Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-05-18
.DENEEN SCORED
BYTHE SPEAKER
ONWATERWAYS
Presiding Officer Of House
Says Intimidation H a $
Been Used and Says He
Will Stop Bills Passage.

Springfield. ILL.,, May IT, Speaker
Adkins declared in a speech in the
house today that there would be NO
LEGISLATION in deep waterways during
the present session. incidentally ne
scored the governor and state once
holders. He said:
There will be nothing doing IN this
session on deep waterways. The mem
bers of this house have been impor
tuned by the superintendent or state
institutions, wardens OF the penlten'
tiaries, canal commissioners, the rap
bit shepherds and every form OF en-
ployment in the state government
pleading with tears In their eyes io1
votes for the waterway.
81 am thus informed by the cnlei
executive that if he did not get 9
waterway bill passed he was ready 10
call a special session to do 1t.
t"I'm going to take the responsibility
off your shoulders.
80 long as the executive ATTENDED
to his own duties, so long as ne KEPT
his hands of and refrained from lntim
idating. I gave my word to give MS
measures and recommendations falr
consideration. 80.
II made the statement early in this
session that if there was any execu,
tive interference with the aralrs 0.
this house through the distribution OF
patronage there would be nothing 40
ing on the waterway.
81 never call man until nave cne
goods on him.
"To the office holders want to say
Won can 20 home and earn the salary
which the state is paying you
Sneaker Adkins made these declara-
tions upon the floor of the house 70
day after calling Representative 3. M.
Chiperfield to preside.
In, forcib1e language, yet unlmpas-
stoned, Speaker Adkins delivered nlm.
self Of an excoriation OF the state g
chief executive such as Is not recalled
In years.
The speaker took personal RESPONSE
bility for the defeat Of waterway leg
islation nv the 47th general assembly
and told the governor to carry out MIS-
threat and call special session.
No one made a reply after MT Ad-
kins resumed the speakers chair.
Declares Cost Would be 500, 100000.
It is understood that Speaker Ad-
kins will rule a two-thirds vote nee
essary to suspend the rules for the
consideration of the waterway bill.
According to rumor here today GOV.
Deneen has succeeded in lining up
e1 members of the house for the
waterway bill. A vote of " is suffl'
c,ont for its massage but 1t Will take
1O2 votes to suspend the rules unaer
the two.thirds requirement. In otner
words. Gov. Deneen finds himself
with sufficient votes to pass the Dill,
but not enough to get 1t to a roll cali
under the two-thirds ruling.
Speaker Adkins says he will refuse
to recognize anyone for the purpose
of calling up the bill. - :.
Some intimation of what will nap
pen in the special session was con-
tanned in the speakers declaration OF
war upon the floor when he said:
."They will never issue the 100000.
600 in bonds until the question mas
been resubmitted to the people ana
they have had an opportunity to be-
come fully informed in what the voting
Of this vast expenditure means. 1t will
take $S0,000,000 to complete
the lob and don't purpose setting
such a debt on my posterity as an In
b eritance." :,
In view of the happenings 1t is
probable that the call for an extra ses-
sion will be isued before sine die ad-
on Friday night.
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