Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-07

va AAf 'ANlfthN ''illlitNN'' W l'b
fought the Allen hill and the gas bills
before the forticth General Assembly
~ Springfield last year. II calls ON the
voters To- defeat the men who may seek
reelection tu the legislature In spite
of their records On bad measures. The
address j. signed by the President and
Secretary Of the committee. aud is IL
follows
To the voters of Illinois:
Two VIGOROUSLY bad laws passed by
the Eurticjh General Assembly of Illi-
Iois at the regular session stand our in
glazing relief. They were not party
measures The members who fluckcd
to their support were no, induced TO do
~ 10y any foalty 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
stature 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
Stitrcnts and to the State must have
been most potent and persuasive.
These bills were not passed without
sufficient opportunity tn know their
character. The public press had rung
for months with warnings and expos
tulatlons. Committee after committee
of philosophical citizens. with no mo.
tive save to protect the public from
p.undpr and the state from disgrace.
10y public meetings. 10y printed pam.
phlcjs AMI 10y arguments 10 the mem
bers themselves NJ 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 tn the House of Represen.
ta,lves the enactlng clause was strlck-
"n out by an overwhelming majority
and the enemies of the people were
routed and temporarily driven To COW
er Those who voted for these meas
ures on their final passage sinned
against great light. ana they have 10
coax for their sin.
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The ubiquitous gas bill provided for
the Wholesale consolidation of the gas
companies and gas business In any
city in the State. This ill was with.
out shadow of justification or excuse.
aud none was even pretended. II was
passed solely AT the ,lcintion of the gas
trust. IL definitely nbrogated all provl-
~lons 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 privll.
eyes accorded them. have been impu-
IDENTITY broken by them under the shell
ter of this wicked and corrupt law.
The settled ana uniform policy of iii
nols to prevent aud punish comblna-
lions against public interest was thus
reversed and betrayed by recreant
members OF the Legislature. Lett the
people not forget by their fruits shall
So know them"
II may well be- that some of tlos"
whose names follow were gulltlcss of
corrupt motive In the votes they cast,
but they are found In the very worst
company ana IN extremely suspicious
circumstances. Possibly some of them
We're even not aware of the influences
at work To secure support for these
bills. These gullcless innocentS, II any
such there be. ought IN he kept ut
home ~ nights by their friends for
their own safety.
The Senators whose names, pOsIof.
fees and districts are given below
voted for the Allen bin upon It's final
passage. Those whose terms have eX.
pred are given in the first list of Sena.
tors. The names of those whose terms
expire IN 1900 are given farther on:
l-P, V. Fitzpatrick, L., Chicago,
Cook.
sc. II. Crawford, H., Chicago, Cook.
John Humphrey, H., Orland, Cook.
Own. j. O'Bricn, D., Chicago, Cook.
il-Frcd Lundln, H., Chicago, Cook.
III. j. Morrison, r., Chicago, Cook.
Edward j. Dwycr, r.. Chicago,
Cook
@l-D, VI. N"ttcrstrom, H., Chicago,
Cook.
=H-pan u. Hunt L., DrKalb, DcKalb,
SD. 4. Iitticr Il" Springfield, san
CANON.
20 H. l.. McKlnlay, D., Paris, Edgar.
a5--H. II, king,bury. H., Olney, Rich
land.
4T-D, Il. Sparks, r.. Alton, Madison.
al. \. Willoughby, H., Brllcvllir, ST.
Clair
5l--P. r. Chapman, Il. Vienna, John
son.
These Senators all voted iur tho gas
bil except Messrs. Kmgsbury. VIII
Dughby and Chapman. SPARKS voted
TOR the frontage and against the con
splidatIon features of that measure
The following Senators, whose terms
expire IN 1890, voted for the Infamous
gas bills;
i-Danicl F.Curley, H., Chicago, Cook.
G-Wm. sullivan, H., Chicago, Cook.
S-taycl X. Granger. H., McIienry,
MciIcnry.
i0-Dc!os W. Baxter, r., Rochelle,
Oglc.
IL Homer f, Aspluwall, H., Freeport,
Stephenson.
ii-Iicnry H. Evans. r.. Aurora. Kane.
22-GeO W Stubblcfield, H., Blooming
ton, Mclean.
2i-.Ias. -, Putnam, H.. Peoria, Peoria.
A.