Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-14
Republicans Succeed in
Defeat of Referendum
for Time Being.
LOSES SEVERAL VOTES
Measure Will Be Recalled Next
Week, but There Is Little
Hope of Passage.

opI nASuelut Ill, MAY l4.-DeLQO-
cratic leaders today decided not to
call up the initiative and referendum
resolution for further consideration
until next week.
The resolution will be placed back
on the house calendar on order of
third reading, and will be called up by
karch, democrat, probably next Tues
day or Wednesday. It was claimed to-
day the proposition has lost five or
six votes since last night, and that its
passage next week or any other time
seemed highly improbable
BITTER CONTEST.
After yesterdays all day and
all night fight over the initia-
tive and referendum resolution,
final action on which was post
poned to save It from defe=t, members
Of the house were more than an hour
late in convening today. The effects
Of the bitter contest which was not
terminated until 1870 O'Clock this
morning, were apparent on every
hand. Many members were absent
when Speaker Mckinley called the
house TO order shortly after IL this
morning.
Old house members said tina. lack
Of experience on the part of Speaker
Mckinley and leaders of the demo
cratic fight for the initiative and REL
erendum resolution was all that pre-
vented the passing Of the resolution
early today. II was pointed out that
at one time the resolution had 102
votes. n constitutional majority neces-
sary for passage.
STRATEGY LACKING.
The use OF strategy at this juno
ture. veteran members generally ad-
nit, would have resulted in the pass
age of the measure.
II was said Speaker Mckinley. with
proper organization working with him
from the floor. could have declared the
measure passed and that under his
peculiar. situation after midnight last
night such action would have been ef-
fective.
Democratic floor leaders are not
"cloaking" the fina. roll call very
closely. II Is said. as it was several
minutes after Kilens had passed the
102 vote for the resolution before any
effort on his part was made to change
that vote, and Karch moved to post
pone further consideration TO save
the resolution from immediate defeat
Karch today declared further con
sideration of the resolution would not
be taken up before next week. In the
meantime conferences will be held
with certain republican members in
their efforts 10 reach compromise re
garding certain proposed amendments
10 the resolution.
SUFFRAGE BILL REFERRED.
The woman's suffrage bill, which has
passed the senate. was read a first
time in the house today and referred
to the elections committee. The house
and senate elections committee will
hold joint hearing on Medill McCor
micks municipal election bill next
Tuesday night. The measure is known
as the Chicago council bill.
JUL LAW AMENDED.
An amendment 10 the Juul law, eX
empting from scaling interest on the
sinking fund OF ..ahe city of Chi
cago. was passed by the house 10
day in amended form. Under the
house amendment, all school dis
tric;s having a population OF $50,
600 are exempted from the scalinl
process Of the JUL law. exemptinl
interest on the sinking fund OF this
city OF Chicago will produce abou
S3,0OO.O00 and permit city employees
who now are receiving but so per cen
OF their salaries, to receive full pay
Exempting school district taxes out
side OF Cook county will relieve th'
copdltion in many smaller cities II
southern Illinois, which made IL DIFF
ficult under the scaling process Of th'
Juul law TO raise sufficient funds q
meet county expenses. The bill re
ceived but one negative vote. that o