The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-09

GOVERNOR SMALL WINS
FIRST TESToF STRENGTH
/. WITH OPPOSING FORCE
Senate Approves Nomina.
ton for Public Admin
istrator Cook County

Springfield, III. March 9-
Governor Small's appointment
Of Gregory T. Van Meter a.
public aAnlnistrator Of Geek
county, to succeed Gordon A.
Ramsay, removed "f0r inceM-
peteacy," was confirmed BY tho
senate this afternoon by . vete
Of 20 to Z.
Springfield, III, March g.
The atmosphere Of the senate
hall was charged with the elec-
tricity Of conflict rs the session
opened this morning. Going
into executive session imnedl.
ately the senate took up the
battle over the appointment Of
Gregory T. Van Meter ~ pub.
lie admlnlstrstor Of Cook
county. ~
Senator Samuel A. Ettlesen,
corporation counsel Of Chicago
and administration leader, 70
piled to the attack upon Gov.
ernor Small and Mayor Thonp.
son made by Senator James ].
Barbour last night In defend
ing Governor Smalrs actien IN
removing Gordon A. Ramsay =
make room for Van Meter, Sen.
ator Ettleson quoted the con.
stitution Of Illinois and nunef.
Gus supreme court decjs1ons
which he said ~he regards ~
greater authority than the sen.
ator from the Sixth district"
~Under the constitution the
governor has the power to ~.
nove any Of his appointees fef
/. .incompefency, negiect Of luty,
or ualfoosance Of e1aeA~ eeee
ator Ettlcson said. STke gov
: ernsr has removed HMsxy'16.
clared the Office vacant and
tAere ID no public aAninistxa.
tor OF Cook county. The seAa.
tor from the Sixth district de-
liv3red q very eloqHcnt pest
mOrtem for Ramsay has beea
dead 10 days.
Senator Is Sad.
when the senator from I
Sixth district assaults the may
of Chicago he assaults the men .
women who voted for him. Thorn
so mis- the only Republican may
of Chicago to be reelected. T
senator from the Sixth disr
would have you believe that all t
good people in Chicago belong
his faction. l believe the senat
told the truth when he said
was sad on Inauguration day.
believe he was sad on primary d
and believe he was sad on elt
ton day when Len Small v
elected governor Of Illinois. !
lieve he will be sad in this 81
sion when the measures advocat
by the men he attacks are enact
into law"
In defending Mayor Thompst
Senator Ettleson related the b
tory of the recent Chicago electin
when the forces Of the mayor q
tured all but the Nineteenth wa
sIdes of March"
NOW / have a great regard
the Nineteenth ward, but all I
law-abiding citizens do not Il
there and all who live there .
not law-abiding citizens" Senal
Ettleson continued. Reading FRI
Shakespeare's julius Caesar. s.
ator Ettleson declared ''the Il
Of March have come" and compal
Senator Barbour to Brutus.
Senator Barbour, he said. NO,
like to see Governor Small VI
his executive mantle about him Z
fall.
Il ask whether you gentlen
are friends or foes OF the 8
ernor," Senator Ettleson excla1
ed as he resumed bis seat.
As Senator Ettleson sat do
Frank P. Sadler OF the Elevel
Chicago district arose to rem
the attack upon the administrah
using as his weapons the same
thority as Senator Ettleson, !
constitution and the statutes.
declared that under the law Rs
say is still public acministra
and under the statutes would
main in office until his success
has qualified.
Ramsay, he said, has been
garded as the best public adm
istrator Cook county ever had.