The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-19
has
PASSEONEW
DRY BILL
'1ittls Brother Of Vol
dead Act" Prevails
Ceremony at Salem.

Springfield. ILL.,. May 19.-By a
vote Of 80 to f2. the senate today
pasved the "Illinois prohibition"
iii, "little brother" of the volstead
aet The measure went over after
4 bitter uneven battle.
The vote follows:
For-Austin, Bailey, Barbour,
Buck, Cornwell, Cuthertson, Dun
lap Essington. Forester. Gray,
Hamilton, Hanson, Hicks, Jewell,
Kessinger, Lantz, MacMurray,
Meentz, Mills, Pervier, Sadler, N. E.
Smith, o. W. Smith, Sneed, Spence,
Teliord, Turnbaugh, Wheeler,
Wood and Wright, Republicans-30.
Against-Bardill, Clark, Daley,
Duvall, Ettleson, Marks, Roos,
Schulze, Republicans; and Boehm,
DENVER, Glackin and Herlihy, DEM
ocrats-12.
State officers and solons are
guests today of the Old Salem
league at the biennial celebration
It Abraham Lincoln's one-time
home near Petersburg.
Both houses of the legislature be-
gan their sessions early in order
70 get a mornings work done be-
fore adjournment to catch a train
for Old Salem.
Dedication of the new Lincoln
museum by Governor Small and
Lieutenant Governor Sterling and
mid-afternoon dinner for the
guests, feature the days program.
Senator Wood of Keens, leading
dry" in the senate and sponsor of
the bill, called it up and spoke for
is adoption. The bill is framed
along the lines of the Volstead act.
Z 0ne OF the purposes of the pro-
posed law Senator Wood said, is to
make possible prosecution OF liquor
Nv violators in state courts so the
ines can be turned into the state
naers instead of the federal.
Sensing the controversy between
ne Small and Brundage factions
ns anti-saloon league had its orig
nal bill re-drawn so enforcement
q the proposed act could be placed
ether In the haI-ds of prohibition
commissioner or the attorney-gen-
Hal.
We want to take the bill out of
ue night between the governor and
ne attorney-general," said F. Scott
aebrlde state superintendent of the
league.
Wheeler's Proposal.
Inc roll was barely completed
snen Senator Wheeler OF Spring
aeld who has usually voted with
We administration, introduced a bill
Raelng enforcement Of the liquor
AVE- IN the hands of a prohibition
commissioner, to be appointed by
ne ne governor at $4,000 a year. The
w gives the commissioner author
N@ maintain force of Is investi-
n~rs. The prohibition chief is
so given a chief deputy.
senator's Boehm, DENVER and
Sackin, Democrats, and Clark and
a"s, Republicans, bitterly opposed
%e prohibition measure. Senator
.Afk attacked it as the most
'S"us piece of legislation before
~ assembly. because "it takes
s"ay ne personal rights of persons
" aeif own homes"
ne criticized the senate for yot-
ss On the bill without giving it
~ serious consideration.
A1er attempting to have consid-
.. s.0n Of the bill postponed Sem
~. ~ oehvier delivered a long
..a s.a against it. He was fire.
ss1.ly interrupted by both friends
@a ioes Of the measure
a.. We might as well call the roll
S.1Ae ~ 1Ae our medicine, john" said
'saator Daley of Peoria
ADOPTION was made of an amend
s nsa. permitting cities under COM
-, mas'on p form of government to SUBJ
., 49, .ae home rule" proposition
s,o.. M ."o years. Originally the bill
~" S'laed for referendum on home
,,s oDiy at the time of regular city
ms.. ''liage elections. The amend
49, a. was offered because municipal
M. s In cities uLder commission
Sa. s,e elected for four years.
A.sa Sspeaxer Dahlberg announced lust
re adjournment that the Lantz
~ exchange bill which passed
r. ste Yesterday will be Up in
mouse Tuesday.