Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-15
Final Fight in Illinois
House to be Staged
Next Week.
REACH AN AGREEMENT
County Option Measure Offered
by CIeary Gets Death Blow
in the Senate.

SpTlnsneld, ILL.,. May 10.-Worklng
under an agreement entered into by
the chairmen of the wet and dry COM
mittees, the house today advanced
both saloon and anti-saIoon measures
to third reading. The final wet and
dry fight is a special order in the
house for Wednesday next
The dry bill, creating a four-mile
zone around the University of Illinois,
at the top of the calendar on second
reading, was the first bill called up by
Chairman Wilson OF the temperance
committee, who explained that an
agreement was arrived at between
himself and Chairman Curran of the
liberal committee for the advancement
of the wet and dry bills.
BROWNE IN PROTEST..
You cannot make any such agree
ment with me or for me-" said Browne,
and he moved to strike the enacting
clause from the bill AN agreement
Of this kind would be all right in an
ordinary bill, but this | regard as an
exception. Under this bill a large
part Of Bloomington would be except
ed by reason of the state normal
school at Normal, the two towns being
about four miles apart"
Wilson insisted the bill did not ap-
ply to any state school other than the
University of Illinois.
Browne persisted in his objection,
and Wilson finally agreed to let the
bill remain on second reading until an
amendment can be prepared making
it certain the bill will not apply to
normal schools. Browne also objected
TO advancement of house bill AS,
which prohibits the sale of liquor with
in 200 feet Of a church or hospital,
and Chairman Wilson agreed to let il
pass over without advancement until
next week.
FURTHER OBJECTIONS.
Kleeman and Browne objected tc
advancement of house bill 500, pro
viding that no license to sell liquor
shall be issued for a period of less
than three months, and it was not ad
vanced. Kleeman said it was the
most vital TO cities and villages of al
the dry bills, because it set up the
principle of home rule. Chairman
Wilson finally agreed to let it e
over until Tuesday
House bill 474, prohibiting the sal,
of liquor at clubs and camps outside
of cities, was objected to by Foster
and was not advanced, going over un
til next week.
: Chairman Wilson had not antici
, pated objections by individual mem
bers after reaching an agreemen
with Curran of the wet committee
and was prepared to fight for the ad
vancement of his bill, a great man
house members with dry tendencie
being absent.
The dry bills advanced include
; nearly all on the calendar.
COUNTY OPTION BILL KILLED.
, County option was given a dealt
blow in the senate. when, on motto
Of Senator Bailey of Peoria, senat
bill 629, a new county option bill. wa
. taken from the committe on constitI
tional amendments, TO which it wa
referred when introduced this mornin
by Senator Cleary, and referred to tn
] committee on license and miscellany
The senate today c1ncUrred
: house joint resolution q, extendin
: for two yesrs the life Of the commits
sion created two years ago to invet
. tigate and codify the fire insuranc
laws of the state.
VOTING MACHINE INQUIRY.
A bill appropriating $4,000 to NEE
the expense Of a commission TO b
named under a house joint resolutio
/. to investigate the Chicago voting mi
. chine deal failed 10 pass the hous
today with an emergency claus
Butts OF Peoria, introducer of the vo
ing machine resolution, then move
that the bill be placed upon its pas
age with the emergency claus
y stricken out On this roll call II
> measure was passed. Without n
), emergency clause the money will N
be available until after July l, next
y IN on CARNEGIE FUND.
% Among the bills passed by the Sc
IS ate today was senate bill 474 CMagil
II permitting Lake Forest university
{. change its method of electing truste'
Ie so. IL may take advantage OF the Ca
Is negie fund.