Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-15
BREAKS RECORDS
New Bills in Legislature Over
787,1OO More Than Or
fered Last Year.
BARS PUT UP FOR SESSION
Many Radical Measures Presented On
Last Day-BloW for Local
Option.

Springfield, H., March 15.-Wh"n
the bars were put up last night and
the introduction of bills came to an
end, 7S7 measures were on the calen
dar, eclipsing the record of 1905 ny
over 100 and setting a new high water
mark. OF the fifty-odd that poured
in yesterday as the last contribution
of the hard-working lawmakers, one
from Charles Mcbride repeals the
frontage act that was passed 10 years
ago in company with the Allen bill,
and throws open all cities and towns
to ali persons and concerns wishing to
establish public utilities. Three meas
ures from Mr.. Covey are for the regu-
lation of warehouses, while another
from Mr.. SOllitt seeks the creation of
a state department of industries to
take the place of the present factory
inspector.
May F.it Judge Humphrey.
A bill said to strike at a position as
head of an insurance company held bE
United States Judge J. Otis Humphrey
was introduced by Walter |. NANNY
The measure bars all state Officia $.
federal officials or appointees of the
government or state or federal courts
from being directors or officers of life
insurance companies, and it further
provides that majority of the office, 5
shall not be members of the same fam
lily.
The measure. according to the mem
bers of the minority. would affect the
position Judge Humphreys holds as
president Of the Franklin Life Insur-
ance company, which is said to pay a
salary of $22500 year
Other Bills Introduced.
Among the big grist of measures
were the following:
BY McNally-Provides that propri-
etors of all stores shall furnish seats
for their female clerks. A fine of from
$40 to 800 is provided for first offense
and 81 day for every day seats are
not so placed
cents on groundhogs.
BY Campbell--Giving cities outside
of Chicago power to levy a tax not to
exceed three mills for public hospital
purposes.
BY Danaher-Prohibtin clairvoy
ants. fortune tellers or mediums froC1
advertising their business or accepting
remuneration for card reading. sean
ces, palm or card reading. etc.
a uniform speed limit for motorists
of Is miles an hour in the country an
| six miles in residence and business
districts is provided in a bill passel
| by the senate. The measure was draft
ed by the Chicago Automobile club
and among other things it provides fo
the registration of all self-propellin,
vehicles Racing on public highway!
is punishable by fine of $50.
Substitute for Local Option.
Local option went into the house ci
der press yesterday and emerged viii
about all the essence squeezed out o
it, A beautifully working combinatio!
of democrats and republicans. in tn
proportion of two to one. furnished tn
grinders. and the cherished measure O
the anti-saloon forces was a Sicllly look
ing object when it was released
The statement is made by leaders i
the senate that the upper house wi
pass the 'orthodox" local option bi
and hand it over TO the lower houst
which, thereupon. will have all :!
work to do over again.
What was done by way of macera
ing the measure was to substitute fc
it bill introduced by l.. o. Brown {
LaSalle county, which, from the stan,
point of local option advocates,
simply imbecillic. 1t was substitute
on second reading by a vote of Is
20, the roll call being had reversely O
a motion to table the substitute.
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. Kankakee, Ill, March 15.-Thrt
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