Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
.DENEEN FIGHTS AREC0UNT;
LEGISLATURE IN DEADLOCK
INAUGURATION POSTPONED


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can caucus. 1t is said by politicians
that the effect of this result of the
speakership contest will be far-reach-
ing and may endanger Senator Albert
y. Hopkins chances for reelection to
the United States senate.
For Italinn Sufferers.
The first bill introduced in the leg
islature was presented in the senate
by Senator Glaekin, providing for an
appropriation of $4,000 for the relief
of the earthquake sufferers. 1t went
over.
Fight in Senate Renewed.
This is the first time In the history of
Illinois politics that the house has
been organized on bipartisan lines.
The consequences of the action are ex-
pected to appear in long string of
developments, scattered over the en-
tire session. The most immediate
consequence cropped up last night,
when the old senate combine, encour-
aged by the success in the lower
branch, took counsel together They
are ambitious to climb again into the
saddle out OF which they were thrown
yesterday by the senate progressives.
They desire to put Senator S. C.
Pemberton in his old position as presi-
dent protein, ousting Senator Hamil-
ton. who was elected to the post yes
terday. II successful in this they will
endeavor to eject the remainder of the
organization voted through yesterday.
This threatened effort of the old
senate machine to resurrect itself is
hung on little peg which the progress
sives unwittingly left sticking out of
the situation yesterday. After they
had elected the senate officers named
| by the senate caucus yesterday the
progressive leader forgot or otherwise
overlooked the usual formality of NOV
| ing to reconsider and then having this
motion tabled. parliamentary device
for clamping down things that have
i gone through:
GOvernorship Fight is Key.
| The much-talked-of contest against
the election of Governor Deneen is the
key to the house action yesterday, the
contemplated action of the old senate
machine and to the future develop
ments of the next few weeks. The
Shurtleff men deny emphatically that
The deal with the democrats was based
on the understanding that the contest
against Governor Deneen should be ex,
!ploited by the house organization in
return for the delivery of democratic
! votes. 1t, is accepted on every hand
however, that the democrats voted fol
they were voting in the interests o
Adlai e. Stevenson, who was demo
cratic candidate for governor.
The old senate machine believes that
it may be able to approach the senate
minority with proposition to help the
contest along in return for aid in over
throwing the new blood organization
There are Is democratic senators, 81
that if the old combine could collec
. 13 republican votes somewhere /
would have majority.
Three Questions Involved.
, Both sides insist that the alliance i!
not founded on any agreement, ant
that Shurtleff goes into the chair fire.
OF promises or pledges to the demo
Gratis. But the general Jnderstandin:
!, at the statehouse is that coalition u
, based upon agreements on the follow
, ing important propositions: The gov
ernorship contest, deep water ways AM
local option.
Four months of continuous troubl
| is forecast by the legislative weathe
: men. Several storm centers have bee
marked on the way already. The
lare labeled with the following signs:
The contest for recount of the ba
}. lots on governor.
e The senatorial caucus Jan. 10 an
$ 90, when successor to Albert J. HoI
), l1ins is to be elected.
S The deep water way Legislation
y which is supposed to be the bigges
E factor in the terms on which the b
:, partisan alliance was made.
FL The wet and "dry" struggle, whic
l. is scheduled TO bob up when amen
ments to the local option law come i