November 1, 1926 



Tlie Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD 



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Legislative Committee Reports On 



Representatives in Congress And 



General Assembly Showing Records 



State Legislators' Vote On Revenue Amendment, Tice Bill, 

 And State Police Bill Supported By Farmers Indicates At- 

 titude Toward Agriculture. 



Editors Note : 



The following IpRialative report of representatives in Congress and the General 

 Assembly is published in acordancc with the [>o!icy of the Illinois Asrricuttural Associa- 

 tion in sivin? its members facts about their representatives in the state and national 

 law-making bodies. The attitude or interest of the candidate in agriculural lesislation 

 is the basis of this report. 



FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR 



None of the candidates for this 

 office subject to election Nov. 2 has 

 a previous record in the United 

 States senate. Frank L. Smith, re- 

 publican candidate declared himself 

 early in his candidacy for farm re- 

 lief, as provided in the surplus con- 

 trol legislation supported by the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association. 

 His past record in Illinois has 

 shown him to be friendly and 

 helpful to agriculture. Smith 

 comes from a farming district, and 

 his interests are mainly agricultural. 



George Brennan, democratic can- 

 didate, placed himself on record in 

 favor of farm relief and surplus 

 control legislation in his Bloominton 

 speech. 



Other candidates for the United 

 States senate so far as we are in- 

 formed have taken no position on 

 farm relief through surplus control 

 legislation. 



For United States Representative 



Among the 10 representatives in 

 the 69th Congress from Chicago and 

 Cook county only one, Adolph J. 

 Sabath, voted in favor of the Haug- 

 en bill which was supported by the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association. All 

 the others were against it. 



Every downstate congressman 

 voted for the bill. Those who most 

 actively supported it and spoke for 

 it from the floor of the House are 

 starred, in the list of those who vot- 

 ed for the bill, following: — 



Richard Yates, Henry R. Rathbone*. 

 Adolph J. Sabath, Frank R. Reid. Charles 

 E. Fuller (deceased). William R. John- 

 son, John C. Allen, Edward J. King. Wil- 

 liam E. Hull. Frank H. Funk*. William P. 

 Holaday, Charles Adkins*. Henry T. 

 Rainey», Loren E. Wheeler*. Ed. M. Ir- 

 win. William W. Arnold, Thomas S. Wil- 

 liams*, Edward E. Denison. 



For Ganeral Assembly. 



The Lantz revenue amendment reso- 

 lution, the Tice Tuberculosis Eradica- 

 tion Bill, and the Dunlap State Police 

 bill are the three measures in which 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 was most interested in the last session 

 of the General Assembly. The (caso- 

 line tax bill didn't come to a vote so 

 there was no basis for an authentic 

 report on this measure. 



Eighth district — Counties of Mc- 

 Henry, Lake and Boone. 



Rep. Wm. Weiss, Waukegan, law- 

 yer. 



Voted for revenue amendment. Tice Bill, 

 and state police bill. 



Rep. N. L. Jackson, Belvidere, 

 farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment, but failed 

 to vote on Tice Bill and state police bill. 



Tenth district — Ogle and Winne- 

 bago counties. 



Rep. David Hunter, Jr., Rockford, 

 farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment, Tice Bill 

 and state police bill. Good record. 



Rep. Leroy Y. Green, Rockford, 

 lawyer. 



Voted for revenue amendment. Tice Bill, 

 but against state police bill. 



Twelfth district — Counties of 

 Carroll, JoDaviess and Stephenson. 



Rep. John Acker, Savanna, sales- 

 man. 



Voted for revenue amendment. Did 

 not vote on Tice Bill. 



Voted to kill state police bill. 



Rep. Chas. D. Franz, Freeport, 

 wholesale beverage business. 



Voted for revenue amendment and for 

 Tice Bill. Did not vote on state police 

 bill. 



Fourteenth district — Kane and 

 Kendall County. 



Rep. Frank A. McCarty, Elgin, 

 lawyer. 



Voted for revenue amendment, but 

 against Tice Bill and state police bill. 



Mr. McCarty led the fiKht airainst the 

 Tice Bill, but later actively opposed re- 

 duction of the appropriation for tuberculo- 

 sis eradication. A good flghter. bat baa 

 been on wrong side of some important 

 public questions, namely, on T. B. eradi- 

 cation measures, 



Rep. John M. Peffers, Aurora, at- 

 torney. 



Voted for revenue amendment, state po- 

 lice bill and Tice Bill. Good record. 



Rep. Ralph H. Hoar, Elgin, in- 

 surance. 



Voted for revenue amendment. Tice Bill 

 and state police bill. Good record. 



Sixteenth district— Counties of 



Livingston, Marshall, Putnam and 

 Woodford. 



Rep. Chas. M. Turner, Wenona, 

 farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment, Tice Bill, 

 and state police bill. Mr. Turner was 

 chairman of committee on agriculture in 

 the House during last session. He had a 

 consistent voting record for the session 

 and deserves re-election. 



Rep. Calistus A. Bruer, Pontiac, 

 farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill. Also for state police bill. Has a 

 consistently good record on farm meas- 

 ures and exhibits marked qualities of 

 leadership. 



Rep. Michael Fahy, Toluca, real 

 estate. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill. Voted against state police bill. 



Rep. Robert Scholes, Peoria 

 Heights, lawyer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill, but against state police bill. Mr. 

 Scholes was speaker of the House during 

 last Assembly. Fair in most of his deal- 

 ings with agricultural questions, but he 

 was not fair in giving consideration to 

 friends of the Tice Bill, when a speeiat 

 conference committee to iron out the dis- 

 agreements was named. 



Rep. David H. McCluggage, Pe- 

 oria, hotel proprietor. 



Voted for revenue amendment, and Tice 

 Bill, but against state police bill. 



Twentieth district — Grundy and 

 Iroquois counties. 



Rep. John Trotter, Coal City, 

 farmer and banker. 



Voted for revenue amendment, but was 

 away because of illness when Tice Bill 

 was voted on. Voted against state police 

 bill. 



Twenty-second district — Edward 

 and Vermilion counties. 



Rep. H. M. Luckey, Potomac, 

 farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill, but against state police bill. 



Rep. Abraham L. Stanfield, Paris, 

 grain dealer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill. Against state police bill. 



Rep. Edgar B. Brown, Paris, ac- 

 countant. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill. Voted to kill state police bill. 



Twenty-fourth district — C h a m- 

 paign and Piatt counties. 



Rep. Roger F. Little, Champaign, 

 lawyer. 



Voted for revenue amendment. Tice Bill 

 and state police bill. Good record. 



Rep. James A. Reeves, Cham- 

 paign, farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill, but against state police bill. 



Twenty-sixth district — Ford and 

 McLean Counties. 



Rep. Gus J. Johnson, Paxton, real 

 estate. 



Voted for revenue amendment. Tice Bill 

 and state police bill. Consistently favofs 

 farm legislation and has marked qualities 

 of leadership. Deserves re-election. 



Rep. A. L. Hutson, Colfax, mer- 

 chant. 



Voted for revenue amendment, Tice Bill, 

 and state police bill. 



Rep. Jacob Martens, Anchor, 

 farmer and banker. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 bill. Also for state police bill. 



Twenty-ei«hth district — DeWitt 

 Macon and Logan Counties. 



Rep. W. C. Chynoweth, Decatur, 

 farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment. Tice Bill 

 and state police bill. 



Rep. Johii Clark, Decatur, miner. 



Voted for rivenue amendment. Did not 



vote on Tice Bill. Voted against state 

 police bill. 



Rep. Grover G. Hoff, Decatur, at- 

 torney. 



Voted for revenue amendment, Tice Bill 

 and state police bilL 



Thirtieth district — Brown, Cass, 

 Mason, Menard, Schuyler and Taze- 

 well. 



Rep. Homer J. Tice, Greenview, 



farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment, Tice Bill 

 and state police bill. Tice is one of the 

 veterans of General Assembly. Has spon- 

 sored many agricultural bills. Has splen- 

 did record and deserves re-election. 



Rep. H. B. Teel, Rushville, law- 

 yer. 



Did not vote on revenue amendment. 

 Vbted for Tice bill, also state police bill. 



Rep. Martin B. Lohman, Pekin, 

 insurance and real estate. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill. Against state police bill. 



Thirty-second district — Hancock, 

 McDonough and Warren Counties. 



Rep. RoUo R. Robbins, Augusta, 

 publisher. 



Voted for revenue amendment, Tice Bill 

 and state police bill. Robbins has a con- 

 sistently favorable record on farm legis- 

 lation. 



Rep. James H. Foster, Macomb, 

 insurance. 



Voted for revenue amendment, Tice Bill, 

 also state police bill. 



Rep. Wm. Adcock, Galesburg, 

 farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and state 

 police bill. Did not vote on Tice Bill. Ad- 

 cock introduced a resolution memorializing 

 congress to provide for a bounty on ex- 

 portable surplus of farm products. Passed 

 unanimously. 



Thirty-third district — Henderson, 

 Mercer and Rock Island counties. 



Senator Martin R. Carlson, Mo- 

 line. Merchant. 



Voted in favor of Lantz Revenue Amend- 

 ment Resolution and for Tice bill. Voted 

 against reducing appropriation for tuber- 

 culosis eradication. Voted for Police bill. 

 A good record. 



Representative Harry M. McCas- 

 krin, Rock Island, Attorney. 



Voted for Revenue Amendment and Tice 

 Bill. Against Dunlap Police bill. Good 

 record. 



Rep. Thos. P. Sinnett, Moline, at 

 torney. 



Voted for Revenue Amendment and the 

 Tice bill. Also voted for state police bill. 

 Good record. 



Thirty-fourth district — C lark. 

 Coles and Douglas. 



Rep. Harry Baxter — Newman, 

 automobiles and farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill. Voted to kill sUte police bill. 



Rep. Walter E. Cork, Marshall 

 insurance. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill. Voted to kill state police bill. 



Thirty-fifth district — D e K a 1 b, 

 Lee, Whiteside counties. 



Senator Harry G. Wright, De- 

 Kalb, banker. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 bill. Voted against reducing appropria- 

 tion for tuberculosis eradication. Voted 

 for state police bill. Senator Wright has 

 been friendly to agricultural proposals, 

 and has a good record. 



Rep. Henry C. Allen, Lyndon, 

 farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment. Tice Bill, 

 and state police bill. Allen has a very 

 good record and has been favorable to 

 measures for betterment of agriculture. 



Rep. John P. Devine, Dixon, law- 

 yer. 



Voted in favor of revenue amendment 

 and Tice bill. Against state police bill. 

 Devine has not always shown disposition to 

 support agricultural legislation but of 

 late his record has been fairly good. 



Thirty-sixth district — A dams. 

 Pike and Scott Counties. 



Rep. A. Otis Arnold, Quincy, pub- 

 lish! isher. 



Voted for revenue amendment, Tice Bill 

 and state police bill. Consistently favor- 

 able to agricultural legislation. Deserves 

 re-election. 



Rep. Harold Bush, Pittsfield. 

 newspaper publisher. 



Vited for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill. Also for state police bill. 



Thirty-seventh district — H e n r y, 

 Bureau, Start counties. 



Senator Randolph Boyd, Galva, 

 retired manufacturer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and for 

 Tice bill. Voted to reduce appropriation 

 for tuberculosis eradication. Voted ' for 

 Rarr appropriation bill on its passage. 

 Voted for state police bill. Record good. 



Rep. Frederick W. Rennick, 

 Buda, lawyer. 



Voted for L^ntz revenue amendment 

 resolution, also for tuberculosis eradica- 

 tion bill. Voted for state police bill. 

 Good record. 



Rep. John R. Moore, Kewanee, 

 lawyer. 



Voted for revenue amendment, Tice bill, 

 but against state police bilL 



Booth, Atkinson. 



Rep. Milton T. 

 retired merchant. 



Voted in favor of revenue amendment. 

 Tice bill, and state police bill. Good rec- 

 ord. 



Thirty-eiifhth district — Greene, 

 Jersey, Macoupin and Montgomery 



counties. 



Rep. Otto C. Sonnemann, Carlin- 

 ville, retired. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tire 

 Bill. Against state police bill. 



Rep. Robert Whiteley, Carlin- 

 ville, farmer and mel-chant 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill. Against state police bill. 



Rep. Truman Snell, Carlinville, 

 attorney. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 Bill. But against state police bill. 



Thirty-ninth district, — L a S a 1 1 e 

 County. 



Two new candidates for Senate: George 

 M. Reynolds, Utica, republican, and B. J. 

 Shanley, OtUwa, democrat. 



Rep. R. G. Soderstrom, Streator, 

 Linotype Operator. 



Voted for revenue bill and Tice bill. 

 Against state police bill. 



Rep. John Wylie, Ottawa, Farm- 

 er. 



Did not vote on Lantz revenue amend- 

 ment resolution; voted for Tice and state 

 police bills. 



Rep. Lee O'Neil Browne, Ottawa, 

 Lawyer. 



Failed to vote on revenue amendment ; 

 voted for Tice bill, but voted to kill state 

 police bill. 



Fortieth district — Christian, Shel- 

 by, Fayette and Cumberland coun- 

 ties. 



Rep. H. D. Sparks, Shelbyville, 

 Business Education. 



Voted for revenue amendment and T^ce 

 bill. Failed to vote on state police bill. 



Rep. Arthur Roe, Vandalia, Law- 

 yer, 



Voted for revenue amendment. Tice bill, 

 and against state police. 



Forty-first district — DuPage and 



Will counties. 



Senator Richard J. Barr, Joliet, 

 Lawyer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and for 

 Tice bill. Voted to reduce appropriation 

 for tuberculosis from IS. 000. 000 to t2 - 

 000.000 ir^his own bill. Did not vote on 

 state police bill. Barr generwlly has given 

 active support to farm measures and has 

 a good record. 



. Rep. Lottie Holman O'Neill, 

 Downers Grove, Home-maker. 



V'oted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 bill. Failed to vote on state police bill 



Rep. Michael F. Hennebry, Wil- 

 mington, Lawyer. 



Voted for revenae amendment, but did 

 not vote on Tice or state police bill. 



Forty-second district — Clinton. 

 Marion, Clay, Effingham counties. 



Rep. R. J. Branson, Centralia, At- 

 torney. 



Voted in favor ef revenue amendment 

 and for Tice bill. Voted to kill sute 

 police bill. 



Rep. A. B. La^er. Carlyle, Law- 

 yer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and the 

 Tice bill. Voted against state police bill 



Forty.tbird district — Knox and 

 Fulton Counties. 



Sen. Wm. S. Jewell, Lewistown, 

 111., Lawyer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and for 

 Tice bill. Voted to {educe appropriation 

 for tuberculosis eradication. Voted against 

 state police bill. Fair; record. 



Rep. Reed F. C4>:ler, Lewistown, 

 Lawyer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 bill. Voted against sUte police bill. Mr 

 Cutler was majority floor leader and as 

 such had an opportunity*! to wield more in- 

 fluence over legislation than the ordinary 

 member. He actively supported the move- 

 ment in the committee on appropriations 

 to reduce the appropriations for tuberculo- 

 sis eradication from three million dollars 

 to one million and a half dollars. Mr. Cut- 

 ler showed an inclination to be governed 

 more by personal likes and dislikes of 

 member sponsoring legislation than merits 

 of matter contained in the bill. 



Forty-fourth district — Randolph. 

 Jackson, Perry, Washington and 

 Monroe counties. 



Rep. Elbert Waller, Tamaroa, 

 School teacher. 



Voted for revenue amendment but 

 against Tice bill and state police bill. 



Rep. Henry Eisenbart, Waterloo, 

 Insurance. 



Voted no on revenue amendment. Did 

 not vote otf Tice bill, and voted against 

 state police bill. Poor record. 



Rep. Charles J. Kribs, Prairie, 

 DuRoacher, General merchandise. 



Did not vote on revenue amendment 

 nor the Tice bill. Voted against Btate po- 

 lice bill. Poor record. 



Forty-fifth district — Morgan and 

 Sangamon Counties. 



Sen. Earl B. Searcey, Springfield, 

 Writer. 



Voted for revenue amendment, but did 

 not vote on Tice bill. Voted against ef- 

 fort to reduce appropriation for tuberculo- 



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«is eradication. Did not vote on State po- 

 lice bill. 1 An entire new alate of can- 

 didates fur represt^-ntative has been nom- 

 inated from this difitrict.) 



Forty-sixth district — Jefferson, 

 WayAe, Richland and JasperXoun- 

 tios. 



Rep. W. B. Phillips Ml. Vernon. 

 Banker. 



Voted for revenue am<-ndment. Tice bill 

 and state police bill. Gu«>d record. 



Forty'seventh district — Bond and 



Madison Counties. 



Norman G. Flagg, Moro, Farmer. 



Candidate for state .senator on repub- 

 lican ticket. Had excellent record as 

 representative in the last General A»Kem- 

 bly. Voted for revenue amendment. Tice 

 bill and state police bill. 



Rep. Chas. F. Malloy, Sorento, 

 Oil, gas and coal leases. 



Voted for revenue amendment and for 

 tuberculosis eradication bill. Voted 



against .^tate police bill. 



Forty-eiffhth district — Crawford, 

 Edwards, Lawrence, Wabash, While, 

 Gallatin and Hardin Counties. , 



Rep. Ed. Ryan, Lawrenceville, 

 Farmer. 



Voted for revenue amendment. Tice b^. 

 and state police bill. Good record. 



Rep. Jerome L. Harrell, Norris 

 City, Publisher and lawyer. 



Voted for revenuf amendment. Tice bill 

 and state police bill. Good record. 



Forty.Binth district — St. Clair 

 County. 



Senatorial candidates are both new men 



Rep. Ed. P. Petri, Belleville, In- 

 surance, real estate and loans. 



Voted in favor of revenue amendment 

 and against state police bill. Failed to 

 vote on Tice bill. 



Rep. Thomas L. Fekete, East St. 

 Louis, Lawyer. 



Vot«»d for revenue amendment. Tiee bill 



and state police bill. 



Fiftieth district — Franklin, Pul- 

 aski, Williamson, Union and Alex- 

 ander Counties. 



Rep. Wallace A. Bandy, Marion, 

 Real estate and insurance.- 



Voled for revenue amendment. Tice biU. 

 and state police bill. Good reoord. 



Rep. Carl Choisser, Benton, Law- 

 yer. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 biU. Against state p«>lire bill. 



Fifty-firat district — J o h n s o n, 

 Po^e, Saline, Massac and Hamilton 

 Counties. 



Candidates for Senator frum thitt district 

 are new men. 



Rep. Claude L. Rew, Harrisburg. 

 Insurance and real estate. 



Voted for revenue amendment and Tice 

 bill. Voted against state police bill. 



Rep. W. B. Rush, Metropolis, 

 Farmer and merchant. 



Voted for revenue amendment. Tice bill 

 and state police bill. Good record. 



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RaUy to Proposal 



(Continued from cot. 6, pmgr 1.) 



system to new conditions as they 

 arise. 



4. Tbe LefftslktuK cmnnot V tnutcj with 

 additional ijowrr. It mwht tax important 

 industries out of busin«*M«. 



Answer — The Legislature now 

 has tht^ power to tax important in- 

 dustries out of business. But no- 

 body wants to tax industry out of 

 business. Nobody wants to make 

 Illinois an unfavorable home for in- 

 dustry, capital, or any other worthy 

 enterprise. Legislatures don't do 

 what nobody wants done. 



The amendment requires a two- 

 thirds vote on all legislation enacted 

 thereunder. Any legislation so efa- 

 acted may be repealed by a major- 

 ity vote. If any one does not be- 

 lieve these provisions a sufficient 

 safeguard against unfair legisla- 

 tion, he must regard representa- 

 tive government as a failure. 



5. The rv<juir«itient of a two-thirds vote 

 of the members of each Houm; for the 

 enactment of any kvisiation under the 

 amendment is itself unconstitutional. 



Answer — This objection ignores 

 the fact that the Constitution re- 

 quires a two-thirds vote for the ex- 

 pulsion of members by either house, 

 the conviction of any official under 

 impeachment, the passage of any 

 act with an emergency clause, the 

 passage of any act over the Gover- 

 nor's veto, or the submission of a 

 constitutional amendment. 



6. The amendment would permit th« 

 sinirle ux — that is. the taxation of land 

 without refrard to buildings or other In. 

 provcments. 



Answer — It is specifically pro- 

 vided in the amendment that real 

 estate except mining land or land 

 devoted to reforestation, shall be 

 in one class. There is no provision 

 for the taxation of land and im- 

 provements separately or for the 

 taxation of land and the exemption 

 of improvements. 



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