ. Netterstrom, r., Chicago
Cook.
23-Dan ID. Hunt, r., DeKalb, DeKalb
3D.. Il. Llttler, H., Springfield, San
canon,
43-R. l.. McKinlay, D., Paris, Edgar
45-H. II. Kpgsbury, r., olney, Rich
land.
47-D. II. Sparks, r., Alton, Madison
al. A. Wllloughby, H., Belleyllle, st
Clair.
61-P. T. Chapman, T., Vienna, John
son.
These Senator's all voted for the ga
bin except Messrs. Klngsbury, VIII
oughby aud Chapman. Sparks vote,
for the frontage and against the con
sOlidation features OF that measure.
The following Senators, whose term
expire in 1900 voted for the infamou
gas bills:
i-Danlel +. Curley, D., Chicago, Cool
G-Wm. Sullivan, r., Chicago, Cook.
s-Flayel X. Granger, r., McHenry
McHenry.
l0-De'os W. Baxter, r., Rochelle
Ogle.
IL Homer 7, Asp!nwall, r., Freeporr
Stephenson.
I4-Hcnry II. Evans, r., Aurora, Kane
22-Geo W. Stubblefield, r., Blooming
ton. Mclean.
2f-Jas ID. Putnam, r., Peoria, Peoria