The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-30
BILL GIVING TOMBSTONE MEN
RIGHT 70 DESPERATE GRAVES
is NOT PASSED.
MEMORIALS NOT PAID
In Many Cases. Declares Dealer Who
Champions Proposed Act in
House--Ycang Lawyer
Camps on His Trail.

infinite patience Representative Louis
Finger who deals in tombs ones in
Pelsin, has Ii en- edging along towards
the passage Of a bin giving sellers Of
tombstones b lien on the stones and
right to remove them from grave
yards. AIT every step he has been fol
lowsd persistently by Representa-
tive Morton d. Hull, who deals in law
In Chicago and who does not believe
in liens, whether on tombstones or
other things.
Mr.. Finger is a pertinacious middle
aged man and Mr. Hull is scholar
ly young man, and they have been
running c,reEs around each other for
other for month on the subject OF
this measure, with the fortunes OF war
on the side of Mr. Finger until today
when, having edged his bill MP 10
third reading, he made bold dash
with ii towards passage.
Mr.. Hull was at his nc Is in a me-
ment, and as yet the house has not
passed an act which with the acqui-
scence Of the senate and governor
would permit the removal Of tomb
stones from graces.
Memorials Often Not Paid For
Mr.. Finger in stating hts dash with
the bill, read a piece which he had
prepared descriptive Of the work Of
monument makers IN creating beauti'
fal memorials Ia bronze and marble
which, TO n asentsy. he said We're
net paid for.
Mr.. Hull took up the subject with
willing enthusiasm. He spoke his
niece without reference to manu-
script
eThis bill was treated as joke In
committee and was reported out as a
Joke. but ii Is time now to consider
II seriou ~. Ii means practically that
graves may be desecrated There IS
another hill In this legislature which
gyes a horseshoer a lien in the shoes
mt on horses S. If this thing Keeps
m YOU soon will have funerals where
ire horseshoer will have lien on the
shoes Of the horses attached TO the
bearse. the undertakes will have
lien on the coffin, and the monument
maker will have a lien on the tomb
stone.
Then probably we'll go farther
and a physician who attends at blrth
win have a lien on the baby It's a
pretty sick body polite which has to
be plastered all over with statutory
lens and mustard plasters."
Lindley Puts Question.
Mr.. Finger endeavored to reply, but
l,epres NATIVE Indy. the demon in.
teriogation point. bohbed up.
"What percentage of tomhs.ones
sold are not paid for?" he asked. Mr..
I.indley makes a specially of ques'
lions. It is popularity supposed that
an Xray photograph of Mr.. Indy
mind AT rest would show nothing but
interrogation marks.
Mr.. ling said he did not know ex-
actly but the trouble was not with the
little ones The expensive ones, he
said. are the ones not paid for.
Don't you sell people monuments
which you know they cannot ahordE
asked M. Lindly.
Mr.. Finger thought this was not
done knowingly on the part OF the
dealer.
.Cne man bought a big stone be-
fore he was dead" be said.
Representative Allen championed
Mr.. Fingers cause.
There's never any trouble with
woman who has bought tombstone
for her husband" he said. she VIII
see that il is paid for if she has to
take in washingto do il, but lazy
loafng man who spends his time fish
inc chewing tobacco, and drinkin'
will buy a monument for his wife and
never pay for 1t. Sach customer
should not be protected. There Wohil
b no desecraticn of graves If the
stone were removed in such cases
When the acratchers who are after
the Allen bin get through with me
don't know whether I'll have enough
money TO buy a monument, but
know thai if I don't and one is pu'
ND and not paid for I shall not care !
II is taken away"
Not Enough on Roll Call.
Then the bill went to roll call, bu
too much disquiet had been aroused il
the minds of members. Il could mus
tr only sixty-four votes Too mani
members refused to hear their namei
when called By the clerk. ana MT
Finger. 10 save his bill was foreea :.
ask for D sfponemeut until next We'd
nesday. At present It seems that Mr.
HILL has won out