The St. Louis Republic., 1901-04-19
Adopted Galligan's Resolution for
an Investigation of Chicago
Drainage District.
SENATOR ALDEN VICTORIOUS.
Shanahan Still Unresponsive to the
Party Whip-Yates Submits
More Appointments-Prog-
ress of Gerrymander.

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Springfield. ILL.,. April lS~-."The senatoria
apportionment bill will pass" positively as
serted Republican leader II me Thurs
| day, probably not exactly as 1t passed
| the Senate, but without any change in tn,
country. The congressional bill is a sur,
| thing after the senatorial bill is out Of tn,
way"
He declined to go into details further thar
to declare that when Senators Albertser
and Hunt offered themselves as sacrifice:
on the party altar they were assured the
bills would pass.
One story current was that Shanahar
had agreed to vote for the bill IL Governor
Yates made a personal request l asked
Mr.. Shanahan II 1t was true.
1T all the Governors above. beneath and
on the earth asked me to vote for that
bill would not do It. unless John NJ
Smyth requested it." was the emphatic an
swer. There was no room for argument
Mr. Shanahan declared the bill could mol
pass In its present form.
The House adopted the Senate resolution
for n sine die adjournment on May 3. and
afterwards reconsidered the action. anu tne
proposition is open for adoption OF amend
ment. at the will Of very willful Speaker
and subservient House Steering Committee.
The Senate passed the congressional ap-
portionment scheme by party vote. ex.
cept that Senator Andrus (kep2 retusea u. ~
to the nuptials of Lasalle and Winnebago,
the latter being the unwilling bride Ine
bill was Immediately reported to the House
ocratic district composed Of Macoupin:
Christian. Montgomery, Sangamon and
Morgan. No other changes from the House
Rv = unanimous vote the Senate confirmed
the batch Of appointments sent in on
Wednesday.
More Appointments.
The Governor transmitted the following
to the Senate to-day:
F. W. Menke. Quincy. trustee Of the Cen
tral Hospital for the Insane. vice James A
Glenn, Ashland. term expired.
Lawrence E. Sunderland, Fairneld. trus-
tee Of the Southern Hospital for the Insane.
vice Samuel Hastings. Cairo. term expired.
Nathanie! Cohen. Urbana. to succeed him.
'es Sylvester S n o. SPRING Peoria. trustee Of the
Asylum for Incurable Insane. vice F. w.
Menke, Quincy, resigned.
last year and is good man. The place has
''pickings'' but not salary.
Nat Cohen is cigar fac Hpa, wi.n si
for s ss me mSy noa
that he Is the best posted man In the coun-
try. He was Tanner man. and popular
fellow: Mr.. Spring is . hetelkeeper ana q
Mr. Menke Is a contractor and builder, ana
while trustee Of the incurable insane, had
the Job Of erecting some Of the buildings. OF
tors. The influence Of Thomas Jeherson
Clark secured Menke the prize.
Editor CSus!ey: Of the Alton Te1ssrspn. ae
tiles, came up Thursday. to decline the place
He told the Governor he could not accept
because Madison County had plenty Of cam
hind them. Mr.. Cousiey declared he wanted
some OF the boys provided for.
am informed the Governor has assured
Msltsr that Madison I'll. @
is new idea in political classification.
Mr.. Purdunn in the APPROPRIATIONS Com
amendment to the Springfield Arsenal bill
to provide that the construction work
should be open to all bidders: Republican
ei,sers have habit lately Of a, letting con. con.
made fortunes in the last four years.
The Senate Committee on waterways and md
ton for an investigation Of the Chicago
Drainage Districts affairs. In the COM
mittee Senator Chapman opposed the In.
eorrapson or Ae sas eea @ Sad BEEN
made against the drainage district in the
resolution. and for this reason he 1euld not
understand the purpose OF the sfAeestixa-
tion. Senator Gardner said that he IA
vored the resolution. but he had been
asked to vote against It and would do 30.
Senator Milchrist said that legislative in.
vestigations were universally and Uniform
ly farces and he was opposed to holding
any more nf them. The committee decfegf
In favor OF the reeolution-7 to T.
Tax Bill Advanced.
In the Senate the Committee on Revenue
reported favorably Senator Coleman's bill to
provide that only State taxes shall be ex-
tended on the assessed valuation hxed by
the State Board OF Equalization. and that
other taxes shall be based upon the ASSESS
view. The bill went to second reading.
House bill (Struckman's) to allow ex-
Union soldiers to peddle goods without II.
cense, and Senator Fuller's bill to require
hotels and eatfng-houses which use sub
stitutes for butter to advertise the fact,
went to second reading.
Senator Oden offered bill providing that
the law restricting trade in game birds shall
apply only to trade In game birds indig-
enous to Illinois. It went to the committee
on flsh and game.
Senator Harris's bill to put in the third
class OF claims against an estate the physi-
clans bill for services during the hast illness
Senator Alden's bill to punish extortion BY
threats passed. The penalty is imprison-
ment from one to twenty years.
Senator Rileys bill to permit nonresi-
dent voters to register by afadavit met
with considerable opposition. but It passed
a to 10 Those voting sseinst the 6ill
Galligan, Mcguire. Mahoney. Neehan.
Shumway, 0tr4nger and Watson. Fss.
Senator F0Wler'0 bill to deny the p9av.