The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-26
DEEP WATERWAYS
MEN In TURMOIL
Will Accept Fourteen-foot
Project or Nothing.
DENEEN AND L0RIMER CLASH
Control of Illinois Delegation Pre-
cipitates Long Conflict I'm Witch
Deneen Finally Wins-President of
Association vigorously AssaiIE At
titude of President Taft.

st. Louis Nov. 25.-Judglng from indi-
cations on the floor of the convention
hall here to-day where the Lakes-to-the-
Gulf Deep Waterway Association is in
session. the delegates will unanimously
indorse the l4-foot through-the-valley
project. and nothing less than that.
An uproar occurred when Gov. Deneen.
or Illinois. mounted the platform and
said that If the convention antagonlzed
the Federal government they would gain
nothing, and that the best thing 10 do
was to await the decision OF the Federal
investigating committee.
This was followed by many cries from
the 1850 delegates present OF mo; no;
we know what we want; give us four
teen feet and nothing less; Deneen favors
not more than nine feet and so on.
Attacks President Taft.
In his address. this morning, President
William Kavanaugh bitterly scored Presi-
dent Taft. openly charging that he was
not favorable to the idea proposed by
the delegates. but was a booster for his
own little old Ohio River. Kavanaugh's
remarks caused a demonstration the like
OF which has never before been equaled
In the city of ST. Louis, hats flying In
the air, men shouting, whistling, cheering
and women waving handkerchiefs.
An address this afternoon that created
considerable enthusiasm vas that OF Ed
ward T. Halsey. OF Chicago. chairman OF
the river Improvement committee of the
real estate exchange OF Chicago.
al
not stand for fourteen feet through the
valley then every delegate who votes
against that proposition, in my judgment,
disqualifies himself forever after to be-
ing called "a deep waterways man"
The demonstration following this asser-
ton was deafening. requiring continued
efforts upon the part OF the president 10
check H. only to break out again and
again Halsey recalled the remarks Of
Theodore Roosevelt. We will build the
Lakes-to-the-Guh deep waterway in the
same way that we are building the Pan
anna honestly"
An exciting contest bordering on a riot
between Gov. Dineen and Senator Lor-
inner for control Of the Illinois delegation
to the deep waterways convention was
the center OF interest for forty-five min
utes.
Deneen Wins Delegation.
Deneen won when his candidate. Isham
Randolph. who represents his policy of
immediate waterway work in Illinois,
was elected TO the resolutions committee
over Lorimer's candidate, Congressman
Henry T. Rainey. Lorimer favors wait
ing until the Federal government makes
an appropriation before beginning 10
spend the proceeds of Illinois s20,0o0,o00
bond issue for river improvement
Chicago was selected by unanimous vote
OF the delegates at the afternoon session
as the meeting place for next years
convention.
The Illinois fight followed similar con-
test in the Missouri delegation. In which
David r. Francis supported Leo Rasiour
for Missouris r4ember of the resolutions
committee, and had the satisfaction OF
electing him over the head Of his recently
victorious antagonist in the Senatorial
primaries, James A. Reed