The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-08-01
Illinois Members Vote Fifteen
For, Nine Against
VETS FAIL in ATTEMPTS
TO AMEND ORIGINAL BILL
The Right to Drive Blind Pigs From
Homes in BIZ
The SENATE WILL ACT SOON

On july u the \. ,. House oil KEEP
resentatives passed the Prohibition
enforcement bill by vote OF 287 to
100. or the 27 Illinois members IS
voted for the bill, nine against, and
three were absent. All Chicago men,
bers voted against the bill except
Wilson OF the Englewood district
and Chindblom OF the Lake View
Evanston district The down-state
members all voted for the bill with
the exception of Rodenburg of the
East St. Louis district. The follow
ing was the lineup of Illinois mem-
bers on the bill:
How Illinois k>en Voted
FOR: Dry Yates, Copley, Fuller,
Mckenzie, Graham. Smith, Cannon,
Mckinley, Wheeler, Brooks, Will
liams, Dennison, Henry 7, Rainey.
-Svtfsoifs CifintDfonf. go 'H'':''-
AGAINST: fWet) Madden, Mann,
Juul, Britten, John w Rainey, Sab
ath, McAndrews, Gallagher, Roden-
berg.
ABSENT: Mason, King, Ireland
Immediately before the passage of
the bill motion to send it back to
committee was defeated by vote OF
255 to 156. Nearly every member OF
the House was present when the final
vote was taken. There was applause
on the floor when the vote was an
nounced. Only a lew visitors in the
galleries were present.
Victory After Hard Fight
The victory for the law enforce
ment bill came after several weeks of
the hardest fighting over any meas
ure on the floor of the House in re-
cent years The vets fought every
step of the way and made use of
every parliamentary expedient to de-
lay action. General debate was linn
tied to II hours. After this time had
been used up the bill was considered
section by section and many amend-
ments were offered by the vets. The
bill went through as originally drawn
with only few changes of minor
nature, which were made by the drys
themselves.
At no time did the drys lose con-
troll of the House, although the vote
on several amendments was rather
close because of absentees. The first
decisive victory for the Prohibition
enforcement bill was won when an
amendment fixing 2.75 per cent in
stead of one-half of / per cent in de-
fining intoxicants was voted down
Isl to co. Another hard fight was
made over an amendment extending
the search and seizure provisions
which provide that search warrant
may be issued if proof that a dwelling
is used for the sale of intoxicants is
presented to the proper authorities.
The enforcement bill now goes to the
Senate, where a similar measure has
been under consideration for some
time. 1t is expected that the dry ma
jority in the Senate will be appToxi-
mately the same as in the House. The
following are some of the provisions
of the enforcement bill as passed by
the House:
Provisions of House Bill
After January 10, 1920:
Every person permitted under the
law to have liquor in his possession
shall report the quantity and kind to
the commissioners of internal reve-
nue.. (This applies to chemists, physi-
clans, etc.)
After February |, 1920:
The possession of any liquor, other
than as authorized by the law, shall
be prima facie evidence that it is be-
ing kept for sale or otherwise in vio-
lation OF the law.
1t will not be required, however.