The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-06
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR
TOCA|RO VOTERS
MAKES STRONG ADDRESS FAVOR
ING DEEP WATERWAY AND
PRIMARY LAW.
WILL DUST ECONOMY co.
From Des PLANES River Bringing Pro
ceedinus at Once - Tells Of
Work one-Entertained
BY Mayor Parsons.

Governor Deneen had Il very com
iplimentary reception last night al the
lcourt house. The auditorium was
comfortably filled with voters. Of both
races. Many ofthe representative men
OF the city were there, among them
being Mayor Parsons. F,x-Mayor This
tlewood, Walter II Wood, chairman
CT the Republican county central
committee; Postmaster Miller, Ev,
Senator Warder, and number OF pro,
fessional and business men and sever-
Ial ladies' all occupying seats inside
the railing. The court room was COR
geously decorated With flags con
spicuous on the walls being pictures
of Judge y. j. Baker, deceased, Judge
u P. Robarts, deceased. Congressman
Smith. deceased. and President Rocse
Welt The governor was a little late
arriving at the court house, his train
being delayed and he being a guest
of honor at a dinner given By Mayor
Parsons at The Halliday The gov
crnor appeared shortly after O'Clock,
Chairman Wood called the meeting to
order and designated Cart. Thistle
wood chairman The captain intro
duced the governor in a few words OF
compliment, and the latter began one
Of the most effective political speech
es ever made in Cairo. He spoke
nearly two hours. touching upon
many affairs in which the people have
= deep interest He said the tax rate
had been reduced from SIS to 50 cents.
and the state had six million dollars
In the treasury. In former years the
money had disappeared somehow
now il was being turned into the
peoples treasury where it belonged. /
The state was making many needed
and doing much good \
work. He had been severely criti. /
aised by legislators for some OF the
which he had insisted !
upon introducing, notably for the bet /
ter CT re of the insane, to which end I
a school for the educating Of phy- /
si6 rs. nurses and attendants had \
en- established and ii was purposed (
% introduce also Industrial education (
or the patients. The pure food Law
rad been passed under which eight .
thousand stores in Chicago had been
Inspected and 1.5o0 articles OF food
lad been condemned as unwholesome.
Inder the child labor Law 1900 chill +
lren had been rescued from industrial
pursuits and sent to school The hun
Ired thousand miles of roads i'm the
tate We're being improved by means
# drags and otherwise: lime stone
lust was being distributed TO the
armers OF the state to "sweeten"
oil where this was necessary. The
governor told Of all this and many
ther things 10 show that he and the
arlous commissins were doing the
eope's work properly ami he gave
acts and figures in rapid succession {
nder each head, injecting bit of
umor as he proceeded, and making
together a very strong speech. that
and pleased his hearers.
Probably the nest important mat
srs referred to were the efforts to
rocure a deep waterway from the /
axes to the gulf aud to procure the
assage OF primary law. He reeited
hat he had done regarding the form
r. with which readers OF The Bulle-
In are already familiar He said
he legislature had passed the acts
uggested in his special message EN-
owering him TO bring proceedings to
ust the corporation which was seek
X to establish itself on the Des
LANES river and block the deep
alter plan of the state. He said ~
al instructed his secretary to pro
lre the necessary signature 70 the
.gisatiye acts declaring the river
avigable: these were secured yester- "
az aud tais morning the suit Eoul
2 begun against the Economy Light
ld Power COMPANY to deprive them
the valuable lease which they bal q
Dtained from tie canal commission =
Q referred to the need q a urimar. H,
" 10 prevent the commission Of =
aud with impunity by these who =
ished TO defeat the viii q the PEG y
r.. In conclusion De paid a high III
ibute 10 the late Congressman e'
NTH.
At the elise of TIE governor
'eech Capt ThisucwocI called for
rec rousing cheers for the govern
ii these were given with q viii. The =
werner he'd al Informal little recep- -
n after this. many # gre audience -
owding mound him 70 extend con n.