Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-23
Last Important Measure Fails
to Receive Constitutional
Majority.
PARTY WHIP NOT USED
Governor SENDS in Message in
Which He Raps State
Charity Probers.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 23.--(Argus
Special by vote of 5S for the bill
TO 81 against, 19 less than the consti-
tutional "a votes being cast for it. the
house this morning killed the mayors
revenue bill which the senate had pass
ed and which provided for larger bond
issues in cities. The house then pass
ed some minor senate bills and ad-
journed sine die at 1920 p. m.
Quorum I'm senate.
There was a quorum present in the
senate, and as soon as that body learn
ed that the house had killed the may
ors' revenue bill, the senate adopted
the amendment made by the house to
the joint resolution to adjourn sine
die today, and adjourned sine die, and
by noon nearly all of the senators had
left the city.
Not on Party Lines.
The vote on the mayors revenue bill
was pretty strictly divided along the
line of Cook county, nearly all the
against the bill or did not vote.
The vote for the bill was composed
of 35 republicans and % democrats
while 62 republicans, 25 democrats and
l prohibitionist voted against the bill
Governor Sends I'm Message.
Springfield. ILL.,, May 23.-(Argus
Special .)-Governor Deneen sent to
the general assembly this morning his
message in answer TO the report OF
the special committee of the house
which investigated the state charita.
bic institutions. The message is a
stinging arraignment of the committee
for unfairness, and is very lengthy. II
is backed up by voluminous records
from the state institutions and reports
of the superintendents of the same.
The governor charges the COMMITTEES
with being biased and not endeavorins
to ascertain the true facts in regard tt
the institutions. At the conclusion the
governor says:
Uses Vigorous Language.
81 do not wish to close this messag,
without once more uttering my protes
against its unfairness, against it's ute
disregard of fact in its pretended por
trayal of conditions in our state inst
tutions, against the unwarranted char
acter of the comments made Thereon
in its report, and the worthless sugges
tions therein offered for the consider
alton of your honorable body in cor
nection with proposed changes in tn
law governing the administration @
our state charitable Institutions
Other states Follow Lead.
To the message proper the governo
appends exhibits in the form of report
from the various institutions, the stat
board of charities, letter from D.
Frederick Howard Wines, for man
years secretary of the state board {
public charities of Illinois, protestin
against the state board of control, an
2G letters from officials in other state
who give their opinions on the advis
bility of creating state board of col
troll in state like Illinois. Almo!
without exception the opinions are o
posed to the form of the bill introdu
ed in the house and passed by tn;
body.
ShurtlefY i'm a Fight.
Springfield, ILL.,, May 23.-Growir
out of Speaker Shurtleff's action
ordering the RecordHerald represe
tatives from the floor of the house
personal encounter took place in Il
afternoon between the speaker al
A. c. Evans, who has been the leg
lative representative of the Recor
Herald in this city for some years
The two men met at the cigar sCal
In the Leland lobby. The speaker,
it is reported, called Evans a liar, pl
ceding 1t with an affirmative term.
Evans at once struck at the speak
and failed to land. Shurtleff return
striking Evans, at which juncture |
standers stepped in and separated t
gamecocks.
The mayors bond bills were amer
ed in the house last evening and Sc
to third reading.
The amendments were designed
mollify the outraged feelings of I
country members. Twenty-Five may,
headed by Busse came to town
urge the passage of the bills tt
were willing that the bills be ame
ed but they wanted the bills. Ev,
one cried out for more money for p
lie improvements.
Fight the Referendum.
The first bill, that increasing