Chicago eagle., 1920-05-15
CON-CON IN BUSY
GRIND FOR WEEK
Educational and I.-R. Proposals
to Get Attention.
WATERWAY PROJECT IS SAFE
Indications Are That Basic Law Body
viii Take No Adverse Action
on the s2o,ooo,o0o
Plan.

pringfeld-Debate on education |
al questions again occupied the atten- |
tion of the constitutional convention |
mt the opening of the present weeks
session. That section making county
school superintendents appointive in
stead of elective was considered. Hos
tility developed over the issue. Dele
gates generally were in favor of re-
tanning the elective part as provided
under the old or present constitution.
The fight to change the article was led
by Delegate Hull Of Chicago.
This week Is expected to see a def
mite initiative and referendum pro-
posal before the convention. The con-
yention subcommittee, appointed to
create n peoples rule" proposal, 1t
is expected, will submit its report.
This, Il Is known. will give statutory
initiation TO the people of the state,
hut will deny constitutional initiative
TO them. A fight, however. will prob
ably develop over the latter issue, as
proponents of 1t are understood to he
ready to wage a hard fight for its in
clusion In the main i. and X. pro-
posal
IL looks now as If the states So
100000 waterway project Is safe, as
far ms the convention taking an ad-
verse action on It, During the last
two weeks the issue was bitterly de-
bated. but II ended In q recOmmittal
of the question to committee for re-
mort later on. This il taken to In
dicate the project will remain In
slumber throughout the rest Of the
convention days.
Tho committee on distinction be-
tween legislative and constitutional
subjects has made Il report which re-
| tains IN the new constitution the fol-
| lowing questions:
The article on warehouses.
Repeating article XIII of the con-
stitutlon of 1870.
Declaring certain acts by public Off
GERS seditlon.
Providing employment control ana
for the classification of certain posi-
tions In the public service.
Providing for the removal of snow
and Ice from sidewalks.
Providing for the issuance Of bonds
by the state or municipalities to en-
courage the building of homes and the
buying Of lands by citizens of the
state.
| Held % be legislative subjects:
Defining Intoxicating liquors and
beverages.
Granting power and authority ia
municipalities to license and regulate
boxing contests.
Prohibiting professional wrestling
contests.
| Providing for the manufacture, sale
and distribution Of beers.
In relating to athletic exhibitions.
To prevent monOpOlies.
| Relative to the charter of benevO-
lent and fraternnl organizations, In
cluding those heretofore organized and
those to be organized In the future.
A proposal to embody In the arti
Gle of the new constitution In relation
to taxation the provision imposing the
duty on the owners Of property to lis,
the same taxation and providing rem
edies for failure to do so.
A proposal for the manufacture, dis
tribution, transportation, or sale OI
beverage.
A proposal to prohibit options ir
purchase and sale OF commodities ant
dealing In stocks by margins, or in lot
terry.
A proposal to prohibit persons Ol
| corporations entering into agreemen
10 fix or establish the purchasing
price or selling price of commodities.
Union labor has asked and been TEN
pOrarily refused constitutional pro
vision by the convention permitting thu
teaching of the English language t.
foreigners who desire to become citi
zens. II was given n meager cOnsid
GRAFTON, and Delegate Latchford sal,
that he will urge reconsideration.
The present and proposed cOnstlti
tiOns offer good common school ed
ucation" to "all children OF this state.
TIE word children" may Include
everybody in Illinois, Chairman Bran
don of the committee on education
says II Is as broad as "the childrel
. of Israel" but the statutes provide op
pOrtunities for education for person
over the sge OF three and under TWEEN
ty-Onr.
The federal government has Ofere,
TO aid schools In more than 100 com
munities in Illinois, but has been un
able to get assistance from lOca
school boards, according TO statehood
To Conference on Education.
Fourteen delegates from IllinOi
have been appointed by GovernO
LOwden to attend the national cit
zens' conference on education. TO b
held in Washington, d. c., May 1872
They include Francis Blair, state 81
perintendent of public instruction
Springfield, and Peter Mortensen, CHI
cago superintendent of schools Mr.
Joseph Bowen, president of the Won
ems City club; William Owen. Chicf
go Normal college; Mrs. VIII c. Tho
bus, president of the Archie club an
other prominent educators.
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