The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-19
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

Inc mouse spent inc pdbl Wcch III
lsquabble over the high license bill. IN
our last the point reached was to sustain
the speakers decision that the bill could
be taken up out of its regular order by Il
majority vote. The motion to take up the
bill then prevailed by Is to GS-S demo
Gratis voting with the affirmative and re
lpublcans with the negative. Wllloughby
then moved an amendment that the license
for beer ana wine be fixed at $3.50 and the
general license at $500, which was carried
40 to 80 but on motion Of Gregg this
was re considered, and 80 changed that the
license for beer alone was fixed at $50.
| The motion to place beer and wine at S25O
was lost. An amendment was then made
10 make the law applicable outside OF in
corporated cities, which was adopted,
Then the Willoughby amendment as
amended was ready TO be voted upon, but
the democrats refusing to vote the house
on Tuesday evening was leff without n
quorum and adjourned. On "Wednesday,
on the motion to resume the consideration
of the license bill the democrats again re,
fused to vote, but there being n votes IN
the affirmative, the quorum remained un-
broken and the motion prevailed. The
Willoughby amendment fixing beer IL
cense at $50 and general license at $500,
was then adopted-73 to SO. Another
amendment was adopted prescribing Sc
we're penalties for violating the provisions
of the bill, after which, on call of the
previous question, the bill was ordered to
third reading by rs to 8, the democrats
refusing to vote. OF course, during this
four days struggle number of speeches
were made among the most notable of
which was u strong one by Mr.. Vaughey
against the bill, on the ground that the
law now left the question OF high license
in the hands Of the people OF each munich
pality to decide for themselves, and 1t was
undemoCratlc to take that power from
them. An incident" OF the squabble was
that on the motion to order the bill to a
third reading on Wednesday, Mitchell, re
publican member from Bloomington, who
had hitherto voted uniformly with the
high license men, joined the antihigh Ii
cense party and refused to vote, leaving
the house for the time without Il quorum /,
upon which Mitchell was violently de
nounced as another Rock, traitor, &c,
and kicked out of the republican party.
The senate had rather quiet week, pas
sing number Of bills, but none of any
special importance. Among them were
Cloonan's pawnbroker's bill; Snyder's
drainage bill Shumways bill requiring
stock yards to see that animals are proper
ly fed and watered; Gilham's hard road
BILL" authorizing towns to levy tax for
constructing gravel and macadamized
roads; Clough's militia bill the bill max
ing 1t obligatory on common school teach
ers to pay attention to the known effects
OF stimulants, alcoholic drinks and mar
cotics on the human system in their In.
structions; Vaughey's house bill authorz.
ing county judges to perform probate du-
ties in case of the absence, resignation or
death Of the probate judge-and others.
The senate license bill was taken up on
second reading on the 1lth, but postponed
until the fate OF the measure IN the house
should be settled.