The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-25
WORLDS FAIR BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE.
Illinois Representatives Are Over
whelmingly in Favor Of the
$25O,GO0 Appropriation.
SOME. OPPOSITION IN SENATE.
Believed. However. That 1t Will
Carry Without Amendment
Sanitary Bill Progressing
More Appointments.

overwhelming that no arguments We're
| made. The bill was read the roll called and
| 49, voted aye while only voted nay. These
We're CraHs,e. Groves, 10y. McClenathan
! and Monteius
The bill will he reported to the Senate
Thursday, and while there Is some opposi-
ton 10 the amount. it will probably pass
withou; amendment. as Illinosans are very
| proud of their State. and Il majority or the
| Senators are: i'll favor of making an .N-
| hibit which will reflect the wealth, the cui-
| ture and the resources of Illinois. one Oh
| the greatest Commonweaiths In the uhioh'
| At last il has become u settled conviction
| that apportionment gerryinanders VIII pass
| before adjournment. The Cook County
kickers We're in continuous conference an
| day hunting for holes under the party can
| vass. The search is earnest and energetic'
| and will be Sue c'essfu From all can learn
there will be no changes in the country ms
! tricts. The HUus. Steering Committee ana
| Brndy's Apportionment Committee held
secret conference 1t il not kroWn whni mn
was likely considered along with apportl0n-
| ment. The pressure among the wealthy Chl-
casoans tor this tax limitation has ,l.si been
Tremendous. 1t was too strong for the KICK
ers on apportionment, and they have prac-
| ticaly surrendered. The deal was arranged
| James Pease and Fred Blount of Chicago ON
the other. The tax Limitation bill will pass
this week. as amended, and the apportioii-
| ment bills early next week. with IL few Chi
cagU amendments.
sanitary bill Passed.
The Bowles bill to authorize the Chicago
Sntary District To Issue bonds TO widen
| Chicago River and permit more water to di-
| lute the sewage will likely reach the Gov
ernor. 1t passed the House Wednesday by
big majority After II wa. was read; ,, Mr IT,
be raised were necessary to place the river
in condition to stand the 1000 cubic feet
States Governm.nt. and also to cause the
| water Of the Illinois River To stand the
chemical test. which will prevent litigation
that the required flow Of the river in Its
present condition makes current too
| strong for navigation. and that this i'm
river might be utilized for that purpose.
MIR. Christian took the ground that the
amount of money will not be sufficient TO
| carry out the plans of the trustees. He
maintained the additional bond issue could
| not net more than $5OtH0W. while the low
| est estimate which he ha: heard OF the
The sanitary channel. he cOntended, was
practically completed for drainage purposes
and he did not think it was proper to ask
for additional funds to prepare the chan
| mel and the river for navigation.
| Mr.. BOwles answered by asserting that
unless the change is made and pure water
| Is given the people of the Illinois Valley
will object and will see that the channel is
! closed He said it was only question as
to whether the territory south. including
St. Louis. should have pure water
| whether the channel and the darinage of
| chicago should be turned into the lake from
which water Is obtained for Chicago.
The bill passed. lol to &. Backus. Chris
| tian. Crawford. McDonough. Moran and
MOreley voted nay.
House Yesterday has bumped up against
the rocks in the Senate. 1t went to the
COMMITTEES on License and its friends
put 1t on the calendar. There is suspi-
cion that the committee will smother the
| measure. majority of the Senate ap-
A strong effort is being made in the Sem
ate to kill the epi:eptic colony appropria-
ton. Its chances of passing are not very
bright. A majority appears I'd favor the
Ogle County site as against Notchciffe in
Jersey County.
More Appointments.
The Governors appointments Of Tues
day were confirmed and new batch sent
in Wednesday. Among others Is William
Thiemann of Cook County. for the Live
Stock Board, member OF the House several
times An exception was made in his case
and his appointment was confirmed imme-
diately.
The list indicates that Governor Yates is
switching his nominations around, hardly
half of the nominees are new men.
Charles W. Hawes. Rock Island trustee
Miles, resigned.
A. s. Wright. Woodstock. trustee of Sol
diers and Sailors Orphans Home vice Will
! lam K. Page, resigned.
Edward s. Greenleaf. Jacksonville. trus-
| tee OF Deaf and Dumb. vice John II. Col
lier, resigned.
Northern Hospital for Insane. vice W. $.
Cowen. term expired.
William, l.. Fay Jacksonville. trustee of
! Institution for Blind. vice Augustus Dow,
james A. Bullock. waukegan. trustee Of
| Northern Hospital for Insane. vice A. s.
riO
Samuel A. Bradley. Quincy. trustee of
Soldiers and Sailors Home. vice W. o.
john b. JOY. Concord. Trustee Of Central
Hospital for Insane; vice F. l.. Sharpe. re-
signed.
Rev, resigned.
John Culp. Fosterburg. Trustee of Eastern
Normal School; vice l.. p. l.. Wolff re-
signed.
James c. Lane. Elgin. Trustee of North
ern Hospital for Insane vice J. c. Murphy.
Walter Wood, Cairo. Trustee of Southern
Hospital for Insane; vice Louis Krush0ff'
John A. Brown. Decatur Trustee of Insti-
tutor; for the Blind; vice Walter Wood, re-
| aigneG. ,,,., ,.,,.., ,,.;.,,,,
Live Stock Commissioner; vice james p.
! Lott. term expired.
John J. McLallen, Geneva. Trustee North
term expired;
| The Democratic Senators who are in re-
volt against the leadership of Senator Ma
honey Wednesday made another attempt to
| rescind the Democratic caucus action
against the $4,000 appropriation for the
proposed gymnasium. workshop and lab
oratory at the University of Illinois. may
failed to accomplish their object, the
Senators being divided equally on the
proposition, nine for and nine against.
Senator Meehan was not present.
The Senate judiciary Committee took fa-
| vorable action on Senator Coleman's bill
providing for the election Of School boards
in cities acting under special school chart
ers, and Senator Fowier's bill providing
that the library tax in cities of over 1900
population shall not be included in the ag-
gregate Of taxes as limited by the city and
village act.
The Committee on Public Grounds or
dered favorable report on Senator Alden's
bill to provide for the appointment of trus
tees for Garrison Hill Cemetery in Ran
dolph County. The committee decided to
recommend the passage of bill ap-
propriating $l5O,0O0 to repair the State
house.
A meeting of the Committee on AgricuI-
ture was called to consider Senator Farrell
Iy's bill providing for the election of the
members OF the State Board Of Agriculture
by popular vote. The bill had been referred
to a subcommittee consisting of Dunlap,
Hunt and Harris. and Chairman Dunlap.
who had the bill In his possession. was not
could take no action.
The House Committee on Appropriations
Wednesday ordered favorable report upon
Trautmanng bill to appropriate 1000 TO