Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-09-30


fought the Allen hill and the gas bills
before the Fortlyth General Assembly
az springfield last year II 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 : signed hy.thc President and
Secretary or the committee. aud j. IL
follows
70 the voters of Illinois.
TWO uotoriou>ly bad laws passed 10y
the Fur'icth General Assembly of iii.
noiS M the regular session stand out in
gllr.uG relief. They were not party
measures The members who Hooked
Ia their support were not induced To do
- 10y any real;y which they owed. nor
10y any pledges which they had given.
None such. at least. were known to
their constituents. No party dared to
assume responsibility for these laws.
Va public interest demanded them.
The extraordinary privileges which
they conferred were given 10y the Leg.
isiature solely in response to the de.
mand> of corporate greed and rapaclty.
The influences which induced the mem
brrs 10 forget their duty To their con.
Siiturnts 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
julations Committee after rommltte"
of philosophical citizens. with no mo.
tive save to protect the public from
p,undcr and the state from disgrace.
10y public meetings, 10y printed pam.
phlet> and 10y arguments To the mem
beers themselves at Springfield and at
home. had exposed the revolutionary
aud destructive character of the street
railway and gas bills. Nay more than
that. when the street railway bills
first came to the House OF ItcprCsen-
tativts the onact,ng clause was Strick.
al ont by an overwhelming majority
and the enemies of the people were
n'Uutcd and temporarily driven To GOV.
or. Those who voted for these meas.
urcs Ca their final passage sinned
against great light. and they have no
coax for their sin.
The lulQu,tou> gas hill provided for
the wholesale consolidation of the gas
companies and gas business in any
s.fy In the State. This hill was with.
nut shadow of justification or excuse.
and none was even pretended. II was
passed solely ~ the d!ctatUU of the gas
rust. II definitely abrogatod all provi-
~lous which had been made 10 secure
competition and protect The rights of
the people.
The most solemn pledges given 10y
the different gas companies for these
purposes, ana without which they
could never have obtained the prlyII-
n=rs accorded them, have been lmpu-
drnt.y broken by them under the shell.
ter of This wicked aud currup, law.
The settled and uniform policy of III.
np!S 10 prevent and punish comblua.
lions against public interest was thus
reversed aud betrayed by rccrcant
members ot the Lcg!>laturr Let the
people not forget "Iiy their fruits shall
vr know them"
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whose H"IAoS I"''oW were GU'I'IesS ol
Ior'uP' motive !" ,"' votes 'h'F cast
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