The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-08
GOV, DENEEN WANTS ILLINOIS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO
CONSIDER WATERWAYS
JUNE A..
Bitter Controversy Looked for in
Which Speaker Adkins viii
Lead opposition-Governor
Outlines Action Desired.

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The Forty.seventh General Assem-
bly, adjourned sine die six days ago
without passing the deep waterway
bin. subject in which the governor
is vitality interested. Ever since adj
journment last Thursday the call for
the special session has been expected
daily, and it was the expectation that
a number of other subjerts which
failed of enactment at the regular SEES
sion would be included These in
cluded the initiative and referendum
the anti-pass bill and a corrupt prac-
tees act
Up to the last day or two Governor
lJeneen, in discussing the special SEES
sion, has given out the impression
that there would be other subjects
than the deep waterway, included in
his call. The change in the govern
or's plans is due to his desire to Sc
cure the enactment of the waterway
bill, even vi other measures which he
would like to see passed have to go
By the boards"
| With but one subject included in
the call, there will be nothing for the
Legislature to "juggle" to the jeop-
ardy of the main issue, and every mo.
ton which is made will be on the
deep waterway DILL
Gov. Deneens Proclamation.
/ Governor Deneen's call follows:
State of Illinois, Executive Depart
ment, Springfield, June 1911.
Whereas, BY reason of the failure
of the Forty-seventh General Assem-.
bly, of the State of Illinois, at its regu,
lar session, to enact legislation con
corning a deep waterway from Lock
port to Utica, and the development OF
water power incident thereto, deem
that an extraordinary occasion now
exXists for converting the General AS
sembly in extraordinary session.
Nov, therefore, |, Charles s. De
neen, governor of the State of Hi
nois. under and by virtue of the pow
er and authority vested in me by the
constitution and laws of the State Of
Illinois, do hereby call and convene
an extraordinary session of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State Of Illinois
to commence on the 14th day of June
A. D. 1911, at IL o'clock noon, for the
following purposes;
Il. To enact legislation concerning
the construction of a deep waterway
and the development of water power
between Lockpart and Utica, and tc
issue bonds in payment therefor.
"2. To make an appropriation tc
defray the expense of this extraordin
larry session.
Waterway Make Lone Issue.
After giving out the call for spec
ial session tonight Gov, Deneen made
the following statement:
Requests were made for the incor
! poration in the call of large number
of other important matters besides
the waterway. 1t was limited, how
ever, to the waterway, because wa
terway measure, to become effective
1 within year, will have to be enacted
before the LIST of July. Otherwise Il
would not become effective until july
], 1912, and after the adjournment o.
Congress. For this reason it was con
sidered wise to limit the call to tn,
one subject"
The bill to be introduced, ant
aroond which the special session figh
will be waged, will be the same meas
ure as was introduced in the Senate
during the regular session by Senate
Johnson of Ottawa. The bill il
modelled after the bill introduced il
the Forty-SiXth General Assembly b,
the late Frank Schmitt of Chicago
practically the only variance beini
the insertion of the word ultimate
before the words depth of IA feet,
This would make it possible for tn,
state, should the bill be enacted int,
law, to acquire valuable power site
along the proposed waterway ant
provides for the appointment of
commission which shall have the pow
er to expend the $20,000,000 bound il
sue voted by the people at the genera
election of 1908 Under the provis
ions of the Johnson bill it would no
be necessary to dig ditch IA feet ii
depth in order to make available tn
bond issue.
Bill Was Buried in House.
At the regular session of the LegiS
lature just closed the Johnson bill
passed the Senate and was chlorC
formed in the House by Speaker At
: kins, resulting in a serious split be
tween the speaker and Gov. Deneer
In a statement from the floor Of tn
House in which he declared Their