Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-09
STATE SENATE
is LUKEWAR
Glacken's Resolution for Inves-
tigation of Cold Storage
Killed.
PRIMARY BILL CHANGED
Many Amendments Written Into the
Measure that Came from House
Commission Act suffers.

Springfield, Ill, Feb. 9.-Glack1n
joint resolution providing a commits
sion to probe the high prices of foods
and investigate cold storage in Illinois
was defeated by the senate today
The bill to prevent accidents in
mines and appropriating $4,000 to
maintain a miners and mechanics IN
stitute passed the senate.
Smooth Path for Primary.
Springfield, H., Feb. 9.-Primary
legislation ran into smooth sailing in
the senate yesterday. with the direct
plurality men on both sides Of the
chamber pulling together on the pro-
posed amendments to the Hamilton
Staymates bill. From the minority
side Senator Gibson of Carthage sub
mitted the Murray amendment TO the
house bill in the form of a separate
measure, putting legislative nomina-
lions into a separate act and allowing
the senatorial committees to fix and
determine how many candidates for
representative should be nominated in
a district
Later in the day the committee on
primary elections held meeting, at
which the senate amendments were
of NJ ]. Stein, the bill carpenter. for
drafting.
Chief Changes Sought.
The bill and the amendments will
be reported on today, will come up
on second reading Thursday, and will |
probably go to a vote on Friday. The |
changes sought by the senate are as
follows:
All reference to offices and
committees of senatorial dis
tricts to be stricken out of the
main bill and to be placed in a
separate measure.
The provision for an advisory
vote on United States senator to
be restored to the bill, the vote
in the state at large to deter
mine
The provision that officers of
committees must be precinct
committeeman to be stricken
from the bill.
Section "A of the house bill to
be replaced by section 4 of the
senate bill. The section relates r
to registration and the change
makes It necessary in voting by
affidavit to file affdavits 20 days
before the election with the cleo
ton commissioners in cities hav-
ing election boards.
Primaries for 1910 to be held
Sept Is
Commission Bill Changed.
The commission form of govern |
nent bill emerged from senate COM /
mittee yesterday in such shape that |
t is threatened with a capsize in the /
house. a string of amendments en- /
oodying features of the laws under /
which Dallas and Galveston are gov
srned was attached to the measure /
IN route to the calendar, the changes !
giving commissioners under the new
scheme of government control over
he issuance of stocks and bonds by |
public utility corporations.
One amendment places the num- |
Der of names necessary for a recall |
petition at 40 per cent of the voters, |
his being a compromise between the |
original 20 per cent and the rs per !
cent provided in the bill as passed /
by the house. Over this no trouble
is expected in the lower branch.
Cherry Bill is Passed.
Sufferers from the Cherry mine !!
disaster will be aided by the state to
the extent of 100000 in case Gov
ernor Depeen signs the relief bin /
that passed the senate yesterday with /
the house amendment attached. The |
bill as originally sent over by the
senate provided $4,000; the house |
doubled the sum and the senate, by |
vote of SO to 0. yesterday concurred
In the change. The fund is to be dis |
sributed by the state board of admin
lstratiou, and the intention is to use
It as an endowment for the benefit
of the sufferers, covering a period of
years, probably 10.
The senate also passed, by a vote
IF 81 to 0. senate bill No. 46, provid-
ing for the installation of fire fight
ing equipment at mines and for other
safeguarding of the shafts.
BY vote of So to 0 the UPPER
branch also passed the bill providing
Tor the establishment of three rescue
stations in the mining regions of ILL
nois.
Change Liability Bill.
Sweeping changes were made in
the house bill for the establishment
of an employers liability commission. |
when the measure was taken up in |
the senate judiciary committee. 1t
will be reported out with amendments |
charging the membership of the |
commission from six to 2 to be even
ly divided between employees and en-
ployers; the chairman is to be select |
ed by the commission instead of by |
the governor; the report Is to be |
made Dec. Is instead of in September !
and no recommendations for legisla- /
Jon are to be made except by unani- |
nous vote of the commission.