Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14
Governors Message Re-
newing Fight For Deep
Waterway Read.
SESSIONS CUT SHORT
Both Houses Agree to Adjourn
Tomorrow Till Jan. Aim
portant Bills In.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec. 14.-(Specia0
Both houses of the legislature met
at noon today in special session. A
joint resolution was passed by both
houses that when they adjourn tomor-
row it shall be to Tuesday. Jan. 4.
Senator Walter Clyde Jones intro
duced the administration primary cleo
ton bills, five in number.
OeIesby Measure Up Agnin.
Senator John DAILY introduced a pri-
mary bill which is the Oglesby act of
1908 with provision TO meet the su-
preme court objections that the voters
shall determine how many members Of
the lower house of the general assem-
bly, shall be nominated.
Senator Isely introduced the demo
cratic primary bill providing for the
nomination of ell candidates by direct
plurality primaries. the voters to de-
termine how many members of the low
er house shall be nominated, and the
names of all candidates to be printed
on one ballot as in elections.
Deep Waterway Bill In.
Senator Scf.rrltt introduced the dem
ocratic deep waterway bill, the same
measure as before, 20 proceed without
waiting for CoXernment- aid and Coz
eTnor GeECcn 20 name the chairman
Of The committee. The senate passed
Curtis resolution 10 appoint Joint
committee of I'VE to go to Washington
end see what congress will DO for trs
deep waterway.
The Jones primary election bills
were introduced in the house by Rep
Iese1tative George II. Hamilton.
The speaker ordered all bills intro
duced in The house to lie on the table
and to be considered by the house in
committee of the whole.
Governor Deneen's message was read
In both houses and claimed close at
tention
(The governors message in detail
appears on another page of The Argus.
s-Ed.)
, Fight Lakes TO Gulf Plan.
y Springfield, Ill, Dec. IA resolu- /
ton for constitutional amendment, I
designed to repeal the authorization OF
the $4,000 600 bond issue for deep
waterway purchases. is being consid- I.
cred by opponents of the lakes to the .
gulf canal project.
The report is that men of some prom .
inence in both branches of the general .
assembly are quietly encouraging the
movement TO block the issuing of the .
$4,000, 600 of bonds on the ground that
the ship waterway is a dream. and that
if the people had an opportunity to
vote on the proposition again they
would defeat it.
Whether there are any ulteriOr mo-
tives behind the rumored opposition
to the waterway project has not yet
been disclosed. However. there is con
siderable honest opposition developing
in the eastern part of the state, and
it is expected that a determined fight
will be made against sny legislation
designed to utilize the S2O,00O,O 900.
This opposition is not likely to pre-
vail unless it should be sufficiently
strong TO hold the balance of power as
between the Deneen and Lorimer sup
porters.
Bills Thnt Are Ready.
Senator Jones has produced his pri-
mary bills, which have been approved
by the governor, and Mr.. Hull produc-
ed his bill for the creation of an en-
pIoyers' liability commission. The
waterway bill will be intrusted to Sen
ator Schmitt, which will be in all es-
sential points a copy of the Schmitt
bill defeated in the regular session. It
Is a water power bill first and water
way proposition second. I
The bill creating the employers liza &
bility commission for the purpose of I
an investigation of industrial
accidents and proposing a method of |
for injury and death in
Industrial accidents, provides for a
of seven members. two to
be employers, two to be employees, one
TO be learned in the law, one to be ia
niliar with industrial insurance, and
one to be a plain citizen interested in
Abor conditions Their report is to
De submitted to the governor by Jan. v
/. 1911
Draw Five Primary Bills.
In the hope of meeting all the SUI Q
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