Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-21
Forty-eighth Illinois Gen
eraI Assembly Finally
Finishes Its Work.
KILLS ANTI-PASS BILL
Home Rule Feature of Utilities
Measure StriCken-SpeCiaI
Meeting to Be Held.

Springfield, H., June 2l.-t was
broad daylight when the TWO houses
OF the Illinois legislature adjourned
the sessions which they begun Friday
morning. practically ending the work
of the Forty eighth general assembly,
and recessed unit. June 80, when a
special session VIII be held before
sine die adjournment for the purpose
OF receiving any communication the
governor may have 70 transmit.
The house adjourned at 4:20 a. m.
and the senate at 4 as. Both con-
cluded their sessions in an extremely
orderly manner compared with those
OF other nights.
Representative Wilson. the dry"
leader, remained in the house until
the final fall of the gavel hoping to be
permitted 20 call up the residence dis
trict bill, which was upon the speak
ers desk for concurrence in the sen
ate amendment tho house having
failed to concur in the amendments.
the bill is dead.
ANTI-PASS BILL DIES.
The anti.pass bill also died in the
house. after passing the senate some
days ago. It's defeat was part of the
porgram on the house side in retalIa-
tion for the defeat in the senate of
the members increased salary bill.
The house stood the all night grind
without complaint, until nearly
o'clock. 1t was after the passage OF
the senate bill regulating railroad
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members became boisterous in their
cries Of adjourn. Speaker MrfffR.
ley endeavored TO keep the house in
order until be could recognize Repre-
sentative Mckinley, whom he prom
ised recognition on an order to call
up a bill. but his efforts we're unayai-
ing. His raps for order were without
effect. Under a resolution offered by
Butts the services of all house en-
ployes were discontinued, with few
exceptions Of persons engaged for
several days in cleaning up records.
HOME RULE CUT OUT.
The senate early this morning tore
the home rue" feature out Of the
public utility bill and passed the meas
ure up to the governor in the form
in which it passed the house The
house had refused 10 concur in the
senate amendments to the bill.
The woman's 10 hour work day bill
was killed when the senate tabled a
motion 70 appoint a conference com
mittee after the house refused to con
cur in the senate amendment to the
bill
No CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Defeat in the house OF the senate
resolution for constitutional conven.
tion shortly after midnigh; brought
about the first disorderiy scenes and
Shorseplay Of the long night session
When Zolla Of Chicago, of the pro
gressiyes, arose to explain his vote
thirty or forty democrats and repub
licans gave three cheers and the tige.
yell ct the conclusion OF each sen
tence. Despite the noise Zolla at
tempted TO conclude. but was finally
howled down. Earlier in the night
Zolla was the on,y member TO retain
his sea. when rising vote OF appre
citation was given to Speaker Nc
Kinley. Also he made himself un
buPulal IL oluer ways.
NAV PRIMARY LAW.
The senate and house we're dead
locked on the new primary election
law when the senate refused TO con
cur in the report OF the conferenc.
committee appointed 10 reconcile dl,
ferences between the senate anC
house on the bill. Another confer
ence committee was asked of tht
house. Both houses adopted the re
port OF the second conference com
mittee on house bill s34, a revision o
the primary law. The report amends
the law as Il passed the house so al
cities must come under its provisions
Rotation OF names on the ballot wa
left ont. The house vote was 81 aye
and no nays.
The senate killed the house bill re
Quiring the stamping of prison mad
goods. There were ouly three vote