The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-26
C0MM|SS|ONPLAN
BILL IS KILLED
CONSIDERATION or MEASURE
POSTPONED WITHOUT DATE
BY COMMITTEE.
MANY MEASURES PASS
Illinois Legislature Busy Yesterday
One BIl Most important to Far
mers-Ninety-seoond Sen
atoriaI Ballot.
Special to The Bulletin.

Special to The Bulletin.
Springfield, H. May 25.-After a
strong tight and after the bill had
been advocated by number Of
editors ana others from Peoria, Joliet,
Galesburg and Springfield, the house
committee on municipalities Killed
the commission form of government
bill, which has passed the senate, by
agreeing by vive voce vote to pest
pone consideration OF the bill without
date. The Chicago members of the
committee were solidly against the
bill
important to Farmers.
The house passed a very important
bin to farmers today, when it passed
the bin appropriating S5S5,o00 for
he establishment OF an agricultural
department at the state university at
Champaign; $4,000 per year to carry
out the experiments; $50 ,0a0 per year
for soil examination and tests; sl5,-
600 per year for experimenting on
ordchard treatment; $4,000 per year
TO discover and demonstrate the best
emthods of producing and marketing
wholesale milk ana dairy products,
and $1,000 per year for experiments
in producing cut flowers. plants and
vegetables under glass.
Other Bills Passec.
The house passed the bill making
an appropriation for and establishing
a g ate mining commission and a bill
abolishng the chair of mining aud en-
gin ncring at the University 0' I'h-I
nois; $4,000 for repair of bridges on
the Illinois aud Michigan canal; al
bill approprIatIng the salary Of the
late Judge Guy c. Scot Of the sT-
preme court TO his widow until his
term of office shall nave expired, and
the bill making it a felony 10 ma
liciously fi'e suspect notices against
voters who are registered.
Congressman Lor.mor conferred |
with Representative Church of Chi |
cago. one of the Deneen readers. and
Representative Stearns of Waukegan
at , o'clock this morning, but the con
ference was without results.
Ninety-second Ballot.
The only changes on the ninety |
seconl ballot for United States SEN |
ator today was that Representative
Butts of Peoria who has been voting |
for Foss voted for Lowden, and ReD |
resentative Terrell, or Chicago, who |
has been voting for sherman changed |
to Hopkins Representative Kowalsh |
of Chicago. from Foss to Michael J. |
Walsh and Representative Price CfI
Kane county from Foss TO Judge |
Hrentano.
The ballot resulted as follows; Re
puhlicans-Hopkins 81, Mason 2.
Foss :, Shurtlef ~, sherman I, Lori
mey /. Lowden >. Mckinley ?. NJ. J.
Walsh /, J. B. BrenlaGo l, Vat /.
Democrats-Stringer 10. Browne l.
Detrick /. Judge William b. Wright
of Eningham 6. NJ. j. Collins of Chi
cago lG
Caarette Bill.
The cigarette bill passed by the
house last week was received in the
senate this morning and referred to
the senate committee on manufac-
turers.
Senator Helms resolution restrict
ing the Chicago representation in
the general assembly TO ~ senator's
AMI 81 representatives was postponed
for consideration until Thursday
morning on special order of the SEN
ate
Senator Gardner's bill providing
that the governor may not fill vacan
cies In the list of state officers by
appointment for more than one yer
nd that i'm case of sucn vacancy
he shall call a special election to fill
il. vas passed by the senate.
NANNY Bill kiiiec.
The senate by an overwhelming
majority struck the enacting cause
out of Senator Mannys bill which
provides for a single state board of
control for the three Illinois penal