Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-02-26

lar amusements where beer, wine or
any other spirituous liquors are either
sold or given away within the district
where the local option law Is In force.
ITO sum up the local option law
II means strict prohibition In the dis.
trict where 1t Is in force. and It Is
directed against the use of spirituous
liquors Of any kind. private or other.
wise, and therefore Is far more than
mere anti.saloon territory"
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Unless the state Supreme court re.
considers its ruling declaring the pa
role law of 1909 unconstitutional. the
act which increased the salaries Of the
Supreme court justices to $4,000 a
year will be attacked as invalid by At.
torney.General Stead.
Mr.. Stead has found In the fee and
salary act amendment. which was
drafted by the Supreme court judges
themselves, language substantially the
same az that which was held to make
the parole law invalid.
The vitiating clause In the parole
law was one which provided that pa
role agents should get salary pay.
able quarterly out Of the state treas.
ury on warrants drawn by the auditor
out Of any money not otherwise appro-
priated." The court held this was an
appropriation for salaries. and could
not be embodied in general act.
The same language is used In the
amendment to the fee and salary act.
which gave the judges $4,000 year
more than they were getting. Mr..
Stead will argue In asking a rehearing
on the case In which the parole law
was declared invalid. that clause hx.
ing the amount Of compensation In this
language is not an appropriation. but
merely the establishment OF the rate Of
compensation.
It is believed the Supreme court Will
reconsider It's parole law decision.
John NJ. Glenn, secretary OF the I'LL
nois Manufacturers Association, left
Chicago Monday for Washington. where
he will continue the effort that Is be-
ing made by that organization to re.
cure change In the provisions OF
the corporation tax law and, II possi'
BILE, its repeal. 1t was announced that
Mr.. Glenn will sound members OF Con-
gress regarding their views on the SUBJ
feet, and 1t also Is expected that he
will confer with President Taft. In
ternal Revenue Collector Henry ].
Hertz said that about 800 reports were
received last Monday from corpora
tions seeking to comply with the pro-
visions OF the federal statute.
Representatives OF thirty-seven OF
the largest cities In the United States
on Monday perfected an organization
which has as its object the standard
ization of paving specifications, the
uniformity OF paving bonds. guaran'
tees, contracts and the general sys'
tematizing OF street paving In cities
OF over $4,000 population. The organ
ization held its first convention In the
red room OF the Hotel La Sale on a
call OF Mayor Busse.
Frank T. Fowler. superintendent o,
streets, was temporary chairman, and
John b. Hittel temporary secretary.
Mayor Busse delivered welcoming
address. He referred TO the paviaa
question as a troublesome one to al
municipalities. 1T would seem to b.
perfectly clear" he said that an i'm
portant step in advance can be made
by getting concerted action of all the
city officials whose local conditions are
similar toward standardizing specifica
tions. Such a result will put the pro
ducers OF paving materials and Others
in the business In a better shape tt
give us what we need"
A resolution was passed Wednesday
az meeting OF the West Park Com
mission, for the erection OF shop and
the installation OF machinery which
will enable the park TO save thousands
OF dollars annually In the repair Ol
tools, utensils and other paraphernal.a
used In the parks OF the West Side. Nc
action was taken in the matter of pla"
ing the proposition to issue 81 ,000. 900
worth OF bonds before the voters at tbs
spring election.
The efforts to resurrect the waite.
Was scheme Is funny, to say the least
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John J. Coburn Is the kind OF a mar
the people want on the Superior Cour
bench. Honest and fearless, as hii