Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-05
BARBER L1oENsE BILE R1DDLED
Amendments That Practically NulIify 1t
Adopted in the House.


Amendments That Practically NulIify 1t
Adopted in the House.
Springfield, Ills, March 3. = The
first business presented to the house
yesterday was the bill to license bar
bers, the speaker deciding that it was
not diminished business in the sense
that it must &C on the calendar I'M
der that head. He said that unfinished
business was only such business as is
sent to that order by the house. Tues
day the speaker had ordered the bill
to third reading and the house was
about to adjourn. when he discovered
that there were many amendmentstob be
offered to the measure. He then an
nounced that the bill would be taken
up for consideration again yesterday.
The speaker decision was called forth
by argument that the bill should come
up later. under the unfinished bust
ness head.
SchlagenhaUf moved to amend the
bill by striking out section IL, which
provides for the annual renewal of
licenses issued to BARRIERS on the pay
ment of 81. In support of this amend
ment Schlagenbauf attacked the
bill in a humorous speech. 1T is a
fake and steal" said he. Il have
learned that there are men OIL the floor
of this house lobbying for the passage
of this bill who expect to be appoint
ed on the board. Has it come to pass
in the state of Illinois that whenever
man cannot make living working
at his trade or practicing his profess
ct, IA
and give him job on it? 1t is high
time these boards were cut out" The
amendment was adopted, Shurtleff
alone speaking against it.
Schlagenhauf then moved to strike
out Section of the bill. Gray pro-
tested against this and moved to table
the amendment, but his motion was
lost by n viva voce vote and this
amendment was also adopted. Shana-
han then moved to amend the bill by
providing that 40 money shall ever he
paid out of tie state treasury for the
support of the proposed bill; adopted
without opposition. Bundy proposed
an amendment to section 10. by add
ing the words providing that none of
the provisions OF this bill shall ap-
ply to cities of less than 10000 in
habitants"
1.-THE BARRIERS down in my section
of the country don't need supervision"
said Pundy They are good work
men and keep their shops clean and it
is not necessary for the state to he
examining them and collecting fees
from their hard earned wages. If the
larger cities want to regulate their
dirty BARRIERS we have no objection.
This amendment will permit you
gentlemen in Chicago to keep your
election promises, and at the same
time you will rot interfere with the
BARRIERS i'm the country ! think the
amendment ought to be adopted"
ShurtleF's motion to table was lost
and the amendment adopted.
Schlagenhauf moved to amend by
striking out section Is. Il see that
this section provides for more fees"
said Schlagenhauf. land the collec.
ton of more money. We have been
told here that the gentleman who are
behind this bill are not after the jobs
but are interested in cleanliness. l
want to see how much cleanliness
there will be in this bill after we get
the dollars out of it, Amid laughter
the amendment was adopted.
Il see that section 13 contains some
thing about fees" said Bundy, land
l move to amend by striking it out"
This amendment also was adopted.
These amendments practically nulli-
fed the bill, but a motion to table it
and all the amendments was lost on a
roll call. demanded by the friends of
the measure. and it was referred to
the committee on licenses, together
with the senate bill on the same sub
iect. -
MISCELLANEOUS LEGISLATION