The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-10
PRIMARY ELECTION AND WA
TEIswAY BILLS.
Cities Are Coscerncd in Important
Amendments Proposed To he
Made.
ELECTION COMMISSIONERS LAW

Ht0Ah1ao Nttttbtf lhN HOWNt y
bn, carrying only the senate primary
elections committee amendments
was shot forward by the Illinois SEN
ate and viii be on its passage when
a hair breadth finish is anticipated.
Advancing late today with the pri-
mary bill and ready for passage to
morrow are the Gibson bill for the
nomination of members OF the gem
eral assembly. the commission form
OF municipal government, and the
bill embodging a series OF amend
ments TO the law governing boards
of election commissioners.
The High Prive Probe.
Besides advancing these big meas
ures the senate today ratified the pro
posed federal income tax. and turned
down a resolution for a probe of
high prices.
The struggle yer the primary
bill amendments was fierce. A SUM
mary of the amendments adopted
and defeated was:
Eliminating all reference to
the nomination of members of the
general assembly, a bill to provide
for such nominations constructed sim
liar to the Murray amendments per
mitting senaorials committees TO de-
termine the number OF candidates 20
be voted for. and permitting acumu-
lation OF voteso. The vote on this
was "a to 90.
striking out the section rela-
tive TO the qualification of voters
and substituting therefor the section
from the bill which passed the sen
ate.
State wide advisory vote on
United States senator instead OF a
vote by districts as provided In the
house bill
fixing Sept 10 as the date for
the 1910 primary.
5-Cermack's house amendment
providing that officers OF precinct
committees need not be selected from
the membership OF such committees
The amendmentsi defeated were:
BY Brown-Placing names on the
ballot by lot.
BY Tossey-Blimlsating Judges
from the primary
BY Isley-Providing for the nota
ton plan Of placing names on the
ballot.
By CruickshankLElim pre-
cinot committeeman from the prl-
mary election. Jones insinuated that
this was introduced as a Joker to
kill the bill
BY Pemberton - Providing an
emergency clause which would re-
quire a two-third vote. Lost on roll
CALI 25 to 2.
The Close Vote.
There was hot fight on adopting
the blanket ballot. The vote resulted
as follows.
Yeas-Republicans: Bailey. Bali
Barr, Brown, Cruickshank. Curtis,
DoEesbeck. Downing. Hall. Humph-
rey, Lish. Mccormick. McElvain.
Pemberton. Pottery:. Democrats-
Broderick, Hearn. Is,ey. Nanny. Tos
| lsey. Womack-6. Total, 21.
Nays-RepublioaDs: Andrus. Bill
lings. Daley. Dunlap. Ettleson. Ham
iltOn, Hay. Helm, Henson. Hurburgh,
Jones. Jules. Landee. Lundberg. o.
son, Schmidt-16. Democrats Bur
ton. Gibson. Glackin. German. Rain
ey. Jandus-6. Total. 22.
Sensational Charges.
Sensational charges were made in
the senate this morning that private
corporations were back of the lakes
to the gulf deep waterway bin, In
the discussion of Senator Jaurs bill
providing for the renewal OF the
bridge below Ruby street and the
bridge a mile north of Ruby street.
near the sanitary district power
house. both crossing the river at Jol-
.et. Senator John Mckenzie de
clared that there was "a nigger in
the wood pile some where" and point
edly asked the question, isn't this
bill intended to help the Mississippi
Valley Transportation company 10
ell its stock?"
JUL replied that II looked 10 him
that some gentlemen were attempt
ing to bring in outside things In an
effort TO kill the bill. TO which Nc
Kenzie retorted: "ht seems TO me
that 10 is wrong to saddle more taxes
upon the people to carry out the
terms of the bill. There Is some
thing away back and beyond the men
Interested in this measure, who are
back In the woods"
Senator Potter broke in at this
iuncture and named the Mississippi
Valley Transportation company. al
st. Louis corporation. as the thing
In the woods Senator Mckenzie was
hitting at. This company was organ
lied, It Is reported, following Presi-
dent Taft's "trip to New Orleans by
water last October.
Senator Barr. of Joliet, explained
that the bill followed the suggestions
set forth In special message sent 10
the legislature by Governor Deneen. /
1T seeks to require the sanitary die =
trict to do things It agreed to do
years ago, declared Barr.
The bill was advanced to third