People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1895 — PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS. [ARTICLE]

PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS.

Illinois House Passes the BUI by a Vote of 116 to 3. Springfield, 111.. May 29.—The senate bill introduced by Senator Crawford providing for pensioning school teachers came up in the house just before adjournment this morning, and was passed by a vote of 116 to 3. The bill has already passed the senate and will now become a law if the governor’s signature is secured. The senate went into executive session and confirmed the governor’s nominations of trustees of the Northern Illinois Normal school. The bill to prevent the coloring of oleomargarine to resemble butter was advanced to the third reading. Senator Craig moved to reconsider the vote by which the senate refused to concur in a favorable report of ths, committee on municipalities on Lowenthal frontage bill. A motion to table the motion failed to be adopted by a vote of 18 yeas to 25 nays. Senator Mahoney made a speech against the reconsideration, asserting that the vicious features of the Miller bill were not eliminated. The motion to reconsider prevailed by a vote of 28 yeas to 17 nays. Senator Crawford mdved to advance the bill to second reading, which was lost by a vote of 26 yeas to 19 nays, a two-thirds vote being necessary for the suspension of the rules for advancement. The house passed Green’s bill requiring railroad companies to erect and maintain depots in villages and towns containing 200 or more inhabitants; the Farrel bill to prohibit the use of clock, tape, slot or other machines or devices for gambling purposes; and the senate bill appropriating $225,000 for improvements on the State Fair grounds. Sharrock’s bill authorizing the Supreme court to pass on questions of fact as well as law failed to pass.