Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-02
Under Merit Plan
House Bill for State Charitable
institutions Passes
Senate.
BRANCH COURTS WILL WIN
Primary Election Measure Reported
Out and Everything Looks Fa-
Vorable for Passage.

Springfield, ILL.,. May (Special.)-
The senate passed the house bill plac-
ing state charitable institutions under
civil service today.
Springfield. ILL.,, May 1.-The house
today passed the Church gas 'regu-
lar" bill giving municipalities of the
state the power to fix the price of gas
and electricity with a three year linn
it on the price once fixed. The bill
will be rushed to the senate.
Springfield, H., May 2.-The house
committee on primary elections held
meeting last evening and agreed TO
report out with favorable recommends
tion the primary election bill. 1t be-
gins to look very much as if there will
be primary legislation after all.
Late in the afternoon session John
Daley called up the bill indorsed by
the Peoria Bar association giving at
torneyS a lien on their clients cause
of action or get off for their fees which
lien attaches to the verdict or settle
ment 1t passed by a vote of S4 to 6.
1t must now run the gauntlet of the
senate.
Child Labor Bill.
The house yesterday afternoon pass
ed Fetger's bill prohibiting the en-
ployment of boys under 16 years of
age in coal mines to make same agree
ment child labor law. The bill passed
50 to 3, Emerson. of Fulton, being one
of those voting no
Mr.. Browns amendment to strike out
the enacting clause was laid on the ta-
BILE and the bill will pass.
Judge Lindley, of Bond, called up the
bill providing that school funds shall
be loaned only on real estate security.
The bill passed "a to ,.
Representative Canadys bill limiting
the terms of officers to three years was
called to second reading for amend
ment after Judge Lindley suggested
that it affected the Odd Fellows. Red
Men, and other societies. He favored
it if the bill was amended to exclude
them.
House Refuses Divorce Bill.
The house refused to concur in the
senate amendments to the divorce bill
passed by the house. The claim was
made in the house that there had been
a misunderstanding as to the passage
desired more time for discussion of
the bill and the house refused to con
cur in the amendment.
Ii is the expectation that the labor
ing interests will insist on the passage
of the fellow servant bill by the sen
ate, and possibly a few other meas
ures. 1t is asserted that originally the
labor steering committee declared that
if the shot firers' bill was passed they
would insist on nothing else at this
session. Now the charge is made that
the enrolling and engrossing commit
tee of the senate held up the bill so
long. with a view of defeating it, that
the labOring interests are going to in
sist on all they can get. They charge
the senate with unfairness and are
now going TO insist, so some of them
say, on getting all they can.
VIII Pass Branch Court Bill.
The legislature will pass the bill le-
galizing branch courts. The measure
passed the senate some time since and
was yesterday advanced to third read
ing in the house.
Breidt's bulk sales bill. prohibiting
a merchant selling his stock, or part
of it, without giving his creditors no.
tice, passed the house last night. Rep
resentative Tippet created a sensation
by declaring that this was a bill solely
in the interests of the wholesalers and
had been killed for several sessions
past
The house killed Montgomery bill
allowing the governor to appoint one
or more fish wardens in counties along
navigable streams and prohibiting men
fishing on anOthers property without
his permission.
The senate. at it's brief session last
evening. killed the appropriation of 81
900 for the teaching of civil service in
the state normals, and amended
Hearn's bill, allowing members of the
state board of equalization an annual
salary of $3.50.