Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10
Governor Deneen Will
Try to Hold SoIons
Together.
HELP DEEP WATERWAY
Senate Kills Two important
Measures Dealing With
Corporations.

Springfield, Ill, May 10.-GOyernOr
DCncen will cndeavOr to have the legis-
lature remain in session until the deep
waterway bills have been passed A
delegation from Chicago arrived this
afternoon to confer with the governor
regarding these bills, after which the
governor will confer with the leaders
Of both branches Of the legislature re-
sarding prolonging the session.
These bills provide for the deepening
and widening of the channel of the
drainage canal from LOckport to Lake
Joliet Varied interests have been un-
able to agree on the plan to do this
The legislature managers have laid
plans to conclude the session by early
next Sunday morning and do not rel
ish the idea of prolonging the session
One of these bills. the one increas
ing the taxation of the sanitary dis
trict from one-half to one per cent, has
been passed by the house
Corporations Favored
The senate again put itself on record
in favor of corporations by killing two
, bills of great Importance. The most
| important was the bill of Senator Put
nam which gave to all cities in the
state the right to establish and own. as
well as to operate and control, gas anC
electric light plants and to furnish gas
and electric light for public and pri
vate use, being a general municipal gas
and electric light bill. The measure
was killed by reason of receiving 2:
senators voted against the measure
They simply let it die for lack of SUI
icient votes to carry the measure.
Chafee's Bin Killed.
Another bill which the labor inter
ests claims was aimed against corpora
tions was killed by the senate. Thi
was Senator Chafee's bill which prOvid
ed that the licenses to do business il
Illinois should be revoked whenever
foreign corporation removed from
state court to the federal court and sui
brought against it without the consen
of the party or parties bringing tn
suit Nearly every time a damage sui
is instituted against foreign corpora
ltion in a state court, the corporatio
Immediately has the case transferre
to the federal court, thinking it wi
fare better in that court than in tn
state court.
Pass Relief From Fees Bill.
Senator Berry's bill aimed to affor
relief to the state treasurer and stat
auditors and the bondsmen for the fee
! which the supreme court in its recer
decition declares were the property {
the state and not of the officers, wa
, passed by the senate.
: Hits Board of Trade Gambling.
! Gambling of boards of trade will /
put a stop to if bill which passed Il
2 house yesterday afternoon passes II
r senate and becomes a law. The bi
| will hardly pass the upper house, hoy
ever, as that body has put itself on re
o ord more than once this session as b
u ing against reform legislation.
@ The house last night passed Mr.. NJ
n Goorty's joint resolution asking co
v gress to amend the constitution of Il
}. United States and provide for the ele
# tion of United States senators by
rect vote of the people.
senate for More Pay.
4 Springfield, H., May 10-The sena
n today passed the house bill increS
,f ing the salaries of members of the le
4 islature. The bill as amended in t
" senate fixes the salaries of membe
+ at $1,000 per annum, cutting out co
II pensation for extra sessions and allo
n ing mileage and $50 for stationel
1t is believed the governor will We
the bill as no anti-pass law has be
enacted, and a measure of this Xxi
@, has been considered as necessary
re the proposed increase in compensate
of members of the general assembly