Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-21
8 FOR SUCCESS.
MAN HEDGE THINKS
soR kEoKuK DAM
WILL PASS.
i'm Canal at Davenport,
Seems. to be Doomed De-
spite TITS Of Davenport Business
Men- yer Nails Fake Agents.
IBA ROLD j. MAHIN.1
Washing Aanss Bureau . Of the Courier ,s

Wae lngton, D. c., Jan. 19.
Unless somel very unexpected op.
position appears, not now dreamed of
by Representative Hedge, and other
members of the Iowa delegation, it is
believed that the Interstate commerce
committee will tomorrow decide to re-
port the Hedge bill, giving permission
to dam the Mississippi at Keokuk.
This will bexthe first time in history
that there will have been any serious
consideration of the question of dam
ing the great Father of Waters. Such
a project twenty years ago would have
been laughed at and in fact 1t is now
regarded with incredulity by many
members of congress.
The delegation from Keokuk headed
by j. N. Irwin arrived in Washington
yesterday and will have a hearing on
this matter tomorrow. Representative
Hedge said today that he did not know
of any opposition to the project and
believed that the committee would
make a favorable impression at their
hearing and that the bill would be re-
ported and passed by the house.
Hennepin Canal Doomed.
1t is grayely feared by the Iowa
delegation that not much success can
attain the mission of P. T. Walsh,
president of the Davenport Business
Mems association, who is now down
here to try and obtain a 100000 APP
preparation for the continuance of the
Hennepin canal. 1t is a sad but we'll
known fact that the government and
congress are not inclined to regard
the Hennepin canal seriously. Gen.
Alex Mckenzie, chief Of engineers, SO
informed the Courier correspondent
in an interview published last winter
and the same situation appears to re-
main. There Is going to be consider
able trouble to get the river and harbor
bill through anyway this session and
1t Is feared that Mr.. Walsh will find
it very difficult to persuade the mem
bers to add $4,000 to 1t. There is
also a fairly well defined Impression
in Washington that such a move would
be vigorously. opposed by the rail-
road interests in their fear that the
operation Of the Hennepin canal would
seriously affect freight rates between
the lakes and the west.
Old Fake IN Iowa.
Senator Dolliver was very angry to
learn from a letter from a constituent
this week that the old fake In connec-
ton with "The Papers and Speeches
of the Presidents" was still being
worked in Iowa. 1t will BE remem-
bered that after the government sup
ply Of this publication was printed the
plates were turned yer to a private
company who printed a large number
for general sale. In many instances
these books were taken about the coun-
try by unscrupulous agents who told
the people that their congressman
wished them to buy them. Senator
Delivers correspondent says that a
man selling the books came to him
saying that they we're an official pub
LEGATION and that only a limited num-
Der had been allotted for that district.
He said that Senator Dolliver and
Representative Conner had given him
(the agent) the constituents name and
told him to say that he (the constitu-
ent) was expected to buy a set of the
books. He was to pay SO down and $27
in installments and signed a contract
to that effect. Senator Dolliver i'm
mediately wrote the manager of the
company that II he did not repudiate
this act of his alleged agent he would
be under the necessity of taking up
the question in congress,