Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09


der TO their patrons. Said rate of re-
Enumeration shall be high enough TO
produce annually sufficient income to
pay the cost of operation and malntc-
nance of the plant and necessary i'm.
proVCmcuts and extensions. and provid-
Ell for 10y sale of capital stock or bonds.
and all taxes aud assessments and j
per cent per auuum upon the ascertain
cd cost Of the tangible property of the
corporation aS aforesaid. II AZ the end
Ct any year 6, : found that the rate
tNct by tIt, commission has produced
q s0Att- artGo. tnau i necessary to
meet sGv rEy-.rt> above enumerated.
then t.t, t,,rf's,> shall De paid 10y the
yv-ts'-ss.tu .s.s s.t state treasury aul
tire ra.,, 10 y.srSt shall h. reduced
III %, : t,aaa 81, trc end vi any year
that tire ratc ~ enumeration fixed Ivy
the COMMITS, ou Tor any such corpora.
ton has uot produced sufficient
amount " money ~ wvyt the pay
mcut> above enumerated. then the de
iicitucy shall hc paid out ot the state
treasury upon warrants payable 10
such corporation drawn 10y the com.
mission. approved 10y the Governor.
counters guCd by the auditor, and
thcrcupun the rate of remuneration nj
lowed to hc charged 10y such corpora
ton shall Ice Increased to- cover such
deficiency: or. Il that Is not practicable.
then the compensation of the employees
of the corporation and other expenses
shall bc reduced"
The schedule of rates and prices fixed
by the hill are as follows:
Street Ralways-Max fare. )
cents.
as-Nlaxmum for Illuminating. 30
cents: for fuel. 80 cents.
Electric Maximum. onc.fourth
of n cent per hour per horse power.
Telephones Maximum, 800 a year
for one telephone.
Wator-Maximum IL cents per 1000
cubic feet.
ANY corpodation that collects or at
| tcmpts 10 collect u higher rate of re-
Enumeration than that fixed by the com.
mission shall forfeit from 800 to So.
600 for each Offensc."
Section IL of the bill made some of
the old-timers gasp. 1t provides that
no two or more corporations shall con.
soldatc except by the authority and
consent of the public service commits.
sion and upon such terms and cOndi.
tons as shall he approved by It.
Mr.. Crafts primary election hill
! makes nominating conventions unnec'
essary: for the bllle Is built on the
"dircct vote" theory. Should this bill
become law the primary election held
In Cook County would nominate candi
dates direct. instead of clccting dele
gates to a convention TO nominate par
~ candidates for offices. This radical
departure from Cook County method,
Is practically what Is done In several
counties of Illinois. The bill provide,
that the primary election for all parlie,
shall be held on Tuesday. seven week
preceding any election Except specia
clccti0ns). 1t limits the right to hol,
q primary election to political par
"" which Is defined In the bill as on,
which shall have east ut least ~ pc
cent of the total vote east at the las
preceding election or shall present 4
the County Clerk a petition asking fo
the right to have u primary election
such petition to contain ut least 10 y"
. cent of the qualified voters of the couil
~.
II Is provided that at least clever
days before the primary election da,
any person who shall De eligible to an.
office which he seeks may appear he
to the effect that It Is his Intention I,
run for the nomination for the specified
office and he shall then and there pre-
sent petition which shall contain II
least ; per cent of the total vote cas-
for the candidate Of the party will
which lie ailillatcs for the same posi-
ton at the last general election. upol
payment of so the County Clerk shal
place his name upon the primary elcc
ton ballot In the list of candidates.
The biz calls for the Use of the Aus
trallan ballot for primary elections am
surrounds this ballot with all the safe
guards provided for ballots by the gen
eral election law.
10 prevent any one candidate on
ticket from obtaining an advantage b,
cause his name "heads" the ticket, III
bill requires that the type shall b
changed in the printing so that eac
candidate shall have his name M III
head Of a certain proportion of the la
lots.
The bill requires as many pr'mar
districts as there are election precinct,
for section provides that the pr
mary election shall he held In each cleo
lion district at the place where the las
election was held or such other place Il
may he lawfully designated for thepoll
Ing place for the election district Til
provision, If enacted, would take out o
the hands of ward committeeman III,
power TO gcrrymander ward into pr!
mary election districts.
The bill requires the polls n primar.
elections To he kept open for the sam,
length Of time they are required 10 b,
KEPT open N general elections, and he
tween the sam" hours. All qualified
voters are entitled 10 vote NJ n prlmar!
election. but he can only vote for thu
candidates on one party list, If Ia
should vote for Democrat and Re
publican on the same ballot his bal.o
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