Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-20
Butts Measures Are Ad-
vanced in the Illinois
Assembly.
LIFE TERM AS A LIMIT
For'Murder, Treason and Kid
naping-HouSe of Ill Fame
as a Nuisance.

Springfield, Ill, May 20.-Represen-
tative Butts two bills abolishing capi-
tai punishment were advanced to third |
reading. The measures amend the |
criminal Jurisprudence law and the |
act Furnishing kidnapping for ransom, |
the latter having been made punish |
able by death at a former recent ses-
sion of the general assembly. Under !
the Butts bills, the extreme penalty
for murder, treason and kidnapping is
fixed at life Imprisonment.
The house advanced to the third
reading house bill SOC, which declares
houses of i'll fame to be nuisances and
providing for their abatement The
measure is backed by Arthur B. Far
well of Chicago.
FOR MUNICIPAL COLISEUMS.
Representative Lovejoy's bill en-
| abling cities and villages with popu-
lation of less than 100000 to build mu
nicipal coliseums and providing a one
mill tax for that purpose, was advanc-
ed to third reading after the house
adopted an amendment offered by
Browne requiring a majority of all
|
proposition, instead of majority of
those voting upon 1t.
Bills were passed by the house to-
day as follows:
Senate bill 1S1-Appropriating ST.
600 per annum in aid of the illinois
Bookkeepers' association. Ayes 106,
nays 5. Representative Cohlmeyer, in
explaining the vote against the bill,
said: Our food area in Illinois is i'm
mense. We should appropriate mon
ey for sufferers before an industry.
Therefore, vote no."
Senate bill 64-Appropriating $685.
600 for a monument to be erected in
the city of Chicago in memory of for
mer Governor Altgeld. Ayes 113, nays
l. The bill provides for the appoint
ment by the governor of commission
of five members to provide a suitable
location for a memorial Representa-
tive Kirkpatrick voted against the bill.
TEXT BOOK MEASURE CLASH.
Springfield, H., May 20.-The first
decisive clash between progressives
and reactionaries in the senate oc-
CURED this morning when the obstruc-
tionists made a fight against placing
Senator Magills textbook bill on the
calendar. By vote of II to "a the
senate refused to recommit the bill to
the committee on education.
The bill was presented this morning
by Senator Landee, chairman of the
education committee, with the explain
alton that 16 of the 28 members of the
| NIT hod %,
mendation on the measure.
: Senator Denvir Immediately took
exception. He declared that while he
was not antagonistic to the bill, there
, were other measures before the COM
mittee entitled to consideration, and
he objected to this bill being favored
over others.
PEOPLE WATCHING.
Senator O'Leary also spoke in op-
position to bringing the bill out of
committee by this process, even if it
were an established practice
Magill made a stirring speech, de-
claring the people of the state were
watching this roll call and wanted to
know who were responsible for
strangling bills of this sort. Jones al
!, so favored placing the bill on the cal
! endar. On demand of Senator Magill,
l the roll was called on Denvir's motion
to recommit, resulting. ayes IL, nays
"a
FOR LOWER PRICE,
> The Magill bill provides all text.
books shall be sold at as low a price
in Illinois as in any other state in the
union; provides for county uniformity
and permits several counties to unite
for uniformity. Cities are permitted
to adopt textbooks independent OF
counties uniformity.
, BILLS INTRODUCED.
|. By unanimous consent bills were in
. troduced in the senate today as fol
! lows:
! BY Hearin-Correcting title to the
! Eighth regiment armory in Chicago
= To second reading
a By Canaday - Requiring itemized
3 statements by county and township
:. itreasureTs. To second reading.
By Glackin-Reviving the local i'm.
/. proyement act Municipalities.
[ PENSIONS EXEMPTED.
d Bills we're passed by the senate to
/ day as follows:
o compton, = Exempting pensions
e from attachment.
+ tBealD - Prohibiting the party al
J. fault in divorce proceedings from re
d marrying within one year.
: House bills were reported in the sen
e ate today and disposed CT as follows:
S Campbell = Making appropriation
to carry civil war veterans TO Gettys