Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
ANOTHER DEFEAT
FOR Referendum
Second Failure of Resolution to
Obtain Required Majority
in House.
DUNE HURT BY RESULT
Governor Declares He Will Continue
Fight for Adoption Of Proposed
Amendment.


tive and referendum resolution, sub
hitting the proposed constitutional
amendment to a vote of the people,
was defeated in the house last night
II needed 102 votes and it received 95.
Thirty eight votes were recorded in
| the negative.
1t was a death blow to the PROPOSE
| ton, so far as concerns the regular
session. The vote is taken generally
as significant that most, if not all, of
the administration program of Gov
ernor Dunno has gone to the scrap
pile.
| Probably no more will be pressed,
but there is the chance that the ad-
ministration lieutenants viii strive to
get a record vote on some of them.
Appropriation bills were started on
their long grind Immediately after the
vote had been announced and the
house prepared to sit in an all night
session passing the so odd supply
measures which have been standing
on third reading awaiting the final
test on initiative and referendum.
DUNE STILL IN THE FIGHT.
Governor Dunno last night made
this statement to The Tribune:
Il am intensely disappointed by the
defeat of the initiative and referendum
resolution. l have done all that NOR
tai man could do to maintain the
pledges of my party platform and my
own personal pledges. l have exhaust
ed every effort within me to cause
other men to maintain the pledges
which they made to the state and
to their own constituents.
; THE fight was barely begun. II is
: on and to a finish. l expect conf
IDENTIFY and certainly that the initia
tive and referendum will be written
into the constitution of Illinois within
: my own term. l begin tonight just
! exactly at the spot where the house
] of representatives left the proposition
: at 1880 O'Clock. The record is made
A and future developments will be di
rected by the results of today"
r The belief is general that specia
4 session will be called by Governor
e Dunno for the early fall as a result
of the defeat of the initiative and ref
the head of the list of executive de
sires from this general assembly.
ACTION IN THE SENATE.
Senators foresaw the situation which
arises as a result of last nights vote
and this morning a resolution wa!
introduced by Senator Clark. recall
ing the sine lie adjournment resolu
dzr h,r
and now pending in the house.
This resolution calls for an emf
of business June IS, and a final ad
journment on June %. The new resolu
ton calls for cessation of business
on June IS, but provides for a reces
until Nov. II.
Governor Deneen faced the sam
proposition during his last term an
secured an opinion from the attorne
general that a special session coul
be convened, constitutionally, eve
during recess of the regular session
Not until the last minute did tn
governors friends abandon hope tina
the Piercy resolution would be adop
ed in the house. Ali night conference
at the capital and in the executiv
mansion exhausted every resource a
the command of the executive in lii
ing up recalcitrant democrats TIL
whip was applied effectually in som
cases and with a reverse English i
others.
REPUBLICANS REFUSE TO YIELD.
Refusal of the republican caucus I
compromise upon anything short {
agreement from the governor to stan
for the Hull substitute was a Stage
ing blow, although it was known a SUI
stantial number of republicans woul
not be bound by caucus action whic
would demand that they withhold the
votes in the Hull substitute were NJ
adopted.
The progressive caucus, which las
ed well into the night, could reach Il
agreement with the republicans, ar
determined to stand upon the plea tn;
the resolution provide for an affirm
tive vote of SO 1-3 per cent before a
initiated proposition could carry, rat
er than for the Hull republican d
mand that majority of the votes ca
at the election be the minimum r
There was no parliamentary quibb
about the condition of the resolutio
which had been defeated by a sing
vote two weeks ago, and was pendir
upon a technical motion to postpoI
action, awaiting the announcement
the disastrous vote on that occasio
HULL SUBSTITUTE VOTED DOWN.
The initiative and referendum res
luton was called up by Representativ
Karch, the administration floor lea
er. Representative King attacked
generally. saying in the interim sint
the vote was had his stand had bee
applauded by his constituents and |
believed the terms Of the Piercy res
luton had not been understood ge
orally by the people
Representative Hull then offered b
substitute. II was identical with TIL
offered by him and defeated on the fo
mer test except that it included Il
proviso generally agreeable to Il
democrats that the court of review f
petitions should be the governor al
Two circuit judges of different poll