The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16
DEATH BLOW TO
ANT|-SAL00N ACT.
ILLINOIS HOUSE DEFEATS PLAN
or TEMPERANCE LEAGUE
BY rs TO n VOTE.
LIMITED LOCAL OPTION
Substitute is Adopted In Preference
to Orthodox Anti.Liquor Meas.
ure--Senate Expected to
Take Same Action.

| Springfield LII, March l5.--The
/ Illinois Antisaloon league has met
tits third Waterloo after fight Of six
years II Is possible, but highly i'm
| probable that the league will recover
from he blow received in the house
today
The defeat consisted III the adop-
tion by The house by q vote Of 75 70
IN Of substitute local option bill
offered by Lee Oneill Browne Of
La Sale which limits the voting on
anti-saloon territory 70 towaships,
cities and villages, thus eliminating
counties, wards wards subdivisions,
combinations Of precincts and even
towns In the sense that d vote Ii net
permitted In tha part Of d town Is
ing within a city Or village
The Brown measure was offered as
a substitute for the Judiciary com
mittee hil reported ont Tuesday
night and advanced 10 second reading
in the house Wednesday morning
The substitute is strict local op.
ton bill and although it probably
will meet some of the demands of
the Antisaloon league t nevertheless
ia an emasculation Of the leagues
bill in 50 far as it applies 10 conq-
ties towns, wards, precincts AMI
conhma ions Of precincts.
That is to say, under the Browne
sub tilute county. township, ward
or precinct viii not be permitted to
vote On anti,saloon territory.
Hard Fight by League.
The league made d hard fight III the
campaign last fall for the county.
town ard precinct features, and In
fact has made this campaign Tor siS
years. The judiciary committee bin,
which was approved by the Anti
saloon league, was offered by Mr.. Hill
.of Chicago This measure eliminated
the county and combination of pre-
cincts" features and provided that
the vote 90 the creation Of ant
saloon territory should be taken at a
special election.
The Hill measure was com
promise, and 1t appears in the light
Of subsequent events that she com
promise proved to be fatal to the
bill. as the Browne sui |
could not have been adopted |
to the original BILL When, however. |
it was found that the Auisaloon |
league had abandoned all hope Of OBJ
fufpipu tba aaa4,utv faafnpa ,y4,iah |
was the main issue last fall timid
saleons became bold and were easily
led to break what had been bent for
them
It is the house program to pass the
Browne substitute Tuesday and, al
though no plan is announced by sen.
ate leaders, there is little doubt that
the upper chamber viii concur in the
house bill and be glad of the opp3r-
iunity to escape the local optiqn is
sue so easily,
League Accepts Compromise.
Tuesday and in fac before thatl
time. Superintendent James k.
Shields of the Anti-saloon leagGe
abandoaed the county feature, ap
upon the advice of Cicero
J. Indy, chairman of the Republican
steering committee: Chairman Shel
Ion, of the judiciary committee, be
lore which the orthodox local option
bill was pending: MIR. Hill Of Chicago
and o hers who fancied that the
louse would not stand for the
county features.
Accordingly Superintendent Shields
asued "a statement that his league
stood for the Hin committee bin and
hat il had been induced to com
promise al er aseertaiiiing that HGt
more than seventy votes could be
'ounied for the orthodox bill