The motion prevailed. The House proceeding upon the order of House bills on third reading, House Bill No. 73, a bill for "An act to repeal an act in relation to libel, approved June 24, 1895, in force July 1, 1895," Having been engrossed, and the amendments adopted thereto having been printed, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the negative by the following vote: Yeas, 62; nays, 66. Those voting in the affirmative are: Jarvis, Kohlstedt, Messrs. Murray, H. V., Nohe, Selby. Sterchie, Nothnagel, Barricklow, O'Shea, Thiemann, Bartling, Ely. Laub, Parish, Thomas. Blood, Walleck. Booth, Funk, McDonough, Brignadello, Glade, McGinnis, Salmans, Wiedmaier. Bryant. Hall, Ross C.. McGoorty. Sayler, Wilson, Buckner, Hammers, Meaney, Schwab, Wylie. Busse, Robt. C., Hart, Miller, Schubert, Yeas-62. This bill expressing an emergency in the body of the act, and not having received the votes of two-thirds of the members elected, was declared lost. Thereupon, Mr. Revell moved to strike out the emergency clause and put this bill again upon its passage.. The motion prevailed, And the chair ordered the clerk to call the roll of members on its passage. Pending which Mr. Allen, of Vermilion, made the point of order that the bill, not having received a constitutional majority, could not, under rule 25 of the House, be again put upon its passage. The chair sustained the point of order and thereupon declared that House Bill No. 73, not having received a constitutional majority. failed to pass. Mr. Novak gave notice that on next Wednesday he would enter a motion under the rules to reconsider the vote by which House Bill No. 73 failed to pass. At the hour of 12:30 o'clock p. m., Mr. Nohe moved that the House do now adjourn. The motion prevailed, And the House stood adjourned to meet Friday morning, February 19, at 9 o'clock a. m. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1897-9 O'CLOCK A. M. The House met pursuant to adjournment, The Speaker in the Chair. Prayer by the Chaplain. The journal of yesterday was being read, when, on motion of Mr. Bovey, the further reading of the same was dispensed with, and it was ordered to stand approved. Mr. Cochran moved that the Secretary of State be instructed to postpone the fixing of the guard railing, and The motion prevailed. The House proceeding upon the order of Petitions, Mr. Scrogin, presented a petition relating to suffrage, Mr. White presented a petition relating to public highways, Mr. White presented a petition relating to National Park of Shiloh. Which was referred to the Committee on Elections. Mr. McEniry offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: WHEREAS. There is now pending before Congress an act requiring the proper identification of prison-made goods, and as far as possible to compel the various states to consume their own prison product, WHEREAS, In many states of this union, prison-manufactured goods are in the market in competition with goods manufactured in other factories, WHEREAS, The bill pending before Congress provides for proper identification of prison-made goods to the end that the purchaser of the same may know that he is purchasing goods of prison-manufacture, Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois; That said act known as the Southwick Bill be and the same is hereby endorsed, and our Representatives in the United States Senate and House of Representatives are hereby requested to vote for and endeavor by all just means to secure the passage of said bill. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution be transmitted to each member of Congress from this State, and to the Honorable, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, And the resolution was adopted. Mr. Berryman moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of introducing a resolution. The question being, "Shall the rules be suspended?" The yeas and nays being demanded by five members present the roll was called for that purpose. Resulting as follows: Yeas, 50; nays, 50. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Not having received the necessary two-thirds vote, The motion was lost. A message from the Senate by Mr. Paddock, Secretary: Mr. Speaker:-I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has passed a bill of the following title, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives, to-wit: SENATE BILL No. 45. A bill for "Au act to amend section 2 of article VII of an act entitled "An act regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State,' approved June 19, 1885, in force July 1, 1885.” Passed the Senate by a two-thirds vote February 18, 1897. J. H. PADDOCK, Secretary of the Senate. The bill was ordered printed and to a first reading. Mr. Allen from the Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill No. 187, being a bill for "An act to legalize the judicial proceedings of the March term, A. D. 1886 and 1887 of the Clay county circuit court," reported the same back and recommended that it do pass. The report of the committee was adopted, and the bill was ordered to its first reading. Mr. Allen, from the Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill No. 92, being a bill for an act entitled "An act to amend section one hundred and thirty (130) of an act entitled 'An act in regard to the administration of estates," approved April 1, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, reported the same back and recommended that it do pass. The report of the committee was adopted, and the bill was ordered to its first reading. Mr. Allen, from the Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill No. 123, being a bill for "An act to amend section seven (7) of an act entitled "An act to revise the law in relation to weights and measures,' approved February 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, reported the same back and recommended that it be referred to the Committee on Agriculture. And the bill was ordered referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Mr. Trowbridge, from the Committee on Mines and Mining, made the following report: To the Honorable, the Speaker of the House of Representatives: The Committee on Mines and Mining, to whom was referred House Bill No. 68, being a bill for "An act to provide for the weekly payment of wages by corporations," respectfully begs leave to report the same back and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Affairs. And the bill was ordered referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Affairs. Mr. Trowbridge, from the Committee on Mines and Mining, submitted the following report: To the Honorable, the Speaker of the House of Representatives: The Committee on Mines and Mining, to whom was referred House Bill No. 14, being a bill for "An act in relation to the safety and the competency of coal miners and to punish for infraction of the same," respectfully begs leave to report the same back with amendments thereto, and recommend that the amendments be adopted and that the bill, as amended, do pass. The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill ordered to its first reading. Mr. Buckner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: To the Honorable, the Speaker of the House of Representatives: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 143, being a bill for "An act to make it unlawful for any person to wear a uniform, badge or emblem of the Unites States army, National Guard of Illinois," respectfully begs leave to report the same back with amendments thereto, and recommend that the amendments be adopted, and that the bill, as amended, do pass. The report of the committee was concurred in and the bili ordered to its first reading. Mr. Rowe called up his resolution relating to amendment to section twenty-eight of article six of the constitution, and asked that it |