Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-22
Claim Illinois Senate Defeat
During the Absence of
Two Supporters.
FINAL FIGHT ON MAY 4
Anti Saloon Forces on That
Date to Call Up All
Measures.

Springfield, H., April 22.-After de-
feat last night of the drys' residence
district option bill in the senate license
committee the dry forces today set
May as the date on which they will
call up all their measures for final
passage in the house.
F. Scott Mcbride. superintendent of
/ the Illinois Anti-Saloon league. today
I declared the residence district bill is
not dead. The measure was tabled
| by the committee last night in the
absence of two dry members. Nc
Bride insisted when the two dry mem
bers return next week the bill Will be
taken off the table and reported out
by the committee.
All wet and dry bills were allowed
to go to final reading in the house
without debate. The only contest on
measures will be had May when
they come up for final action.
BY a vote of SO to 50 the house went
on record as opposed to the present
civil service system for state employees
when it refused to concur in C mmit-
tee report recommending that the
merit bill be tabled.
A resolution petitioning congress 10
provide a comprehensive plan for pre-
vention of Mississippi floods was
adopted. by. the senate. The resolu-
! ton was offered by Smith of Sanga-
mon county.
House Approves Women's Bin.
Springfield, Ill, April 22.-By
7 unanimous vote subcommittee of
the house committee on industrial af-
/ fairs last night voted to recommend
favorably a nine-hOur woman's bill.
The bill originally referred to the sub
committee provided for an eight-hour
day, the present law limiting the hours
of employment of women TO ten. The
nine-hour amendment was accepted as
a compromise by the advocates of the
eight-hour measure.
In its amended form the bill limits
women's hours to nine out of twelve
consecutive hours in any day and to
80 hours a week The 50-hour a week
provision is designed TO insure half
hour holiday on Saturday.
The report of the subcommittee,
which for the last two weeks has held
hearings in Chicago and other cities.
may 20 to the full committee today
The report of the subcommittee on the
child labor bill also may be ready to-
day.
Lieutenant Governor Barrett OHara
injected personalities into Joint
hearing OF the senate and house COM
mittees on the Uin.mum wage bill by
excoriating John NJ Glenn, secretary
OF the Illinois Manufacturers associa-
tion, for his opposition to tie bill.
Lieutenant Governor O'Hara was
one of a number of speakers who
urged the passage of the minimum
wage bill introduced b. Senator Har-
ris in the senate and Representative
Burns in the house.
Walter c. Hughes, representing
confectioners, spoke
against the bill. His principal objec-
tion was that no opportunity was pro-
vided in the bill for an appeal from
findings of the miniulum wage COM
The hearing was continued until 8
o'clock next Tuesday evening. when
other arguments for and against the
bill will be presented.
\ hearing on a bill prohibiting the
issuance OF labor injunctions except
ia cases where necessary to prevent
irreparable loss or damage to prop
erty was held yesterday afternoon by
the house judiciary committee. The re-
cent Mattresses strike in Chicago res
;aurants figured in the discussion OF
the bill.
The house judiciary committee re-
ported out with a favorable recon-
mendation the Thon bill providing
for the free distribution of silver nj
trate by the state board of health for
use in preventing infantiIe blindness.
subcommittee OF the senate and
house water way committees will hold
a hearing at the Hotel LaSaile in Chi
cago Saturday morning on the ad-
water way bill. Amend
nents TO election and primary laws
will be given consideration at meet
ng of subcommittee of senate and
house committees in Chicago on tho
samss day.
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