Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-09
They MADE bad GAS LAWS.
Officers Of Citizens Committee that
Fought the Allen and Gas Bills
Issue az Address 10 the
Voters Of Illinois.

AZ address has been issued for wide |
,.,rrUlat5on in this State, giving views |
" tS. citizens committee which |
rmtuf,e tAe Allen bill and the gas bills
j,ettir.. the Fortieth General Assembly
az soc ta.,tield last year. 1t calls on the
cstars 70 defeat the men who may seek
-,.cs,~sr.sIT to the Legislature in spite
vt sfc.r records on bad measures. The
rdd.sSe IL signed by. the President and
Sec-yta-y of the committee. and Is as
-uIsswS.
10 tSis voters Of Illinois:
rvO Uotoriously bad laws passed by
:it- !;ectieth General Assembly of llli-
aais &c the regular session stand out In
Caring relief. They were not party
measures. The members who focked
70 sisssc support We're not induced to do
so hv aug fealty which they owed nor
sy sur pledges which they had given.
Nca~ such. at least, were known to
ttrctr- constituents. No party dared to
,ssgI,.s responsibility for these laws.
Nc public interest demanded them.
90. extraordinary privileges which
fs1ey conferred were given by the Leg.
,ssSauzre solely in response to the de-
nsEtfs CT corporate greed and rapacity.
TIE tnf,rences which induced the mem.
Jers 20 forget their duty to their con-
ststis,n+s and to the State must have
t.A.-u most potent and persuasive.
rticpt bills were not passed without
sufficient opportunity to know their
,.siasrcfer The public press had rung
sar u,onShs with warnings and expos
trfIJfsdcs. Committee after committee
at pu1j,c-spirited citizens, with no mo.
i've save TO protect the public from
uStads- and the State from disgrace.
uv vgt,lic meetings. by printed pam
1u.ets aud by arguments to the men,
dsrs themselves at Springfield and ut
I0r.c. had exposed the revolutionary
xud destructive character of the street
railway and gas bills. Nay. more than
-isf. when the street railway bills
first - ne 20 the House of Reprcsen-
sntICcS she enacting clause was strlck.
on duc by an overwhelming majority
aud ;le enemies Of the people We're
-,ri1t.S. aud temporarily driven to COW
r. YSosr who voted for these meas
lcys Oh their final passage slnned
:ga.usr great light. and they have no
s3uaSl tor their sin.
Ttlc UBIQUITOUS gas bill provided for
In. utalesaie consolidation of the gas
ca1ywiuies and gas business in any
city ia the State. This bill was with
-ggt shadow of justification or excuse.
and aoGe was even pretended. 1t was
1sss.,t solely at the dictatlon of the gas
trust It. definitely abrogated all provi.
Sums which had been made to secure
composition and protect the rights Of
Tie people.
Tho most solemn pledges given by
It's, different gas companies for these
-,u-r,Fses, and without which they
cqult never have obtained the privll-
a.y4s accorded them, have been lmpu-
fsn:sy broken by them under the shell
sec 90 chls wicked and corrupt law.
IKE settled and uniform policy of Hi.
:Idis % prevent and punish comblna-
.saEs AGAINST public interest was thus
r,er.g.saI and betrayed by recreant
rucuzlIers OF the Legislature. Let the
a.sdpl,. not forget by their fruits shall
sc Know them"
lc Gay we'll be that some Of those
0.i,se names follow were gulltless of
.urrgnE motive In the votes they cast,
Int they are found in the very worst
cuGsyany and In extremely suspicious
s.iisrln.stances. Possibly some Of them
we're even not aware Of the influences
1r work to secure support for these
ADS These guileless innocents, II any
SUch there be, ought TO be kept at
Idue o nights by their friends for
.!elr own safety.
I-de Senators whose names, postof'
ticss and districts are given below
vatesi for the Allen bill upon Its final
1assase. Those whose terms have eX'
qLrsS. are given in the first list of Sena'
on The names of those whose terms
expire In 1900 are given farther on:
i--p. Y. Fitzpatrick, r., Chicago
Cook.
&c. TX. Crawford, r., Chicago, Cook
T--Ioln Humphrey, r., Orland, Cook
1--Wm. j. O'Brien, D., Chicago, Cook
fired Lundln, r., Chicago, Cook.
gt-I. J. Morrison, r., Chicago, Cook
i5-Edward ]. Dwyer, r., Chicago
Cook.
&c NJ. Nettersrom, H., Chicago
Cook.
.g-Dan -. Hunt, r., DeKalb, DeKalb
Sd. T. Littler, T., Springfield, San
CANON.
-9f-R- L. McKinlay, D.. Paris, Edgar
S.r-H. II. Kipgsbury, H., Olney, Rich
land.
<--D. II. Sparks, r., Alton, Madison
81. A Willoughby, r., Belleyllle, St
Clair
SIP. 7. Chapman, r., Vienna, John
sou.
These Senators all voted for the gas
al except Messrs. K!ngsbury, WIN
aJ21hy aud Chapman. Sparks voted
Ear TIE frontage and against the con
aaiitaIJ2n features Of that measure.
Eza following Senators, whose terms
expire In 1900, voted for the infamous
1fs bills:
4-DaHlcl +. Curley, D., Chicago, Cook
a-Wm. Sullivan, r., Chicago, Cook.
.Eiavci X. Granger, r., McHenry
0cHenry,
t3-De,Os w. Baxter, r., Rochelle