Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-05
Refuses to Concur in
Striking Out Emer-
gency Clause. s
PRIMARY ACT UP LATER
Speaker Cannon Back at the
Capital Working for His
Own interests.

l
cial)-Speaker J. G. Cannon is here
today working with the members Of
the house to have the senate amend
ment TO the Oglesby bill providing fo-
the election of delegates to the ma
| tional convention by state and con-
gressional conventions instead of the
direct vote of the people adopted. He
will probably succeed.
| The house deferred action on the
Oglesby bill until this afternoon 1t
will probably insist on the election Of
precinct and county committeeman by
the voters.
Goes After the Senate.
The house went after the senate and
the Economy Light & Power company
of Joliet red hot this morning. I
voted to non-concur with the senate
amendment, striking out the emergen-
cy clause in Aliens bill authorizing
the governor and attorney general t1
lprevent the Economy company from
constructing its dam at Dresden
Heights. The absence of the emec-
gency clause would have given the
Economy company until July l, 1908.
to complete the dam.
Adopts Resolution.
: 1t went further than this and adopted
a joint resolution offered by Lantz OF
Chicago calling on the governor TO ab-
rogate the contract made by the canal
commissioners in 1904 whereby the
Economy company is granted a lease
, in perpetuity to construct the dam at
Dresden Heights for the purpose o.
generating water power for its own
use, and empowering the governor to
use the national guard if necessary.
VIII Have to Pay Dearly.
1t is claimed that if this dam is con-
: structed, the state will have to pay
$S,000,000 when it wants to construct
the deep waterway through the prop
, erty the canal commissioners have
: leased.
: The house adopted a joint resolu-
tion by Flanagan of st. Clair county
for the appointment of a committee
: to investigate the action of the canal
commissioners in leasing this property
without express authority.
Cannon on Deck.
Chicago, Nov. 5.-Speaker Cannon
will be on deck at Springfield again
this week, prepared to use blandish-
ments, cajoleries and strong swear
words on the legislators to get them
e to stick for a primary law that will
not compel him to take his presiden-
tial hopes before the people of his
home state.
The sage of Danville came to town
IS yesterday on the heels of report thai
n many of the machine senators are get
&c ting ready to jump the hurdles back
D. ward on the amendments. to the Ogles
IS by bill. He tore over to the federal
o. building in quest of Postmaster Camp
e. bell-who turned the trick at the state
house last week--and after spending
much time i'll sulphurous converse
h with his friends, including Congress
man Howard NJ. Snapp of Joliet, loo
x byist for the Economy Light & Power
company. announced that he would g
as Iback to Springfield when the assembly
X gets ready for business again.
e, Says Motives Are High.
to Ostensibly the speaker of the ma
tional house is actuated by the nobles'
IT, of motives in Interfering with the
u work of the Illinois senate. He in
4, sists that he has the good of the re
NOD publican party at heart, and that h'
Is is not thinking of his presidential am
ny bitions. But back of the scenes, wheI
Ut the paint and powder and the wig
G- and the rest of the makeup" are re
e. moved. this idea loses its beauty. l
stands revealed as a pretext, for tn
n" inner meaning of the hostility of tn
fe politicians to the scheme of electin:
er national delegates proposed in tn
nc OgIesby bill is that it would make
ne impossible to get solid delegation t
ie be used for trading purposes in tn
e. national convention.
Denies He Plays Politics.
Even the most enthusiastic Canno
men do not believe that the speake
has any chance of getting the nomin
on ton, and the general belief among til
Of wise politicians is that the "reactiona
eet ies' are desirous of getting control
,as a solid delegation from Illinois
it'll swing it for candidate of anti-Roos
ult- Welt ideas. But Uncle Joe" empha
'cally denies that he is playing polite