The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-28
Has Worldly Battle With Senator Barr
In Springfield Over the Deep
Waterway Bill at Special
Session
EMASCULATED MEASURE
peneen's Bill ls Amended and Cut Up
Until Il Looks Like suit Of
overalis Thrown In Thresh-
Ing Machine.

SPRINGFIELD, jung 2S.-EmaS.
IN the home of its friends out
Of all resemblance to it's originals
form, the state administration wac
erway bill was last night advanced tol
third reading in the senate.
1t is the program to pass the water
way bill through the senate early this,
morning and send 1t to the house inn
mediately. The fight in the lower;
branch Of the legislature will start
when request is made to advancoi
the bill to second reading without ref.
erence to committee.
The adoption of more than dozen,
amendments by the senate at ses-i
sion last night accomplished the trans
formation Of the out and out water
way bill into a conservation measure. {
Senator Magill offered the amend-i
ments, all of which were adopted by s
practically the same vote.
The test Of strength between the.
waterway and conservation adheSsnts
came on the first amendment. The
vote resulted 20 to 18 In favor Of con-
servation and the fight was over, the
amendments which followed being
adopted by viva voce vote. In its
amended form the waterway or con-
servation bill provides for the ap-
pointment of commission of five
necessary steps to conserve to the
state the power sites adjacent to tho
proposed route of the waterway, with
power to condemn land and spend not
to exceed s50000D Of the $20,O00,0 900
bond issue. After this the committee
must report to the next legislature
and receive further instructions. 1t
is especially provided that no con-
tracts shall be let for the digging of
the waterway or the building of the
locks or appurtenances. A former OF.
fer to similarly transform the bill was
defeated by tie vote in the senate
when the waterway bill was first con-
sidered on second reading by the spe-
| cial session.
/ Another effort by Senator Lish to
attach referendum to the emusculat-
! ed bill was defeated on roll call. The
vote on the referendum amendment
resulted in 5 ayes to 90 nays.
/ An exciting exchange of violent
/ language between Senators Barr and
4 Jones and a desperate effort on the
/ part of five senators to get a protest
4 incorporated in the senate journal en-
| livened what otherwise vas dull ses-
sion of the senate. Senator Isley
re-convened session was unlawful and
illegal and was Joined In 1t by Sena-
tors Madigan, McElvain, Henson and
4 Ball.
On the ground that the protest was
not couched in respectful language,
the allegations in 1t being untrue, Sem
ator Dunlap moved that it be not re-
celved. Two hours were spent in ar
guing the rights of the protesting
members to have the document made
matter of record, at the end of
which time the presiding officer re-
quested that he be given until today
to decide tho various questions that
were ralsed,
Senators Barr and Jones were kept
apart by the sergeant-at-arns of the
senate when Barr demanded to know
If Jones referred to him when making
a statement that member of the leg
!, islature had an interest in the Econ
omy Light and Power company.
Don't say it again" warned Barr
shaking his fist at the leader from
Cook.
81 will take care of myself and
repeat will say what l like" an
swered Jones
Passed Senate.
SPRINGFIELD, H., June 18th,
, Johnson waterways bill was passed
: by the senate by vote Of S3 20 I
: The bill goes to the house this after
noon
> This bill went through without fire
works Of any kind
Ball, Henson, Isley, Lish, McTlyaint
Toffey, Gelford, voted against the bill
The bill be taken up by the hous
r which will take up a session at 4:3
this afternoon. The senate adjourne
. until Friday afternoon.