The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-01-17
WANT SURVEY
TO TIE GULF
AS COMPROMISE IN WATERWAY
PROJECT.
TROUBLE is THREATENED
By the Illinois Delegation Committee
Action Postponed Until January
S0th, But Will Not Agree to Fur
ther Delay.

t11V1 0CioJs
After declaring beforehand that
they would beard Chairman Burton IN
his den and announce that they would
have the deep waterway down the
Mississippi river or beat the rivers
and harbors bill, the joint Missouri
and Illinois delegations in Congress
called in Mr.. Burton and enjoyed an
amia.ble ten minutes chat with him.
The step was to be The preliminary for
d rebellion on the floor in behalf of
the waterway and the Mississippi riv-
or.
The move originated with the llli-
nois men, who asked the Missourians
to cooperate. A preliminary meet
ing was held, at which most of the
illinois and Missouri men were on
hand. Representative Madden OF IL
linois, acting as chairman, announced
that Representative Lorimer of Hi
nois, the chief exponent of the deep
waterway on The Rivers and Harbors
committee, is i'll, and that the meet
ing was called to lodge a determined
protest with Mr.. Burton against kill
ing the deep waterway project In COM
mittee before Mr.. Lolamer can ae
present. Messrs. Clark and Lloyd OF
Missouri objected 10 having the wat
erway showed forward, irrespective OF
anything else, and served notice on
the Illinoisians that if Missouri Is to
be counted in any combination the OBJ
ject must be understood to be to Sc
cure adequate recognition by the COM
inittee of the upper and lower Mis-
sissippi and of the Missouri river. Mr..
Madden promised that the Chicago
drainage canal men would stick by
the rivers also. "All right; let's go
and have II out with Chairman Bur
ton," said Mr.. Clark.
Down they trooped to Mr.. Burton s
committee room. The red flag was
waved only once there, and then by
Mr.. Clark, who asked Mr.. Burton
flatly if, when the river bill gets on
the floor, it would be protected
against amendment by rule, or
would be left open to amendments.
Mr.. Burton promised that no gag tao
ties would be practiced if he could
help it.
Mr. Madden took up most Of the
time pleading with Mr., Burton to de-
!lay reporting the bill to the house,
so that Mr.. Lorimer could be present
when the committee takes action. Mr..
Madden wanted he date of reporting
deferred until Feb. l. Mr.. Burton
consented to delay only until Jan. 80.
~ will defer the action as long as
| can" said Mr.. Burton, "but this
is a short session. All possible con-
sideration will be paid to Mr.. Lori
mer's interests, bus l can not delay
matters so long as to endanger the
chances of the bills passage. "
Mr.. Burton let drop remarks which
Indicate that he sees possible trouble
ahead in the deep waterway matter,
and will compromise by authorizing
a complete survey Of the fourteen-foot
scheme. Survey has been made from
Chicago to ST. Louis. The rest would
involve a survey from st. Louis to the
Gulf Mr.. Burton said thai $150,000
probably would pay for such a sur
vey. The waterway men are not as
yet ready to agree to such comprom-
ise, since it would postpone the pos
ability of definite recognition of the
Chicago-St. LOUIS canal project for
at least two years while the survey is
being made.
The position of Representative
Champ Clark is outlined in the fol-
Lowing interview:
/ am in favor Of comprehensive
and systematic scheme for the i'm
provement of the Mississippi river
and its tributaries, and am willing to
count the Chicago drainage canal n
as one of the tributaries of the Mis-
sissippi, but am not willing to place
it first on the program.
"The logical and economical order
would be to improve the Mississippi
from st. Louis to the Gulf so as to
have a fourteen-foot channel, then
improve the upper Mississippi and
the Missouri; then build the Chicago
canal. If this entire program were
agreed on in good faith it would not
be vital to place the Missouri ahead
Of the canal, but unless it is agreed
on in such a way as to be carried out