The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-02
INTERNAL s1RIFEs PREVENT ALL CONCERTED

yiii be SrssfsTs ahead. sa 81. tie deins ga a
the Legislature WIN have decided efiect tive
The traces the h. osesnisasssn 1aeI CANNOT 0no'
administration Il committed are antason
yates machine. vii Be sa qua ,1e ir Ian.
Client s1s9. when The tsst comes and that th .
I .,Ihe de-nothing psosramne. in some par
tssi ,r..r TSula .svS ppTpose 70 PRO
But civil service. eompulso l primaries, con-
yict labor, municipal ownership. problems
for solution Of which all eyes are turned to
ae Il i. wen" ssnsra II a Win 1.sus
in popular Demand III an accounting.
SHERMAN PUGNACIOUS
These little disasreements mentioned are
all inside OF the statehouse crowd. Outside
Of this rulI nss, minority Other lines are
temporizine. neither will he. He has been
deity inserting thorns where they viii have
s2eakership. Me means to keep it up. His
nght on Yates is no grand-etand AFFAIR: He
has, has hts oSn ambitions; his own ends to
management Of State institutions and mis-
use OF State funds. AZ long as It seems
policy. in the House Of Representative. for
nuts out of the fire. Sherman controls a
majority, and majority. In the long run.
EuIcS.
Counter to the afiliation with Sherman
of the country Democratic Representatives.
the Cook County Democrats have gone ever
the Miner men uoon the Yessa
last week But It appears that even so the
anti-Miller majority is safe.
taking the whip-hand, report has it that
various gentlemen have been suggested as
suitable bosses. but nobody is satisfactory
that legislative bodies nearly ali have Or
ganizations other than appears on the
surface In what manner such or
controlled and what power they have were
amply demonstrated in st. Louis in the
evidence as to what went on behind the
Council The cases are similar. though not
exactly parallel-similar in that the Illinois
House has had and now would like to es-
shanahan Of Chicago comes nearer than
any Of his colleagues to filling the posi-
ton. but falls short by reason OF exceeding
appropriately In certain quarters.
CHESTER PENITENTIARy.
II contract labor is done sway with in the
penttentaries, as tho three convict labor
tenn at tho southern Illinois Penitentiary,
win 5. se1soasy smscssd. Gn shq az eo oDaa.
tutional amendment passed In llss. contract
labor s distinctly 1s prohibited but BY ea
IL not observed. Contractor. sell to the
State. The raw materials are made into
cheap articles OF clothing, boots and shoes,
chairs and other furniture Of rattan, ana
brooms.
At Chester Is q knitting plant machine
s shSp foundry Srieky.sd and lime
long been fighting to do away with the sys-
tenn. which cheapens their labor. Tho man
ufacturers also are opposed. But the State
Is confronted with the problem Of satisfytng
these objections and yet providing some
sort OF employment for the prisoners The
demand is that machine work be abolished,
and hand labor be bstituted and the prod-
various State institutions. The quantity Of
the goods put forth by the convicts would
be greatly reduced, and a large income
which accrues to the State under the exist
Ing conditions, would be cut of 1t IL
thought that there Is no way around this
latter point that the State must give I'D the
idea Of making money OF its criminals.
THREE BILLS
Three bills purport to solve, the question
One Is Chiperheds; another ID Ore1-' q. and
the third was introduced by Wheeler of
San3maon. The latter two are in Drews
committee. Chtperfeld's is in his c,ovnmit
tee; Hence the friction between Drew and
Chiperfeld. anu
Another phase Of the convict-iabor leafsla-
tion is BY no means the least significant. At
Jonet n the ceopere8e plant, which puts
out vast number OF chairs and articles Of
iurnlture The Penitentiary Is q strong
oompeutor against Chicago COMPANY
Emch II a part Of q furniture trust The
latter wants the manufacture Of chair. at
Jonet stopped, and report has 1t, on SEEM
ii n. very good ground. that the latter has |
HASTINGS EacApAM