Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-15

said $4,000 and return the same to
/ the treasury Of the state Of Illinois"
i House bill 975, making number Of
| deficiency appropriations, all but one
Of which were for sums under $1,000
/ is attacked. on the ground that it is
a deficiency measure. Among the
! items allowed for in it are legal ser
vices Of Charles 2. Pope. for dehcien-
cies in appropriations to dental board,
/ the board Of architects, the state board
Of pharmacy, and travelling expenses
/ of Thomas Curran.
Election items Added.
/ It is further alleged that certain ap-
! preparations in the act Of July 3, 1913,
t for the expenses Of the election COM
/ mittee of the forty-e5ghth general as
i sembly. totaling $4742, which were
/ vetoed by the governor at that time
were. with two minor exceptions, re-
I instated by house bill 975 On the
+ last day Of the last session it Is fur
Their charged that appropriations ag-
/ Eregating $3.0l7 were added to this
bin. Among the items said to have
been added was one for $3.50 TO VIII
liam NJ Brown for expenses in an
election contest 1t is said in this
connection that Brown was defeated
in an election contest in 1912 and that
at that time the senate allowed II. M,
Bacon, Browns attorney. $500 for fees
and expenses The amended bill de
cIaras that complainant believes that
the 1912 appropriation was paid and
that Brown had no claim against the
state
A somewhat similar allegation is
made in the case Of Daniel u. DOna-
hue, who appeared as attorney for
one Henuebry, whose seat was con
tested in the forty-eighth general as
sembly." The legislature in 1913, the
bin saws. awarded Henuebry $3.50
for the expenses Of his contest, and
gave his attorneys. including Dona-
hue, $500 fees and expenses For
this reason the Fergus bill takes ex-
ceptiou to an item Of 1888 to Daniel
.. Donahue, expenses and services,
election contest, forty-eighth general
assembly"
The appropriation Of $4,000 I'm SEN
ate bill No. 4 is attacked as being in
excess Of the appropriation made by
the forty-efghth general assembly.
No. is similarly objected to.
Among the tnterrogatoTies which
the bill asks that Stevenson be re-
quired to answer are:
state the name and the annual sal
airy paid to all policemen and watch
men employed by you as secretary Of
state.
State the amount of money paid
by you for knives, combs, brushes,
fountain pens, toilet articles, pocket
books and other. personal property
delivered to the members of the forty
ninth general assembly. and itemize
the same.
State the total amount Of tele-
phone charges incurred by members
of the forty-ninth general assembly
through your office; itemize the same. I
showing the individual names of the
representatives or senators who Sc
cured this service and the amounts Of
each.
In your deficiency bill for s12,82512
you asked for a deficiency for post /
age, expressage, telegraphing, tele- /
phoning. telephone calls and other in /
cidentaI expenses, $4,000 Have you
made an itemtzed report of these /
amounts in a semi-annuaI statement? t
IF your answer is in the affirma-
tive, viii you state what these amounts +
are?
Name the extra automobile clerks /
for whom you are allowed dedcien- |
cy Of $500 in house bill 256.
Had the services Of such clerks
been performed prior to the passage
of said bill?"
Brady Questioned Also.
Fifty-three Undergraduates are d. /
rected at Brady, among them the fol- /
lowing;
Have you during your term Of Of /
fee made an audit Of the accounts of
the governor OF the state?
II your answer be In the afflrnaa- +
tive, viii you specify the items spent
by the governor Of the state from his I
appropriation Of $4,000 in 1918. for /
the purpose Of heating. lighting, ex- |
penses of public receptions, wages
and sustenance OF employees, stable /
expenses and other incidental ex- /
penses Of the executive mansion?' II t
your answer be In the affirmative, /