Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-12
Ettelson Measure Adopted
After Longest Ses-
sion on Record
FlLIBUSTER Is FAILURE
Governing Committee to Be
Four Democrats and Five
Of Opposing Party.

GETlN r+ftr.a Naa.a ~ AFGN L. nc sem
ate early today adopted the Ettcisou
resolution creating a rules committee
of I'VE republicans and four demo
Gratis. BrodcFick. Carroll. Keller and
Sullivan. democrats. Joining with 20 re-
pubiieaas iu ad0ptsas the resolution.
Keller then attached q sfriuE 90 the
measure by sivinE notice he would
tuovo rccousideratI of the vote
The senate adjourned az 1855 n. m.
after the longest continuous session
ever held by either body OF the lIli-
u1is legislature since the state organ
ICED The session started af ~ yes
fsrfay and continued. except a half
hour recess. ~ hours. the democrats
All the while fubusfcrinE against the
resolution.
when thr senator quit the under
standing vaa that nothing further
would De- attempted until Wednesday
tt is expected the republicans then
uiii start aEbt 90 adopt standing
c1wz1itt~es. Tho tentative republican
slate places Laudcc as chairman %
the education committee. Under the
republican plan ths lists ~ standing
committees vouid ~ reduced from 81
90 %.
Ms-- Bills Presentsd.
All county employees IN countles of
uiora than fs0.g0O population would
BE- placed under civil service under n
biIi introduced iu Che house iy Repre-
sentative ueYounE Public employees
wo1id De- required 90 work only eight
hours a dny under "a bin offered By
Hcprrsenative German o. Peoria
4 biii introduced hy Representative I
iF1e Of Chicago. would limit salaries 4
% appellate court clerks 90 $1,000 per
year Ga al districts except Cook cuuu .
fy. where the Limitation o. placed gt .
81 800. The biu aboiishes stated terms .
% the supreme and appellate courts .
after Aux I. 1915 and requires these
courts 20 De open for business at an +.
fimes
Representative afadseu. socialist. Of
fsred a measure which prohibits the +.
employment 90 armed guards and
strike breaker and provides fine of
81. 900 and imprisonment not 90 cN-
cc~d three years.
Three % the four bills being pushed
b. the Anti Saloon league were ln-
.roduccd 90 the houss today. one. iu-i
,ruduccd BY Representative Ellis. pro
iiblts the shipment % liquor into pro
fibiti0a TERRITORY. one uy Representa-
tive Kane makes third oncnsc Of boot
.sEEinE iu prohibition territory a peni-
.cutiary instead of iau oncuse and /
changes the Law 90 make % easier for
officials 90 enforce the liquor laws In
trV towns ono by Representative G h
D. Wilson giving onefouTth % voters
b any residence district power 90 cali
su eiectioa for the voting out OF sa-
ooas.
No judicial Primaries.
Two bills providing for the nomina-
ioa of All judges by the primary ciec-
Ion method were killed iu the house d,
oday bT The elections committee. Re /
-~ntiy tho supreme court held that A.,
ndErs elected a. June elections could +,
- aouiaatci by the old Convention
ucfhod- % refusing 90 report out the I
measures. the committeeman declared
haf many districts already have call
"a judicial coavcntions fo- the nomi-
iation % supFcrac and circuit court
edges 70 b. elected this June.
The bills killed wcrC offered by Rep
Burns and Donahus. both {
.~mocrata
Representative Leo o'Nsu Browne
p~akinE Co pcrsonai privilege took
reception TO an editorial IN a Chi
ago paper. Tho editorial comment
q on tho fact that BroWue who had .
os-d for the election % William Lori :
her 20 the United States senate had
ot been given the chairmanship % "
ny % the house committees
Browne said be objected 20 being
inEied oaf In such a fashioa When
;hcr members of the Lorimsr isEis-
s,urc had been named as ehairmcn.
nd one had been elected speaker. lie
amcd former Speaker Edward u.
hurtien. Speaker Shanahan. a. ".
ester end n. 4. Shepard a. mem
crs % the so-cziiea t>orimcF icgisia- =
arc Nho have received honors a. the q
ands of the present assembly. but A
lho we're not meuiioncd - the edi- h
,riai. Browne declared that he VAS ;
bic 20 take care OF himself and did 7
ot care that h~ had no; been So \
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