Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02
Lower House Submits a
Resolution FaVOring
Amendment.
NO ACTION IS TAKEN
Primary Election Law Not
Brought Up-Up to Senate
to Make Next Move.


the first step this morning toward rat
flying the proposed amendment to the
federal constitution providing for e.
income tax. The house committee ON
judiciary submitted a resolution favor
ing an amendment. No action was
taken on the resolution today
An employers liability commission
for Illinois is provided in a bill passed
by the house today. The senate had
only a perfunctory session. Nothing
was done In the primary election mat
ter.
Primary Up 10 senate.
Springfield. Ill, Feb. 2.-The Hamil-
ton-Staymates direct plurality primary
bill, which passed the house yesterday
with total of 100 Affirmative votes,
now passes to the senate, where its
/ friends hope for favorable action when
the upper branch settles down to work
again next week. Although the senate
was the first body to pass a primary
/ bill, it's measure has not been consider
ed by the house, and It is generally un-
derstood that the house bill is the only
one that will be acted upon.
Provisions In the Bill.
/ The house bill as II was passed yes
I terday is much like the Oglesby act.
provides for tAese-matters in CHIEF.
The nomination of all officers
! from top to bottom by direct plu-
| rality primary and the election Of
/ party committeeman, with no ad-
visory vote, however, upon United
States senator.
A direct plurality primary in
1910 on Sept. 10.
Senatorial committees 10 stipu-
late the number of lower house
candidates TO be voted for. with
the cumulative form of voting for
legislative candidates granted to
the voters.
Names TO be placed upon the bal
lot in the order in which petitions
are field with the proper election
officials.
Ballots TO be printed at public
expense. with separate ballots for
each political party. Voters must
announce their party amliation.
Unregistered voters permitted 10
vote by filing afidavits with cleo
ton judges.
i ne machinery OI tOuuuNllHE An0
primaries is in the precise language
Of the Oglesby act and IS unchanged
in any particular from the require
ments which prevailed at the August
primaries in 1908.
Commission BIZ Advanced.
After the direct primary bill passed
the house the commission form Of mu-
nicipal government bill ran hot
gauntlet Of amendments and was adj
vanced TO third reading.
The house passed a bill donating
100000 10 the Cherry relief fund
Women Invnde Legislature.
delegation Of woman suffragists
appeared before the house COMMITTEES
of the whole yesterday afternoon and
asked the lawmakers TO look kindly on
the bill giving votes 10 women al pri-
maries under the next direct primary
law and at elections 10 be held under
the commission form of government
measure.
Addresses were made in the house,
at The end of which, at the suggestion
Of B. NJ Chiperfeld. the house passed
a vote OF thanks TO the ladies' who
have addressed us" which led Mrs.
McCulloch to retort from the platform:
you are very welcome. gentlemen.
We will come again. and as / am get
ting along past the 40-year mark and
may not survive another 40 years. am
breaking in a niece 10 years old.
have three other nieces and a little
daughter. and promise that they will
keep coming here until you give US bal
lots"
The committee took no action.
OmciaIs Are Appalled,.
Washington, Feb. 2.-The officials
of the geological survey are dismayed
over the rapidity with which recent
mine disasters required the services
of the few trained men at the sur
vey's command for aiding in mine
rescue work All available men are
at present in the field. II another
mine disaster occurs before the men
have finished immediate tasks the
survey will have no men TO assist.
Two OF the trained helmet men
from the permanent station at Cham
paign. H., are now at Cherry. Two
experts from the station at Pittsburg
are hurrying to Primero. Col. and
the only two other men at the sur
vey's command started from Pitts
burg for Drakesboro, KY.