The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-28
CHARITIES
WANT MILLIONS
STATEMENT SHOWS scOPE or
PROPOSED CHANGES IN BE-
HALF or WARDS.
PROGRAM IS OPPOSED
BY the Appropriations Committee in
the Two Houses--Three Depart
ments Are Put in States
Piilory.

Springfield, March 27.-Asidr IRON
railroad legi lation, the most lmpost
ant bills which Coy. .Deneen is askine
the legislature to pass are the ap3r2
priation measures needed for the i'm
proyement.of the state institions. HI
railroad suggestions nave been giyef
little or not attention and are not like
ily to receive any unless there be Z
sudden change in the sentiment Of thf
general assembly
Chicago hopes Of The administra
tion are eentered In a program d
rehabilitation of the state Institutions
which program includes plan of i'm
proved medical treatment as devised
by DR.. Frank Billings and members ol
the state board Of charities. These
hopes are not extremely rebicund a.
the present moment because of the an.
tagoniste attitude Of the appropria-
tions committees of the two hon es
toward the state board of charit ea
the antagonism being more marked IN
the house than In the senate commit
tee.
Three Put in PIIory.
The board of charities. civil service
and state architect have been in the
legislative pillory for the last mouth
and especially in the hose appropria
tions committee much enjoyment has
been had in heaving things at the pill
lcried representatives OF those threl
departments.
To show the scope of the proposed
changes and of the proposed remedial
program the state board Of charities
has issued a statement calling atten
ton to some OF the needs Of the
state institutions, sending II in the
shape OF a lIStsr 10 S natpr Gardner
of the senate appropriations commit.
tee and Representative Shanahan,
chairman of the house committee.
In this letter, signed by William G.
Graves, secretary of the state board
the amount which thwe legislature is
asked to appropriate for the institu-
tlons Is stated at s7,S04,91G. which
is a cut of over S1,000,000 from the
the preliminary estimates of the state
b;ard. This amount is expected as
follows:
Included in this total are perma-
nent improvements designated to ele.
vate the Illinois charity service to a
much higher plane of efficiency, to ef.
feet economy In operation and, above
every o;her consideration, to reduce
the human sorrow and grief OF the
unfortunates of the shrdlurdluuunu
Gnfortunates and the families and
friends of uufortunates who turn to
the state for succor"
Civil Service Bill Advanced.
The Cook civil service extension
bill came out of The senate civil ser
vice committee today and was adj
vanced TO second reading in the shape
Cf committee bill. This action fol-
lows the meeting held in Chicago yes.
terday at the Union League club, at
which w re present number OF rep
resentatives and senator's county Off
cials. and civil service advocates.
In reporting out the bills Senator
Mckenzie. chairman of the committee.
said he did so TO show that there was
no intention to strangle the civil ser.
vice bills in committee.
This idea has been advanced" he
said, and in view of the sentiment
expressed at the Chicago meeing |
thought II bsst TO get the bill out Of
the committee and let il take its
course. have not looked the meas.
nre over yet, but If | find that il IS
not satisfactory I shall fight ii on
second reading"
The measure Substantially is the
bill prepared by President Brundage
Concluded on Second Page.)