The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
" WIND OF WILD DISORDER

WHIRLW WIND OF WILD DISORDER
Grew Out OF the Municipal Owner
ship Fight, Chairs and Desks
Completely Wrecked in
the Melee.
AT Springfield, ILL.,, slugging ant
rolling over across each other acros:
the speakers platform in frenziec
general fight, at the feet Of score o!
female guests, the members Of the
Illinois legislature Thursday surpass'
ed the widest scenes Of the Austrian
reichsrath. Charges by the speaker
CT the house, Isaac Miller, that at
temptS had been made to bribe him
we're formally made as an explanation
Of the extraordinary actions On his
part, which precipitated the riot.
| The interior of the legislative cham
Der reSembled, in measure, the trace
Of a tornado, so general was the wreck
age Of :hairs and desks.
Chicago street railway franchises,
more valuable than gold mines, were
directly at stake, federal court receiv-
ership proceedings against the Union
Traction company Of Chicago having
brought the matter to 4 sudden issue.
The SJormieSt time ever experience
ed in the Illinois legislature began al
most without warning, in whirlwind
of wild disorder, which arose Thurs
day in the house Of representatives
over rival traction measures, or So
called municipal ownership bills.
Adherents Of the Mueller bill, indig-
nant at Speaker Miller's ruling in
favor Of Lindley bill, attempted to
pull the speaker from his char. The
speaker raised his voice above the
turmoil and declared the house ad-
journed. Thereupon Representative
Murray, a Mueller bill man, called for
the election of a speaker pro tempore.
Chas Allen Of Vermillion was selected,
but had difficulty in forcing his way
to the speakers chair The aisles
were throrged with crowd so eIcit-
ed that it was almost a mob. Even
tually he made the passage and Henry
BETTER was made clerk. 1t was found
exceedingly difficult, however, to ac-
complish business.
During roll calls on amendments to
the Lindley bill nearl! half the mem
bers Of the house stood on their desks,
shouting and geSticulating. Many
members had seized bill books and
were pounding their desks. while Mr..
Cummings from his seat, in the front
row on the Democratic side, was Wig
orously welding board.
Personal violence against the speak
er WIS threatened. y number OF Ia
dies we're sitting on the cnuch on tie
speakers desk.
win the ladies please move from
behind:" shouted Mr.. Allen.
Get them out" shouted Mr.. Sher-
man, get :l!e ladies out. DO not act
the coward
4 tight broke out on the Democra-
tic siGe, few feet from the speaker.
Werdell (Dem.), and Glade (Rept.)
we're the central figures, but eight or
ten other members-in fact almost
everybody in their immediate vicinity
appeared to be taking hand in the
melee, in evident endeavor to separate
, the two combatants. It afterwards
developed that Werdell had started
fer the speaker with a menacing air
and that Glade had seized him, thus
precipitating the encounter.
The municipal ownership tight now
in progress is the most exciting which
the State capitol has witnessed in
many years. Chicago sentiment is
said to favor the Mueller, and Mayor
Harrison and others Of influence have
been here several days working for it..
The Lindley bill, the municipal owner
ship measure favored by an ac-
tive minority, has, however, been
forced ahead. Thursday the speaker
refused roll call on motion to post
pone consideration of the Lindley bill,
although a majority Of the house de-
manded the roll call. The postpone
ment motion was declared carried,
amid the protests OF the majority. TO
day Speaker Miller ordered the Lind
lev measure advanced TO third read
ing in the tumult Of voices rose in op-
position, during which the attempt
was made to pull the speaker from his
chair. After Speaker Miller declared
the house adjourned the newly or
ganized house recalled The bill from
third reading and proceeded, section
by section to substitute the Mueller
bill for it. The time then ar
rived for the regular afternoon
session and Speaker Miller resumed
the chair without opposition. Con-
siderable confusion attended at
tempts to transact business and a
recess was taken until evening.
At the night session Speaker Miller.
said his action in refusing a roll call
was due to reports that he could make
money by allowing a roll call on the
Mueller bill, but as the house desired
it be washed his hands Of the entire
riatter and would permit a roll call.
An agreement was reached 1or re,
consideration Of the Lindley bill ano
the house adjourned until Friday.
The Iowa Disabled.
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