The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01

bill to submit It to . Fefefen.
dunn. Representative W. C.
Maucker voted for the amend.
ment
Springfield. ILL.,, June by a
vote OF 73 to 73, the house of rep
resentatives refused today to attach
"a referendum clause to the prohi-
bition bill.
Roll call came after q hard fight
and a morning of confusion during
which threats were made to eject
r. Scott Mcbride, state superin-
tendent of the anti-saloon league,
from the galleries. Mcbride was
charged by Representative Browne
and several others leading the fight
for the amendment with dropping
messages to the floor Of, the house
from the galleries.
House in Uproar.
The house was in an uproar as
Representative Browne shouted
that he intended to enforce the
rules against lobbying even to the
exclusion of Mcbride from the gal
leries.
you've been doing it for an
hour" Representative Browne
shouted. ANY more Of that and
out you go"
Representative Hart Of Kane
county offered the referendum
amendment after two amendments
offered by Representative Tice,
sponsor OF the measure, had been
, adopted.
Former Speaker shanAhAn took
the floor In defense of Speaker
sDAhlberg darin6 the uproar and
confusion over the speakers an
lnouncement of . vote on Represen-
tative Tees motion to table the
Hart amendment. Speaker Dahl
berg announced the vote a tie and
; declared the motion lost. Repre-
. sentative Searcy Of Springfield
who voted present, arose to change
his vote to NO.
MoCaskrin Votes @Aya"
Representative Myers of Pontiac
recorded as present" and not vot
ing changed his vote to AYE" ani
; Representative McCaskrin asked t.
. have his vote changed from mo
l to AYE"
Supporters Of the referendum
= clause raised a storm of prutes
:. over rules and the house vas in dis
order when former Speaker Shan
:, ahan attempted to explain Speake
Dahlberg's intentions The dis
;. turbance was quieted when bot
. sides agreed to a straight vote OF
. the referendum amendment NJ
: sooner had the referendum beeu
= voted down than another figh
y started over the enforcement pro
u visions Of the bill Representativ
!. OGrady, Democrat, Of Chicago
\ Offering an amendment to place en-
. . forcement powers specifically in tn
. hands Of the attorney general.
' Minority Leader Devine took u
, the fight for the O'Grady amend
4 4 meDt, attacking the Anti-Saloo
. leagues clause leaving the matte
= Of enforcement with either the ai
= torney general, or . prohibitio
= commissioner.
y 'e william Hale Thompson win al
)" point the commissioner il one Is al
pointed" Representative Devine d,
8 clared. He declared that eaforc,
:, - ment Of prohibition laws in Ch
= :, cago had been a failure and tn,
~ under a Thompson commission
statewide enforcement might r,
suit similarly.
The senate today passed q
Spence motion picture cansrshl
bill which places the regulation
p all film exhibits in the departmes
= Of registration and education. II
city of Chicago is exempted fru
n the provisions Of the bill becau,
m Of its municipal censorship.
IN Senator Sneed's eight hour d
m bill was advanced to the order
.n third reading in the senate after Z
ra amendment exempting telephol
h. companies employing less than n
70 operators had been adopted.
A. Following defeat Of the OnGfal
na amendment the house recessed un,
,n 5 p. m.
Representative Castle Of Barrin
ton, who introduced the state D
n lice bill in the hoasa, made no {
fort today to save the measure, q
nouncing after a conference wi
Senator Dunlap. author Of the bi
that friends of the measure b
decided to start their last tight I
y the bill In the sonata
er The Castle bill was killed Il
nd lowing Chairman Sonneman's I
IS port Of action Of the committee
efficiency and economy in clearil
les its calendar.
Dunlap to ResazTeet BH.
m. Senator Dunlap said today th
ay he will make another night to r,
o. urrect the state police bill Il
% week.
~ Bills killed With the Castle
ise by the house committee includ
the following:
The Davis bin imposing . 2-m
be- per ton tax on coal mines.
Use The Church bill. limiting lal
Us. lords to IL per cent Of the mari
value of their properties on re-
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