Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
LEGISLATURE WILL.
MARK TIME WHILE.
Governor IS AWAY
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES PROMISE
TO TAKE UP MAJOR PORTION
OF TIME THIS WEEK-JOlNT
SESSION FOR LINCOLN Memoir.
IAL.

Springfield, Feb 10 With Gov
Frank o. Lowden out OF the city this
week. because Of his Lincoln day ad-
dress in Boston, Wednesday night
big legislation is expected to mark
lime in the Illinois General Assembly
at least until next week. through the
probability is for the introduction Of
large number of minor bills.
The real feature Of the week seem
to be the joint session of the two
houses scheduled for Wednesday
morning at II O'Clock in commemOra
ton of Abraham Lincoln. Congress-
man William A. Rodenberg Of Fast
St Louis has promised TO be here and
deliver his celebrated tribute to Lin.
coin.
The house of representatives. con
yenes at 10 O'Clock tomorrow morn
'ng, but by a gcntlemen's agreement
The senate will not meet until
o'clock that evening when Senator
Harold Kcssinger viii cndeayor tC
have passed his bill enabling the
state Of Illinois to take Vantage Of
the Smith-Hughes federal vocational
educational fund amounting TO 1861,
600.
Senator Cornwel Of Chicago viii
also endeayor to push through the
senate this week his bin providing for
reconstruction council of tifteer
members to be appointed by the gov
ernor for two years TO lake the place
Of the State Council of Defense auC
work to find employment for the un
employed and the returning soldiers
md sailors
Senator Henry NJ, Dunlay, Of Savoy
hopes to secure action on the Joint
resolution in the hands Of the eXccu
i've committee memoriaHzng the
! ire ident, congress and he railwa
administration to reduce railway
rates as means Of stimulating pub
lie and private building enterprises.
The senate will also have befor,
it Representative Charles Cole,
joint resolution, already passed by The
house, requesting American peace
delegates to give considera ion t,
Italys territorial claims
-,,qt,. ('I,,.-g, 4 I3,~.,.;,, nil y,
troduce in the senate and Represen
tatiye Boyd in the house, a bill civ
ing the smaller counties in the stat,
right 90 Join hands in the erection
Of tuberculosis sanitarums Fort,
counties are now building these insti
tutions, Representative Boyd eN
plains that his county of Henry is to,
small but that by hooking up witt
some other small adjacent counties il
could have one.
The house education committee il
scheduled for a session early TUESDAY
to report out Churchs vocational ed
vocational bill, while the house judi
ciary committee is to meet in the az
ternoon to consider several bills be
7 fore it,
Since it is generally agreed tha'
Legislation will be well nigh at ;
stand still this week, word reachin'
Springfield today is that the demo
cratic minority may endcayor to make
q little capital by demanding tina
things be speeded up They will as
sumo the position, it is said, that re
turning soldiers and sailors are il
need of employment and the logisla
ture should not daily while the emel
gency exists
An effort will be made to pusl
through the senate his week Senate
Hughes bill, fayorabIy reported out b,
the senate elections committee Riyin,
returning soldiers and sailors, ont o
the city on registration day the RICH
TO vote in the February primary an,
April election without registration il
cities under the election laws.
The session is expected to end no
later than Thursday noon