Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
Committee Report Recon-
mends Disseminating
Equalization Body.
NO QUORUM CHARGE
Chairman lgoe Alleged to Have
Attempted to Railroad
Measure.

o
fusion resulted on the floor of the
house today when Representative Igoe
presented the report of the revenue
committee on the bill abolishing the
state board of equalization and sub
stituting a tax commission of three
members to be appointed by the gov
ernor. The report recommended that
the bill do pass" Representative
Boyer, a member OF the revenue COM
mittee, entered a protest against the
house receiving the report, alleging
that the action taken by the commit
tee was without a quorum present, and
moved that the bill be recommitted.
For more than a half hour Acting
Speaker Rapp was kept upon his feet
continuously, rapping loudly for order,
and at intervals declaring one men,
Der after another out of order.
ONE MEMBERS VERSION.
Time" break " move we ad-
journ" and hurry up, it's going to
rain" were some of the remarks hurl-
ed across the floor of the house during
the debate. Supporting Boyers mo-
tion to recommit, Representative Roth
schild, lgoe's colleague from the Fifth
district, gave his version of what took
place in the revenue committee ses-
sion, which lasted until midnight last
night He declared Chairman Igoe
made statement in the committee
that "this bill is coming out tonight.
quorum or no quorum" that at Later
time the chairman said he would see
quorum was gotten into the commit
tee if he had to keep it sitting all
night
| IGOE IN DENIAL.
| Say, wait minute" yelled Igoe
across the floor of the house, your
friend over here never said any such
thing, and you know it."
When Rapp secured partial order,
having declared Igoe out of order, Igoe
! theE demanded that the speaker main
tain order until he concluded his re-
marks. when you're talking about
me you'll tell the truth" interposed
Igoe and again he was directed to
take his seat by the speaker. The
written report of the committee pro-
ceedings were presented to the house
with the bill showed that 16 out of %
members of the committee were pres
ent. Boyer attacked the correctness
of this statement. Cohlmeyer was re-
corded as present, although Boyer said
he left the room a long time before
the question of quorum was raised
in the committee.
MUNROE NOT PRESENT.
In the committee report Represen-
tative Munroe progressive, also was
reported as present. Munroe did not
arrive at the meeting of the revenue
committee until after it had adjourned,
ye. he sat in a seat today and made
no effort to correct the report o? the
committee, which recorded him as
present. On roll call the Igoe bill,
which bears the stamp or an admin
istration measure, was recommitted
to the revenue committee by a vote
oe IS to So.
BAD TEMPER DAY.
Bad temper was displayed in the
house from the outset OF action today.
Clerk McCann had barely began read
ing the journal of yesterday when
Representative Hull to forestall the
I Usual iilOtlOh " NhCi
ing, etc, moved that the journal be
reed. Objections were raised in all
parts of the hall. Hull finally explain
ed his desire TO have the journal read
was to learn how it recorded Rapp
on Germans civil service repeal,
which was killed yesterday.
1T will not be necessary to read the
journal for that information" said
Acting Speaker Rapp. The gentle
mar. is not recorded"
Il thought the house heard him vote
aye yesterday" responded Hull, and
the incident ended.
At a meeting Immediately after ad-
journment today. the house elections
committee reported out the woman's
suffrage bill with a recommendation
that it pass.
The senate adopted Beall's resolu-
ton accepting an invitation to the SEN
ators to attend the G. A. r. encarsp-
ment at Alton, May 2l-2G.