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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
BILL FOR A GREATER CHICAGO
Now on tho Senate FIIes-Other PROPOSE
lions Before That Body.


Springfield. Ills. Jan. 30.-In the
senate yesterday Humphrey introduced
a joint resolution for a greater Chica-
so. 1t provides for the submission
to the people Of proposition to amend
the constitution in such manner as to
permit the legislature by general law
to provide Tor the adjustment with
in cities with the consent of a ma
jority Of the legal voters of the city
voting upon the question: of township
government. park and school boards,
and any or ali other local municipal
corporations, within the city and de-
volve the functions thereof upon the
city authorities. ETC.
Perry - Providing that will con-
tests shall he filed within one year
after the will is offered for probate;
also abolishing special attorneys for
state boards or commissions; also. abol-
ishing the several boards of trustees
of the state charitable institutions and
vesting the state board of charities
with all the powers and authority now
held by said trustees.
Pemberton - To prevent unjust dis
elimination by railroads and requiring
them to permit switch connections
from elevators. warehouses. manufac-
turing plants. etc.
StubblefieId - Providing that the
wives of soldiers or sailors be admit
ted to the Soldiers and Sailors Home
ut Quincy. and requiring any old sol
der who receives a pension to transfer
the same to the home to be used for
clothing the wives.
The senate committees were an
nounced. the chairmen being as fol-
lows: Agriculture and horticulture,
Hughes: appropriations. Gardner;
banks and banking, Small; building
and loan associations. Putnam; canals
and rivers, Fuller: civil service, Riley;
contingent expenses of the senate.
Campbell: corporations. Hall; county
and township organization. Andrus:
education and educational institutions,
Barry; elections. Burnett: enrolled and
Endorsed bills. Pemberton: fees and sal
aries. Dixon; finance. Evans; fish and
game Templeton: insurance. Berry;
judiciary. Humphrey: judicial appoint
ment. Helm: judicial department and
practice, Juui: labor and manufactur-
ers, Walter: license and miscellany,
Haas: live stock and dairy. Koch; mill
tary. Fort: mines and mining. Stubble-
field: municipalities. Albertson; parks
and boulevards. LundberG: penal and
reformatory institutions. Dunlap: pub
lie accounts. Parker: public buildings
and grounds. Bailey; railroads, Town
send: revenue. Mueller; roads, high
ways and bridges. McCabe; rules. Nc
Kensie: state charitable institutions.
Hamilton: to visit penal and reform
atory institutions. Bailey; to visit state
charitable institutions. Andrus; ware
houses, Farnum; waterworks and
drainage, Clark.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
ANOTHER NEW RULE ADOPTED
Makes 1t Difficult To Call a Measure from
Committee.

Makes 1t Difficult Call a Measure from
Committee.
Another new rule by the senate
which was reported by the commit
tee on rules was one providing that
when bill is referred to a committee
it may berecalled only by suspension
of the rules. which requires a two
thirds vote. Senator Parker led the
fight against the adoption of this inno-
walton in the senate. He offered sub
stitute for it, the effect of which was
that d bill gould be recalled from n
committee by majority of the senate.
In speaking to his substitute Parker
said the sole object of it was to-enable
the majority of the senate to keep con-
troll of the business.
Humphrey moved to lay the substi
tute on the able. Parker demanded a
roll call on the proposition, which was
seconded by Riley. On the roll call
the substitute WAS laid on the table by
vote of 23.to s. Those voting aye on
the motion to lay the substitute on the
table were: Albertsen, Andrus, Berry,
Burnett. Butler. Campbell. Clark,
Evans. Farnum. Fuller. Gardner, Haas.
o'uui' lNONhs
Kunz. Lundberg. Mueller, Pemberton,
Powers and Townsend. Those voting no
were Bailey. Dunlap. Fort. Parker,
Putnam. Riley, Templeton and Walter.
In addition to the above changes the
new rules also included the following
additional COMMITTEES: Civil service,
parks and boulevards. judicial appoint
ment and public accounting. With
these exceptions they are the same as
those in force during the Forty-second
general assembly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
HE BLASTS ONE NEW RULE
Lieutenant Governor Has Views and Eek.
presses Them vigorously.

presses Them Vigorously.
Lieutenant Governor Northcott made
the following statement regarding the
new rule taking from the presiding Of
ficer the power of appointing confer
cnce committees: mo serious Obiec-
ton can be made to the new rule
adopted by the senate this morning
taking from the presiding officer the
bower heretofore vested in him of NAM
ing the members of all conference COM
mittees, and vestinG this power in the
ma jority of the members of the sem
ate. l have always held that no spe-
cial prerogatives or privileges should
be given presiding officer except to
enforce the rules of the body and to
give fair expression to the will of the
majority.
ut is true that the lieutenant gov
crnors of many states have the same
power as the speaker of the house in
the appointment of all committees. /
do not now recall the instance of
single state where the presiding oficer
of the senate has not the power to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30

appoint all conference committees.
The vice president of the United States
has this authority. 1t is never per-
sonally pleasing to an officer to have
the prerogatives of his office curtailed
during his incumbency. The public.
however. will not be concerned about
this matter.
The public will, however, be very
much concerned over the adoption by
the senate this morning of a new and
extraordinary rule requiring a two
thirds vote to recall any bill or meas
ure from a committee. This new rule
is revolutionary in the highest sense
of the word. 1t takes away from the
majority its sensational right to con-
troll legislation. A favorite
means of preventing legislation is to
kill the bills in the committees. The
committees are the creature of the
senate, but under this new rule a ma
jority of the senate has not power to
control its creatures-this new rule re-
verses all parliamentary precedent.
I'm my opinion it is in conflict with
the constitution of the state OF I'LL
nois. which gives the majority the
right to legislate. It's continuance and
enforcement would be used to defeat
wholesome legislation and place the
whole power of the senate in the
hands of a skillfully organized COM
mittee. Probably in no other
free government on earth would such
rule be permitted to stand. and GER
tainly the senate of Illinois cannot af-
ford to rest under such a rule mo-
ment longer than the first opportunity
fnr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
ANITA RAY AGAIN
Concert Hall Singer Terms oav-
export Little
He'll"
CHICAGO NOT TO BE COMPARED
More Vice There Than in Any City
in the COun-
try.

Anita Ray has been heard from
again, and her latest declaration is
that while God may have indeed for
saken Chicago, as is alleged by some
of the ministers of that city, He has
never even been in Davenport. Miss
Ray, according to the Chicago Amer
lean. is very positive in her state
ments about Davenport and its con-
dition as to never having been the
scene of a visit from deity. Anita is
the girl who had such hard time
of it at the Iowa theatre, and who
baked when, according to the Amer
lean. she was asked to drink Il bottle
of champagne with the son of one of
the wealthiest men in Davenport.
Here is what Miss Ray wrote for the
American after the Chicago ministers
had preached concerning the wicked
ness of their own town:
''If ii is true that God has forsaken
Chicago. then He has never even Wis
tied Davenport. Iowa. For to one
who experienced what | did in that
Iowa city there can be but little doubt
that religion and the Divine hand
have never touched Davenport. The
technical name for Davenport is
Little He'll Nothing else will fit il
exactly. Fer town of its size there
is more vice than in any other city in
the country Why do ! say it2 Be
cause | have seen it. | have expert
enced 4 week of it, And nothing that
has ever happened in my life will ever
again make such an impression on me
as tlId this one week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
pRArs FOR THE WAGE WORKER
Hopes He VIII Not Make millionaire of
the Brewer-BiIis introduced.

the Brewer-Bilis introduced.
At the opening of the session of the
house Chaplain Powers offered thanks
for the prosperity of the country and
prayed that the laborer might have
wisdom to withhold his earnings from
the dram shop. and not make CAPT
talist of the brewer
Tippett presented a petition for an
amendment to the game law provid-
ing protection for fur animals from
Feb. II to Nov. 10. Bills were intro
duced as follows: Chipper6eld-To es-
tablish surgical Institution for chill
drsp of less than IA years who are
suffering with deformities such us are
likely to render them a charge on the
public in after life. The bill appro-
PIRATES 100000, and is recommended
by the State Association of County
Judges.
Landmesser-To amend the law
against prize fighting by making 1t the
duty of the governor to call out the
militia to prevent violation of the
statute, and providing he may do this
without waiting for a request for as
sistance from local authorities.
Oweli-Incfeasing the amount to be
paid in ilIegitimate parentage cases
from $3.50 to 81, 100, and extending the
payments over a period of nine years.
Both houses adjourned until next
Tuesday morning.
senator McCabe's Committees.
In the committee assignments of
the senate Senator McCabe is treated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
Pubiieatlou Notios-Iu Chaaoery.
State of Illinois,

State of Illinois, i
Rock Island county.
In the Circuit Court of said County. To the
May Term, a. D.. 1903
Mary BrueCkner, complainant. vs. Charles
trueckner. defendant In chaBcery. No.
No. 5l3s.
Notice is hereby given to the said Charles
Brueckncr that the above named complain
ant heretofore filed her bill of complaint in
said court, on the ch7nCery side thereof.
and that summons tbereupon issued out of
said court against the above named defend
ant. ret"rnaDle OH the first day of the term
of the said circuit CouTt of said county or
Rock Island. to be held at the court house in
the city of Rock Island, in said county of
Rock Island on the first Monday of Nav. A.
D.. 1903 as is by law requil ed, and which
suit is still pending.
Rock Island Illinois. January 20. 1903.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE. Clerk.
w. r. MOORE. Compartments Solicitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
Davenport the Limit.

Il have Travelled in the concert halls
of the Ghetto. the saloons of Lake
View ANA in the music dives of the
West Side. but nowhere was there
such vice as I saw IN one concert hall
in Davenport. Iowa. In Chicago the
frcquentcr Of he music halls is the
workingman. who goes in to see the
show spends 4 little money for beer
for himself and perhaps his friends.
and then leaves. The Chicagoan goes
10 the concert hall for the mere pur-
pose of seeking recreation and such
enjoyment as a vaudeville and must
cal show can afford. Iiut not 50 with
the Davenport man. The Davenport
music halls are patronized by the
scions of the wealthy houses who
carousc and spend money for the
special purpose of getting young girls
drunk They spend hundreds where
the Chicagoan spends but a dollar.
They spend the nights in carousal,
their days in sIumber. Work they
know not Their unbriCllei debauch-
cry goes On unhindered by the police
or authorities. The police make no
attempt to stop it. They know that
girls are ruined and their lives blast
ed every night, but they do not inter
fere.
"Wickedness- in Chicago? Let my
good ministerial friends visit Davep-
port and never again will they assail
the name of Chicago. They will see
what a real wicked city is like. They
will see what real vice is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
Executors Notice.
Estate of Inhu RiehI Decreased

The undersigned having been appointed
executor of the last VIII and testament of
John BtehI, late of the county of Rock Is
land. state of illinois, hereby gives notice
that he will appear before the county court
of Rock Island couutv at the county court
room. in the city of Rock Island, at the
April term on the first Monday In April next.
at which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and request
ed to attend for the purpose of having the
same adjusted.
All persons Indebted to said estate are re-
queSted to make immediate payment to the
Undersigned.
Dated this 23d day of January. A. d. 1903.
GEORGE BIEHLs Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30

pretty well. lie is chairman of the
committee ON roads. highways and
bridges. and member of the follow
ing other committees: Military, penal
and rcformatory institution. rail
roads. state charitable institutions,
agriculture and horticulture, banks
and banking. and canals and rivers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30

chance to get fine plates, bridges and
crown work at the Economy DentaI
Pariors. We will for the next 80 DAYS
make reduction on plates from So to
$5, crowns from ST. to So and extraction
and cleaning free with other work We
also print list of people who have had
work done here and are more than sat-
iSfied with the fine work we did. Below
are few you can see at any time:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30

Matthias Buncher, bridges Fourth
Victor Lenburg hirda
Dora Hllenburg, bridge and fill,
Mrs. Ed Iilenburg plates, Davenport.
w. Potter, bridge, Waertown
Miss NJ. KemnitZ.
Minnie Luke. t. bridges avenue.
Anna Kramer gold fill Fourteenth street.
Herman Waheim, silver hstre
II. Quimby, ext. silver fill 1928
II. NJ. Tibbits, silver fill.
Miss NJ Mulvihill bridge
H. j. KOCH and l Second
Mrs Il. q. Thompson. street.
Hansen. plates. sos Third Moline.
Mrs White 6 Milan.
NJ. Bosold. bridges Twelf hstre
Miss J. Bosold fill.
bridge street..
Miss NJ. Sprague 3o09 Fifth
Miss L. Shcarer. fill.
Miss NJ. Ostrum. i'll.
J.. Etzel Ninth
Mrs. \. Thompson plates. Third
w. Hansen, fill. Twentieth
y. Steel gold fill. Twelfth
Eighth street.
Mrs. L. Abbot. and gold fill, 43I Fifth
Mrs. {. Schmidt fill COS Eleventh
Mrs. SowistosIf. and fiji. 612 Twelfth
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03

Commanding British Fleet.)
ing that he was unwilling to act as
arbitrator, but would do so if they in
sisted upon it. They did insist upon
it, and the President was compelled
to redeem his implied pledge.
There are rumors at Washington that
the decision of the President to act
as arbitrator is against the strongly
expressed opinions of his secretary of
state, John Hay.
The anxiety which is felt arises
from the belief that by the President
assuming to act as arbitrator he will
be forced to provide a means of exc
cutting his own decree. This in turn
would seem to involve coercive action
on the part OF the United States. In
other words, it is felt that Venezuela
has no resources st all now except it's
customs revenues. They must be
seized by some one and divided into
shares, part going TO supply the hun
CRY cormorants, who call themselves
the government of Venezuela, and the
remainder being distributed among the
European money lenders.
President Roosevelt desired to have
the whole dispute submitted to The
Hague tribunal, and it is said he would
have been successful in this except
for two things. One was that The
Hague tribunal could reach merely a
finding of facts, and some way of col
lecting the claim would still have to
be adopted The other difficulty lay in
the fact that both Great Britain and
Germany laid great stress upon GER
tain alleged diplomatic insults which
constitute an offense against the dig
nifty of nations, not entirely within the
jurisdiction of The Hague court.
President Castro, it is understood
has communicated his belief through
Minister Bowen that The Hague court,
being essentially a European tribunal
dominated by the great powers, it
could not be expected to give a fair
hearing to the case of a little South
American republic afflicted with a
chronic case of revolutions. In fact, it
is intimated that President Castro has
declared he would not accept any 9th
er arbitrator except the President OF
the United States.
President Roosevelt sent to the Eu-
ropean governments a strong letter
through Secretary Hay, clearly indi-
eating that he did not desire to act as
arbitrator and asking the foreign gov
ernments merely as an act of friend
illness to the United States not to
press the matter. This identical note,
for such it was. did not specifically
say the President would consent to
act if the blockading nations insisted
upon it, but the inference was so
strong as to be almost irresistible.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03

Great Britain. and Germany an
nounced that they would withdraw
their forces and abandon their alleged
peaceful blockade provided President
Roosevelt consented to act as arbitra-
tor If he did not consent they said
there would be nothing left for them
to do but to seize the customs houses
and administer the revenues for their
own benefit.
This put an awkward responsibility
upon the President, because if he de-.
clined to act the disturbance of com
merce with Venezuela would continue
indefinitely, and besides that there
was always the possibility of a clash
resulting in the loss of life.
On the other hand, many of the
Presidents warmest friends and adj
mirers believe it is a great diplomatic
blunder for the United States to take
a hand in the Venezuelan difficulty in
any way except to prevent, by force
if necessary, any violation of the Mon
roe doctrine.
1t is pointed out that the President
cannot fail to decide in favor of the
European governments, only the
amount of the actual claims being in
dispute. President Castro has admit
ted that he owes the money, or some
of it, but pleads that he is unable to
pay on account of the drain of the re-
cent revolution, which came danger
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03

ous1y near landing him outside the
breastworks.
The real question at issue, there
fore, is how and when Venezuela will
be compelled to pay its just debts.
President Roosevelt as an arbitrator
will have to decide the question. What
ever his decision, Venezuela viii GER
tainly plead inability to comply with
the mandate of the court, and there
upon the President will be forced to
issue an execution of an international
character and send George Dewey or
some other naval constable down to
serve the papers.
AS the customs revenues are the
mainstay OF the country they must be
seized for the time being at least, and
hence it is feared that the President
ultimately will put this country in the
position of being merely the collection
agent for Europe. This, of course,
would destroy our influence in Latin
America.
1t is understood that the Seligmans,
the National City bank and Mr.. L. ].
Cages trust company actually are
competing for the privilege of f1nanc-
ing Venezuela out of it's present diff
culties, and possibly into others it
knows not Of The understanding at
three companies would be glad to put
up the millions necessary to meet pres
ent contingent and ultimately to
advance $40. 000, 900 to refund the debt,
merely on the stipulation that the
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03
Friendly With the President.

Half a score of Senators called on
the President to talk about some i'm
portant position which was about TO be
filled They found Mr.. Roosevelt more
inclined to discuss Bill" Sewall, the
celebrated Maine guide, from whom he
had Just received a letter. Finally one
OF the senators said: Mr.. President,
you seem very much interested in this
guide" Yes, senator, am. Bill
is an interesting man and a real
friend He is the only man in the
United States who on writing to the
president about an office or anything
else addresses him as Friend Theo-
dore'
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03
cotton-Raisina in Utah.

Nobody looks on Utah as a cotton
raising state, and yet. there is Nor
mon settlement in our state that has
engaged in its production for at least
a quarter of a century" says G. c.
Townes of Salt Lake City.
THE scene of this industry is in
the extreme southwestern part Of
Utah, and not only do these Mormons
produce the raw material. but they
have for years been converting it into
thread and cloth. Their factory is the
quaintest thing in the shape of a mill
| ever saw. II was built at a time
when material was scarce, and in its
construction there is not single nail
Wooden pegs alone were utilized, but
so cleverly was the work done that the
building is standing to-day in as solid
condition as the day it was built"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03
Won RuLow STATES POSITION

imperial Chancellor Refers to Block
ade as State of War.
Chancellor Won Bulow, in an inter
view said:
The first step taken as a compul-
sorry measure against Venezuela was
the seizure of her men-of-war. As
this measure had no immediate effect
we are now blockading the Venezuelan
ports. This blockade will have the
character of blockade of war and we
shall therefore make no distinction as
to the nationality of neutrals, but we
DO not intend to issue a formal declar-
alton of war Germany and England
having agreed for the present only to
blockade the coast and not to take any
further measures of hostile charac-
ter against Venezuela except in the
case of an unexpected emergency.
We regret the necessity of block
ade and we shall certainly take care
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03
Distributed His LEGACY.

Benjamin W. Gist, a weIl-to-do Ne
braska farmer, recently received a
legacy of $4,000 and was so exas-
perated by tae opportunities of rela-
tives that he finally drew his wealth
from a bank in gold and distributed
$50 pieces among the poor When he
met school children or old men and
women in the streets he gave them
pieces. Sometimes when he found a
crowd assembled he sowed the pieces
broadcast His one desire was to get
rid of the $4,000. He succeeded in
giving it all away and says he is well
pleased.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03
The Growth Of LARGE cities.

During the nineteenth century Lon
don grew from city of SO0, 900 peo-
pie to one of $500, 00O-that is. in
creased eight fold. New York in
creased from $4,000 to $500, OOO-
nearly sixty fold. London is now in
creasing II per cent in decade, and
New York 81 per cent. or twice as
fast. If this rate should hold good
for fifty years more. New York would
have over $4,000, 900 population and
be million ahead of London.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03
kino coward Works Hard.

No public document bearing King
Edwards signature is ever carried by
postmen. though the kings private let
tiers are usually intrusted to the or
binary post. Wherever the king may
be two kings messengers or more
leave London every day bearing OIL
cial papers that his majesty must deal
with Immediately. Thus the king is
kept busy and sometimes oyerworked,
even o. his holiday trips.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03

United States shall agree to the estab-
Aishment of a Venezuelan bank and
promise to use it's good offices to in
duce President Castro or his successor
to meet the payments promptly
In the name o. Venezuela President
Castro has signified acceptance of the
appointment of President Roosevelt to
arbitrate the Venezuelan difficulty.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03
carneoie.s Generous oHer.

According to the statement of Wal
ter Damrosch, leader OF the celebrated
philharmonic orchestra, Andrew Car
negfe offered to give $500, 900 to per
petuate that organization il others
would subscribe as much, so as to
make the permanent fund 100000.