The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-20
Rathbone and Yates Defeated
Beer and Wine Forces by
Smashing Majority
BEER BALLOT CITED
in WET RESOLUTION
Wet Attack is Directed Against the
Volstead Act
DRYS ASK RIGID ENFORCEMENT

Continuing their effort to manu-.
facture wet propaganda out of the
fake beer and wine referendum placec
on the ballot last fall the VETS have
introduced a resolution in the legis
lature calling the attention of Con
gress to the result of this vote. The
wet resolution was introduced by
Charles D. Franz, a representative
from Freeport. Another resolution
introduced by Representative Ole
Benson, representative from LaSalle
county, points out that the real senti.
ment OF the state was expressed in the
election for Congress at-large. This
resolution cites the plurality OF 277,-
101 received by Richard Yates and
the plurality of 245,0l6 received by
Henry r. Rathbonc both running
against beer and wine candidates.
Text of Wet Resolution
Following is the Franz wet resolu-
ton:
Whereas, A referendum was held
i'll the state of Illinois at the election
of November / 1922, upon the ques-
ton of legalizing the manufacture and
sale of beer and light wine for home
consumption; and,
Whereas. 1t is impossible to secure
of Illinois, both men ana women, de-
cided in favor of the manufacture and
sale of beer and light wine by a
majority OF more than 100000 voters
and.
Whereas, 1t is impossible to secure
the relief desired by the great major
ity of the citizens of Illinois until the
obnoxious Volstead law is repealed or
properly amended to permit OF the
manufacture and safe of beer and
light wine for home consumption
and
Whereas, The Volstead law can
only be amended or repealed by ap-
propriate action on the part of the
National Congress; therefore, be it
Resolved, by the house OF rep
rcsentatiyes of the general assembly
of Illinois, That the clerk of this
house forward copy of this resolu-
ton to the presiding officers OF both
houses of the National Congress and
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from the State of Illinois; and, be it
further
Resolved. That the secretary of
state be and he is hereby directed to
forward to the vice-president OF the
United States, as presiding officer of
the United States senate, and to the
speaker OF the house of represent
atives at Washington, d. C., COM
plete tabulation indicating the vote by
counties upon the question of legal
izng the manufacture and sale OF beer
and light wine for home consumption,
reported to his office as the result of
the election held November 7, 1922
The Real Situation
The Benson resolution, which has
the backing of the AntiSaloon
League, follows:
Whereas, A general election was
held in the state OF Illinois on Nov
7, 1922, at which ongrcssmen large
were elected from this state; and
Whereas, Richard Yates and
Henry Rathbone, candidates for said
office, openly declared themselves to
be against any weakening of the Vol
stead act by the sale OF beer and wine,
and for strict enforcement of the
Eighteenth Amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the United States; and
Whereas, Simon J. German and
William Murphy, opposing the candi-
dates for said office, ran on strictly
wet platform, advocating the manu-
facture and sale af beer and light
wines and promising, if elected to
vote for an amendment to the Vol
stead act to permit such manufacture.
and sale, making this their chief issue
and Systematically and thoroughly
circularizing and campaigning the
state with that as the paramount
plank in their platform; and
"Whereas, At said election the
voters of Illinois, both men and
women, heartily indorscd the prohibit
ton enforcement stand taken by
Messrs. Yates and Rathbone, as afore-
said, so that they were elected by the
decisive plurality of 277,l0l and 245,-
0l6 respectively, to represent the peo-