The Speaker made the following appointments as provided by resolution: Private secretary to Speaker, J. O. P. Vandevoort. Superintendent of ventilation, Wm. H. Duckstein. Pages Judson Spurway, Earnest Walker, Eddie Reynolds and Willie Ayer. Janitors-John Garsine, Peter S. Steele, Wm. A. Joiner, Marion Anderson, Wm. G. Sheldon, Thomas T. Brown and George Anderson. Mr. Paddock offered the following resolution: Resolved, That it is the sense of this House that the World's Fair should be held upon one site. And moved that it be referred to a joint committee consisting of the committees on judiciary, judicial department and practice, and agriculture. Mr. Miller, of Cook, made the point of order that the resolution is not in order at this time, And the point of order was overruled by the Speaker. Mr. Carstens moved to lay the resolution offered by Mr. Paddock on the table, And the yeas and nays being demanded, resulted as followsyeas 52, nays 70. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Anderson, Bray, Brokoski, Brown of Piatt, Buchanan, Buckley, Carstens, Child, Chott, Cochennour, Coen, Cole, Combs, Crafts, Crossett, Dazey, Doolittle. Ecton, Farrell, Ford, Getman, Graham, Hawley, Hayes, Hoppin, Hurst, Ireland, Kretzinger, Lee, Lester, Lyman, McDonald, Martin, Meyer of Cook, Miller of Cook, Monaghan, Mooney, Morris, O'Donnell, Partridge, Pepoon, Prince, Pugh, Ross, Simpson, Smith, Sparks, Stinson, Sundelius, Telford, Walsh, Wilk of Cook-52. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Ball, Beck, Black of Brown, Blair, Bowler, Bradshaw, Browne of LaSalle, Carmody, Converse, Cooley, Craig, Crawford, Dixon, Eddy, Enslow, Farmer, Fisher, Fowler, Gill, Gould, Green, Gregg, Hart, Hunt, Hunter of Winnebago, Hunter of Knox, Johnson, Kunz, Lacey, Logsdon, McCall, McCreery, McElligott, McGee, McLaughlin, Mahoney, Mieure, Morrasy, Myer of Livingston, Myers of DeWitt, Oglevee, Paddock, Padon, Parker, Phillips, Pollard, Quinn, Kamey, Ramsay, Rice of Douglas, Rice of Perry, Schuwerk, Scudamore, Sloan, Smiley, Southworth, Stoskopf, Sullivan, Terpening, Towse, Trench, Tyler, Updike, Walker, Wells, White of Whiteside, White of Tazewell, Whitehead, Wilke of Will, Willeford, Mr. Speaker-70. And the motion to lay upon the table was lost. And the question then being "Shall the resolution be referred to the joint committee composed of the committees on judiciary, judicial department and practice, and agriculture?" it was decided in the affirmative. Whereupon, Mr. Mooney, of Will, moved that the vote by which the resolution was referred be reconsidered. Mr. Paddock moved that the motion to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was referred be laid upon the table, And the motion to lay upon the table was lost. The question then being, "Shall the vote by which the resolution was referred to the joint committee be reconsidered?" it was decided in the affirmative, And the vote stood reconsidered. Mr. Crafts moved that action on the resolution offered by Mr. Paddock be postponed indefinitely. Mr. Browne, of LaSalle, moved that the consideration of the resolution offered by Mr. Paddock be postponed until Tuesday, July 29, at 10 A. M. The motion of Mr. Browne prevailed, and the consideration of said resolution was made a special order for that time. Mr. White, from the committee on appropriations, to which was referred a bill, House Bill No. 1, for "An act making an appropriation for the payment of the members, officers and employés of the extra session of the 36th General Assembly," reported the same back, with the recommendation that the bill do pass. The report of the committee was concurred in, and, On motion of Mr. White, the rules were suspended, and House Bill No. 1, for "An act making an appropriation for the payment of the members, officers and employés of the extra session of the 36th General Assembly," having been printed, was read at large a second time and ordered engrossed to a third reading. Mr. Doolittle, from the committee on judiciary, with the concurrence of the committee on judicial department and practice and of the committee on agriculture, to whom was referred the resolution introduced by Mr. Walsh, which is as follows: WHEREAS, The directory of the World's Fair Exposition Company have applied to the people of the State of Illinois for valuable and extraordinary privileges, one of which is a donation of five million dollars from the city of Chicago; therefore, be it Resolved, That said directory be requested to furnish to the people of the State and to the members of the legislature of the State of Illinois, a plain, unequivocal statement showing whether they intend to locate the Fair on the Lake Front or at Jackson Park, or partly on both, and if on both, what will be the character and extent of the exhibits on the Lake Front and on Jackson Park. The above contemplates the passage of the measure sought for. Respectfully reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it be adopted. The report of the committee was concurred in by the House, and the resolution was adopted. Mr. Dixon, of Lee, offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption: Resolved, That the committees of this House, to which were referred the proposed constitu tional amendment and bills relative to the World's Columbian Exposition are hereby instructed to meet, for the purpose of considering said matters, at 2 o'clock P. M., of this day, and if not sooner disposed of, at the same hour on Saturday and Monday next, and to make report to this House, not later than Tuesday next in regard to said several matters. And the resolution was adopted. At the hour of 11:15 o'clock A. M., Mr. Meyer, of Cook, moved that when this House adjourns, it stand adjourned till Monday, July 28, at 5 o'clock P. M., And the motion prevailed. At the hour of 11:16 o'clock A. M., Mr. Meyer, of Cook, moved that this House do now adjourn, And the motion prevailed, and the House adjourned to meet at 5 o'clock P. M., on Monday, July 28; A. D. 1890. MONDAY, JULY 28, 1890-5 O'CLOCK P. M. The House met, pursuant to adjournment, The Speaker in the chair. Prayer by the chaplain. The journal of Friday read and ordered to stand approved, as read. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Watson, Secretary: MR. SPEAKER: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has adopted the following preamble and joint resolutions, in the adoption in which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the House, to wit: WHEREAS, Since the adjournment of the first session of the 36th General Assembly, death has removed the Hon. Andrew Shuman, Ex-Lieutenant Governor, of the State of Illinois, and this General Assembly, desiring to place on record its appreciation of his eminent services; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein. That in the death of Gov. Shuman, the State has lost one of its most illustrious citizens, who, in the private walks of life, was a genial companion and a cultivated gentleman, and in the discharge of his public duties, showed himself an enlightened legislator, whose integrity was never called in question. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon our journals, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to furnish a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. Adopted by the Senate, July 25, 1890. L. F. WATSON, Secretary of the Senate. Mr. Hunter, of Winnebago, moved that the House concur with the Senate in the adoption of the foregoing resolutions, And the motion prevailed, and the resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. Mr. Brokoski, of the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills, begs leave to report that a bill of the following title has been correctly engrossed and returned herewith, to wit: House Bill No. 1, A bill for "An act making an appropriation for the payment of the members, officers and employés of the extra session of the 36th General Assembly. The report of the committee was concurred in. The election certificate of Samuel White, of Stark county, was read by the clerk, whereupon, Mr. Partridge, of Lake, offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption: Resolved, That the certificate of Samuel White, read to the House, is regular in form and entitles the holder thereof to a seat in this House, and that the said Samuel White do now present himself at the bar of this House, and there take the oath prescribed by the constitution, and that he be considered to be a duly elected and qualified member of this House. And the motion prevailed, and the resolution was adopted. Whereupon, Mr. White, of Stark county, presented himself at the bar of the House and took the oath prescribed by the constitution, which was administered by his honor, James A. Creighton, a judge of the Circuit Court of the State of Illinois. Mr. Lester offered the following resolution: Resolved, That it is the sense of the representatives of this House that in the employment of skilled artisans and laborers preparatory to holding the World's Columbian Exposition, that the directory, or whatever managers may be under their charge, shall give preference of employment to union men, or, in other words, to men belonging to some branch of the American Federation of Labor, or any other recognized organization of labor. And Mr. Martin, of White, moved to refer the resolution to the committee on judiciary. Mr. Eddy moved, as a substitute, that the resolution be referred to the committee on labor and industrial affairs, And the substitute motion prevailed, And the resolution was referred to the committee on labor and industrial affairs. Mr. Carmody offered the following resolution, and moved that it be referred to the joint committee consisting of the committees on judiciary, judicial department and practice, and agriculture. Resolved, That the joint committee before whom the resolution to amend the constitution is now pending, be instructed to report to the House a proviso in said resolution providing for the payment first of any bonds issued by the city of Chicago in aid of the World's Columbian Exposition before any dividend is declared to stockholders or others. And the motion prevailed, and the resolution was referred to the joint committee. Mr. Stinson, of Union county, offered the following, and moveď that it be referred to the committee on federal relations: WHEREAS, Inasmuch that the World's Columbian Exposition, to be held in the city of Chicago in 1893, will be visited by natives from all the nations of the earth, and the management of the exposition will be criticized by them all; therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of this House that said exposition, in all its parts, should be closed on the first day of the week, known as the Christian Sabbath. The motion prevailed, and the resolution was referred to the committee on federal relations. At the hour of 5:32 o'clock P. M., Mr. Miller, of Cook, moved that this House do now adjourn, to meet again at the hour of 9:30 o'clock A. M. to-morrow. The motion prevailed, and the House adjourned, to meet again at the hour of 9:30 o'clock A. M. to-morrow, July 29, A. D. 1890. |