Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-03
BOXING BILLS WILL
GET THEIR INNING
AT STATE CAPITOL
LEGISLATURE TO OPEN BUSIEST
WEEK OF SEASON-C EN- EMIT
FIRMS TO BE INVESTIGATED
ON TRUST CHARGES.

Springfield March 3.-With alleged
cement trust investigations, house
contests, state police bills, uniform
text books, proposed adjustment OF
the public utilities commission, box
ing bills and educational subjects all
on the calendar FOR consideration by
the general assembly when it recon
venes tomorrow morning, this week
promises by far to be the busiest
week of the assembly yet held
Public utilities looks like the head
line attraction and galleries are ex-
pected 10 be crowded tomorrow af-
ternoon at O'Clock when the senate
committee, Senator John Daley,
chairman, and the house committee.
Representative w. NJ Brinlman,
chairman, meet in joint session to
give a public hearing on the Duvall
and Dippus bills. abolishing the com
mission The two chairmen are Civ
ing wide prominence to the meeting
and municipal officers opposing the
utilities commission and utilities Of.
ticers who favor the commission are
expected to flock to Springfield in
large numbers to attend the hear
ing
The seven boxing bills now before
the assembly will hold the boards on
Wednesday afternoon according to
present plans of Senator Charles
Wood and Representative Sidney Ly-
on, the two charmen of the license
and miscellany committees. Boxers
and advocates of boxing and other
proponents and ministers of the gOs-
pei in opposition are expected to ar
rive here in droves to declare for and
against the bill, After the hearing
expectation is that the several meas
ures will be referred to sub-cOmmit-
tee.
II is expected that the presiding of
ficers of the two houses Will, during
the week, name the joint commissions
to investigate dealers in road build
ing material and the offer of 1000
600 carloads of gravel free to the
state to reduce road building costs
The house education committee
Representative Norman p. Flagg OF
Mora, will meet tomorrow afternoon
to Sonsider uniform text book bills
whileNthe senate educational commit.
tee senator Harold kessinger chair
man. will meet Wednesday evening
to CONSIDER the bills before it,
The special house committee on
contests, Representative f. D, Shurt-
Z. left, chairman, is to meet tomorrow
afternoon to consider the four house
contests referred to it.
The house agricultural committee
4 Rep Israel Dudgeon, chairman, will
meet tomorrow evening to continue
the discussion of pure seed bills.
When the senate reconyenes il
Will be confronted with the Dunlap
state police bill on the order Of sec
ond reading. If the author attempts
to cali it up opponents will endeayOr
to lerefer it to the judiciary COM
mittee in the hope of chloroforming
it.
The house will attempt to get on.
Of tie way the senate pay bill and the
kegsnger-Chweh vocational educ2-
ton iii. These are on the order Of
third reading The vocational bill
must be passed and signed by the
governor by next Saturday if the
state is to secure the federal aid I'M
der the Smith-Hughes bill
Representative Gregory, chairman
of the house waterway bill, hopes to
introduce the administration water
way bill during the week
Rep Castle, Chicago, will endcavor
10 secure passage of this three bills
giving returning soldiers and sailors
preference in state, city and park
civil service jobs and Rep Curren
hopes to get through his bolls increas-
ing the pay of judges Of circuit
courts from $4,000 to $500 per year
These measures are on the order OF
third reading
The usual number of new bills is
anticipated as none of the really big
measures have yet made their appear
ance.
The house judiciary committee
Rep, VIM Holiday, chairman, is ex
pected to take up Roderick's bill re
curing registration and licensing OF
optometrists.
/. A report Of the house license and
miscellany committee on Rep. Edw
Shurtletflf's Joint resolution to invest
igate the Christian-Catholic- Apostolic
church at Zion City and its leader
Wilbur Glenn Voliva. will probably be
returned. A subcommittee has been
taking evidence on the charges dur
ing the past few days in Chicago
Attorneys for Voliva were questioned
ii is believed the legislative commit
Zee win recommend a searching in
vestiagtion