Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-24
5iG BIZ LINES up
FOR STATE POLICE
coN-coft Ao5ou ana

The Constitatiooai Ccave1sioa has
adjoursed unta next September. after
big row over the effort to limit
the Representation of Chicago IN the
Legislature and on the Suprsme Court
AS there wss IN unsxpenae1 balance
Of the appropriation for the conven.
ton. and as under the law any anex.
pended balance must be returned at
the end OF the 6scai year. precautions
were taken By q provision that the
chairman of the convention he aathor-
lied to call q special session OF the
convention. presumably for the pur-
pose Of taking care Of that unex.
pended balance. and ths question OF
whether the Convention Will oratinne
its work next year must depend en-
whether the incoming Legislature viii
vote another appropriation.
With all hope OF . new constitu.
ton. providing for. . state constabu-
larry and an industrial court lava
mo strike" law-being adopted soon.
the commercial interests are gather
ing their forces for the purpose OF
getting through the next Legislature
at least a law for what they politely
call state police force. but which
in reality Is intended as an armed
body of strikebreakers, to promote
rather than keep down industrial
disturbances, with powers similar to
those OF the thugs In Pennsyivania
who murdered Fanny Seliins and
many others.
The Chicago Tribune contains list
of commercial organizations which
have endorsed the state constAbulary.
and the Association of Commerce OF
Urbana and the Chamber of Com
merce OF Champaign are among the
number. Inquiry OF the president Of
this organixation confirmed thu state
ment. The cities In which CONNER
ciai bodies have endorsed tho Cos
sacks. according to the Tribune. are
az follows:
Abingdon. Alton. Amboy. Aurora,
Bellevilie. Bloomiagtoa. Cairo. Canton.
Carbsndale. Csntralia. Champaign.
Charleston. Chicago Heights. Colchss.
ter, Columbia. Danvlle. Decatur. East
st. Louis, nvanstoa. kinhurst. rres-
port, Galesburg. Joliet. Kswnaes. La
Orange, Lasall0, Lawrencevtlle, Lib
erty, Millstadt. Moline. Paris. Paxton.
Pekin. Peoria, Peru. Pontiac. Rock.
ford, Rock Island, South Chicago.
Sterling. UrbanA. Wxlkegan-
However. there appear 70 be . few
cities In Illinois whose commrscial
orgarisations are not In line with the
project to club the workers into sub
lection or kill them or by means Of
state Cossacks. Among them the
Tribune mentions Robinson and Tus-
cola. and the BelleviliN Commercial
Cub WAnt s6p .xncNrta ~ to
IL. willis the Bcard * Tf8d1 of tie
same city endorsed It.
One excuse for the law II that
Illinois banks In the last four years
have lost over q milsson dollars by
burglary and robbery, while II has
been contended by other friends OF
the bill that the state police" are to
be used in the country districts, ana
great efforts are being made to In
duee the farmers to endorse the
thing. The idea OF enlisting the
farmers has gone SO far that the usual
kind OF propaganda has started, In
the shape of stories of farmers or
yanizations in different parts OF the
state having endorsed 1t. 1t is impos-
sible to say whether these stories are
true, but II is safer In view OF the In
fluences back OF the state Cossack
law, to regard them as untrue. The
big business interests will do more
than misrepresent the facts to get this
law through, law which every one
ought to realize is merely for the
purpose of killing off organized labor
literally II necessary. No. the war
isn't over