The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-03
MEN TO
"STEER NEW
LEGISLATION
Speaker Dahl aberg Ap-
points Committee
of 20.

Springfield, ILL.,, March 3.-The
house Republican steering commit
tee was named today by Speaker
Dahlberg. Representative William
P. Holiday of Georgetown is chair
man and floor leader. There are
20 members ON the committee.
Members Of the steering commit
tee named by Speaker Dahlberg
after . conference with Chairman
Holiday and other Republican
leaders are: Shanahan. Tice. Wat
son, Abbey, Arnold. Bancroft, Bent
ley. Bippus, Boyd, Brinkman.
Castle, Thomas Curran, F1agg.
Hart, LaPorte, J. L. Meydcs. Muel-
Ter, Overland, Pierce, Rentchler,
Robbins. Sawyer, Scanlan. Scher-
rer, Smejkal, C. M. Turner, Young
and the speaker.
Springfield, ILL.,, March 3.-Should
opposition to the Daley resolution
calling for q legislative investiga-
ton Of building trade combines,
high costs, and housing conditions
hold the strength it showed in the
first skirmish in committee, its
chances, it is now alleged today
are slim. The vote Of 13 to 6, to
defer action until next week, is
however, no indication Of the sen.
timent of the entire committee ol
45. supporters Of the resolution
claim.
The test will come next Tues
day, when Senator Daley Is to ap
pear before the committee. Tn,
explanation which he will be aske,
to give them is the point on whicl
the success Of the resolution
hinges, according to most member
Of the committee. Chairman Jane
la. Watson said that neither tn
early signs of hostility nor sup
port yesterday were. sufficient u
predict either success or failure TO
the resolution.
Although Representative Davfl
Davis of Litchfield tried to get &C
ton on his "anti-profiteer" resolu
ton, he was put of until next week
! Representative Sidney Lyon
latter expressing a willingness t
withdraw his resolution in favor o
the Daley resolution, which ha
passed the senate, left it with tn
committee for its final decision mex
Tuesday. He declared that h
wants . thorough investigation O
the labor union business agen
''evil" in Chicago, where he claim
that conditions are unbelievable t
persons who have not been "Shak
en- down" by business agents.
Representative Young's resolu
ton to permit the assembly t
propose amendments to five arti
cles of the constitution at the sam
session has been amended by tn
committee on judiciary by cuttin
the number to three. The amende
resolution was recommended TO
adoption.
| Corporation Act
Secretary of State Emmerson'
administrative amendments to tn
corporation act were laid over 10
an Investigation by the sub-com
mittee Of the Judiciary committee
The provisions Of the act SO far q
corporations or the public is con
cerned are unchanged by the amend
ments offered by Representative Ed
ward Smejkal.
Bill to increase the pension 10
blind persons was referred to
subcommittee.
Representative Bippus' bill to fr
crease the term Of Office Of par
, commissioners from flve to 81
years as reported ont favorably b
the committee on municipalities.
The Brinkman bill. to repeal tn
act requiring custodians Of publ
moneys to publish regular STATE
nients Of receipts and disburss
ments was killed by the commit