fact and promise that if elected they 

 will do their utmost to secure a fair 

 amendment. After election many mem- 

 bers soon forget this promise and are 

 indifferent toward any effort to secure 

 an amendment. 



The amendment received slightly more 

 than a majority vote in each House, but 

 failed to get the required two-thirds 

 vote in either. Many downstate senators 

 and representatives sat silent when their 

 names were called. A few downstate 

 members of each House voted against 

 it. The voting record of all except Chi- 

 cago senators and representatives of the 

 amendment is given on pages 8-10 of 

 this issue of the RECORD. 



In spite of the defeat of the proposed 

 amendment, two important features of 

 the attempt to secure its submission en- 

 courage its supporters. It has been 

 demonstrated that the real estate inter- 

 ests of the City of Chicago and of the 

 remainder of the State can cooperate in 

 so highly important a matter as an 

 amendment to the Constitution. It has 

 been proved also that an amendment 

 which seeks to protect the State against 

 sectionalism in matters of taxation can 

 win recognition and support in all sec- 

 tions of the State. In spite of the un- 

 favorable conditions under which it was 

 brought to a vote, the proposed amend- 

 ment received the votes of eight repre- 

 sentatives from Cook County, six of 

 them from the City of Chicago, and 

 seven senators from Cook County, six 

 of them from the City of Chicago. 

 These may seem to be only a handful 

 of votes, but they show what can be done 

 in securing support from all parts of the 

 State for the right kind of an amendment 

 when it can be introduced early in the 

 session and when there is adequate time 

 to explain both to the legislators and to 

 the citizens why it should be submitted 

 to the people for adoption or rejection. 



Driver's License 



Several bills for licensing automobile 

 drivers were introduced early in the ses- 

 sion. The Association supported the 

 principle of a driver's license law but 

 confined its efforts to securing amend- 

 ments to the bills introduced, embodying 

 the principles stated in the resolution 

 adopted at the last annual meeting of the 

 I. A. A. It appeared to the Association 

 that the main value of a driver's license 

 law lay in the fact that it furnished a 

 method whereby second and subsequent 

 offenders couid be detected, properly 

 punished and effectively barred from the 

 highways. Therefore, the Association was 

 concerned that the provisions of the law 

 be simple and that the fee, if any, be 

 held to a minimum. Newspapers have 

 carried full accounts of the dissension 

 that arose over the question as to whether 



Legislators by Senatorial 

 Districts and Counties 



Revenue 



Amendment 

 For Against 



Filled Milk 



Bill 

 For Against 



Truck Regulation 

 Bill 

 For Against 



46th District (Jasper, Jefferson, 



Richland, Wayne counties) , 



Sen. Burgess X 'X 



Rep. Dale X X , X 



Rep. Parker X X _ X 



Rep. Swift XX X 



47th District (Bond, Madison counties) 



Sen. Monroe X XX 



Rep. Harris XXX 



Rep. Schae'er O'Neill X 



Rep. Streeper X ■ ^ X 



48th District (Crawford, Edwards, 

 Gallatin, Hardin, Lawrence, Wa- 

 bash, White counties) 



Sen. Woodard X X 



Rep. Hall (deceased) 



Rep. F. W. Lewis X X , X 



Rep. Reavill X TL 



49th District (St. Clair County) 



Sen. Menges _ X - X 



Rep. Emge X X 



Rep. Holten X ; 



Rep. Johnson _ X , X 



50th District (Alexander, Franklin, | 



Piihski. Union, Williamson 

 counties) _ 



Sen. Karraker XX X 



Rep. L. E. Lewis X X ' X. 



Rep. McAlpin X X X 



Ren. Palmer X XX 



51st District (Hamilton, Johnson, 

 Massac, Pope, Saline counties) 



Sen. Tuttle - X X ] 



Rep. Field X X ' 



Rep. Powell ^ 



Reo Randolph '^ X X 



(1) Senator Fribley spoke against the bill but was recorded on the oflficial roll call as voting 

 in favor of the bill. 



(2) Senator Fribley and Senator Gunning, as members of the sub-committee wh'ch drafted 

 the truck regulation bill, were successful in securing the exemption of private farm 

 trucks and trucks only occasionally hauling for hire and because of this concession 

 probably felt obligated to support the bill. 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 



the administration of the Act and there- 

 by control of the patronage should be 

 vested in the Division of Highways or 

 with the Secretary of State. No Driver's 

 License Law was enacted. While mem- 

 bers of the General Assembly were over- 

 whelmingly in favor of driver's license 

 legislation, they could not agree upon the 

 distribution of the patronage that would 

 go with the administration of such an 

 Act. In view of this result, one may 

 well question whether the main objec- 

 tive of many proponents of the driver's 

 license legislation was increased safety 

 for persons using the highways or ad- 

 ditional political jobs and patronage. 



One constructive measure for the pro- 

 tection of persons using the highways 

 was enacted into law, although it cannot 

 be considered as an adequate substitute 

 for a driver's license law. This measure, 

 H. B. 224, authorizes a court ufx)n the 

 conviction of any person for drunken or 

 reckless driving or for leaving the scene 

 of an accident, to prohibit such convicted 

 person from driving for not to exceed 

 one year. Violation of this prohibition 

 is punishable as contempt of court. If 

 this law can be effectively administered 

 and an occasional check made of persons 

 barred from the highways, it may go far 



in protecting against the menace of the 

 drunken or reckless driver. 



Some of the other more important 

 measures considered and the Association's 

 position with respect to them follow: 



Truck Regularion Bill 



One of the far-reaching measures 

 passed by the General Assembly was 

 Senate Bill 487 sponsored by the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission. This bill em- 

 powered the Commerce Commission to 

 regulate and supervise intrastate trans- 

 portation of persons and propert)' for 

 hi'-e. The bill gave the Commerce Com- 

 mission broad p>owers to supervise and 

 regulate common and contract carriers 

 and local cartage operators, and to deter- 

 mine reasonable rates, fares, charges, 

 classifications, schedules and adequacy 

 of service and types of equipment there- 

 for. Common carriers were also required 

 to secure a Certificate of Convenience and 

 Necessity and to carry public liability, 

 property damage and cargo insurance. 



As introduced and as it passed the 

 Senate, persons using their trucks in con- 

 nection with their own business, such as 

 the average farm truck, and persons only 

 occasionally or casually hauling for hire 

 for others and trucks of agricultural co- 

 operative associations were exempt from 



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