The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-02
HOUSE KILLED
THE OENEEk BILL
COMMITTEE REPORTED scHMlTT
WATERWAY BILL uNFAvoR.
ABLY YESTERDAY.
WILL ADJOURN TODAY
Adjournment Will Be Sine Die
House Yesterday Transacted
Considerable Business Be-
sides the Above.

Special to The Bulletin.
Springfield, Ill.,, March l.. Beaten
to pulp the Deneen (Schmitt) water
way bill met an ignominous defeat
today in the extraordinary session Of
the Illinois legislature which ad-
Journs isne die tomorrow Only 35
votes We're cast in the house late
this afternoon to keep the admins
tration waterway measure alive.
while 67 votes favored sustaining the
report of the Smeikal committee
which today released the measure
from the committee captivity. with
the recommendation by a vote of II
TO 7 that it do not pass.
This was not the only slaughter.
Also meeting defeat this afternoon
was the commission form Of munich
pal government bill, the conference
committee report favorable to which
failed of adoption by single vote,
the count being 7G to IL, one short
of the constitutional majority, n.
One faint hope Is entertained by
the commission formers" however.
Representative Foster changed his
vote from aye to nay, and moved a
reconsideration for tomrrow. There
are, however, only three appropria-
tiou measures to hold quorum, and
as few over a quorum will be here
the recall was cut down to SIS per
cent by the conferees. II had been
40 per cent as amended by the sen
ate.
Attack Was Terrific.
The attack Upon the waterway bill
was terrific. During brief recess
at the afternoon session the commit.
tee which has held the measure UP
all session, hastily met and framed
up an adverse report. Assurances
were had before hand that the meas.
ure had not ghost of chance.
Representative Smejkal presented
his adverse report. Representative
Hull moved that the house refuse to
adopt the committee report, and on
Smejkal's motion to lay Hull's motion
on the table the roll was called, those
voting yea voting against the gov.
ernor and his BILL
Representative Chiperfield, who is
one of the most aggressive Deneen
men in he house, made the most bit
ter attack upon the waterway bill.
After reviewing the history OF this
legislation, he argued that 1T was
only scheme to juggle money for
God only knows who" If other bills
Of this character arise, he said, he
would vote against every one OF them,
even if he was the last man and vot'
ing alone, until the federal govern
ment co-operates with the state for
a genuine waterway He termed
the Deneen (Schmitt) bill "miser-
able water power proposition, and
not a deep waterway proposition. +"
He said 1t was for "those who juggle
bonds and deal in electricity. Let us
stop this betrayal" he shouted, 'and
prevent this scheme OF deception.
The time to kill this bill IL now, with
dynamite and with strychnine, or in
any other old way If it is necessary,
1t is betrayal Of the rights OF the
state
Representative Riley argued that
a waterway could be used only for
commercial purposes and not for a
water power scheme. Representatives
Staymates, Bolin, Keeman and Link
took the position that this bill did
not properly cover the situation
while Hull was left alone in defense
of the measure.
Even the enemies Of the bill ex.
pressed surprise at the poor showing
made by its friends.
Immediately after the roll call a
rising vote showing the same count
was taken, adopting the report OF the
and thus the fate of the
bill was sealed for this session.
The sine die adjournment resolu-
ton was then introduced by Speaker
Shurtleff in effect that when the
house adjourns tomorrow 1t be with
out day"
BY the adoption this morning by
the house of the senate joint resolu-
tion No, ratifying the proposed con-
gressional amendment to the federal
to provide for national
income tax, Illinois takes position
first among the northern states In
advocacy of this proposition, the SEN
ate having passed this resolution
some time ago.