The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-18
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Bills Passed.
The following bills also passed: , =,
Senate bill tFuller' 81 to prevent 1rauu ia, III W
| waited butter. ~,
To appropriate $500 per annum to the I'LL
ncis Farmers. Institute and Ss per ahhu"
! to each county farmers institute.
| To appropriate $500 per annum to the Live
Stock Breeders Association: -.
officer. and members Of the next General
Assembly and for salaries of the state oH-
| GERS.
| destroyed by fire.
To appropriate $500 per annum to the llli-
, nois Farmers Association.
| To appropriate $5lO.0Oo for the ordinary ex-
pcnses Of the Illinois National Guard for
two years.
| Most of the afternoon session of the
House was spent discussing the JUL 5-per-
cent tax-limit bill. Trautmann moved to
strike out the enacting words. Crafts made
bill. followed by, an eloquent plea by
! Browne of Lasalle in opposition. Allen.
Bundy. Crawford and Trautmann contend-
ed that the bill Was bad In summing up.
Mr.. Trautmann said:
Practically. all the country members ia
vorr giving. Chicago all they possibly can
pass laws that will injure the balance Of
the State. Neither the municipalities nor
the people outside Of Cook County are ask
| ing for the passage Of this BILL and many
of the cities cannot afrord to have 1t passed.
| 1t has been admitted on the floor OF this
House that the people of Cook County have
| been evadinE their taxes. and j believe II
| they will be honest and list their property
for taxation they can keep their levy down
! to reasonable figure without asking us
bin '' ass o'"e' ''''@s y 90 S'''''s ''D
| d. f. Sullivan and Shanahan also favored
| the measure, and Curtis OF kankakee was
side. Crafts closed the debate and moved
TO lay the motion Of Trautmann on the ta-
| BILE. This failed-55 to Is. Country members
Bennett. Connor. Curtis. Devine. Hughes
OF Lee Hunter Of Winnebago. O'Connor.
Purdunn. Rankin Of Warren. shurtleff. Tip
pit. Waruer and Wilson. No member from
Cook voted nay.
There was considerable confusion and ex-
cttement before the vote was announced.
!, postponement and the country opposition
roll call to strike out the enacting words.
Further consideration was finally postponed
| Gliding the matter with his gavel over the
vigorous protests Of the majority.
Lincoln University Affected.
Mr.. Gray called up his bill on third read
nized under special charters not for Pc
cuniary profit may elect directors outside
Of of sths their own ia membership The bin was va
tended to allow the Lincoln University to
remove to Decatur and accept an $500, 900
donation dor, from James Millicksn to which
Will Oc auOeO $lUU,VUD Dy tne CluZenS OF LIE.
catur and a like amount from the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church. The present uni
verslty building at Lincoln has received $780,
goo from Mr.. Millcken and is to be con-
versity. When the bill becomes operative
the university Board Of Managers can con con-
berland Presbyterian Church and other
privileges will be acquired. The main feat.
ure of the university will be the Industrial
department.
r{af
ordered favorable report upon the state
Fair bill OF Hunter of Winnebago. The bill
would appropriate $4,000 for live stock
to the general public: $4,000 for an extern
sion to machinery hall; 5000 for painting
and repairing; 5000 for walks and road
WAYS; s2s'ooo to pay outstanding indebted
favorable report was ordered upon Mr..
Tippit's bill to appropriate $500 for repair
ing the Appellate Court building in Mount
The committee ordered favorable report
upon the bill to provide for estabishmens
Of a State sanitarium for persons afflicted
with tuberculosis. The appropriation asked
for in the bill was cut to $4,000.
The Senate Committee ordered referred to
the Court g Of - Claims Brenholt,s @ bill to as; ap,
by the premature explosion Of piece OF
ordnance belonging to the State.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture con-
sidered Senator Farrelly's bill to provide for
the election of the members of the State
Board Of Agriculture by popular vote, one
member from each congressional / d. district.
A. J. Lovejoy of Roscoe, A. D. Barber Of
Hamilton and John NJ. Crebs Of Carmi.
members OF the State Beard Of Agriculture.
prdeD to the blli During the discussion. Senator
Small asked whether 1t would be agreeable
II a bill were passed to provide for the
Agriculture. consisting Of, nine members.
Mr.. Lovejoy replied that he thought the
present arrangement was satisfactory; that
the Illinois State Fair stood higher . than
and was conducted more successfully than
any other exposition of its kind. Senator
Hunt to ha m Inc 6 'n sena
tor Harris proposed to postpone action until
next Tuesday. As a substitute for both
motions. Senator Dunlap moved moved that nat me me
motion prevailed. The subcommittee was
not announced.
committee interested In the bill for o
proposed home for delinquent boys, consist
Ing Of r. d. Hurley. Chicago. president, and
Mrs. Henry T. Rainey. Carrol!ton, secre-
tary. Of the State Conference Of Charities.
mittee on Appropriations. where all spoke
in support Of the bill. They then had an
audience with Governor Yates, who listened
attentively to the arguments presented by
Mrs. Rainey, Judge Hurd and Judge Tut
hill. The committee next appeared at
joint session Of the House Committees on
tions where the same arguments were pre-
sented in support Of the bill, and at the
close of the hearing the Committee on State
Charitable Institutions ordered favorable
report.
The House Committee on Public Charities
heard arguments tonight upon the bills for
the location and establishment of the epi-
leptic colony. The discussion was q practi-
cal repetition Of what has already been
heard before the Appropriation @ committees e,
Chapman of Jerseyville. Julia Lathrop Of
Rockford, member of the State Board Of
Charities, and ex-Representative Thomas
F. Ferns spoke in favor of the site at
Notch Cliff. In Jersey County. No decision
was arrived at by the committee.
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