The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-11-21
THE AMERICAN ISSUE
November Fl, 1913.
Dry Bills Passed by Legislature.

bill passed creating dry Soldiers
Home, Quincy, another forbiddng drinking drunken
neruban cars, another forbidding
drinking and drunkenness in public parks and public places
This Legislature the AnSaloon League started
extension of the organization already begun and buded
the state outside of Chicago organization consisting of
committeeman reaching every county nearly every
precinct with captain in each school district key
We stay outside of the city of Chicago
but realizing that the city of Chicago would furnish fyseven
of the 5 members of the general assembly, and consequently
must furnish portion of the for county option,
through the portals OF the city and built up an
organization consisting of between
key each of whom under promise look
nine other dry in his block and community This
orded organization of between forty and fifty thousand
within the city of Chicago organized for practical ansaoon
work At the spring primary of nearly candidate
endorsed by the AntSaoon League the city of Chicago
nominated.
The City of Chicago.
The city of Chicago has a working organization
of Superintendent E. J. Davis that or
ganzng the city and securing the warranted by
ment taking advantage of the minority representation"
system
The unprecedented political conditions in the
of caused the defeat friendly to our
program who nominated the primary division
of the caused this but Notwithstanding unusual
dton the League through the election in November
with friends in the legislature than before.
The Forty Eighth General Assembly.
Concerning the legislature just closed the liquor people
in their report say it the they had On
the other hand friends say best We did not
all legislation tried the
nothing They tried for vicious than ever
before and defeated They tried repeal
present local option law but failed by twenty-five
measure passed six ago by eghyone
years ago repealed in the house by of seventy
eight but the law saved from defeat by good organza
ton in the Two years ago their repeal this
law the liquor people able to rally only
This the best they could do fyve votes
for repeal This shows the fast growing sentiment
Liquor Bills Defeated
The liquor interests tried to the saloon wheels
the state by passing the German railroad BILL lost this
by twenty-five votes securing only fty-two votes for it.
Their most vicious undertaking, however the effort to
Senate Bill No which would have given monopoly
to owners of licenses giving them the right of thus
creating perpetual license This bill alone would have
been worth than fifty millions dollars to the liquor
interests OF the state We would better had the present
local option law repealed than this passed After the
hardest fight in the history of the Illinois legislature this bill
defeated It's friends seventy votes for the bill
lacking just of enough pass This bill brought to
Springfield the most insdou liquor lobby that has
vaded the state house The AnSaoon League went over
the state and informed the people to the real import of
this Mass meetings were held leading newsnaners