People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1895 — WILL NAME NOMINEES. [ARTICLE]
WILL NAME NOMINEES.
Program for t'ie Election of the Illinois United States Senator. Springfield, 111., Jan. 22.—At 11 o’clock to-day \n each house the special order of business is the nomination o candidates for th" cilice of Unitec States senator from Illinois. At leas two hours in each house will be eon snmed in speechmakjng, and then wil. take place the purely formal proceeding of balloting for the candidates. In tiie senate Mr. Cullom will be nomi nated by Senator David Little of Sangamon, and seconding speeches will be made by Senator Berry and others. Mac Veagb will be nominated by Senator Harry Higbee of, Pike, and Senator Keeper and others will make seconding speeches. In the house the nominating speech for Mr. Cullom will be made by Representative William J. Butler of Sangamon, and Representatives Callahan, Berry and others will make seconding speeches. Mr. Mac Veagh will be nominated by Representative Freeman P. Morris of Iroquois, and the nomi nation'Will 'be ‘seconded by' Repre sentatives StOskopf, O’Donnell an<i others. - i Representative Weston of Cook county will soon introduce a billt<> provide for woman suffrage, also t< amend the law relating to divorce. The last bill provides that fail re to sup port a wife for the period of one yeai shall be ground for granting a divorce Senator Monroe of Will county will introduce a bill relieving borrowin} members of building and'loan assoyatlons from paying taxes on stock. 1 ersons owning-stock for investment purposes shall pay taxes on their stock a heretofore. Senator Hamer, in the absence of Lieut.-Gov. Gill, called the senate to order yesterday. Few members were in their seats. The joint resolution from the house calling on Illinois members in congress to support the bill now pending there went over under the rules. The senate adjourned until 10 o'clock to-day. In the house resolutions were adopted in sympathy with Vice-President and Mrs. Stevenson for the death of their daughter, and adjournment was made till 10 o'clock this morning. ’
