Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-30
Protests of Chicago and
Other Cities in State
Ignored.
POLITICS IS INVOLVED
Amendment to Commission
Fern Vetoed and Moline
Fails to Get Armory.

Springfield, Ill, June SO.-GoVernor
Dunno signed the public utilities bill
stripped of all home rule" principles
today. Explaining his approval of the
mangled measure the governor gave
out a prepared statement of 1850
words. He takes the ground that
the utilities commission plan should
be given a trial. The action of the
governor takes from Chicago the right
/ to control public utilities corporations
and places them under the guardian
/ ship of a commission of five to be
/ appointed by the governor.
! The governor vetoed the park con-
/ solidation bill, the big legislative act.
/ Chicago drew this.
! The governor signed the utilities bill
! just prior to the convening at noon of
sessions of the two houses of the as
sembly.
Politics was involved IN the dispo-
sition of both measures, said men who
are trained in ways of things political.
Under the public utility act the gov
ernor takes from Mayor Harrison al!
control Of public utility corporations
in fixing rates and service as well as
the issuance of stocks and bonds.
By park consolidation the governor
would have placed in the hands of
the mayor control of the north, west
and south park systems.
The governor vetoed also the new
automobile law; the bill giving cities
drastic powers to forbid establishment
Of manufacturing plants in residence
districts; the bill licensing mason con-
tractors and the amendment to the
commission form of government. The
old automobile law will stand.
70 PER CENT TOO SMALL.
The amendment to the commission
form of government was vetoed on the
ground that 25 per cent vas too small
for the recall petition either of com
missioners or to recall the commits
sion form.
: Other bills vetoed were the act per.
mitting females employed in Gamer.
les to work more than 10 hours a day
in the canning season; the Cook coun
ty good roads act; preventing sweep
,
Hearn's civil service act giving vet
Grams of the Spanish-American wal
: and Philippine insurrection the same
rights on the preferred list as vet
Grams of the civil war; Insurance hroh
ers' act; appropriating $500 for the
purchase of the old home of John A
Logan at Benton, ILL.,; appropriaLns
money for new armories at Kewanee
Moline and Morris; appropriations fol
new buildings at Normal and Macomt
normal schools of 100000 each
No GOOD ROADS AID.
Governor Dunno vetoed the bill ap
! propriating AGO, COO out of the genera
= revenue fupe for state and good road!
! ! for the year beginning tomorrow. Th'
: 100000 appropriation for state ait
= roads out of the general fund for th'
E second year stands, as does also S400
: 900 for each year out of the automobile
fund
SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT.
1 With the reading of a number o
: veto message the two houses ad
f journed sine die. The governors We
e toes reduced the total appropriation
y of the session S3,13O,o0o, leaving tn
+ total appropriations approximate.
|. S37, 100000, a net increase over tw
$ years ago of sS,070,000.
The bin licensing mason contrac
+ tors waS saved at the last minute b.
). arguments made In its favor.
s BARzIsoE To FIGHT.
: Chicago, June 3o.-Mayor Harrison
s when told the governor had signed III
: public utilities bin, announced b
o would fight il IN the courts