The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
ACCUSE TRUSTEES
Of FLG|N AsYL I'm
SHURTlEFF. DENEEN ROW DE.
vELoPs CHARGE THAT THEY
SPENT $4,000 ILLEGALLY.
FORCE CHEAP FARE Bill [
Upon the House BY Etarting Public
hearing--RaiIroad Commission
VIII Order Reduction IL Soons
Don't Act.

| VIZ S|oII FtCOiCtiOn " SviOfI6
Don't Act.
Springfield Ill.,, Feb. 16.- Violations
Of tAe law by the trustees Of The
Northern Illinois Asylum for the Asy
hum for the Insane at Eigia have been
charged They arc alleged to have
| sp mt $25,000 of The states money
without legislative authority and the
least penalty now threatening them
Is that they be compelled TO make
good the sum out of their own pocli-
cts.
The carga that this um # public
money had he MISSED came as a
! development 10 the ROW between
! Speaker Shurtleff on the one hand
and Governor Deneen and the State
| Board of Charities headed by DR..
Frank Billings, of Chicago, ON the 9th.
er hand, over the clinics at which the
states insane wards have been the
subjects OF medical experiment for the
benefit of visiting physicians and sur.
geona,
As hown by his resolution, intro
duced in the house yesterday. Speak.
er Shurtlcff Is strongly opposed to
such practices and maintains his posi-
tion even at the risk of antagonizlng
the governor one Of whose pet
schemes is the holding Of the clinics
This cleavage between Deneen and
Shurtlef is likely TO have widespread
political impC rtance and the Governor
IS reported tonight to have expressed
his wrath at Shurtleff's Independence
Trustees on Grill.
Demand will be made by the house
appropriations committee of which
Representative Shanahan Of Chicago
Is chairman, upon the trustees OF the
state asylum at Elgin To explain by
1whafi excuse or warrant they expcnl.
ed 4 IS 600 Of the state funds without
Legislative authority. The sum went
into a fire protection water system
including standing tower, pipes and
other paraphernala. The forty
fourth general assembly appropriated
s6500, as sufficient for this purpose,
and the trustees then went ahead on
their own motion, 1t is alleged. and
spent $4,000.
1t is now asserted that not only
was the difference between $25 600
and $4,000 illegally spent, but that
there was no need for the plant, since
the asylum's pipes are connected
with Elgins water pipe system giving
the asylum the same pressure and
protection n"w enjoyed by the city.
When Speaker Shurtleff visited the
asylum officials last Saturday to pro
test to Superintendent Podstafa
against continuing the clinics, he dis !
covered that in ;pitc of all the shout. !
ing about fire trap buildings" and the
inadequacy of protection against fire.
the asylum officials never even had
turned on the city water to determine
the prcssnrc woald be sufi.
cient A gsteman is supposed to carry
a wrench 10 turn the yalYc letting IN
the city water in case of fire, but
never has used it, even 10 keep The
valve free from rust.
Two Cent Fare Bill.
without waiting the action of the
legislature on the antipass bin the /
railroad and warehouse commits ion. |
ers will proceed to start an invest- |
cation with public hearings with a |
view to promulgating a cent pas
senger fare.
IL the legislature wants 10 break /
in On tbs program it will have 20 /
make a run for IT, The commission
proposes 10 fix dates for hearings in /
this rate inquiry shortly Originally /
Il was intended to postpone action un-
'il the general assembly had been Civ 4
en a chance TO legislate themselves /
and other folks out OF railroad passes. !
This program has been changed and 1
The G mmiss on will undertake 10 /
handle the matter while the legisla1- /
Iurc g. still i'm session.
Rate reduction in Illinois viii not /
depend on legislative action aud will /
not be delayed for it. At the inc the /
original program Of having the anti. /
pass law passed as a preliminary step /
was lshi out there was 10 likelihood 4
u he general assembly passing a /
rate rcd-cSion bill
Since &c kas become known a. a
certainty hat the commission will put 4
such a reduction in effect independ. /
entity Of legislative action there has
been a change IN The attitude Of the |
usessiators Change Minds.
They row discover hat their part 1
In the scheme is merely tie unpleas- 4
ant one Of depriving themselves and I
other privileged persons or railroad T
passes. and that wh they have per I
formed this act Of renunciation the 4
state railroad board viii 10 the re T. 1
CcOncluded oa Third PsgeJ