The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-03
OPTION BILL IS
LOST IN TRY-OUT
HOUSE REFUSES TO GIVE lT
PREFERENCE AND RETURN
lT TO CALENDAR.
DEAEEN CALLS CHIEFS
or institutions to Ask If Appropriation
NlI Cover Barc Expenses-To
Go TO Washington Waterway
Meeting.

Springfield Ill.,, May 2.-Local op-
tion had 4 try-out IN he house yester
DAY and failed to secure the twothrlds
vote ii cessary to take the bill out
Of its regular order and place It on it's
passage. The program arranged to
give The local cpioners a chance 10
eot their bill was followed and resul
cd III d deadlock that stopped all othcr
business for NOR than an hour, After
long wraagle oyceg the practice,
Mt Sheldon arose. according to pro
gram, and ASKED nalinlous consent
10 call up senate bill sol. the Kca
ontiou measure on the order Of third
Iread!ng. object" "obiec came II
lusty chorus from the Democratic
side
COLLECTIONS are heard said Speak
er shurueff calmly
II move a suspension Of the rules, 7
said Mr. sheldon
roll CALI" shouted the Democrats,
The clerk win call the ROLL di
cted the speaker.
The result was 80 for and "a against
the motion to suspend the rules, which
was lost. as two thirds vote was re
| quired There was much confusion
! in the house and Powers and AlcNan
ler asGod leave to can up a bill Tie
oeal option NJ a neT objected ans
Powers m ton to suspend the rules
was LOST on a viva voee vote.
s7trtleff as Counselor.
Speaker shurtlelf joined in Tho pro
ceedlnas as a counselor and friend
This was something probably unDre
ced nted in the history Of the house
as was also the deadlock that follow
ed. Again Sheldon asked consent 70
call the bill
Again The Democrats objected,
sheldon moved suspension IA the
lYrlfs aad the .roM Was called, s9
lIt &as done oy a. The third tTma and
the fourth time still the local op
titn people could net get the neces.
sary two-thirds. The vote on the
asst roll call was SIS to 81 against the
notion to suspend the rules. show
ing that the local option people v re
losing.
The plan to tire out the opposition
and get It to consent to take up thu
bill and get it out Of The way had
failed But meanwhile other bills had
been called up and bowled over BY
cries OF object"
After the first instance Of this kind
Inc Democrats shouted Leave"
Leave" Leave" while the local op
tlon p ople did the objecting and
The Demoera claimed they had driv
en- the other side into the position Of
seiag the obstrlcHonista, bat the
! Democrats overlooked the ron col
is an evidence of obstruction. The
ocal option bin win now remain quiet
probably TN ne last day Of The ses
sigu. when only senate bills on the
third reading VIII be the order Of
3 siness. and It viii be reached prob
ably In the regular order.
Governor Calls Conference.
Governor Dcneen today called a
conference of the superintendents OF
The state charitable institutions to dis
russ he appropriation bills passed
1y the senate. Eeach was asked TO
state how he could go on with his
Institutional work with the amour
IaHowcd by the bin The conference
win be continued tomorrow, and mea1
| while the governor viii talk with
come # the leaders Of he legislature
With regard TO the appropriations.
The z vernon win go 10 Washing or
'omorrow on business connected Wit
be proceedings there before Secre
'ary of War Taft concerning the pro
posed deep water way from Chicago
% t.c Mississippi river.
Park Bl UNSIGNED.
The governor has not yet signed
iie tH giving park boards the right
deaf with owners Of riparian righ'
along The lake front in Chicago. III
| may not decide Gnally what he viii d.
iRith IL until his return from Wash
lineton next Monday There IS tail
amone thc legislators Of tafing re
cess for ten days instead Of adioHrnia'
latter having done all the work pro
. posed. in order TO give ihe g3verno
an opportunity TO veto any bills b.
does not approve ard report the sam'
10 the legislature for action. Tl'
proposition has ne, yet passed tAe .
/ is said Stage.
IpcE mERcY EoR RARONEss.